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These Lonely Planets Drift Through Space Without Orbiting Stars
Off-World

These Lonely Planets Drift Through Space Without Orbiting Stars

There may be more of these lone wanderers than stars in the galaxy.

Phubbing: How Phones Pull You Away From Your Loved Ones
Future Society

Phubbing: How Phones Pull You Away From Your Loved Ones

Partners and close friends top the list of who we ignore while checking our feeds.

In the future, sex workers in urban areas could operate out of autonomous vehicles, according to a new report by UK academics.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Joy Ride: Experts Say Future Sex Work Could Happen in Autonomous Cars

Who needs a motel when you have a self-driving car?

The Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) has selected 31 students to participate in a four-year-long program focused on developing AI weapons.
Artificial Intelligence

China Recruits “Patriotic” Children to Develop Its AI Weapons

It looked for students with a "willingness to fight."

We need to do more to protect the data privacy of today's young people, who are being "datafied" from the moment they're born.
Future Society

1,300 Photos of Your Kids Will Be Online Before They’re Teens

Today's children are being "datafied" from the moment they're born.

Startup Precise Bio is nearing human trials of its bioprinted corneas, according to a newly published report in IEEE Spectrum.
Health & Medicine

Bioprinted Corneas Are Nearly Ready for Human Trials, Says Startup

3D printing could close the gap between organ supply and demand.

Tesla selects Robyn Denholm, CFO and Head of Strategy at Telstra, to replace Elon Musk as the chair of its board of directors.
Elon Musk

Tesla Announces Elon Musk’s Replacement as Chair of the Board

The company meets another stipulation of its SEC settlement.

Dubai Police have officially started training its officers how to operate Hoversurf's hoverbikes. But will they actually be useful?
Artificial Intelligence

Dubai Police Are Training Officers to Fly Hoverbikes

Bad guys beware.

Swiss company Energy Vault came up with an elegant solution to storing energy: hoisting giant bricks over 300 feet in the air.
Energy

Giant Hanging Bricks Could Store Energy Better Than Batteries

And the environmental impact is minimal.

New Self-Repairing Material Could Let You Key Your Car Just for Fun
Science & Energy

New Self-Repairing Material Could Let You Key Your Car Just for Fun

A new material regrows itself with air and sunlight by hijacking a plant's photosynthetic abilities.

Brad Smith, President of Microsoft, issued a dire warning of a future where facial recognition tech helps the government track civilians. He's helping it.
Future Society

Microsoft President Warns Of “1984” Facial Recognition Future

"The world is on the threshold of technology that would give a government the ability to follow anyone anywhere."

Chinese state media agency Xinhua just revealed the world's first "AI anchor." But it's not going to fool anybody.
Artificial Intelligence

Meet The World’s First AI News Anchor

Impressive, but it's not going to fool anybody.

After four years of study, NASA concluded that 3D printing works just as well in space as it does on Earth. Deep space missions may be in the future.
NASA

NASA: Objects 3D Printed in Space Perform Well Enough to Support Missions

3D printers working in microgravity didn’t work any worse than on the ground.

Roughly half the Arctic ice melt that's occurred over the past 37 years is due to natural variables, according to a new study.
Climate Change

Humans Aren’t Solely to Blame for Arctic Ice Melt, Says Report

Nature has played a major role, too.

This Week in Tech: Oct 13 – Oct 20
Artificial Intelligence

This Week in Tech: Oct 13 – Oct 20

Uber traffic, blinders for humans, cybersec trucks, and more.

This Week in Science: Oct 13 – Oct 20
Science & Energy

This Week in Science: Oct 13 – Oct 20

Imitation smoked salmon, robot lecturers, legalized weed, and more.

This Week in Science: Oct 27 – Nov 2
Science & Energy

This Week in Science: Oct 27 – Nov 2

Giant black holes, fusion research, messages to aliens, and more

This Week in Tech: Oct 27 – Nov 2
Science & Energy

This Week in Tech: Oct 27 – Nov 2

Robot security guards, hoverbikes, artificial moons, and more.

How Data Transparency Is Helping Us Build Future Cities
Data Privacy

How Data Transparency Is Helping Us Build Future Cities

What do you do when mold from your apartment makes you sick? This entrepreneur created an app.

Microsoft just created a new AI system that can scan a news column and pull out the most important facts for quicker reading.
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft’s New Neural Network Summarizes the News — Erratically

News anchor AI will save us all.