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, 2018
Soldiers Are Training in Virtual Environments Generated From Real Cities
Soldiers are now training in virtual reconstructions of North Korea.
April 23, 2018How Blockchain Can Give Readers More Power On the Internet [Sponsored]
Blockchain can preserve the upside of systems like Facebook, but leave much more privacy and influence in the hands of readers.
April 23, 2018Regulators Told Facebook Its Use of Data Was A-OK At A Time It Definitely Was Not
Maybe audits aren't as rigorous as they should be.
April 20, 2018Surprise! Reddit Is Actually Helping People Battle Mental Illness
Amidst the misogyny and racism are some truly supportive communities.
April 20, 2018The World’s Rivers Are All Backed Up, Leaving Fish With No Place To Go
They deserve better than a “salmon cannon.”
April 20, 2018Hollywood is Wrong: Netflix is the Future of Film
The film industry could learn a thing or two from the streaming service.
April 20, 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
Amazon Wants to Help Crack Down on Crypto Crime — for a Price
The World’s Most Googled Bitcoin Questions Answered
That Cocktail Napkin? It Could Tell You If Someone Laced Your Drink.
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
UK 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, 2018Facebook Might Be Biased. But You’ll Never Hear Zuckerberg Admit It.
If the company picked a side, its profits would suffer.
April 12, 2018Mark Zuckerberg’s Congressional Testimony: Day 2
Members of the House got their chance to take a swipe at the piñata that is the Facebook CEO.
April 11, 2018
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