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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.

In this issue, you'll learn about a new feature that will enable shuttle astronauts to get out alive in case of a launch emergency. You'll get a few hints as to how Google's new operating system will actually function. You'll learn how a company is trying to bolster online password security by studying the people who are typing in the characters. You'll hear about the alarming security weaknesses in ATMs and what is being done to improve it.

The octopus was about five feet off the ground, over my right shoulder. I turned and stepped closer to walk around it. Anyone watching might have thought I looked silly - I had a bulky black virtual-reality headset strapped onto my face. But at least there wasn’t a cable running down my back to connect it to a PC.

The founder of Tesla, SolarCity, and SpaceX is deservedly admired for his technological insight. But is his latest business plan reckless?

By experimenting, computers are figuring out how to do things that no programmer could teach them.

In this issue: "Why Tesla Is Worth More than GM" by James Surowiecki; "Help from Above" by Jonathan W. Rosen; "Carbon" by Katherine Bourzac; "Oxford Nanopore" by Antonio Regalado; "IBM" by David H. Freedman; "General Electric" by Elizabeth Woyke; "Why Bad Things Happen to Clean-Energy Startups" by James Temple.

In this issue: "Can China and the Internet Save American Small Business?" by Emily Parker; "In China, a Store of the Future—No Checkout, No Staff" by Yiting Sun; "China's Central Bank Has Begun Cautiously Testing a Digital Currency" by Will Knight; "Trump Talk Aside, Auto Manufacturing and Automation Are Booming in Mexico" by Amy Guthrie; "Karamba Is Writing Software to Keep Your Connected Car from Getting Hacked" by Doron Levin; "Peter Thiel Is Funding the Effort to Bring Woolly Mammoths Back to Life" by Antonio Regalado…

In this issue: "35 Innovators Under 35 – Inventors" by The Editors of Technology Review; "35 Innovators Under 35 – The Entrepreneurs" by The Editors of Technology Review; "35 Innovators Under 35 – Visionaries" by The Editors of Technology Review; "35 Innovators Under 35 – Humanitarians" by The Editors of Technology Review; "35 Innovators Under 35 – Pioneers" by The Editors of Technology Review; and "A New Way to Reproduce" by Antonio Regalado.

In this issue: "Procuring Innovation" by Fred Kaplan; "The Hole in the Digital Economy" by David Talbot; "Rejuvenating the Chance of Motherhood?" by Karen Weintraub; "The Cancer Lottery" by Stephen S. Hall; and "Google's Long, Strange Life Span Trip" by Antonio Regalado.

In this issue: "Disinformation Technology" by John Pollock; "The Dark Secret at the Heart of AI" by Will Knight; "James Allison Has Unfinished Business with Cancer" by Adam Piore; "Treating Addiction with an App" by Nanette Byrnes; and "The Growing Case for Geoengineering" by James Temple.

In this issue: "10 Breakthrough Technologies"; "One Man's Quest to Hack His Own Genes" by Antonio Regalado; and "The Robotic Grocery Store of the Future Is Here" by Jamie Condliffe.

In this issue: "One Man's Quest to Hack His Own Genes" by Antonio Regalado; "Critics Blast Star-Studded Advisory Board of Anti-Aging Company" by Karen Weintraub; "Questionable 'Young Blood' Transfusions Offered in U.S. as Anti-Aging Remedy" by Amy Maxmen; "10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2016: Where Are They Now?" by Tom Simonite; "5 Big Predictions for Artificial Intelligence in 2017" by Will Knight; "Everything You Need to Know About Gene Therapy’s Most Promising Year" by Antonio Regalado; "For $149 a Month, the Doctor Will See You as Often as You Want" by Rachel Metz; "The Man Selling Virtual Reality to China" by Yiting Sun; "One Startup's Vision to Reinvent the Web for Better Privacy" by Tom Simonite; "Poker Is the Latest Game to Fold Against Artificial Intelligence" by Will Knight; "Robot Cars Can Learn to Drive without Leaving the Garage" by Will Knight; "The Limits of Fact-Checking Facebook" by Matt Mahoney.

In this issue: "Congress Takes Blockchain 101" by Mike Orcutt; "Why Congress Can't Seem to Fix This 30-Year-Old Law Governing Your Electronic Data" by Mike Orcutt; "Trump's Tax Talk Sounds Less Than "Phenomenal" for Tech" by Peter Burrows; "The U.S. Military Wants Its Autonomous Machines to Explain Themselves" by Will Knight; "Messaging App Sweeping Asia Could Blunt Snapchat's Global Ambitions" by Yoochul Kim and Elizabeth Woyke; "This Lab-in-a-Box Could Make Gene Therapy Less Elitist" by Antonio Regalado; and more!

In this issue: "100 Days in, Few Clues about Trump's Tech Agenda" by Mike Orcutt; "Finding Solace in Defeat by Artificial Intelligence" by Brenden Lake; "Facebook's Sci-Fi Plan for Typing with Your Mind and Hearing with Your Skin" by Rachel Metz; "Google's Health Study Seeks 10,000 Volunteers to Give Up Their Medical Secrets" by Antonio Regalado; "Engineering the Perfect Astronaut" by Antonio Regalado; "With Neuralink, Elon Musk Promises Human-to-Human Telepathy. Don't Believe It." by Antonio Regalado; "The World's Largest Electric Vehicle Maker Hits a Speed Bump" by Laurie Burkitt.

Had artificial intelligence been named something less spooky, we’d probably worry about it less.

Even if you don’t live in Britain, the U.K.’s new “Snooper’s Charter” is worth watching. It could inspire other democratic nations to adopt aggressive surveillance policies.

What's the best way to get a piece of the emerging field of self-driving cars? Automakers say it's to custom-make their own robotic vehicles, essentially from scratch. A handful of tech firms, however, are building systems that will allow carmakers to take a back seat.

Amazon doesn’t have an official presence at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, but it’s making no shortage of headlines thanks to its Alexa smart assistant. Don’t assume, though, that the AI butler will be king forever.

An unusual fleet of self-driving cars will take to the road in coming months. Unlike most automated vehicles, which are programmed to deal with the situations they may encounter, these cars will have taught themselves, in simulation, how to handle tricky scenarios safely.