In the Future, Social Media Will Pay You For Your Data
Minds won't have a Cambridge Analytica, because all interactions (and transactions) are public.
16 hours agoThere May Soon Be A New Vaccine To Combat Addiction To Bath Salts
Now the hard part: getting it to work.
18 hours agoHow 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, 2018
Hollywood is Wrong: Netflix is the Future of Film
The film industry could learn a thing or two from the streaming service.
April 20, 2018Scientists Just Stored The Hottest Album From 1998 In Literal DNA
Might be hard to play tho.
April 20, 2018Robot Showboat: Now Even Our Celeb Feuds Are Automated
Grab your (digitally rendered) popcorn.
April 20, 2018UK Officials Reveal 5 New Principles for Businesses Working With AI
These guiding principles may be the first step towards codified laws governing businesses' use of AI.
April 20, 2018FDA Committee Recommends Approving Marijuana-Derived Drug
"I had seizures for 10 years...[Epidiolex] changed my life."
April 19, 2018A Moss Can Naturally Clean Harmful Arsenic From Water
That's good news for Sweden, which has a lot of toxic arsenic in its water.
April 19, 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
This Company Wants to Store Your Stem Cells to Treat Future Diseases
Scientists Who Stick Needles in Brains Curious About What Needles Do to Brains
Apps 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, 2018Everything You Need to Know From Mark Zuckerberg’s Congressional Testimony: Day 1
The senators grilled Zuck for five hours.
April 10, 2018
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