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Elon Musk’s Money Run for the Future of Tesla Starts Now—Here’s How He’ll Try to Pull It Off
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Money Run for the Future of Tesla Starts Now—Here’s How He’ll Try to Pull It Off

A new blog post sheds light on who the buyer might be.

By Victor Tangermann

Anew AI developed by MIT researchers can prescribe the minimum effective dose for patient with an aggressive type of brain tumor known as glioblastoma.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Can Make Sure Cancer Patients Get Just Enough (but Not Too Much) Treatment

It can dose out drugs to shrink tumors without causing the patient unnecessary pain.

By Kristin Houser

Researcher presents ways hackers could manipulate today's SATCOM to affect the aviation, maritime, and military industries.
Hacking

Hackers Find Earth’s Satellite Communication Systems Aren’t All That Secure

One more thing to worry about.

By Kristin Houser

NASA’s New Space Probe Will Venture Closer to the Sun Than Any Craft Before It
Science & Energy

NASA Just Launched A New Space Probe That Will Venture Closer to the Sun Than Any Craft Before It

The Parker Solar Probe is on a mission to "touch" the Sun.

By Kristin Houser

QTrobot, a two-foot-tall humanoid robot, could be useful in teaching children with autism valuable social skills, according to a new study.
Robots and Machines

Interacting With This Therapy Bot Can Help Children With Autism Perfect Their Social Skills

QTrobot holds the children's gazes for longer than humans.

By Kristin Houser

For the first time, astronomers have discovered a coronal mass ejection (CME), a spewing of plasma and energy, from a star that's not the Earth's Sun.
Science & Energy

Scientists Observe a Star That Spews Plasma — And It’s Not Our Sun

It's the first time researchers have observed a a coronal mass ejection from a star other than our Sun.

By Kristin Houser

After refusing to ban InfoWars, Twitter's Jack Dorsey said the problem was his failure to explain Twitter's decisions. That's not the real issue.
Future Society

Explaining Its Decisions Isn’t Going To Make Twitter Better

Jack: You’re probably mad because we don’t explain why we do what we do!

By Dan Robitzski

Fortnite Didn’t Do Anything New. That’s Why It Will Shape The Future Of Gaming.
Future Society

Fortnite Didn’t Do Anything New. That’s Why It Will Shape The Future Of Gaming.

They put the best parts of other games in a big, cartoony blender, and now we can’t get enough.

By Dan Robitzski

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence delivered a speech outlining the first steps toward the establishment of a new military branch, the Space Force.
Space Force

Here’s How President Trump and His VP Plan to Get Their Space Force

The Vice President outlines the first four steps in the plan.

By Kristin Houser

Open-source tool Social Mapper can help white hat hackers keep up with the black hats, but also has the potential to create more of the latter.
Hacking

Facial Recognition Tool That Tracks People Across Social Media Now Available to Hackers

Is Social Mapper leveling the playing field? Or creating more bad guys?

By Kristin Houser

Researchers have created an AI than can find scientists that deserve (but don't have) Wikipedia pages, helping close the site's gender gap.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Is Shining a Spotlight on Women Scientists That Were Previously Overlooked

Quicksilver finds scientists that deserve Wikipedia entries but don't have them yet.

By Kristin Houser

New York City Council Capped The Number Of Ubers Allowed On City Streets
Future Society

New York City Council Capped The Number Of Ubers Allowed On City Streets

It's hard to be an Uber driver. This cap might help. But Uber doesn't think so.

By Victor Tangermann

Unexplained “Sonic Attacks” Were Reported In China. Here’s What We Know.
Science & Energy

Unexplained “Sonic Attacks” Were Reported In China. Here’s What We Know.

Sonic attacks or insecticide?

By Leslie Nemo

Three Signs Google Is Turning to the Dark Side
Future Society

Three Signs Google Is Turning to the Dark Side

Drone warfare and deceptive AIs sure don't sound "good."

By Kristin Houser

There Is Literally No Logical Reason The US Should Allow *More* Uses for Asbestos
Future Society

There Is Literally No Logical Reason The US Should Allow *More* Uses for Asbestos

But that isn't stopping the EPA from considering it.

By Kristin Houser

A Robot Just Operated On A Human Eye for the First Time
Health & Medicine

A Robot Just Operated On A Human Eye for the First Time

It's insanely precise, exactly in the place where there's no room for error.

By Kristin Houser

All the Rage in Sweden: Embedding Microchips Under Your Skin
Future Society

All the Rage in Sweden: Embedding Microchips Under Your Skin

RIP wallets, implanted microchips are here to stay.

By Victor Tangermann

The Digest: Tech CEO Pitches Boeing a Flying Train Concept
Advanced Transport

The Digest: Tech CEO Pitches Boeing a Flying Train Concept

It's a plane! It's a train! It's...kinda both?

By Kristin Houser

Devil’s Kettle Falls: The Falls to Nowhere
From Quarks to Quasars

Devil’s Kettle Falls: The Falls to Nowhere

By Futurism

We Have No Idea What Having Sex With Robots Might Do to Us
Robotics

We Have No Idea What Having Sex With Robots Might Do to Us

We should probably figure that out before everyone starts doing it.

By Kristin Houser