Technology

Across IEEE, our strength lies not only in the excellence of our individual communities but also in our ability to bring them together around shared problems that demand interdisciplinary solutions. Our mission as a public charity—to advance technology for...

Thirty years after launching during the dot-com boom, MapQuest has a new roadmap to success.The digital mapping company is now the top free app in the Apple App Store after declining to rename Lake Ontario...

New-age health wearables, especially rings, have had a well-known blind spot for a long time. Most of the data processing behind their scores is trained on a small, controlled group of people. Ultrahuman has proposed a fix, and it’s perfectly...

Researchers have found that tiny electrical charges picked up by moving water droplets may be damaging cars and buildings like the Eiffel Tower. In experiments, thousands of charged droplets degraded Teflon and corroded the copper beneath it, while...

Before graduate school, Kumar grew up in Philadelphia, attended the University of Pennsylvania, and worked on several projects at the intersection of technology and mental health or psychology research. Through those experiences, Kumar began to question whether the technology she...

Cycling isn’t an expensive hobby outright. But as you start getting serious, a cyclist can spend a frankly exorbitant amount of money measuring what their legs are doing. In a more professional setting, things like instrumented pedals, bike computers,...

For many high school students, summer vacation is a time to unplug. For Ruchira Shree, a rising sophomore at West Windsor–Plainsboro High School South, in New Jersey, the break allows her to ramp up her extracurricular pursuits.Much of her...

Former Republican congressman George Santos has received a first-of-its-kind lifetime ban from the prediction market platform Kalshi, which has also fined him $71,356 for violating its rules around insider trading and market manipulation.According to the notice of disciplinary action...

This story was originally published by Tech Policy Press.The European Union’s push for technological sovereignty faces an uncomfortable contradiction.As the EU rolls out AI factories, gigafactories, and new data centers, it is creating a surge in demand for the...

In July and August, Washington tightened restrictions on foreign-made advanced robotic systems and imposed steep tariffs on imported drones and their components, both moves citing national-security concerns. The drone tariffs take effect in September, with additional component tariffs following...