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Saturday night, a mile-wide asteroid called 1999 KW4 will fly by the Earth, and when it does, it'll bring with it its very own moon.
Science & Energy

Asteroid Flying by Earth Is so Big It Has Its Own Moon

"It's one of the closest binary flybys probably in recent history."

By Kristin Houser

Programmers are creating sexist AI voice assistants, which are then encouraging users to be sexist, according to a new UN report.
Artificial Intelligence

United Nations: Siri and Alexa Are Encouraging Misogyny

Today's voice assistants are facing their own "Me Too" moment.

By Kristin Houser

The Senate just voted in favor of a bipartisan bill that could put an end to spam and unsolicited marketing calls once and for all.
Future Society

New Law Could End Robocalling Once and For All

In the near future, we might chose to pick up the phone again.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists discover a superconductor that works at temperatures nearly 50 Celsius degrees (84.6 Fahrenheit degrees) hotter than the previous record high.
Energy

Scientists Set New Temperature Record for Superconductivity

It’s 50 degrees closer to room-temperature.

By Kristin Houser

Imma, a CGI fashion model, just scored a make-up modeling gig for a Japanese cosmetics brand.
Artificial Intelligence

Can You Tell Which of These Models Is CGI?

The virtual model just scored her first real-life modeling gig.

By Victor Tangermann

We thought it would be fun to run some Elon Musk tweets through a neural network designed by OpenAI, the company he founded and quit.
Artificial Intelligence

We Asked an AI to Finish Real Elon Musk Tweets

"Changing Tesla's horn to be silent."

By Jon Christian

A Chinese rocket failed to successful launch a satellite into orbit Thursday morning, marking the second failed rocket launch in the nation this year.
Off-World

Chinese Rocket Fails Spectacularly, Raining Debris Back to Earth

It’s the second failed rocket launch in the nation this year.

By Kristin Houser

Las Vegas will pay the Boring Company $48.6 million to build the LVCC Loop, an underground tunnel system connected to the city's convention center.
Advanced Transport

Las Vegas Approves $48.6 Million Boring Company Tunnel

The City of Sin will likely be home to the company's first tunnel.

By Kristin Houser

Harvard professor Avi Loeb thinks finding signs of dead aliens could help humanity know what not to do if it wants to survive indefinitely.
Off-World

Harvard Prof: Finding Dead Alien Civilizations Could Save Humans

He thinks we could learn from the mistakes of deceased ETs.

By Kristin Houser

An investigation revealed that a quality assurance engineer at an aerospace parts company forged signatures for some 38 inspection reports.
SpaceX

SpaceX Component Engineer Charged With Faking Inspection Reports

The engineer "took the act of forgery to a new level."

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese artist Guo O Dong is selling a laptop infected with the six most dangeous viruses in history for $1.2 million dollars.
Viruses

This Dude Is Selling a Virus-Infested Laptop For $1.2 Million

He say it's a "kind of bestiary, a catalogue of historical threats."

By Natalie Coleman

Using a highly sensitive algorithm, German astronomers have discovered 18 new exoplanets, including one that "could offer conditions friendly to life."
Science & Energy

Newly Found Exoplanet “Could Offer Conditions Friendly to Life”

Astronomers think liquid water could flow on its surface.

By Kristin Houser

At an annual shareholder meeting, a disgruntled Amazon investor brought their package up to Jeff Bezos, complaining about how hard it was to return things.
Jeff Bezos

Someone Tried to Return an Amazon Package Directly to Jeff Bezos

They took the returns straight to the top.

By Dan Robitzski

Amazon says that it wants access to images of more diverse body types so it can improve its 3D model-rendering technology.
Future Society

Amazon Will Give You a $25 Gift Card to 3D Scan Your Entire Body

But you'll have to sign a non-disclosure agreement.

By Dan Robitzski

Using a ransomware called RobinHood, cybercriminals have seized control of about 10,000 of Baltimore's computers, crippling its government.
Future Society

Cybercriminals Are Holding an Entire US City Hostage

They've seized control of the city's computers, crippling its government.

By Kristin Houser

NASA is offering the public something truly unique: an opportunity to send thier names to the surface of Mars, "stenciled on chips."
Mars

You Can Now Send a Souvenir With Your Name on it to Mars

NASA's Martian "boarding pass" even gets you frequent flyer points.

By Victor Tangermann

An amazing new deepfake algorithm turns single frames into full-motion videos, reminiscent of photographs and paintings in the "Harry Potter" series.
Artificial Intelligence

Uncanny Algorithm Turns Still Portraits Into Full-Motion Videos

Watch the Mona Lisa come to life like a painting from "Harry Potter."

By Jon Christian

23andMe and other DNA ancestry companies can revise people's results as they gather more data and update their database about genetic information.
Science & Energy

23andMe Is Updating Ancestry Results Without Telling Users

It turns out 23andMe results are written in pencil.

By Dan Robitzski

UC Berkeley's Salto robot is fast, agile, and smart — traits that would make the bot terrifying if it weren't less than a foot tall.
Robotics

This Adorable Bouncing Robot Would Be Terrifying if It Was Huge

Salto is fast, agile, and smart. Thankfully, it's also really tiny.

By Kristin Houser

A team of students from the University of Southern California just successfully launched a 13-foot tall rocket called Traveler IV to past the Kármán line.
Off-World

For the First Time, a Student-Built Rocket Just Reached Space

This is an amazing accomplishment.

By Victor Tangermann