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Here’s a New Image of Russia’s Secret Uncrewed Spacecraft

Here’s a New Image of Russia’s Secret Uncrewed Spacecraft

By Victor Tangermann

A San Francisco Board of Supervisors member proposed to ban facial recognition outright, calling for an approval process for any future surveillance tech.

San Francisco Is Considering a Ban on Facial Recognition

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX test fired its Raptor engine designed for its Starship spacecraft for the first time. And the videos are incredible.

Watch SpaceX Test-Fire the Starship Engine for the First Time

By Victor Tangermann

New Tech That Sucks Carbon From Chimneys Has “Tremendous Potential”

New Tech That Sucks Carbon From Chimneys Has “Tremendous Potential”

By Victor Tangermann

The FBI had to reiterate the FAA's decision to declare a "no drone zone" around the Super Bowl stadium in Atlanta. Six drones were confiscated already.

The FAA Declared a “No Drone Zone” During the Super Bowl in Atlanta

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers developed artificial skin that could give its wearer — robotic or human — superhuman capabilities like sensing strong magnetic fields.

Health & Medicine

Artificial “Electronic Skin” Could Warn Humans of Impending Danger

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese media report that one of Tesla competitor Nio's cars shut down in the middle of a Beijing traffic jam after the driver triggered a software update.

Tesla Competitor Traps Driver For an Hour While It Completes Software Update

By Victor Tangermann

A Popular Science reporter tried out a novel way of getting fit: zapping your muscles to add more resistance to your workout.

Why People Are Adding Electric Shocks to Their Workouts

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk announced a streamlined version of SpaceX's Raptor engine design that will take Starship to space and beyond as well.

Elon Musk’s New Goal: “Reach the Moon as Fast as Possible”

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists at the University of California found a way to 3D print objects out of a special resin using light from a projector.

Watch a Super-Fast 3D Printer Scientists Call the “Replicator”

By Victor Tangermann

A new study found that spaceflight was associated with changes in the brain's white matter, causing it to age faster. But consequences are still unknown.

Alarming Research: Zero Gravity Makes Astronauts’ Brains Age Faster

By Victor Tangermann

U.S. Prisons Are Covertly Gathering Inmates’ Biometric Voice Data

U.S. Prisons Are Covertly Gathering Inmates’ Biometric Voice Data

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers found that quitting Facebook will make you spend more time with family and friends, be less politically polarized, but know less about the news.

Study: Quitting Facebook Makes You Less Politically Polarized

By Victor Tangermann

Thanks to AI, MIT’s New Robot Could Beat You at Jenga

Thanks to AI, MIT’s New Robot Could Beat You at Jenga

By Victor Tangermann

The electric car maker just showed off its jeans-wearing butt robot that tests its Model 3 seats in a showcase on Twitter.

Watch a Video of Tesla’s Seat-Testing Butt Robot

By Victor Tangermann

TechCrunch reports Facebook is running a program that pays users ages 13 to 35 $20 in e-gift cards for access to all of their information.

Facebook Got Busted Paying Teenagers $20 a Month for Private Data

By Victor Tangermann

Despite "less than 0.3% of the budget of large international projects," a team of Japanese astronomers found a tiny object at the edge of our Solar System.

Astronomers Find Rare, Distant Space Object With $3,000 Telescope

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers at the University of Arizona found that astronauts who spent more than six months in space had fewer cells capable of fighting off leukemia.

New Research: Space Travel Hurts Cells That Fight Cancer

By Victor Tangermann

During an interview, the head of psychedelic research at Imperial College in London said that "the climate's looking good" for psychedelic treatments.

Health & Medicine

Scientist Tells World Leaders MDMA and Magic Mushrooms Should Be Legal

By Victor Tangermann

NSA's Curiosity rover just took a last selfie before leaving the Vera Rubin Ridge on the surface of Mars. Its next stop is a suspected dried-up lake bed.

NASA’s Rover Sends Home Captivating Selfie of Martian Landscape

By Victor Tangermann

According to a cryptocurrency security firm only two prominent hacker groups were responsible for stealing "around $1 billion" in cryptocurrency.

Two Hacker Groups Pilfered $1 Billion Worth of Cryptocurrency

By Victor Tangermann

This Ridiculous Startup Wants to Roast Coffee in Space

This Ridiculous Startup Wants to Roast Coffee in Space

By Victor Tangermann

Analysts with JPMorgan Chase & Co. found that the cost of mining a single Bitcoin outweighed the actual value of the Bitcoin itself

Analysts: Bitcoin Mining Costs More Than Its Worth

By Victor Tangermann

New images surfaced on Russian social media of what appears to be Russia's "Okhotnik" heavy strike drone seen at an unidentified runway.

Images Surface of Russia’s Alleged Heavy Strike Drone

By Victor Tangermann

A 19-year-old teen from Austin tried to rob a bank and flee the scene of the crime on a Jump electric scooter. He didn't get far.

Advanced Transport

Uber Snitched on Teen Who Used Its Scooter to Rob Bank

By Victor Tangermann

Johns Hopkins University and NASA released the most high-resolution image of Ultima Thule yet, in all its dented and scarred glory.

New HD Photo of Ultima Thule Looks Like a Giant Beat Up BB-8

By Victor Tangermann

Alphabet's DeepMind AI dominated at the game of StarCraft II beating two of the world's best (human) players 5-0 in a best-of-five.

Artificial Intelligence

StarCraft Champion Trounced by AI: “Very Human Style of Gameplay”

By Victor Tangermann

Apple just laid off more than 200 employees from its secretive self-driving car project Project Titan, according to CNBC.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Apple Lays Off 200 Workers From Secretive Self-Driving Car Project

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX just completed the first test fire of the Falcon 9 rocket that will hopefully carry the groundbreaking Crew Dragon spacecraft into space.

SpaceX Just Test Fired the Rocket That’ll Launch Its Crew Dragon

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk: Regulators Approved Tesla “Remote Control” Feature

Elon Musk: Regulators Approved Tesla “Remote Control” Feature

By Victor Tangermann

Autonomous Drones Are Dropping Rat Poison Bombs on This Island

Autonomous Drones Are Dropping Rat Poison Bombs on This Island

By Victor Tangermann

The Fremont Police Department announced that it will add a 2014 Tesla Model S to its fleet of patrol vehicles — the same city where Teslas are built.

This Police Department’s New Cop Car is a Tesla

By Victor Tangermann

Amazon announced it will roll out its own network of "Scout" delivery robots. An initial run will start things off in a county north of Seattle.

Advanced Transport

Amazon is Unleashing Its Own Army of Delivery Robots

By Victor Tangermann

Boeing just announced it successfully completed the first ever test flight of a prototype of its autonomous passenger air vehicle (PAV).

Advanced Transport

Boeing’s Flying Car Just Completed Its First Test Flight

By Victor Tangermann

In a short clip, Xiamoi co-founder Lin Bin showed off the company's latest creation: a foldable smartphone that folds on both sides like an envelope.

Robots and Machines

Xiaomi Teases Flexible Smartphone That Folds Like a Birthday Card

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk: A “360 Degree Dash Cam” Will Soon Keep Your Tesla Safe

Elon Musk: A “360 Degree Dash Cam” Will Soon Keep Your Tesla Safe

By Victor Tangermann

Waymo received approval from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) to build a Level 4 autonomous vehicle factory in the state.

Advanced Transport

Waymo Gets Approval to Open Driverless Car Factory in Michigan

By Victor Tangermann

Blue Origin showed off a new animation of its New Gleen orbital rocket system, including a booster landing that's reminiscent of SpaceX's Falcon 9.

New Animation Shows Off Blue Origin’s Redesigned Heavy Load Rocket

By Victor Tangermann

A 23-year-old esports, and sim racing professional just beat an ex-Formula 1 driver at this year's Race of Champions in Mexico.

Virtual Reality

A Guy Trained on Video Games Just Beat a Formula 1 Driver on a Real Track

By Victor Tangermann

At a robotics event in Oakland over the weekend, Uber's Advanced Technologies Group announced it's hiring a team of "micromobility robotics" specialists.

Advanced Transport

Uber Said to Be Developing Self-Steering Bikes and Scooters

By Victor Tangermann

The U.S. military has released this year's Missile Defense Review that includes plans for space-based missile sensors, and interceptors.

The U.S. Wants to Put Ballistic Missile Defense Systems in Space

By Victor Tangermann

After multiple delays, bad weather, and a dramatic last-second abort, the United Launch Alliance is launching top secret spy satellite into space today.

Watch the U.S. Launch a Classified Spy Satellite Today

By Victor Tangermann

A new study found that 23.2 percent of antibiotic prescriptions in the U.S. were for illnesses that don't require any antibacterial treatment at all.

Health & Medicine

Study: A Quarter of Antibiotic Prescriptions in the U.S. Are Unnecessary

By Victor Tangermann

Later this year, NASA might decide to fund a Johns Hopkins University mission that would send a drone to Saturn's largest moon Titan.

A Team of Scientists Want to Land a Drone on Saturn’s Largest Moon

By Victor Tangermann

Amazon's in-house design firm came up with a vest that protects its warehouse workers from robots by making them slow down.

Amazon Built Vests to Protect Warehouse Workers From Its Robots

By Victor Tangermann

Report: There’s a Critical Flaw in Russia’s New Heavy Lift Rocket

Report: There’s a Critical Flaw in Russia’s New Heavy Lift Rocket

By Victor Tangermann

Ford revealed today it will release all-electric, and hybrid versions of its best-selling F-series, and Super Duty pickup truck lineup.

Advanced Transport

Ford Is Planning an All-Electric F-150 Pickup Truck

By Victor Tangermann

Relativity Space — a 3D-rocket-printing company founded by SpaceX, and Blue Origin alumni — got permission from the Air Force to launch from Cape Canaveral.

U.S. Air Force Approves Launch Site for 3D Printed Rocket

By Victor Tangermann

Collecting parts to build a functioning quantum computer is so difficult, and expensive, it might slow down development of the technology as a whole.

Sourcing Parts for Quantum Computers is Near-Impossible Right Now

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk Just Offered to Drill a Hole Through An Australian Mountain

Elon Musk Just Offered to Drill a Hole Through An Australian Mountain

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland taught its four-legged robot dog how to get up after being kicked using AI — a valuable life skill.

This Robot Dog Can Recover From a Vicious Kick Using AI

By Victor Tangermann

The U.S. navy is planning to add medium, and large unmanned surface combatants — military for warships — to accompany their manned ships.

The U.S. Navy Wants to Roll out Autonomous Killer Robot Ships

By Victor Tangermann

China's space agency renewed its promises to launch future Mars exploration missions — including a mission to Mars as early as next year.

China Plans to Launch Its First Mars Lander Mission Next Year

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla is offering up a mid-range Model 3 for anybody capable of hacking into it at a security event in Vancouver, Canada.

Tesla Is Giving Away a Model 3 if You Can Successfully Hack One

By Victor Tangermann

China’s Lander Just Sprouted First-Ever Plants on the Moon

China’s Lander Just Sprouted First-Ever Plants on the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla’s Powerpacks Could Modernize Greece’s Electric Grid

Tesla’s Powerpacks Could Modernize Greece’s Electric Grid

By Victor Tangermann

General Motors (GM) luxury division Cadillac just gave us a first look at its response to the Model X at a car event in Detroit.

Advanced Transport

Cadillac Just Teased the First Images of Its Electric SUV

By Victor Tangermann

In a public radio interview, former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called on Congress to spend more time listening to reports of unidentified aircraft.

Former Senator Wants Congress to Listen to UFO Reports

By Victor Tangermann

China's moon lander just sent back more pictures, including a 360 degree panorama, and a video taken during its landing.

Here’s a 360 Degree Lunar Panorama Taken by China’s Moon Lander

By Victor Tangermann

Continental came up with a vision of the future of delivery that involves robot dogs climbing stairs and ringing doorbells.

New Robot Dogs Can Deliver Your Lunch Right to Your Desk

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk Says An Upcoming Tesla Roadster Will Hover. Is He Joking?

Elon Musk Says An Upcoming Tesla Roadster Will Hover. Is He Joking?

By Victor Tangermann

Apple, Facebook, and others have rolled out new tools to help us reduce our screen time. But that might not be enough to help us put our phones down.

I Tried Apple’s Screen Time Tool. The Results Were Not Heartening.

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers at NVIDIA created a neural network that can come up with incredibly realistic faces on the spot.

Artificial Intelligence

Look at These Incredibly Realistic Faces Generated By A Neural Network

By Victor Tangermann

It’s 2018. Here Are Six Scientific Mysteries We Still Haven’t Solved.

Science & Energy

It’s 2018. Here Are Six Scientific Mysteries We Still Haven’t Solved.

By Victor Tangermann

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