The Future Of Sharing Means You’ll Never Have To Buy Anything Ever Again
Who needs to own anything anyway?
17 mins ago“Transparent” Blockchain Is Pretty Darn Useful For Sharing Private Info
Instead of getting censored by the Chinese government, activists are sharing their writing via the blockchain.
32 mins agoSorry, PETA: Court Says Monkeys Can’t Own A Copyright
That monkey selfie: a very dumb thing that actually kind of matters.
1 hour agoJapan Is Replacing Its Aging Construction Workers With Robots
For now, the machines aren't nearly as good at it as the human workers.
4 hours agoWatch This Breathtaking, Close-Up Clip Of The Surface of A Distant Comet
This simple GIF will make your jaw drop.
5 hours agoEven Europe’s New Privacy Laws Can’t Regulate Facebook
GDPR might not be the global model for reining in tech companies, after all.
5 hours ago
Everything Is Smart In The Future, Even The Freakin’ Walls
With a little paint and some copper wires, you could just slap the wall to turn off the lights, to hell with switches.
April 24, 2018In the Future, Social Media Will Pay You For Your Data
Minds won't have a Cambridge Analytica, because all interactions (and transactions) are public.
April 23, 2018California’s Future Is Dry, Wet, and Scary
"Climate whiplash" could flood and burn California by the end of the century.
April 23, 2018There May Soon Be A New Vaccine To Combat Addiction To Bath Salts
Now the hard part: getting it to work.
April 23, 2018Amazon Is Ramping up Its (Still Rather) Secretive Home Robot Project
It's called Vesta, and here's what we know about it so far.
April 23, 2018Europe Is Illegally Shipping Its Used Electronics to Nigeria
This is going to make people very sick.
April 23, 2018Advanced Transport
Musk Admits Automation At Tesla Factory Was a Bad Idea
In Uber’s Vision of the Future, Every Form of Transport Is Fair Game
What’s More Dangerous Than a Human Driving a Car? A Bored Human Not Driving an AV.
Enhanced Humans
Trying to Quit Drinking? This Implant Will Snitch If You Fall off the Wagon
Future Society
To Protect Endangered Coral Reefs, Researchers Need Legal Recourse
Amazon Wants to Help Crack Down on Crypto Crime — for a Price
Health & Medicine
Earlier Cancer Detection Could Be Just an Artificial Mole Away
Even Clinical Trials Can Be Fake Now — Here’s How to Spot One
This Company Wants to Store Your Stem Cells to Treat Future Diseases
New York’s Attorney General Begins Inquiry Into Cryptocurrency Practices
The initiative is intended to increase the platforms' transparency and accountability.
April 17, 2018Tomorrow’s Airplane Cabins Could Be More Luxurious Than Your Apartment
These designs make today's First Class look boring.
April 16, 2018UK Police Identified A Drug Dealer By His Fingerprints In A WhatsApp Photo
It's probably a good reminder: those cameras always in our pockets are extremely powerful.
April 16, 2018Apps Are Illegally Stealing Children’s Privacy Data
A new tool could help crack down on them.
April 16, 2018When Can Law Enforcement Look at Your Devices? A Definitive List
Seize, swipe, search?
April 13, 2018Court Orders Google to Remove Results for Man’s Criminal Record Under “Right to be Forgotten”
Google initially refused to remove references to the two criminal records — clearly, the tech giant is still interested in acting as the arbiter of all online information.
April 13, 2018Uber’s CEO Knows We Need Equality To Move The World Forward
Khosrowshahi is going to unclog that pipeline of getting women into leadership roles.
April 13, 2018
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