April

I started working with Dr. Carl Mack when I took an engineering internship in my hometown of Seattle. But it wasn’t long before my internship took me in a completely different direction. The city was  on high alert  in the wake of racial discrimination and violence, and Dr. Mack was the VP of the city’s NAACP chapter. At his side, I was soon participating in protests and closed door meetings with city leaders—opening my eyes to non-technical solutions, and...

Go isn’t just a game—it’s a living, breathing culture of players, analysts, fans, and legends. Over the last 10 days in Seoul, South Korea, we’ve been lucky enough to witness some of that incredible excitement firsthand. We've also had the chance to see something that's never happened before:  DeepMind 's AlphaGo took on and defeated legendary Go player, Lee Sedol (9-dan professional with 18 world titles), marking a major milestone for artificial...

By 2025, half of the world’s population will be living in  water-stressed areas . Already, more than  663 million people  in the world live without clean water. And drought is a major challenge in geographies ranging from Northern California, which is facing its worst drought in 1,200 years ; to east Africa, where a devastating drought has led to crop failures affecting  an estimated 23 million people . To address challenges at this scale, we need...

From the earliest cave drawings, to classical paintings, to crayon scribbles, humans just have a thing for visual expression. These days  digital art  has spurred new opportunities for creativity, going well beyond good old pencils and paper. It's against this canvas that we bring you  Tilt Brush —a new virtual reality (VR) app that lets you paint from an entirely new perspective, available today on the  HTC Vive . With Tilt Brush, you can paint in...