technology

Thousands of years ago, the ancient Greeks anticipated robots and artificial intelligence—and they didn’t trust them.

Beijing is famous for putting engineers and scientists in charge. But that doesn’t make for better leaders.

Reagan waged his own trade war against an Asian tech competitor. Here’s how it went—and what that means for Trump’s battle against Huawei.

Libra is an ideological project, not a practical one.

The Arakan Army’s online propaganda campaign shows the tech company hasn’t yet figured out how to tackle hate speech on its platform.

Propaganda is getting an upgrade with technological tricks.

Chinese facial recognition software has arrived in Serbia. It confirms the West’s worst fears about Huawei.

The belief that China’s surveillance gives it an advantage is misleading—and dangerous.

Plus: Netanyahu faces a deadline to form a coalition, a mass stabbing in Japan, and what to watch in the world this week.

A badly implemented ban would be a Pyrrhic victory at best.

As the United States and China square off, firms will be forced to decouple.

The U.S. ban of Huawei escalates the trade war with China, government and opposition representatives for Venezuela return to the negotiating table, and U.S. lawmakers fear skewed intelligence on Iran.

The transition in Sudan is put on hold amid violence, Europe balks at the U.S. military response to Iran, and the United States hits Chinese firm Huawei with sanctions.

Government leaders and tech companies convene to combat violent extremism online, an ongoing curfew amid violence in Sri Lanka, and the crackdown on Venezuela’s opposition continues.

Six things to read as the company goes public.

China's closest ideological neighbor wants its own 5G network.

The biggest barrier to policing social media is language.

Researchers must stay aware of how easily AI work can be turned to repressive ends.

It is time for the United States to start thinking about systemic risk in its next-generation networks.

Changes in technology, politics, and business are all transforming espionage. Intelligence agencies must adapt—or risk irrelevance.