Future Tech

Science & Technology

The Robots Will Take Our Jobs. Here's Why Futurist Ray Kurzweil Isn't Worried.

'We are going to have new types of jobs creating new types of dollars that don't exist yet,' says the inventor and futurist.

Innovation

This Device Diagnoses a Broken Machine by Sound. Really.

This new tech troubleshoots by listening in.

Science & Technology

This Guy Spent 4 Years Creating a Reddit Set in the Future

The rendering by Blair Erickson represents what he thinks the site would look like 1,000 years from now.

Innovation

Why Virtual Reality Is Vital

Ebbe Altberg, CEO of the company that created the virtual 3-D world Second Life, answers your VR questions.

Business Ideas

More Than 2 Chinas Worth of People Will Be Digitally Connected By 2020. Are You Ready?

In less than five years, 65 percent of the eight billion people on Earth will be digitally connected. This creates tremendous challenges and opportunities for businesses.

Data & Recovery

If You Get In the Way of Google's Self-Driving Car, It Might Shout at You

Forget wimpy horn-honking. Google's autonomous ride could blast messages at passersby from external loudspeakers.

Thought Leaders

5 Ways to Future Proof Your Company

Look ahead to how business is shifting so your company is poised for success.

Data & Recovery

The Future of the Internet of Things Will Be 'Notification Hell' Before It Gets Better

By 2025, the connectivity of our physical world to the Internet could be worth more than $11 trillion per year, according to a new report. To get there, the industry will need to evolve.

Science & Technology

Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking Warn That AI Military Robots Could Ignite the Next Global Arms Race

That is, if we don't stop the killer machines first.

Science & Technology

Will You Be Ready for the Virtual Reality Future?

Six insights on the fully immersive digital future from a novel that will soon be adapted into a Steven Spielberg film.

Devices

3 Amazing Technologies That Could Be Part of Your New Smartphone

From being able to diagnose skin conditions to knowing your location down to the centimeter, the computer in your pocket is only going to get more and more mindboggling.

Science & Technology

Elon Musk's Money Is Being Used to Stop AI From Obliterating Humans

Prepare, people. The machines are rising.

Innovation

Your Hoverboard Future is Closer Than You Think (VIDEO)

Lexus just unveiled a working hoverboard prototype.

Data & Recovery

What 'They' Are Not Telling You: The Downsides of the 'Internet of Things'

Sure, it's great to contemplate a cool, "connected" toaster; but have you considered the upheavals ahead?

Productivity

What the Office of the Future Might Look Like (Infographic)

Researchers predict a workforce driven by technology, individual choice and an entrepreneurial spirit.