More from Dan Robitzski (Page 49)

Tech startup Ironclad wants to help legal professionals automate their own jobs. For now, its products cut down on tedious paperwork.
Artificial Intelligence

This Startup Is Trying to Automate Law Firms

By Dan Robitzski

A new Reuters investigation reveals that the UAE used a sophisticated hacking tool to easily access iPhone messages, pictures, and passwords.
Hacking

Secret UAE Spy Team Used “Cyber Super-Weapon” to Hack Any iPhone

By Dan Robitzski

Amazon has started to test autonomous delivery robots in Washington State. Meanwhile, lawmakers are struggling to properly regulate the new tech.
Robotics

Lawmakers Don’t Know How to Regulate Amazon’s Delivery Robots

By Dan Robitzski

The new rectenna developed by MIT engineers is the first that's flexible enough for wearables while still generating practical amounts of electricity.
Energy

MIT Says a New Gadget Could Use Wi-Fi to Power Your Smartphone

By Dan Robitzski

A new algorithmic tool can determine if artificial intelligence is biased and then go in and retrain the system to treat people more equitably.
Artificial Intelligence

A New Algorithm Trains AI to Erase its Biases

By Dan Robitzski

Florida Law Would Allow Self-Driving Cars With No Safety Drivers
Self-Driving Vehicles

Florida Law Would Allow Self-Driving Cars With No Safety Drivers

By Dan Robitzski

To prevent high-energy plasma from breaking down fusion experiments, Princeton physicists built a railgun to disperse the plasma's built-up energy.
Physics

New Railgun-Like Device Stabilizes Fusion Reactions

By Dan Robitzski

A new 100-level platformer game designed by Unity's algorithms will test artificial intelligence systems' problem-solving skills.
Artificial Intelligence

Hellishly Hard New Game Is Specifically Designed to Confound AI

By Dan Robitzski

To beef up cybersecurity before the upcoming 2020 Toyko Olympics, the Japanese Government is about to systematically hack the country's IoT devices.
Hacking

Japan Plans to Hack 200 Million Devices to Prepare for Olympics

By Dan Robitzski

According to a massive analysis by MIT Technology Review, the AI research community may soon move away from deep learning toward something new.
Artificial Intelligence

Analysis: “The Era of Deep Learning Is Coming to an End”

By Dan Robitzski

Amazon's facial recognition software, Rekognition, struggles to identify the gender of women with darker skin, suggesting ongoing algorithmic bias.
Facial recognition

Amazon’s Facial Recognition Struggles With Darker Skin

By Dan Robitzski

A new algorithm allows simple digital cameras to reconstruct objects out of their line of sight based on their shadows.
Artificial Intelligence

Spooky Algorithm Sees Around Corners by Analyzing Shadows

By Dan Robitzski

Under Armour is Making Spacesuits for Virgin Galactic
Off-World

Under Armour is Making Spacesuits for Virgin Galactic

By Dan Robitzski

Board certified genetic counselor Rachelle Chambers says that 23andMe's new test for colon cancer could do some good, but professionals would do better.
Cancer

We Asked a Genetic Counselor About 23andMe’s New Cancer Test

By Dan Robitzski

According to CDP, an organization that grades corporations on their environmental impact, Apple expects to become more valuable as climate change worsens.
Climate Change

Apple Expects to Benefit From Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski

New research lends concrete evidence to something that many suspected was true: climate change is increasing global conflict and migration.
Climate Change

New Research: Climate Change Causes Migration and Conflict

By Dan Robitzski

Computer simulations can help spot new planets that were previously obscured by the death throes of old stars.
Off-World

This Scientist Is Hunting for Planets That Orbit Dead Stars

By Dan Robitzski

According to a Stanford doctor who knows He Jiankui personally, the woman carrying the second gene-edited fetus should be 12-14 weeks pregnant by now.
Health & Medicine

Next Gene-Edited Baby Due in Six Months, Scientist Says

By Dan Robitzski

A stylized picture of a 3D-printed heart like one NASA wants to print in space.
3D Printing

Here’s Why NASA Wants to 3D Print Human Hearts in Space

By Dan Robitzski

A new global survey presented to the World Economic Forum reveals a pervasive, worldwide optimism in the face of automation.
Future Society

Globally, Most Workers Think Robots Couldn’t Handle Their Jobs

By Dan Robitzski

A NASA scientist just made animations showing how slow the speed of light is compared to the scale of the cosmos to explain why we haven't traveled far.
NASA

New NASA Animations Show How Slowly Light Travels Through Space

By Dan Robitzski

Astrophysicists just uncovered why some dying stars' supernovae appear to lack high-energy gamma ray bursts. A protective cocoon has been blocking them.
Off-World

Protective “Cocoons” Could Block Deadly Stellar Gamma-Ray Bursts

By Dan Robitzski

The ongoing government shutdown is causing dire effects on biological research, as furloughed scientists struggle to keep their research subjects alive.
Biology

Government Shutdown Could Have Lasting Impacts on Scientific Progress

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists published more data about an exoplanet named K2-22b, just one of three ever observed to be disintegrating in real time.
Exoplanets

Astronomers Are Watching as a Neptune-Sized Exoplanet Disintegrates

By Dan Robitzski

According to the Pentagon's Missile Defense Review, the military is interested in equipping the F-35 fighter jet with anti-ICBM weaponry.
Military

The Military Wants to Use F-35s to Shoot Down Nuclear Missiles

By Dan Robitzski

For the past three decades, NASA and Russia's Roscosmos have operated as equals. But now it seems that NASA may have outgrown its Russian counterpart.
Off-World

Russia and America’s Long Space Partnership Could Soon Fall Apart

By Dan Robitzski

Tokyo-based company Astro Live Experiences just launched its experimental prototype satellite that it will use to create a fake meteor shower.
Off-World

A Startup Is About to Launch a Satellite Full of Fake Shooting Stars

By Dan Robitzski

Experimental nuclear fusion reactors tend to leak out high-energy particles. New computer simulations may help scientists prevent that loss of energy.
Physics

Scientists Found a New Way to Make Fusion Reactors More Efficient

By Dan Robitzski

Ambrosia, the controversial startup clinic offering transfusions of young people's blood, has officially opened up shop in five U.S. cities.
Health & Medicine

New Chain of Clinics Will “Fill Your Veins” With Blood of Youths

By Dan Robitzski

California Governor Gavin Newsom wants to expand the state's tax refund for low-income families and start paying it on a monthly basis.
Future Society

California Could Soon Give Low-Income Residents a Monthly Check

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers spotted an unusual black hole floating through the galaxy. Roughly the size of Jupiter, it's in between the two types of typical black holes.
Black Holes

A Jupiter-Sized Black Hole is Floating Around The Milky Way

By Dan Robitzski

A small, levitating glass bead the size of a virus might be the long-awaited key to directly observing dark matter, if new research is to be believed.
Physics

A Floating, Virus-Sized Bead Could Help Find Dark Matter

By Dan Robitzski

Watch The Most Distant Object Ever Observed Tumble Through Space
Off-World

Watch The Most Distant Object Ever Observed Tumble Through Space

By Dan Robitzski

3D Printed Implants and Stem Cells Helped Paralyzed Rats Walk Again
3D Printing

3D Printed Implants and Stem Cells Helped Paralyzed Rats Walk Again

By Dan Robitzski

Facebook has already divvied up the first $37 million that it will send to organizations that help fund local news coverage around the world.
Investing

Facebook is Investing $300 Million in Local Journalism Projects

By Dan Robitzski

New research sheds light on how supermassive black holes, like the one at the center of the Milky Way, get so massive. It takes more than just eating stars.
Black Holes

Astronomers Figured out How Supermassive Black Holes Get so Big

By Dan Robitzski

Henn na Hotel in Japan is reportedly decommissioning half of the robots it used to have running the show. Too many were buggy or just plain annoying.
Robotics

Japan’s Robot Hotel Just Laid Off Half Its Robots

By Dan Robitzski

According to research by Standard Chartered Bank, China will have the world's strongest economy by next year, with India taking second place by 2030.
Future Society

China Poised to Overtake US Economy in 2020

By Dan Robitzski

Google Brain Built a Translator so AI Can Explain Itself
Google

Google Brain Built a Translator so AI Can Explain Itself

By Dan Robitzski

For the first time, astronomers observed the birth of a new, ultra-dense stellar corpse that could be either a black hole or a neutron star.
Black Holes

Astronomers May Have Just Spotted the Birth of a Black Hole

By Dan Robitzski

IBM’s New AI System Can Compose Logical Arguments
Artificial Intelligence

IBM’s New AI System Can Compose Logical Arguments

By Dan Robitzski

Kai-Fu Lee, a venture capitalist who used to develop AI for Google and Microsoft, predicts that AI will automate 40 percent of the world's jobs in 15 years.
Google

Former Google Exec: AI Will Replace 40 Percent of Jobs in 15 Years

By Dan Robitzski

Robin Lovell-Badge, the geneticist who recently said the infamous geneticist He Jiankui may face the death penalty, now dials back his speculations.
Prosthetics and Devices

Doctor Who Gene Edited Babies Rejects Death Penalty Rumor

By Dan Robitzski

Research suggests that it might be possible to safely approach a black hole as long as its big enough and spinning rapidly.
Black Holes

Physicist: Black Holes Could be Portals for Hyperspace Travel

By Dan Robitzski

The Apple Watch EKG could flag a potentially-dangerous heart condition. But it's more likely to waste everyone's time, doctors argue.
Health & Medicine

Doctors: Apple Watch EKG Users Could Burden the Healthcare System

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists working at the Hubble Telescope just pieced together a massive survey of the Triangulum Galaxy. Now they may be able to watch new stars from.
Off-World

Ultra-Detailed New Image of Nearby Galaxy Shows Stars Being Born

By Dan Robitzski

Biotech company Bluebird Bio Inc. wants to sell its genetic replacement therapy for beta thalessemia over a five-year subscription model.
Health & Medicine

Biotech Firm to Launch Pay-As-You-Go Gene Therapy

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla investors, eager to learn more about Elon Musk's potentially-fraudulent tweets, may subpoena Grimes, Azealia Banks, and several newsrooms.
Tesla

Tesla Investors May Subpoena Grimes and Others over Musk’s Tweets

By Dan Robitzski

A new clinical trial is recruiting patients to see if a drug that stops ALS-related neuron death can also help people with Alzheimer's Disease.
Neuroscience and Brain

New Drug Trial Could Halt Alzheimer’s Memory Loss

By Dan Robitzski

A new FDA-approved food coating can double a vegetable's shelf life. It may help reduce the $2 trillion cost and carbon emissions of food waste.
Food

Edible Coating Can Keep Food Fresh Longer and Cut Down on Waste

By Dan Robitzski

According to a new essay, several companies trying to develop nuclear fusion reactors believe they're getting pretty close.
Physics

Expert: “I’m 100 Percent Confident” Fusion Power Will Be Practical

By Dan Robitzski

Cyberdyne's assistive exoskeleton, HAL, was approved for rehab treatments in early 2018. Now it's about to ship to five more hospitals.
Neuroscience and Brain

Watch a RoboCop-Like Exoskeleton Help Paralyzed People Walk Again

By Dan Robitzski

Clearing Old Cells from Mouse Brains Lowered Signs of Anxiety
Brain

Clearing Old Cells from Mouse Brains Lowered Signs of Anxiety

By Dan Robitzski

A neural implant nicknamed the "bionic face" can help treat facial paralysis by stimulating paralyzed muscles with electricity.
Brain

A “Bionic Face” Brain Implant Could Treat Facial Paralysis

By Dan Robitzski

Bill Gates' nuclear energy company, TerraPower, was building a Traveling-Wave Reactor near Beijing when the Department of Energy stepped in.
Nuclear Fusion

China Tariffs Blocked Bill Gates’ Plan for Safe Nuclear Power

By Dan Robitzski

Neutrogena announced a new line of personalized, 3D-printed facemasks at CES 2019. The masks are customized to your face and can treat each region of skin.
Health & Medicine

Neutrogena is Printing Custom Face Masks That Fit You Perfectly

By Dan Robitzski

Three out of every ten new cars sold in Norway last year were electric, which is the highest percentage in the world by a long shot.
Advanced Transport

Nearly a Third of Norway’s 2018 New Car Sales Were Electric

By Dan Robitzski

With FCC permission and Facebook stepping aside, Google is now allowed to develop more powerful radar tech for gesture-detecting wearables.
FCC

FCC Clears Google To Pursue “Minority Report”-Like Gesture System

By Dan Robitzski

A Wireless Neural Implant Might Jolt the Brain out of Seizures
Brain

A Wireless Neural Implant Might Jolt the Brain out of Seizures

By Dan Robitzski

A new lightweight drill, originally built to probe beneath the surface of Mars, is being used instead to drill down to Antarctica's bedrock.
Mars

A Drill Built for Mars Will Probe Antarctic Bedrock

By Dan Robitzski

Come January 1, all unprofitable coal mines in the European Union will be shut down. In Spain, that means 26 new closures.
Climate Change

Spain Shuts Down 26 Unprofitable Coal Mines

By Dan Robitzski

Ball and chain.
Prosthetics and Devices

Scientist Who Gene Edited Babies Is Being Held By Mysterious Guards

By Dan Robitzski

The Chinese government just approved plans for a massive energy storage grid that will help the Gansu Province better rely on renewable electricity.
Energy

China Is Building Its First Huge Battery Storage Facility

By Dan Robitzski

A new virtual reality simulation built by Cambridge University scientists gives a high-resolution detail view into the cells of a breast cancer tumor.
Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality Tumors Could Help Lead to New Cancer Treatments

By Dan Robitzski