More from Kristin Houser (Page 14)

China has unveiled a prototype for a new high-speed maglev train that it believes could dramatically cut travel times in the nation.
Advanced Transport

See China’s Newly Unveiled Maglev Train

By Kristin Houser

NASA has awarded Maxar Technologies a contract worth a maximum of $375 million to build the lunar Gateway's power and propulsion element.
NASA

NASA Just Hired the First Contractor to Build Lunar Space Station

By Kristin Houser

Two Tesla Model 3s race in a new Boring Company video, with one taking the surface streets and the other opting for the company's underground tunnel.
Tesla

Watch a Tesla in an Underground Tunnel Race One on the Street

By Kristin Houser

Saturday night, a mile-wide asteroid called 1999 KW4 will fly by the Earth, and when it does, it'll bring with it its very own moon.
Science & Energy

Asteroid Flying by Earth Is so Big It Has Its Own Moon

By Kristin Houser

Programmers are creating sexist AI voice assistants, which are then encouraging users to be sexist, according to a new UN report.
Artificial Intelligence

United Nations: Siri and Alexa Are Encouraging Misogyny

By Kristin Houser

Scientists discover a superconductor that works at temperatures nearly 50 Celsius degrees (84.6 Fahrenheit degrees) hotter than the previous record high.
Energy

Scientists Set New Temperature Record for Superconductivity

By Kristin Houser

A Chinese rocket failed to successful launch a satellite into orbit Thursday morning, marking the second failed rocket launch in the nation this year.
Off-World

Chinese Rocket Fails Spectacularly, Raining Debris Back to Earth

By Kristin Houser

Las Vegas will pay the Boring Company $48.6 million to build the LVCC Loop, an underground tunnel system connected to the city's convention center.
Advanced Transport

Las Vegas Approves $48.6 Million Boring Company Tunnel

By Kristin Houser

Harvard professor Avi Loeb thinks finding signs of dead aliens could help humanity know what not to do if it wants to survive indefinitely.
Off-World

Harvard Prof: Finding Dead Alien Civilizations Could Save Humans

By Kristin Houser

Using a highly sensitive algorithm, German astronomers have discovered 18 new exoplanets, including one that "could offer conditions friendly to life."
Science & Energy

Newly Found Exoplanet “Could Offer Conditions Friendly to Life”

By Kristin Houser

Using a ransomware called RobinHood, cybercriminals have seized control of about 10,000 of Baltimore's computers, crippling its government.
Future Society

Cybercriminals Are Holding an Entire US City Hostage

By Kristin Houser

UC Berkeley's Salto robot is fast, agile, and smart — traits that would make the bot terrifying if it weren't less than a foot tall.
Robotics

This Adorable Bouncing Robot Would Be Terrifying if It Was Huge

By Kristin Houser

Washington is now the first state to legalize human composting, giving citizens a more environmentally friendly way to dispose of their remains after death.
Future Society

Washington Will Compost Its First Human Corpse in 2020

By Kristin Houser

Ford plans to use a bipedal bot called Digit as a delivery robot, pairing it with a self-driving car to bring packages right to customers' doorsteps.
Self-Driving Vehicles

This Two-Legged Robot Will Deliver Packages via Self-Driving Fords

By Kristin Houser

Uber is seemingly launching a unlimited food delivery service called Uber Eats Pass, based on app code uncovered by a software engineer.
Food

Uber Is Preparing to Launch a Netflix-Like Food Delivery Service

By Kristin Houser

Ride-hail startup Lyft is adding a "panic button" that automatically calls 911 when pressed to its app in an effort to improve rider safety.
Future Society

Lyft Adds “Panic Button” to App to Make Your Rides Safer

By Kristin Houser

Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn has donated more than $1 million to various organizations attempting to prevent an AI takeover.
Artificial Intelligence

Skype Co-Founder Desperate to Stop AI From Destroying Humanity

By Kristin Houser

Stanford University students have unveiled a nimble robot dog called Doggo and shared the details on how a person could replicate their creation.
Robot Dogs

Stanford Team Tells You Exactly How to Build a Robot Dog

By Kristin Houser

Police in the UK must defend their use of facial recognition tech in court for the first time, and the court's ruling could set a powerful precedent.
Artificial Intelligence

Man Takes Police to Court for Scanning His Face Without Consent

By Kristin Houser

By enabling communication between mini models of autonomous vehicles, Cambridge researchers improved traffic flow by 35 percent.
Self-Driving Vehicles

See Mini Self-Driving Cars Work Together to Improve Traffic Flow

By Kristin Houser

Impossible Foods has partnered with Little Caesars on a meatless sausage that will soon be available as a pizza topping in three states.
Food

Little Caesars Adds Impossible Foods’ Meatless Sausage to Menu

By Kristin Houser

In a new video, a pastor baptizes a YouTuber's anime-style avatar in virtual reality, putting a high-tech twist on a centuries-old religious rite.
Virtual Reality

Watch a Real Pastor Baptize an Anime Girl in Virtual Reality

By Kristin Houser

Facebook has lifted the curtain on its robotics research, sharing details on three projects in a newly published blog post.
Robotics

Facebook Finally Unveils Secret Robotics Projects

By Kristin Houser

Police in the Netherlands pulled over a drunk Tesla driver who fell asleep behind the wheel of his vehicle with Autopilot engaged.
Tesla

Drunk Tesla Driver Relies on Autopilot, Gets Busted by Police

By Kristin Houser

The details of a newly filed SpaceX lawsuit against the U.S. are currently under wraps, but it may have something to do with an upcoming Air Force contract.
SpaceX

SpaceX Is Now Suing the United States Government

By Kristin Houser

Researcher from the University of Queensland figured out how to stamp an image of the "Mona Lisa" onto gaseous quantum matter.
Quantum Physics

Physicists Create Quantum-Scale “Mona Lisa,” Just for Funsies

By Kristin Houser

A new study suggests that consuming psychedelics, such as LSD or magic mushrooms, may help people overcome their alcohol dependency.
Health & Medicine

LSD Is Helping People End Their Alcohol Dependence

By Kristin Houser

Gravity Industries founder Richard Browning straps on his company's Iron Man-style jet suit in a new video from Born to Engineer.
Advanced Transport

Watch a Daring Fellow Fly an Iron Man-Style Jet Suit

By Kristin Houser

Firms designed to help victims of ransomware attacks often just paid the attackers off, according to a new ProPublica investigation.
Hacking

Tech Firms May Be Funding Terrorism by Paying Hackers’ Ransoms

By Kristin Houser

Famed biohacker Josiah Zayner has been accused of practicing medicine without a license — despite only ever experimenting on himself.
Prosthetics and Devices

This DIY Biohacker Is Under Investigation

By Kristin Houser

Radioactive waste may be leaking from a concrete-covered "coffin" in the Marshall Islands and into the Pacific Ocean, warns the UN's secretary general.
Science & Energy

UN: A “Radioactive Coffin” May Be Leaking Into the Ocean

By Kristin Houser

Canada-based startup Dessa has unveiled a new AI that replicates the voice of Joe Rogan, and it's perhaps the best audio deepfake yet.
Artificial Intelligence

This AI That Sounds Just Like Joe Rogan Should Terrify Us All

By Kristin Houser

A Model 3 that crashed into the side of a tractor-trailer in Florida, killing the driver of the Tesla, had Autopilot engaged at the time of impact.
Tesla

Report: Tesla Had Autopilot Engaged During Fatal Florida Crash

By Kristin Houser

Google is working on a speech translation system that retains the original speaker's voice and cadence in the outputted audio.
Google

Amazing Google AI Speaks Another Language In Your Voice

By Kristin Houser

The College Board has announced plans to give each SAT taker an "adversity score" designed to reflect their socio-economic background.
Future Society

Students Taking the SAT Will Now Get a Secret “Adversity Score”

By Kristin Houser

German startup Lilium has developed an air taxi capable of seating five people — and after two years of development, the craft finally took flight.
Advanced Transport

Watch a Five-Seater Air Taxi’s Maiden Flight

By Kristin Houser

NYPD detectives uploaded a photo of Woody Harrelson to their facial recognition system to find a suspect that they thought resembled the actor.
Facial recognition

Police Catch Woody Harrelson Look-Alike Using Facial Recognition

By Kristin Houser

Americans are having fewer babies than they used to, and the dwindling birth rate could have dire implications for the economy in the future.
Future Society

The American Birth Rate Just Fell to a 32-Year Low

By Kristin Houser

A team of researchers has created CRISPR snails with shells that coil counterclockwise — a trait that is extremely rare in nature.
Science & Energy

Scientists Used CRISPR to Make Mirror-Image Snails

By Kristin Houser

San Francisco has become the first U.S. city to pass a facial recognition ban, and the move has the potential to inspire others to follow suit.
Facial recognition

Tech Hub San Francisco First US City to Ban Facial Recognition

By Kristin Houser

The Chinese government has extended its Wikipedia ban to include all available languages of the online encyclopedia, the Wikimedia foundation has confirmed.
Future Society

China’s Government Just Blocked the Entirety of Wikipedia

By Kristin Houser

Sentry Mode has caught yet another act of Tesla vandalism on camera, this time, two men keying a Model 3 in Old Sacramento, Calif.
Tesla

Sentry Mode Just Busted Two Cackling Tesla Vandals

By Kristin Houser

NASA's "We Are Going" video, which is narrated by Star Trek actor William Shatner, details how the agency plans to pull off its ambitious 2024 Moon mission.
Moon

New Video Details NASA’s Plan to Return Humans to the Moon

By Kristin Houser

Chinese tech company Lenovo has unveiled a prototype of a foldable laptop it expects to begin selling to consumers in 2020.
Robots and Machines

Lenovo Unveils World’s First Laptop With Foldable Display

By Kristin Houser

Researchers from Japan and the U.K. have created a leech-like robot that's soft, flexible, and able to move freely on a wall.
Robotics

Watch a Leech-Like Robot Crawl Its Way up a Wall

By Kristin Houser

When Victor Vescovo broke the record for deepest ocean dive, he noticed what he believes was a plastic bag and some candy wrappers in the deep sea.
Pollution

Diver Reaches Record Ocean Depth — and Finds a Plastic Bag

By Kristin Houser

Parked Teslas Keep Catching Fire for Seemingly No Reason
Tesla

Parked Teslas Keep Catching Fire for Seemingly No Reason

By Kristin Houser

NASA and the White House are asking Congress to add $1.6 billion to NASA's budget to enable the agency's Moon mission to meet its 2024 goal.
Moon

White House, NASA Request $1.6 Billion to Return Humans to Moon

By Kristin Houser

Design firm Mandalaki has unveiled the Birò O2, a concept car in which 80 percent of parts are made from recycled plastics.
Advanced Transport

This Tiny Electric Car Is Made From 80 Percent Recycled Plastics

By Kristin Houser

Startup Flexa has released a new crypto app called SPEDN that allows users to pay for goods at several major retailers with cryptocurrency.
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Payments Now Accepted by Whole Foods, Other Big Retailers

By Kristin Houser

The Abokado takeaway restaurant chain will become the first in the U.K. to feature edible insects on its regular menu starting on Tuesday.
Food

This UK Fast Food Chain Wants People to Eat Crunchy Bugs

By Kristin Houser

More than 180 nations, not including the United States, have agreed to new rules controlling the movement of plastic waste globally.
Pollution

United States Refuses to Join Plastic Waste Pact

By Kristin Houser

South Korea plans to begin deploying military robots inspired by birds, insects, and other creatures by 2024, according to a new report.
Robots and Machines

“Biobots” Will Serve Alongside South Korean Soldiers by 2024

By Kristin Houser

S-money is a new type of virtual money that would enable ultra-fast, ultra-secure transfers of funds over essentially any distance.
Future Society

New Type of “Quantum Money” Could Enable Galactic-Scale Commerce

By Kristin Houser

The AIs used by Facebook and other social media companies to filter out extremist content may also be deleting valuable evidence of criminal activity.
Future Society

Facebook’s AI May Be Helping Terrorists Get Away With Murder

By Kristin Houser

A new video demonstrates how a nonprofit plans to build a 3D-printed neighborhood for low-income families in Latin American this summer.
3D Printing

Watch a 3D-Printed Neighborhood Spring up From Nothing

By Kristin Houser

A driver says his Tesla saved his life during a crash, a claim that stands in stark contrast to those of a recently filed lawsuit against the carmaker.
Tesla

Driver Says Tesla “Saved His Life” During a High-Speed Crash

By Kristin Houser

The accused "Russian spy whale" might actually have once served as a "therapy whale," according to a man who thinks he's seen the animal before.
Future Society

A Man Is Now Claiming He Recognizes the “Russian Spy Whale”

By Kristin Houser

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter to imply that Blue Origin CEO Jeff Bezos was building unwarranted hype for a plan that wasn't going anywhere.
Moon

Elon Musk Ridicules Jeff Bezos’ Moon Lander

By Kristin Houser

Mexico's new president has a plan to decriminalize all illegal drugs — and he's hopeful the United States will follow his lead.
Future Society

Mexico Wants the United States to Decriminalize All Drugs

By Kristin Houser

Police Are Using Facial Recognition Tech on Unconscious Suspects
Facial recognition

Police Are Using Facial Recognition Tech on Unconscious Suspects

By Kristin Houser

Google is launching a series of gender-fluid emoji for its smartphones, the latest example of efforts to make the tiny symbols more inclusive.
Future Society

Google Is Adding 53 Gender-Fluid Emoji to Its Smartphones

By Kristin Houser

Amazon Echo Dot Kids is illegally collecting data on minors, alleges a new FTC complaint filed by a group of privacy advocates.
Privacy

Amazon Alexa: Illegally Recording Kids, Privacy Advocates Allege

By Kristin Houser

A team from Berkeley has found a way to make recycled plastic far more useful by breaking the bonds between chemicals in the material.
Pollution

This New Plastic Can Be Recycled Repeatedly

By Kristin Houser