The internet of things (to be hacked)Hooking up gadgets to the web promises huge benefits. But security must not be an afterthought CYBER-SECURITY is now part of all our lives. “Patches” and other security updates arrive for phones, tablets and PCs. Consultants remind us all not to open unknown files or plug unfamiliar memory sticks into our computers. The bosses of some Western firms throw away p
The third arrowShinzo Abe has the best chance in decades of changing Japan for the better. He seems poised to take it DURING Japan’s Meiji restoration, which began in 1868, a group of reform-minded officials and citizens worked together to stamp out feudalism, prise open borders and push the country onto a path of rapid industrialisation. In little over ten years they reshaped Japan from top to bo
Let the light shine inTwo big recent scientific results are looking shaky—and it is open peer review on the internet that has been doing the shaking SCIENTISTS make much of the fact that their work is scrutinised anonymously by some of their peers before it is published. This “peer review” is supposed to spot mistakes and thus keep the whole process honest. The peers in question, though, are neces
MANY countries seem obsessed with high-speed rail. Britain intends to build a controversial high-speed link known as HS2, connecting London to Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds. In California there are plans to build a high-speed link between San Francisco and Los Angeles. France is slowly expanding its high-speed lines (known as the TGV) while other countries, such as Spain and China, are enlargin
On being forgottenThe right to be forgotten sounds attractive. But it creates more problems than it solves MAX MOSLEY enjoyed sexual practices which many might find odd. But that was his business, so when in 2008 a now-defunct British tabloid wrongly dubbed him a participant in a “sick Nazi orgy”, he sued it for breaching his privacy and won. The allegations, however, remain on the internet. If yo
Faces and fortunesWhat makes women attractive depends on how healthy the place they live is THAT health and beauty are linked is not in doubt. But it comes as something of a surprise that who is perceived as beautiful depends not only on the health of the person in question but also on the average level of health in the place where she lives. This, though, is the conclusion of a study just publish
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More In response to Edward Snowden’s mass surveillance revelations, Google is working to make complex encryption tools, such as PGP, easier to use in Gmail. PGP, or Pretty Good Privacy, is an encryption utility that historically has been difficult to break. But Google has “rese
FOR a long time speech-recognition software was poor, confirming the saying that computers find it difficult to do things humans do easily, and vice-versa. But lately it has got much better: most modern smartphones now have a host of voice-activated features which actually work. Not only can programs such as Google Now or the iPhone's Siri handle restricted tasks like finding a restaurant or diall
EVERYONE'S mother or auntie seems to be at it. With short-term interest rates virtually nil and bonds yielding not much more, Mrs Watanabe, the ubiquitous Japanese housewife who controls the family finances, has been getting more daring in her investment habits. Lately, one of her more popular gambles has been “samurai” bonds—yen-denominated bonds issued in Japan by foreign governments and compani
Immigrants from the futureRobots offer a unique insight into what people want from technology. That makes their progress peculiarly fascinating, says Oliver Morton SCHAFT, A BLUE-LIMBED robot, lifts its right foot to the seventh step of the ladder, its left foot to the eighth, and stops; it sways alarmingly in the strong Florida sea breeze. Of the 17 teams competing in the DARPA Robotics Challenge
Holding back half the nationWomen’s lowly status in the Japanese workplace has barely improved in decades, and the country suffers as a result. Shinzo Abe would like to change that KAREN KAWABATA represents the best of Japan’s intellectual capital. She has just graduated from the University of Tokyo, the most prestigious in the country. Wry and poised, with an American mother and Japanese father,
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