Frightening new technology in the hands of government intelligence agencies has the ability to commandeer any smart camera and even “alter feeds” to manipulate both its audio and visuals ...

Scientists from three British universities are together developing an atom-thick graphene chip that slashes energy use for ...

In this adapted excerpt from "The Future of Language: How Technology, Politics and Utopianism are Transforming the Way We Communicate" (Bloomsbury, 2023), author Philip Seargeant examines brain ...

I often describe my beat as "the looming tech dystopia — and how we can try to avoid it," but I'd never seen such an audacious attack on anonymity before. Sign up for the Live Science daily ...

Social media, naturally, had a field day over the “dystopian” scenes. “It’s like an episode of Black Mirror,” said one viewer. “Yeah, we’re done for,” said another.

Today a powerful new technology—artificial intelligence—is again stirring up fears and finding resonance in dystopian narratives from “1984” to “Terminator.” ...

Generative artificial intelligence is changing education. The tabloids would have it that students are using it to fulfill ...

The experience made him reflect on brain-computer interfaces — a technology with both positive and dystopian implications. Skip to main content Open menu Close menu ...