Barefoot Networks’ New Chips Will Transform the Tech Industry
Barefoot is building a chip that will let the world’s biggest Internet companies program how traffic moves through their data…
The Quest to Make Code Work Like Biology Just Took A Big Step
Coders have long sought to mimic biological systems. A new tool aims to make it easier for anyone’s software to…
Self-Driving Cars Will Teach Themselves to Save Lives—But Also Take Them
Some day, a self-driving car will face a dilemma: avoid hitting one person, hit someone else. And its only ethical…
The Biggest Crowdfunding Project Ever—the DAO—Is Kind of a Mess
Investors have poured $168 million into a democratic, machine-based, blockchain-enabled venture capital firm. But democracy is tough to manage. The…
Google’s Training Its AI to Be Android’s Security Guard
Meet the team of Googlers who are hoping that machine learning can help ferret out bugs and vulnerabilities in the…
Facebook Is Teaching Chatbots to Talk With Help From Facebook
The social media giant is showing off how it makes bots chat like people. The post Facebook Is Teaching Chatbots…
It’s OK if You Don’t Understand the Billboards of Silicon Valley
Anywhere else in the world, the billboards lining Silicon Valley’s major thoroughfare would seem more like roadside Dada than a…
Facebook and Microsoft Are Laying a Giant Cable Across the Atlantic
Internet giants are starting to build enormous networks of their own, taking over the role traditionally played by telecom companies.…
With Instant Apps, Google Aims to Make the Web and Apps One
Google is already building mobile webpages that work like apps. Now it’s building apps that arrive like webpages. Someday the…
Google’s Making Its Own Chips Now. Time for Intel to Freak Out
Google has built its own computer chip. And this won’t be the last. The post Google’s Making Its Own Chips…