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Recently-acquired Facebook documents reveal what it would take to get kicked off facebook for hates peech or propaganda.
Future Society

How does your racist aunt (or InfoWars) get away with posting so much loosely veiled propaganda?

Hundreds of AI experts just signed a pledge vowing to never develop lethal autonomous weapons and calling for their global ban.
Artificial Intelligence

"AI weapons that autonomously decide to kill people are as disgusting and destabilizing as bioweapons."

Microsoft President Calls For Government Rules For Facial Recognition Technology
Facial recognition

It's the most recent voice in a growing chorus around Silicon Valley that sees the harm facial recognition could have.

The EU just fined Google $5 billion for violating antitrust laws designed to prevent market leaders from stifling competition.
Future Society

That's about 40 percent of Google's net profit from 2017.

The next movie you watch could have been performed, edited, and recommended by artificial intelligence.
Artificial Intelligence

They will do more of the mundane tasks so humans don't have to.

Electric Cars Are Too Important For Elon Musk to Put at Risk
Elon Musk

Musk’s online shenanigans are making Tesla's value fall. Bad news for someone who wants to save the world.

This Startup Is Combining AR and VR by Putting Real Objects Into Virtual Worlds
Virtual Reality

Creating Genetically Modified Babies Is “Morally Permissible,” Says Ethics Committee
Genetics

We may be moving closer to a future of designer babies.

Manufacturer Confirms Installing Remote-Access Software on U.S. Voting Machines
Future Society

“The only way to make this worse would be to leave unguarded ballot boxes in Moscow and Beijing."

SpaceX and Boeing Delays Could Cost NASA Access to the ISS
Boeing

A new report suggests NASA better start working on a backup plan.

The FDA Just Approved a Drug to Keep Us a Little Safer From Another Pandemic
Health & Medicine

If smallpox breaks out, now we have a quick way to fight it.

It’s Amazon Prime Day. Don’t Buy Anything.
Future Society

Or: should I compromise my morals for an inexpensive mattress?

Uber and Lyft Still Allow Racist Behavior, but Not as Much as Taxi Services
Future Society

Taxi drivers are 73% more likely to cancel on black riders than white ones.

The UK Just Confirmed the Location of Its First Spaceport
Off-World

The Scotland-based site could help the nation lead the small satellite market.

We Knew Russian Hackers Infiltrated Americans’ Inboxes. Now We Know How.
Hacking

It really wasn't that hard.

Qbits for Cubists: Robots Made These Incredible Works of Fine Art
Artificial Intelligence

Here are the winners of the 2018 RobotArt competition.

Hinge Is Using a New Algorithm to Identify Your “Most Compatible” Mate
Artificial Intelligence

You can now let a Nobel Prize-winning algorithm suggest your perfect match.

We May Have Reached a Turning Point in the Opioid Crisis, Report Implies
Health & Medicine

A major health insurer released a report about opioids, and it has some encouraging news.

Have a Problem With Your Internet Provider? The FCC Doesn’t Want to Hear About It
FCC

Consumers may now have to pay for the FCC's help.

DeepMind Created a Test to Measure an AI’s Ability to Reason
Artificial Intelligence

The researchers drew inspiration from human IQ tests.