One of Amazon’s Best-Selling Cameras Is a Fake
Despite dropping crime rates and research proving their ineffectiveness, dummy security cameras keep selling.
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Crime-Stopping Cars of the Future
New computer technology could prevent hijacking, drunk driving, and high-speed chases.
Fighting the Child-Porn Problem With Digital Technology
Governments and tech companies experiment with filters to protect kids from exposure and exploitation.
Conference Call: What’s Happening in July and August—and Why It Matters
From Rust, Regeneration, and Romance to The Global Crime Scene: Crime Narratives Beyond Borders, academic gatherings you should be aware of.
Face to Face With More Electronic Privacy Concerns
As facial recognition on the fly becomes more and more possible, are there any uses that don't send chills up the spines of civil libertarians?
Your Stem Cells Are Here to Stay
The controversy surrounding them probably isn't going anywhere, either.
Before It Was Your Phone
The NSA's eavesdropping and data-gathering may be unsettling, but it's only recently that we've begun to think of our telephone conversations as personal and private.
Are Video Games the Next Great Art Form?
That might be a dumb question, but whatever video games are, they're starting to resemble all the things we've called "art" in the past.
How Gallium Nitride Could Help Power the World
One engineer's effort to cut electrical waste at the wall.