Science & Technology

Artificial intelligence can help fix it.

It helped, but the countries that fared best had other factors at play.

Long denominated in cash, payments back to home countries are finally going digital.

The selfish reasons the United States and Europe must help poor countries deal with COVID-19.

Silencing @realDonaldTrump was the easy part. Now the hard work begins.

It can help solve many of his problems, yet so far, Biden has distanced himself from the sector. That has to change.

It could make 2021 the year Americans rediscover science.

When they enter office, Biden and Harris must make up for lost ground.

Persuasion is essential to society and democracy, but we need new rules governing how companies can harness it.

Congressional action has typically left big tech firms intact, instead mandating that they improve access for all consumers. Washington should stick to that model.

Retaining the U.S. advantage needs funding, not xenophobia.

Biometrics have crept into humanitarian aid, but the systems may disadvantage women who need help most.

To preserve the dollar’s status as the world’s reserve currency, the United States can’t let China get ahead on cryptocurrency.

The network has plenty of other security weaknesses, including ones the United States doesn’t want to fix since they help its own surveillance efforts.

Its next chapter will be fought through export and import controls, investment restrictions, and sanctions—and the United States should prepare itself now.

Without one, it risks missing out on all the technology’s benefits—and falling behind rivals such as China.

And by treating it like one, the United States could miss out on its real potential.

The imperiled birth—and slow decline—of Golden Rice.

Beijing is a natural partner to fast and cheap development, but Riyadh should be wary of alienating its allies.

Washington needs to do more to foster and protect the country’s innovation ecosystem.