More from Kristin Houser (Page 28)

Alphabet has inked a deal with a Kenyan telecom to bring its balloon-powered internet to rural and suburban parts of Kenya
Future Society

By Kristin Houser

Google agreed to work with UN Environment to create a platform that gives the world access to valuable environmental data.
Climate Change

By Kristin Houser

This Wearable Controller Lets You Pilot a Drone With Your Body
Drones

By Kristin Houser

Rolls Royce just unveiled the latest iteration of its cockroach-like robots designed to enter airplane engines and help repair them.
Robotics

By Kristin Houser

Hundreds of AI experts just signed a pledge vowing to never develop lethal autonomous weapons and calling for their global ban.
Artificial Intelligence

By Kristin Houser

The EU just fined Google $5 billion for violating antitrust laws designed to prevent market leaders from stifling competition.
Future Society

By Kristin Houser

Creating Genetically Modified Babies Is “Morally Permissible,” Says Ethics Committee
Genetics

By Kristin Houser

Manufacturer Confirms Installing Remote-Access Software on U.S. Voting Machines
Future Society

By Kristin Houser

SpaceX and Boeing Delays Could Cost NASA Access to the ISS
Boeing

By Kristin Houser

The FDA Just Approved a Drug to Keep Us a Little Safer From Another Pandemic
Health & Medicine

By Kristin Houser

Uber and Lyft Still Allow Racist Behavior, but Not as Much as Taxi Services
Future Society

By Kristin Houser

The UK Just Confirmed the Location of Its First Spaceport
Off-World

By Kristin Houser

We Knew Russian Hackers Infiltrated Americans’ Inboxes. Now We Know How.
Hacking

By Kristin Houser

Hinge Is Using a New Algorithm to Identify Your “Most Compatible” Mate
Artificial Intelligence

By Kristin Houser

We May Have Reached a Turning Point in the Opioid Crisis, Report Implies
Health & Medicine

By Kristin Houser

Have a Problem With Your Internet Provider? The FCC Doesn’t Want to Hear About It
FCC

By Kristin Houser

DeepMind Created a Test to Measure an AI’s Ability to Reason
Artificial Intelligence

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: AI Can Now Fix Your Grainy Photographs Without a “Clean” Reference
Artificial Intelligence

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Private Rocket Launches Are Already Causing Flight Delays
Off-World

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: These Mind-Blowing Images of The Human Body Were Made By A New Kind of Scanner
Medical

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Walmart Patents Tech for Eavesdropping on Workers
Future Society

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: We Finally Know Where Those Mysterious Subatomic Particles Are Coming From
Science & Energy

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: VR Treatment, Even Without a Therapist, Helps People Overcome Fear of Heights
Future Society

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: The First Privately-Funded Unmanned Spacecraft Might Land on the Moon in February
Moon

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: A Wildlife Charity Is Auctioning off a CryptoKitty in a First-of-Its-Kind Fundraiser
Blockchain

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Scientists Create New Cochlear Implants That Allow Gerbils to “Hear” Light
Health & Medicine

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: More Than Half of ICO-Funded Startups Fail Within 4 Months, Study Says
Cryptocurrency

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Doctors Repair Infants’ Damaged Hearts With Experimental Procedure
Health & Medicine

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Removing Spent Underwater Oil Rigs Might Do More Harm Than Good
Fossil Fuels

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: YouTube Tweaks Site Design, Dedicates $25 Million to Combat “Fake News”
Future Society

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Starbucks Is Replacing Plastic Straws With “Sippy Cups” for Adults
Pollution

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: That Brain-Tingle Sensation Might Have Physical And Mental Benefits
Brain

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Apps That Provide Benefits Might Actually Make the Gig Economy Sustainable
Future Society

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Seattle Becomes the First Major U.S. City to Ban Plastic Straws
Pollution

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: The Next Telemarketer You Hang up on Might Be Google’s Duplex AI
Google

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: A British Startup Is Using AI to Teach Cars to Drive Themselves
Artificial Intelligence

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: NASA Isn’t Doing Enough to Prevent Us From Contaminating Other Planets, Report Says
NASA

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: US Officials Plan to Use DNA Tests to Reunite Migrant Children With Their Families
Future Society

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Baidu’s Autonomous Buses Will Start Transporting Passengers in Japan Next Year
Self-Driving Vehicles

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: First Rhino Embryos Produced in a Lab Could Save Almost-Extinct Subspecies
Future Society

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Blue Origin Plans to Begin Colonizing the Moon No Later Than 2023
Moon

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: The World’s Smallest Surgical Robot Is Almost Ready for the Operating Room
Health & Medicine

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: This AI Analyzes Ash to Figure out the Cause of a Volcanic Eruption
Artificial Intelligence

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: NASA Starts Tests to Prepare For Flight of “Quiet” Supersonic Jet
Advanced Transport

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Facial Recognition Tech Is No Match for Juggalo Makeup
Facial recognition

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Uganda Is Now Forcing Citizens to Pay a Tax to Use Social Media
Future Society

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: The UK Is Creating a Database of Citizens’ DNA and Other Biometrics
Data Privacy

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: A New Cloaking Approach Could Potentially Make Objects Invisible From Every Direction
Science & Energy

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: 20 Mice Are Going to Space To Help Us Figure out How to Survive on Mars
Mars

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Amazon Buys Online Pharmacy, Dives Deeper Into Healthcare Industry
Health & Medicine

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: California Cracks Down on the Companies Harvesting Your Data
Data Privacy

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: SpaceX Just Launched a Last-of-Its-Kind Falcon Rocket
Falcon

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Amazon Needs More Delivery Companies and Wants You to Start Them
Future Society

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: With AI, Forecasters Can More Accurately Predict Storms And Save Lives
Artificial Intelligence

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Facebook Will Once Again Allow Ads Promoting Cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrency

By Kristin Houser

New Facial Recognition Software Tracks and Protects Endangered Primates
Facial recognition

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Boeing’s Hypersonic Concept Jet Could Cut Flight Times by 85 Percent
Advanced Transport

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Uber Is Allowed to Operate in London Again, But It’s on Thin Ice
Future Society

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: One of Saturn’s Moons Has Everything Needed to Host Life
Science & Energy

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Tesla Batteries Are Catching Fire Hours After Car Crashes
Tesla

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: This Floating Robot DRAGON Can Change Shape Mid-Flight
Robotics

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Blue Origin’s Spaceflight Tickets Will Go on Sale in 2019
Blue Origin

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Five AI Algorithms Worked Together to Beat Humans at a Strategy Game
Artificial Intelligence

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: New Report Details AT&T’s Role in NSA Spying Initiatives
Future Society

By Kristin Houser