Human vs Machine: Robots on the Assembly Line
One of President Donald Trump's biggest priorities is to bring manufacturing jobs home, and advances in industrial automation are making it cheaper and easier to do that. But a plant full of robots re...
24 Juli 201719min
Could 3D Holograms Replace Your Computer Screen?
A few months ago, a startup called Meta started clearing out the computer monitors that sat on employees' desks -- asking them to instead use the company's augmented reality headsets, which overlay ho...
18 Juli 201721min
Why U.S. Officials Are Worried About This Russian Firm
Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab's software is everywhere in the U.S., keeping ordinary consumers as well as banks and power plants safe from cyber attacks. But some within the U.S. government are getting w...
11 Juli 201723min
Update: The Hostage in Mauritania
In January, we brought you the story of a cyber weapons deal involving the government of the West African nation Mauritania. It was a deal that ultimately fell apart. But while the Indian businessman ...
5 Juli 201717min
Human vs Machine: Fitness Gadgets
A new generation of fitness gadgets is just starting to reach consumers, and they do so much more than track your activity -- they actually tell you what to do, just like a personal trainer. This week...
27 Juni 201727min
Human vs. Machine: Self-Driving Trucks
One day, driving a truck could look pretty similar to a call center job. From a desk in an office, "drivers" will remotely monitor one or several trucks as they haul cargo around the country. Or at le...
21 Juni 201727min
This Man’s Murder Might Get Solved by Amazon’s Alexa
On November 22, 2015, 47-year-old Victor Collins was found in a hot tub, apparently strangled and drowned. Investigators seized an Amazon Echo device at the scene of the crime, hoping the voice-activa...
12 Juni 201725min
How Chao Bet $500 Million on Himself—and Got Even Richer
Charles Chao knew his social media platform had potential. But the parent company of Weibo, often referred to as the Twitter of China, was getting slammed in the stock market. That's when Chao decided...
5 Juni 201727min
