The next tech talent shortage: quantum computing researchers
Unless policies and priorities change, U.S. businesses and universities will have trouble attracting the talent needed to build quantum technology, which could make today’s computers...
Tech workers with ethics concerns now want to know: What are we building this for?
Across the technology industry — from Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Salesforce, to tech startups — rank-and-file employees are demanding greater insight into how their companies...
It’s the eyes for a driverless car — what about for a virtual border wall?
While President Donald Trump still vows to build a physical border wall, tech companies hope to help build a “virtual wall” that some policymakers believe...
Silicon Valley takes a (careful) step toward autonomous flying
Autonomous flight can drive new kinds of passenger services or even change the economics of today’s airlines. But self-flying aircraft will take a while, for...
Google promises its AI will not be used for weapons
But the company said it will continue to work with governments and the military.
Why AI and cryptocurrency are making a type of computer chip scarce
With people and companies involved in the two surging tech niches buying up graphics processing units, the chips have been in short supply over the...
The fight for talent: Facebook hires UW professor for new AI lab in Seattle
Facebook is opening new AI labs in Seattle and Pittsburgh, after hiring three professors from the University of Washington and Carnegie Mellon University. Its efforts...