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Governments should step in to prevent tech companies from developing malicious, evil, super-human AI, writes tech expert Wim Naudé.
Artificial Intelligence

Expert: Governments Must Step in to Prevent Evil, Superpowered AI

Primarily by preventing a "winner takes all" scenario for whomever figures it out.

By Dan Robitzski

A Chinese first that creates cloned pets says it's considering ways to use artificial intelligence to clone animals memories.
Science & Energy

Chinese Firm Wants to Give Cloned Pets the Original’s “Memories”

It can already clone cats' bodies. Next, it wants to clone their minds.

By Kristin Houser

New research suggests that other exoplanets could feasibly serve as a better host for life than Earth does, if they fit certain criteria.
Science & Energy

Earth Might Not Be the Most Hospitable Planet out There

It's technically possible other worlds are better suited for life.

By Dan Robitzski

An Austrian team of scientists are proposing to build an airship, otherwise known as a zeppelin, that's ten times as big as the Hindenburg.
Advanced Transport

These Scientists Want to Bring Back Zeppelins in a Big Way

Their proposed cargo airship is ten times bigger than the Hindenburg.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA chief Jim Bridenstine believes that thermal nuclear propulsion technology would be a game-changer for space exploration.
NASA

Head of NASA: Nuclear Propulsion Could Be “Game-Changer”

If the tech works, it could halve the travel time to Mars.

By Dan Robitzski

Two astronauts spent six and a half hours outside of the International Space Station (ISS) yesterday installing a new commercial spacecraft docking port.
Off-World

Astronauts Add Docking Bay For Private Spaceships to Space Station

Spacecraft such as Boeing's Starliner or SpaceX's Crew Dragon could make use of it soon.

By Victor Tangermann

Dealers are using Snapchat and other social media platforms to sell illegal guns — and it's getting them caught by federal agents.
Future Society

Dealers Are Using Snapchat to Sell Illegal Guns

And officials are using the snaps to track them down.

By Kristin Houser

Self-driving car companies are benefitting from cheap Venezuelan labor as they compile mountains of annotated training data for their AI.
Artificial Intelligence

Self-Driving Car Companies Depend on Cheap Labor From Venezuela

People in Venezuela are annotating the endless training data for vehicles' AI.

By Dan Robitzski

A study found that Instagrammers who post a lot of selfies are perceived as less adventurous, less successful, and more lonely than "posie" posters.
Future Society

Your Selfies Make You Look Like a Lonely Loser, Study Finds

It doesn't matter what you're doing in the photo, either.

By Kristin Houser

Newly-released photos on the surface of the asteroid Ryugu reveal rocks that appear similar to ancient meteorites that crash-landed on Earth.
Science & Energy

Rocks on a Distant Asteroid Resemble Those on Earth

Astronomers released new images of Ryugu's surface.

By Dan Robitzski

A life-sized humanoid robot named Fedor began its journey from Russia to the International Space Station on Thursday aboard a Soyuz rocket.
Off-World

Russia Just Sent Its First Robot to Space

The humanoid held a Russian flag in its hand during launch.

By Kristin Houser

The Air Force built a robot called ROBOpilot that can take off, fly, and land existing planes without help from a human pilot.
Drones

Instead of New Drones, the Air Force Built a Plane-Piloting Robot

The Air Force is stretching the definition of "autonomous" vehicles.

By Dan Robitzski

A new blood test that looks at just 14 biomarkers could one day allow doctors to predict the likelihood you're going to die within five to 10 years.
Studies

This Blood Test Seems to Predict if People Are Going to Die Soon

It was 83 percent accurate in a test of 7,603 people.

By Kristin Houser

Security researchers found eight different vulnerabilities in Nest Camera cybersecurity. Google promised a fix, but other cameras have the same problems.
Robots and Machines

There Are at Least Eight Ways to Hack a Nest Camera

Security researchers found several flaws in Google's home security camera.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of engineers from private medical company Bivacor have been working on an artificial, bionic heart that can allow cardiac patients to stay alive.
Prosthetics and Devices

This Steampunk Bionic Heart Uses Maglev Tech to Pump Blood

It could keep patients alive until their donor organs arrive.

By Victor Tangermann

Microsoft says humans no longer review audio of Xbox users for "product improvement purposes" — but that doesn't mean they aren't still listening.
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft: We Stopped Listening to Your Xbox Convos “Months Ago”

Most of them, anyways.

By Kristin Houser

Using steam-filled balloons to bring satellites into orbit could prove much cheaper and more efficient than launching rockets.
Off-World

These Scientists Want to Launch Satellites From Steam Balloons

If it works, it could be more efficient than using rockets.

By Dan Robitzski

A "digital fingerprint" black market called Richlogs is selling packages of victims' entire online activity, granting access to any private accounts.
Future Society

This Online Black Market Will Sell Your Entire Digital Identity

An online marketplace called Richlogs is selling people's "digital fingerprints."

By Dan Robitzski

A smart doorbell home security video surfaced that allegedly shows two UK thieves hacking into a Tesla and driving away in just 30 seconds.
Tesla

Video Shows Thieves Hacking, Stealing a Tesla in Just 30 Seconds

These thieves apparently exploited the "passive entry" feature.

By Victor Tangermann

Medical testing startup uBiome based its consumer gut-testing kits on some shoddy science, including keeping animal and infant research in its database.
Developments

Microbiome Testing Startup uBiome Based Tests on Infant, Pet Data

The science behind uBiome's poop test is extremely murky.

By Dan Robitzski