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The nonprofit Consumer Reports decided to pull its "recommended" rating today, citing new "reliability data" collected from a 2018 survey.
Tesla

Tesla Model 3 Loses Coveted Consumer Reports Recommendation

Model 3 owners are complaining about malfunctioning electrics, rear window cracks, and loose body trim.

By Victor Tangermann

Sean Dorrance Kelly, philosophy professor at Harvard, argues that artificial intelligence can never achieve true human creativity.
Artificial Intelligence

Philosopher: AI Can Never Create True Art

Are we substituting machine creativity for our own?

By Victor Tangermann

A video exposing the prevalence of YouTube pedophiles has caused advertisers to flee the platform, but what can it do to actually address the problem?
Future Society

While Pedophiles Flock to YouTube, Advertisers Flee It

YouTube's algorithms are enabling "soft-core pedophilia." Can the video site correct course?

By Kristin Houser

Just days after release, Nike released a software update for its self-tightening sneaker that ended up crashing the whole system.
Future Society

Software Bug Immediately Crashes Nike’s Self-Lacing Sneakers

"It's pretty sad paying $350.00 for something that doesn’t work properly."

By Dan Robitzski

A New AI Draws Cats, and They’re Utterly Grotesque
Artificial Intelligence

A New AI Draws Cats, and They’re Utterly Grotesque

No cats were harmed in the making of this creepy website.

By Victor Tangermann

The relationship between law enforcement and self-driving cars is still in flux, but some are suggesting we give let police control self-driving cars.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Automakers Could Give Police Control Over Your Self-Driving Car

Police might be able to reroute cars or force them to pull over.

By Kristin Houser

JP Morgan Chase is launching the first ever major U.S. bank approved cryptocurrency called "JPM Coin."
Cryptocurrency

The First Major U.S. Bank Just Launched a Cryptocurrency

A couple of years ago, its CEO called Bitcoin a "fraud."

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have finally figured out why Hippocamp, a tiny moon orbiting Neptune, is able to exist despite its close proximity to a much-larger moon.
Science & Energy

Meet Hippocamp, “The Moon That Shouldn’t Be There”

Neptune's tiniest moon was likely once a part of its second biggest.

By Kristin Houser

The U.S. Army is currently vetting potential replacements for its iconic Black Hawk helicopter, which is too slow and has too short a range to stay useful.
Advanced Transport

A “Tiltrotor” Helicopter May Replace the Army’s Black Hawk

It borrows the best elements from planes and helicopters.

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk recently claimed that Tesla would put fully-autonomous vehicles on the road before year's end. Experts in the field don't buy it.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Expert Roasts Musk: Self-Driving Teslas In a Year Is “Impossible”

Elon Musk says we'll have self-driving Teslas next year. This expert isn't convinced.

By Dan Robitzski

Air and Space Law professor Michelle Hanlon argues that if we don't draft new laws, the destruction of landmarks that happens on Earth will repeat in space.
Moon

Lawyer: People Could Try to Sell the Apollo Moon Footprints

"There is no law against running over the first bootprints imprinted on the moon."

By Dan Robitzski

Samsung Just Revealed a $1,980 Folding Smartphone
Robots and Machines

Samsung Just Revealed a $1,980 Folding Smartphone

The Galaxy Fold will be available starting April 26.

By Victor Tangermann

A new gene therapy tested on mice can treat a specific kind of congenital deafness by repairing a faulty inner-ear protein.
Biology

Scientists Used Gene Therapy to Cure Deafness in Mice

Deaf mice gained typical hearing levels.

By Dan Robitzski

Data collected by NASA and ESA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory reveals that Earth's gaseous layer extends up to 391,000 miles away from Earth.
Moon

New Research: Earth’s Atmosphere Extends Well Beyond the Moon

"The Moon flies through Earth's atmosphere."

By Victor Tangermann

The EPA has proposed a rule change that would trade a cautious approach to regulating low-doses of chemicals for one that's far more flexible. 
Health & Medicine

EPA: Low Doses of Toxins, Radiation Could Actually Be Healthy

"This is industry’s holy grail."

By Kristin Houser

"I think we will be feature complete — full self-driving — this year," Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in a podcast on Tuesday.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Elon Musk: Teslas Will Be Fully Self-Driving By Next Year

"I am of certain of that."

By Victor Tangermann

Indian police just swore in KP-Bot as a sub-inspector. The robot police officer will work behind the front desk and direct visitors as needed.
Robotics

India Just Swore in Its First Robot Police Officer

RoboCop, meet KP-Bot.

By Dan Robitzski

Earlier this month, Google inadvertently revealed that its home security device, Nest, contained a secret microphone. Now it says secrecy was a "mistake."
Google

Google: Secret Nest Microphone “Never Intended to Be a Secret”

"That was an error on our part."

By Dan Robitzski

Vampire Clinic That Sold Young Blood to the Wealthy Closes Shop
Health & Medicine

Vampire Clinic That Sold Young Blood to the Wealthy Closes Shop

Ambrosia no longer offers its controversial blood transfusions.

By Dan Robitzski

The Bangladeshi government is scrubbing the internet of porn. But it's also monitoring people's personal social media accounts for provocative images.
Future Society

Bangladesh Declares “War on Pornography,” Blocks TikTok

The government is leering at celebs' social profiles and telling them to delete lewd pics.

By Dan Robitzski