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Virtual Reality

This Electric Chewing Gum Never Runs out of Flavor

And it could foreshadow the future of VR.

Robotics

This Group is Giving Away Art Robots to Public Schools

Giving kids automated tools can unlock new creative impulses.

Artificial Intelligence

Employees, ACLU Demand Amazon Stop Facilitating Government Surveillance

"Our company should not be in the surveillance business."

Future Society

Google Is Finally Ready to Talk About Its Chinese Search Engine

Project Dragonfly is a matter of "balancing a set of values."

Boston Dynamics

Watch the Boston Dynamics Robodog Twerk and Moonwalk to “Uptown Funk”

SpotMini gon' give it to you.

Artificial Intelligence

You Have No Idea What Artificial Intelligence Really Does

The world of AI is full of hype and deception.

Health & Medicine

The Percentage of Unvaccinated U.S. Toddlers Has Quadrupled Since 2001

Anti-vaxx parents are putting the lives of all Americans at risk.

Advanced Transport

See a Mini Prototype of a Weird Plane With Connected Wings in Action

The PrandtlPlane moves one (small) step closer to reality.

Science & Energy

You’ve Heard of Fake Meat. How About Fake Fish?

Forget veggie burgers. These startups are working on simulated fish.

Future Society

China Wants Google’s Help Persecuting Muslims. Google Appears Ready to Give It.

China expects tech companies to play a role in citizen surveillance.

Quantum Computing

Quantum Computing Is Going to Change the World. Here’s What This Means for You.

Answers to all your questions about quantum computing.

Artificial Intelligence

A Shortage of Trained Job-Seekers Is Holding AI Back

AI can't reach its potential without more trained experts.

Climate Change

Climate Change and Gene Editing Are Spurring a Tech Boom in Agriculture

Looming climate disaster could mean huge profits for whoever can save the world food system.

Cybersecurity

IBM Built a Menacing Black Truck for “Cybersecurity Incident Response”

It looks like something from "Ghost in the Shell."

Prosthetics and Devices

The Quest for Immortality Could Create Two “Classes of Humans”

The powerful have tried to cheat death for millennia. Do they finally have a chance at success?

Tesla

Tesla Filed a Trademark Application for “Teslaquila,” Because of Course It Did

It's not every day that a car company creates a liquor.

Science & Energy

The World’s Fastest Camera Can “Freeze Time,” Show Beams of Light in Slo-Mo

Eat your heart out, Harold Edgerton.

Boston Dynamics

Watch Boston Dynamics’ Lazy Robodog March Around a Construction Site Without Helping at All

Construction workers: Meet your next supervisor.

Future Society

Disrupting the Reaper: Tech Titans’ Quest for Immortality Rages Forward

Silicon Valley's war on death continues—as does the uncomfortable, spreading psychology of those rich enough to fight it.

Robotics

This Weird Robot Has 32 Legs and Is Shaped Like a Lumpy Sphere

One day, it could help us explore foreign planets.