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In this issue, you'll learn how Google will keep a copy of any genome in the cloud – for only 25 dollars. You’ll hear about Lockheed Martin's breakthrough Fusion machine. You’ll learn how Knightscope is preparing to roll out human-size robot patrols. You'll hear how IBM is trying to turn things around with research on more human-like artificial intelligence. You'll learn how we’re going to need an air traffic control system for drones. You'll hear about a "smart" terminal that is going to be used for all kinds of payments. And you'll hear news from the worlds of Biomedicine, Technology and Communications.

You’ll learn how Facebook is pushing beyond data-driven studies on voting, sharing, and organ-donation prompts, to make people feel good or bad. You’ll hear how inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil is working with Google to apply his theory of intelligence to understanding online information. You’ll learn how Amazon’s Fire Phone could make visual search easier, better, and more popular. You’ll hear how IBM is working on a new computer chip – which could be up to five times faster than current transistors. You’ll learn how smart homes will require unprecedented effort to ensure not just security but also usability. And you’ll hear news from the worlds of Biomedicine, Technology and Communications.

In this issue, you’ll hear how researchers can investigate the source of emotions, memory, and consciousness for the first time. You’ll learn how better research tools and new insights into the genetics of brain disorders could revive the moribund effort to improve treatments. You’ll hear how a better understanding of the complex systems the brain uses to relay information could lead to massive breakthroughs in memory and computing. You’ll learn about a remarkable experiment where a paralyzed woman used her mind to control a robotic arm. And you’ll hear how Gabriel Kreiman’s single-neuron measurements of unconscious decision-making could someday point to ways we can learn to control ourselves.

In this issue, you’ll learn how a neuroscientist believes brain-controlled robotics will let the paralyzed walk again. You’ll hear about a unique gathering of 13 companies showcasing a year’s worth of interesting launches. You’ll learn how a new capability could significantly decrease the cost of space launches. You’ll hear about some of the biggest e-commerce sites in China and how they’re trying to gain the attention of American investors. You’ll learn how small startups that use a lot of bandwidth could be facing a crushing disadvantage. And you’ll hear news from the worlds of Biomedicine, Technology and Communications.

You’ll learn what it’s like to use a device that can be controlled with your voice and a noise-cancelling headset. You’ll hear about the growing security problem Google is facing. You’ll learn how researchers have shown that the swipe-to-unlock action can be replaced. You’ll hear how WebTV’s creator is trying to make wireless technology that will give us faster, better mobile Internet access. You’ll learn how a few apps are starting to reveal what Google Glass could soon become. And you’ll hear news from the worlds of Biomedicine, Technology and Communications.

In this issue, you’ll hear about the top companies from our list of the “50 Smartest Companies 2014.” You’ll learn how some of our deadliest genetic diseases could be cured. You’ll hear what Google must overcome in order for its wearable computer to be accepted. And you’ll learn how Bitcoin’s underlying technology is beginning to suggest valuable new applications.

In this issue, you’ll learn about the year's most important computing stories. You’ll hear how IBM is planning to invest a billion dollars in the computer system that won on Jeopardy! You’ll learn how typing in passwords on tablets and PCs could become a thing of the past. You’ll hear about the most intriguing business stories of the year. You’ll learn about a new study that shows how Google is dominating search. And you’ll hear news from the worlds of Biomedicine, Technology and Communications.

In this issue, you’ll learn how one scientist may have come up with a way to offset rising temperatures. You’ll hear about the limits of what may be shown or said on the Web. You’ll learn about Apple’s next big innovation. You’ll hear about what the two men who created the iPod and iPhone have their sights set on now. And you’ll learn why the quest to gather ever more information can make us value the wrong things and grow overconfident about what we know.

You’ll hear how President Obama’s campaign used big data to rally individual voters. You’ll learn why climate change must take top priority in the next four years of President Obama’s Administration. You’ll hear how technology has given politics back its soul. You’ll learn about how a simple diagnostic test could help prevent the deaths of 1.5 million people each year from tuberculosis.

In this issue, you’ll learn how manufacturing in the United States is in trouble – which spells bad news for the country's economy and future of innovation. You’ll hear how our saved online photos and mementos are at the mercy of companies that may decide to just throw it all away. You’ll learn how mapping our neural circuits under anesthesia could shed light on consciousness. You’ll hear how information technology is reducing the need for certain jobs faster than new ones are being created.

In this issue, you’ll learn what China’s next great economic advantage could be. You'll hear how Facebook emerged from a privacy scandal to become online advertising’s next great hope. You’ll learn how demonstrating IBM’s software on Jeopardy! may have been a bad idea. You’ll hear why it may be a good idea to start taking price into account when considering approval or coverage of new drug treatments.

In this issue, you'll hear how Japan's spiraling reactor accident could threaten the future of nuclear power - how residents in Tokyo were alerted by a new early warning system – how newer nuclear plant designs are more resilient to natural disaster – and how people around the globe were quickly able to mobilize online to provide relief for Japan.

In this issue, you'll hear about how the Microsoft Kinect is fun but its natural user interfaces still have a long way to go. You'll learn about what Google TV has to offer – despite tepid early reviews. You'll learn about a new messaging system that could steal advertising dollars from Facebook's rivals. You'll hear about an app that goes through the clutter of texts, calls, and e-mails on a device to make sense out of a chaotic social network.

The startup is exploring a molten chloride reactor concept, but says it remains committed to traveling wave reactors.

In this issue: "35 Innovators Under 35 2015" by The Editors of Technology Review. "The Next Great GMO Debate" by Antonio Regaldo.

In this issue, you’ll learn how lavish electronic-book projects point toward the pinnacle of the medium. You’ll hear how the masses who talk back through social media are starting to influence corporate, financial, and governmental behavior. You’ll hear how Nokia’s new CTO is trying to help the Finnish company regain its status as a leader of innovation. You’ll hear why the gradual spread of nuclear weapons may actually be better than no spread at all.

A reincarnation of one of the oldest ideas in artificial intelligence could finally make it possible to truly converse with our computers. And Facebook has a chance to make it happen first.

On a wall facing dozens of cubicles at the FBI office in Pittsburgh, five guys from Shanghai stare from “Wanted” posters. Wang Dong, Sun Kailiang, Wen Xinyu, Huang Zhenyu, and Gu Chunhui are, according to a federal indictment unsealed last year, agents of China’s People’s Liberation Army Unit 61398, who hacked into networks at American companies—U.S. Steel, Alcoa, Allegheny Technologies (ATI), Westinghouse—plus the biggest industrial labor union in North America, United Steelworkers, and the U.S. subsidiary of SolarWorld, a German solar-panel maker.

In this issue: "Facebook Instant Articles Just Don't Add Up for Publishers" by Michael Wolff; "Probing the Dark Side of Google's Ad-Targeting System" by Tom Simonite; "Artificial Intelligence That Makes Your Smartphone Smarter" by Rachel Metz; "Self-Charging Phones Are on the Way, Finally" by Rachel Metz; "Smartphones (and Motorcycles) Fuel Hyperlocal E-Commerce in India" by George Anders; "Inside India's Phablet Revolution" by George Anders; "Is Now a Good Time to Meet Your New Virtual Assistant?" by Will Knight; "Inside Amazon's Warehouse, Human-Robot Symbiosis" by Will Knight; "How to Stop Virtual Reality from Making You Want to Puke" by Rachel Metz; "Automated Vehicles: One Eye on the Road, Another on You" by Will Knight; "Teach Your Fitness Band to Track Biceps Curls and More" by Rachel Metz; "The Great Cancer Test Experiment" by Antonio Reglado; "When a Fetus's Test Finds a Mother’s Cancer" by Anna Nowogrodzki; and "Should Babies Have Their Genomes Sequenced?" by Anna Nowogrodzki.

In this issue: "Apple Has Plans for Your DNA" by Antonio Regalado. "Small Display Bedevils Some Apple Watch Apps" by Rachel Metz. "Microsoft Making Fast Progress with HoloLens" by Rachel Metz. "Startup Beams the Web’s Most Important Content from Space, Free" by Tom Simonite. "Even Robots Now Have Their Own Virtual World" by Will Knight. "Some Tesla Owners Pimp Their Rides with Code" by Will Knight. "Dropbox Follows the Money into Crowded Market for Business Tools" by Tom Simonite. "Why Bitcoin Could Be Much More Than a Currency" by Mike Orcutt. "A New Competitor for Bitcoin Aims to Be Faster and Safer" by Tom Simonite. "Can You Improve Your E-Mails by Analyzing Recipients’ Personalities?" by Rachel Metz. "A Potato Made with Gene Editing" by Antonio Regalado. "CRISPR Patent Fight Now a Winner-Take-All Match" by Antonio Regalado.