Seven Technologies to Watch in 2022
Our fifth annual round-up of the tools that look set to shake up science this year.

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Our fifth annual round-up of the tools that look set to shake up science this year.
The Doomsday Clock has become a universally recognized indicator of the world’s vulnerability to catastrophe from nuclear weapons, climate change, and disruptive technologies in other domains.
With the COVID-19 crisis still underway and a climate crisis looming, an international group of senior researchers is pushing the world's biggest economies to reform the way they manage collaboration on emerging technologies. In coming years, argues a group participant, David Delpy, professor of medical photonics at University College London, the world risks conflict over who controls and benefits from a range of emerging technologies from climate control to 6G wireless networks.
The catalysis of CO2 conversion is a research topic ripe with potential to contribute towards a net-zero future.
The ELN's Sylvia Mishra writes that AI-generated fake videos - deep fakes - threaten to exacerbate chaos in conflict, lower nuclear thresholds and complicate nuclear weapons decision-making. The uncontrolled use and spread of this technology requires urgent attention from the nuclear policy community.
Since 1996, the Internet Archive has been capturing the World Wide Web but also doing so much more to preserve our digital world behind the scenes.
A Facebook robot that wraps fiber-optic cables around power lines could help bridge the digital divide by expanding internet access.
A set of 41 questions drafted with a view to helping us draw out the moral or ethical implications of our tools.
The world's first flying race car, the Airspeeder Mk3, has completed its maiden flight and is on track to compete in a first-of-its-kind racing series later in 2021.
Developed by Australian and European researchers, the film works by converting infrared light into light visible to the human eye
Starting with the classics, this unique shop is converting existing cars into all-electric road warriors.
Bedford-based blimp maker unveils routes it hopes to serve by 2025 cutting carbon footprint of flying by 90%
WhatsApp has filed a lawsuit in Delhi against the Indian government seeking to block regulations coming into force on Wednesday that experts say would compel Facebook's (FB.O) messaging app to break privacy protections, sources said.
One of the biggest antitrust lawsuits in the history of Big Tech kicked off this week - here's what you need to know.
A mental health startup built its business on easy-to-use technology. Patients joined in droves. Then came a catastrophic data breach.
Companies like Facebook aren’t building technology for you, they’re building technology for your data. They collect everything they can from FB, Instagram, and WhatsApp in order to sell visibility into people and their lives.
A Guardian investigation exposes the breadth of state-backed manipulation of the platform.
The company's explanations have been confusing and inconsistent, but there are finally some answers.
In 2019, I made a painful decision. But to the algorithms that drive Facebook, Pinterest, and a million other apps, I'm forever getting married.
Exclusive: users are allowed to praise mass killers and 'violent non-state actors' in certain situations
EPFL introduced its new joint Master's in Sustainable Management and Technology, a degree that will prepare the next generation to spearhead the transition towards a more resilient, sustainable and inclusive economy and which is hosted by the multi-institutional initiative Enterprise for Society Center (E4S).
The Big Four all lean on the encyclopedia at no cost. With the launch of Wikimedia Enterprise, the volunteer project will change that-and possibly itself too.