The US has spent billions on surveillance towers, but hundreds of people have died near them. Here’s how to strengthen federal oversight.

We analyzed whether nearly 4,000 migrant deaths occurred within sight of the US government’s  surveillance towers. Here’s our methodology.

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The US spent billions on border surveillance. Why can’t it ...

In Southern California’s Otay Mountain Wilderness, the federal surveillance network seems unavoidable. But year after year, migrant deaths persist.

Rondo Energy hopes hot bricks could help clean up manufacturing. Rondo Energy just turned on what it says is the world’s largest thermal battery, an energy storage system that can take in electricity ...

For decades, we’ve needed passwords to do things online. New forms of authentication will finally let us get rid of them for good. Instead, we’ll use a link sent via email, a push notification, or a ...

Climate innovator Jae-Won Chung, for example, built software to make AI more energy-efficient. By measuring the energy ...

As AI pushes semiconductors and data centers toward new physical limits, advanced materials are becoming critical to ...

While advanced AI excels at processing clinical data, healthcare's true test lies in overcoming deeply fragmented ...

AI companies are making impressive mathematical strides. Human mathematicians are losing out.

Now, they’ve taken things a step further by genetically modifying mice so their brains don’t fully develop in the first place ...

Danijar Hafner has a startup in stealth and a long track record of teaching AI agents about our world.