· Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says election disinformation is “extremely damaging” ...

· Is big tech harming society? To find out, we need research, but it’s being manipulated by big tech itself ...

UC’s Board of Regents decided by a vote in January to suspend for one year the implementation of its policy that allowed the hiring of illegal aliens. Now, the university faces a lawsuit for not ...

For years, people have spread misinformation by manipulating photos and videos with tools such as Adobe Photoshop. These fakes are easier to recognize, and they’re harder for bad actors to replicate ...

On the heels of a Northeastern rainstorm that flooded towns on Long Island and claimed at least two lives in Connecticut, teams of scientists, engineers, and representatives of local power and ...

Reflecting a “Moore’s Law of aviation,” commercial flight has become roughly twice as safe each decade since the 1960s; Covid-19 added a wrinkle, however. As hackers get more daring and sophisticated, ...

Law-enforcement technologyLocating criminals by tracking their cell phones’ digital fingerprints ...

Today, 80% to 90% of estuaries – areas where rivers meet the sea – such as New York Harbor, San Francisco Bay and Miami’s Biscayne Bay has been built over. The result has been the loss of buffer zones ...

Trains are safe, reliable, cost effective and energy efficient. They’re a great mode of transport in almost every way, except for one thing. The gaps between them. Engineers have identified ...

In a first-of-its-kind agreement, the Detroit Police Department recently agreed to adopt strict limits on its officers’ use of face recognition technology as part of a settlement in a lawsuit brought ...

Evacuating might seem like the obvious move when a major hurricane is bearing down on your region, but that choice is not always as easy as it may seem. Evacuating from a hurricane requires money, ...

Unmanned aerial vehicles will make their way into urban skies only if the safety of people below can be ensured.