Google's DeepMind gives an AI human-like memory to solve tough problems

DeepMind has outlined a process where it trained a neural network to have human-like memory, giving it not only the ability to store data, but also to recall that information and use it to solve novel problems.

Uber Wants You to Ride in a Flying Car

The writing is in the sky. Flying electric cars are coming and the ride-sharing company Uber wants to access whole fleets of them.

Making computers explain themselves

New training technique would reveal the basis for machine-learning systems' decisions.

Artificial Intelligence and the Evolution of a Smarter Internet

Technologists around the world have long fantasized about an artificial intelligence so powerful, that it is smarter than all of humanity combined.

How AI will shape the average North American city by 2030

Every five years a panel of experts will assess the current state of AI and its future directions. Here’s how they think it will affect eight key domains of city life in the next fifteen years.

Tesla's New Cars to Include Full Self-Driving Technology

Tesla Motors is making a huge push into autonomous driving by making every new vehicle produced in its factories include the hardware needed for full self-driving capability.

Robotic arms for the kitchen

Moley Robotics is developing robotic arms that can cook recipes the way the chef intended. The Moley Kitchen can mimic the movements of famous chefs, allowing users to download recipes.

Apps that help you get to know the world around you

As mobile ownership continues to rise, the number of apps available grows — and many of those apps are geared at helping you find out more about the world around you, not the digital one at your fingertips.

Company gives sneak peek of air delivery drone lab in Cambridge

Amazon has opened the doors to its Prime Air drone lab in Cambridge, one of the lynchpins in its ambitious plans to start remotely delivering packages by air in the UK.

Drones Deliver Blood Rwanda

A fleet of 15 drones located in Rwanda's Muhanga District have come online to fly packages of blood to 21 transfusing facilities.

Oculus provides a tantalizing glimpse at social VR's future

In a live stage demo presented by Mark Zuckerberg himself, we see a unified "people-first" environment that could seamlessly cycle through hanging out with friends in various VR environments.

Google makes progress on self-driving cars, hits 2 million mile mark

Google's self-driving vehicles are mastering complex situations on public roads as the technology company strives to win the high-profile race to achieve full vehicle automation.

This Accessory Makes VR So Real a Surgeon Could Train with It

Using this exoskeleton in a virtual environment, a baseball feels firm, and an egg light and fragile.

Robots will hit the streets to deliver your groceries this fall in Washington, USA

The first autonomous robots to deliver packages straight to your front door won’t be flying — they’ll be rolling around on six wheels.

Physicists create nano-sized device with huge potential in field of quantum computing

An intricately sculpted device is so tiny it can only be seen under a microscope. But their diamond microdisk could lead to huge advances in computing, telecommunications, and other fields.