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Exclusive: A Waymo One Rider’s Experiences Highlight Autonomous Rideshare’s Shortcomings
Self-Driving Vehicles

Exclusive: A Waymo One Rider’s Experiences Highlight Autonomous Rideshare’s Shortcomings

Waymo One through the eyes of an actual rider.

By Dan Robitzski

According to expert linguist Gaston Dorren, translation tech is going to make learning a second language unnecessary in the future.
Future Society

English’s Reign as the “Global Language” Might End, Says Expert

But it won't be because another language takes its place.

By Kristin Houser

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

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

It's all fun and games until the robots show up.

By Victor Tangermann

Wall Street investors seem to believe that the real value of autonomous vehicles comes from the data they'll collect, based on recent AV company valuations.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Investors Pour Money Into Self-Driving Cars to Capitalize on Data

"The value is in the data and what you can do with it."

By Dan Robitzski

Terra, the first autonomous lawnmower from Roomba-makers iRobot, has arrived and will be ready to hit American yards in 2019.
Robotics

See iRobot’s First Autonomous Lawnmower in Action

It’s like a Roomba with razor-sharp shears.

By Kristin Houser

The EU is considering a microplastics ban that would prevent 40,000 tons of the tiny particles from entering the environment every year.
Science & Energy

The EU Is Considering a Major Microplastics Ban

The plastics are in everything from cosmetics and detergents to paints and fertilizers.

By Kristin Houser

Tech startup Ironclad wants to help legal professionals automate their own jobs. For now, its products cut down on tedious paperwork.
Artificial Intelligence

This Startup Is Trying to Automate Law Firms

Ironclad streamlines some of the paperwork that bogs down legal professionals.

By Dan Robitzski

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

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

It even wears jeans.

By Victor Tangermann

The pandemics of obesity, starvation, and climate change are inextricably linked as a Global Syndemic, according to a new report.
Climate Change

Experts: To Fight Climate Change, Tackle Obesity and Starvation

The three pandemics are inextricably linked, according to a new report.

By Kristin Houser

A new Reuters investigation reveals that the UAE used a sophisticated hacking tool to easily access iPhone messages, pictures, and passwords.
Hacking

Secret UAE Spy Team Used “Cyber Super-Weapon” to Hack Any iPhone

Former spy: "It was like Christmas."

By Dan Robitzski

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.
Data Privacy

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

Facebook is still snooping.

By Victor Tangermann

A 26-ton electric excavator is about to hit construction sites in Norway — and it has the potential to dramatically decrease the nation's emissions.
Advanced Transport

This Massive All-Electric Excavator Has a 3.4 Ton Battery Pack

This Caterpillar rig can operate for up to seven hours without needing a charge.

By Kristin Houser

Amazon has started to test autonomous delivery robots in Washington State. Meanwhile, lawmakers are struggling to properly regulate the new tech.
Robotics

Lawmakers Don’t Know How to Regulate Amazon’s Delivery Robots

"Is it a motor vehicle, is it a pedestrian?"

By Dan Robitzski

By scanning the brains of people while they tripped on LSD, researchers think they've figure out how the drug causes its effects.
Science & Energy

Scientists Might Have Finally Figured out How LSD Works

They asked 25 people to trip for science.

By Kristin Houser

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.
Off-World

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

"This is a real victory for little projects."

By Victor Tangermann

The new rectenna developed by MIT engineers is the first that's flexible enough for wearables while still generating practical amounts of electricity.
Energy

MIT Says a New Gadget Could Use Wi-Fi to Power Your Smartphone

Where we're going, we don't need batteries.

By Dan Robitzski

Israeli pharmaceutical company Accelerated Evolution Biotechnologies claims it is working on a cancer cure that will be ready within a year.
Cancer

Israeli Scientists: We’ll Have a Cure for Cancer Within a Year

An Israeli pharmaceutical company is making some very bold claims.

By Kristin Houser

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.
Cancer

New Research: Space Travel Hurts Cells That Fight Cancer

Astronaut first-timers are more vulnerable than their veteran colleagues.

By Victor Tangermann

A new algorithmic tool can determine if artificial intelligence is biased and then go in and retrain the system to treat people more equitably.
Artificial Intelligence

A New Algorithm Trains AI to Erase its Biases

It's like sensitivity training for algorithms.

By Dan Robitzski

In a world's first, neuroengineers from Columbia University have built a device that translates thoughts into recognizable speech.
Health & Medicine

Listen to a Gadget That Translates Thoughts Into Speech

The device could be a game-changer for people who've lost the ability to speak.

By Kristin Houser