5G wireless technology promises to change the world. And it might! Millions of people expect to experience the new superfast wireless tech on smartphones this fall, but the reality is that 5G is complex and might change business sooner than it improves your phone’s download speed. Even as more 5G-ready phones are arriving, we’re still …

Before there were Russian hackers, there was the KGB. Established in 1954 during the Khrushchev regime, the Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti was notorious for developing sophisticated technologies designed to gather information from its targets. “It might be fair to call them hackers,” said Agne Urbaityte, curator of the KGB Espionage Museum. “They were before computers, but the jobs were similar.” Located …

Artificial intelligence is ubiquitous. Mobile maps route us through traffic, algorithms can now pilot automobiles, virtual assistants help us smoothly toggle between work and life, and smart code is adept at surfacing our next our new favorite song. But AI could prove dangerous, too. Tesla CEO Elon Musk once warned that biased, unmonitored and unregulated AI could be the “greatest …

The world’s fastest wireless data network is coming soon to the world’s fastest city. In 2018, New York City asked three companies—Neutral Connect Networks, Fiberless Networks, and Edge Fibernet—to experiment with 5G on Governors Island Park. Over months of testing a diverse spectrum of technologies, city officials have learned that deploying 5G will be challenging, but the benefits are significant. …