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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.

In "5 New Patents to Watch," the editors pick the patents they believe will transform business and technology. Anyone living on the West Coast in 2001 might pay special attention to the next article. Fuel cells and microturbines could turn almost any consumer into a power-producer. Peter Fairly has the story in "Power to the People." The concept of the computer desktop will someday be a thing of the past. Instead, we'll be looking for other platforms to hold computing power. What will take the place of Windows in this new environment? Claire Tristram explores the possibilities in "Battle for...

In this issue, you’ll hear about two studies that show how complete-genome sequencing can identify disease-causing genes. You'll learn about a new technology that could aid surgeons in removing tumors more effectively. You’ll hear how bacteria from our fingertips could be used to identify individuals with accuracy. You'll hear about a new crop of startups aiming to bring artificial intelligence to the masses. You’ll learn how chemistry could be used to give the internet a boost of speed.

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.

They gravitate to the most interesting and difficult scientific and engineering problems at hand, and arrive at solutions no one had imagined.

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.

In this issue, you’ll hear how the social media giants’ scientists are hunting for insights about human behavior. You’ll hear how Facebook could collapse – without a new earth-changing idea. You’ll hear how Germany is pursuing ambitious greenhouse-gas reductions while closing down its nuclear plants. You’ll learn how scientists are turning back to nature in order to revolutionize the way we produce fuels, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals. And you’ll find out why the future of media on mobile devices isn't with apps but with the Web.

You’ll learn how New York is investing in financial startups to make sure technologists and new ideas stick around. You’ll hear how mobile carriers are turning to sophisticated data analytics in order to give better service to high-paying customers. You’ll learn how some of the leading mobile carriers are joining forces in an effort to compete with Google in the mobile payment business. You’ll hear why a college dropout with no background in finance is meetings with some of the world's biggest banks.

In this issue, you’ll hear why Facebook has tightened its security. You’ll learn about an interest network that lets users create pages and plans to give them a cut of the resulting ad revenue. You'll hear why taking control of computers with our hands and bodies is set to become commonplace. You’ll learn how a full-color screen for mobile devices may be available sooner than you’d think.

In this issue, you'll hear how Twitter plans to become the leader in instant news – and transform itself into a sustainable business. You'll learn how IBM has found a way to turn its mathematicians' innovations into a new source of revenue. You'll hear how a biotechnology company from California has headed to the land of sugar in an effort to change the world for the better.