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The Digest: Apps That Provide Benefits Might Actually Make the Gig Economy Sustainable
Future Society

Independent workers need benefits, too.

The Digest: Seattle Becomes the First Major U.S. City to Ban Plastic Straws
Pollution

Seattleites will have to drink their Starbucks with a recyclable straw.

The Digest: The Next Telemarketer You Hang up on Might Be Google’s Duplex AI
Google

AI might someday replace millions of call center workers.

The Digest: A British Startup Is Using AI to Teach Cars to Drive Themselves
Artificial Intelligence

The car learns to drive like we do — through trial and error.

The Digest: NASA Isn’t Doing Enough to Prevent Us From Contaminating Other Planets, Report Says
NASA

The agency's 50-year-old policies are in dire need of an update.

The Digest: US Officials Plan to Use DNA Tests to Reunite Migrant Children With Their Families
Future Society

The administration is reportedly already swabbing children's cheeks.

The Digest: Baidu’s Autonomous Buses Will Start Transporting Passengers in Japan Next Year
Self-Driving Vehicles

The company just landed an order for 10 of its buses.

The Digest: First Rhino Embryos Produced in a Lab Could Save Almost-Extinct Subspecies
Future Society

The northern white rhino isn't gone yet.

The Digest: Blue Origin Plans to Begin Colonizing the Moon No Later Than 2023
Moon

“It is time for America to return to the Moon — this time to stay."

Here’s Why The Blockchain Might Change the Future (And Why It May Not Live Up To the Hype)
Blockchain

It's started to expand into applications both useful and bizarre.

The Digest: The World’s Smallest Surgical Robot Is Almost Ready for the Operating Room
Health & Medicine

The bot can decrease patients' risk of infection and need for painkillers.

The Digest: This AI Analyzes Ash to Figure out the Cause of a Volcanic Eruption
Artificial Intelligence

Knowing what kind of volcano they're dealing with can help emergency responders deploy resources wisely.

The Digest: NASA Starts Tests to Prepare For Flight of “Quiet” Supersonic Jet
Advanced Transport

The aircraft would turn a disruptive sonic boom into a subtle sonic thump.

The Digest: Shocking A Person’s Brain Could Make Them Less Violent, Study Shows
Brain

People whose brains were shocked were 47 percent less likely to intend to commit an assault.

The Digest: Facial Recognition Tech Is No Match for Juggalo Makeup
Facial recognition

Facial recognition systems can't ID fans of ICP.

The Digest: Uganda Is Now Forcing Citizens to Pay a Tax to Use Social Media
Future Society

Millions of Ugandans woke up up Sunday morning to find they could no longer access their social media networks.

The Digest: The UK Is Creating a Database of Citizens’ DNA and Other Biometrics
Data Privacy

It would include lots of data about law-abiding citizens, including their faces and voices.

The Digest: A New Cloaking Approach Could Potentially Make Objects Invisible From Every Direction
Science & Energy

"Our work represents a breakthrough in the quest for invisibility cloaking."

The Digest: 20 Mice Are Going to Space To Help Us Figure out How to Survive on Mars
Mars

Houston, we've got mice.

The Digest: Amazon Buys Online Pharmacy, Dives Deeper Into Healthcare Industry
Health & Medicine

Amazon snaps up PillPack for a reported $1 billion.