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Artificial Intelligence

AI Can Now Manipulate People’s Movements In Fake Videos

Why do we keep making tools to do this?

Artificial Intelligence

AI That Counts And Identifies Wildlife Could Be A Game-changer For Ecologists

Letting an algorithm monitor motion-sensor cameras could change how we handle conservation.

Future Society

The First Real Flying Car Is Open for Test Flights

And you can learn how to pilot one in less than an hour.

Facial recognition

New Facial Recognition Tech At U.S. Borders Will Scan Your Face, Whether You Like It Or Not

Making every border crossing experience just a little bit more dystopian.

Future Society

Crypto Mining for Charity: Your Processing Power Could Save the World

Browse the internet. Raise money for charity.

Robotics

You Can’t Make This Stuff Up: Amazon Warehouse Robots Slipped On Popcorn Butter

Consider this your daily reminder that the robots haven't taken over yet.

Meta

Facebook Accused of Giving Users’ Personal Data To Every Major Device Maker (Updated)

Honestly, after Cambridge Analytica, not much surprises us.

Off-World

Theorized Planet Nine Might Actually Be A Cluster Of Little Rocks

Does something other than a ninth planet explain some of our solar system's quirks?

Future Society

Ready To Work Until You Die? Economists Recommend Delaying Retirement To Afford Old Age

The future of retirement is just more work.

Cryptocurrency

The SEC Is Not Messing Around, Appoints New Leader To Tackle Crypto

There's a new sheriff in town. Her name is Valerie A. Szczepanik.

Artificial Intelligence

There’s Now A Computer Designed Specifically for Programming Intelligent Robots

The system is so affordable that it could usher in a new era of robotics, in which almost everyone can participate.

Future Society

Apple Unveils Tool That Cuts You Off If You Spend Too Much Time on Your iPhone

Put down the smartphone.

Cancer

Some Breast Cancer Patients Can Skip Chemo Thanks To New Genetic Insight

As scientists learn more about how genes affect disease, treatments can be more tailored for each individual patient.

Science & Energy

The DoE May Bail Out Failing Coal Plants in the Name of National Security

But it looks an awful lot like they're keeping a failing industry afloat.

Artificial Intelligence

Language-Policing AI Will Suggest A Polite Alternative to Online Hate Speech

The algorithm will stop internet toxicity, just as long as it includes a curse word.

Future Society

7 Futuristic Things To Do With Your Body When You Die

“I think people are tired of being put in a wooden box in the ground.”

Future Society

A “Smart” License Plate: To Buy or Not to Buy?

Digital plates are rolling out in California. The question is if they're worth buying.

Blockchain

There’s Now A Religion Based On the Blockchain. Yes, Really.

Matthew Liston may be its founder, but he's no Cryptsiah.

Google

Google Ditches Department of Defense, Updates Its Code of Ethics

Internal emails reveal the scale of Project Maven.

Facial recognition

This Filter Makes Your Photos Indecipherable to Facial Recognition Software

With the filter, software can't even tell that a photo contains a face.