Darrell M. West

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover, the biggest, heaviest, most advanced vehicle sent to the Red Planet by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), is seen on Mars in an undated illustration provided by Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Handout via REUTERS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

TechTank Podcast Episode 16: What we can learn about Mars from the Perseverance exploration

Darrell M. West

Monday, April 5, 2021

A man uses a smartphone in New York City, in this picture taken November 6, 2013. Twitter Inc raised the top end of its IPO price range by 25 percent and will close its books a day early, signaling strong demand for the most closely watched Silicon Valley debut since Facebook Inc last year. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS TELECOMS) - TM4E9B60XZA01

Techlash continues to batter technology sector

Darrell M. West

Friday, April 2, 2021

A U-2 spy plane that is being used to test AI applications lands at an air field.

It is time to negotiate global treaties on artificial intelligence

John R. Allen and Darrell M. West

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Ohio State running back Trey Sermon makes his way through agility ladder drills at EXOS in Gulf Breeze, Fla., near Pensacola, on Tuesday, March 9, 2021, while training for the NFL draft.

How the NFL is using AI to evaluate players

Darrell M. West

Thursday, March 18, 2021

Community members march down El Paseo shopping district in Palm Desert in rebuke of the shutdown mandate by the state government to stop the spread of COVID-19 on December 9, 2020.Coivd Protest

Why America has great science but terrible politics

Darrell M. West

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

A man wearing a protective face mask walks under surveillance cameras as the country is hit by an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, in Shanghai, China March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song

TechTank Podcast Episode 14: How companies surveil workers and ways employees can protect themselves

Darrell M. West

Monday, March 8, 2021

A view shows Mars in this handout picture taken after UAE's Hope Probe entered orbit in the first Arab Mars mission February 10, 2021. Picture taken February 10, 2021. United Arab Emirates Space Agency/Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre / LASP / EMM-EXI/Handout via REUTERS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Will Mars become an object of international competition?

Darrell M. West

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

DHS cybersecurity

TechTank Podcast Episode 12: How to protect yourself from cybersecurity attacks

Darrell M. West

Monday, February 8, 2021

Protesters phone flashing in demonstration against the military coup.Myanmar's military detained State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi and declared a state of emergency while seizing the power in the country for a year after losing the election against the National League for Democracy (NLD). (Photo by Aung Kyaw Htet / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Shutting down the internet

Darrell M. West

Friday, February 5, 2021

COVID 19 vaccine distribution Friday, Jan. 22, 2021 at UH Samaritan on Main. TOM E. PUSKAR/TIMES-GAZETTE.COMCovid 19 Vaccine Distribution018

Who is getting a COVID-19 vaccination?

Darrell M. West

Friday, January 22, 2021