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This Week in Tech: Sept 29 – Oct 5
Future Society

This Week in Tech: Sept 29 – Oct 5

Facebook hacks, "Mad Max" autopilots, e-cigarette raids, and more.

Experts Worry a Landmark Report on Climate Change Will Call For Unrealistic Tech
Climate Change

Experts Worry a Landmark Report on Climate Change Will Call For Unrealistic Tech

Huge machines that suck carbon out of the air would be great, but they're not ready yet.

This Brain-Analyzing AI Could Kill Your Dream of Being a Professional Athlete
Brain

This Brain-Analyzing AI Could Kill Your Dream of Being a Professional Athlete

Your brain activity could limit your career options.

Pour One out for MASCOT, the Asteroid-Exploring Lander
Off-World

Pour One out for MASCOT, the Asteroid-Exploring Lander

Live fast, die on an asteroid 180 million miles away from Earth.

The US Government Wants to Allow Fully Autonomous Vehicles on US Roads
Self-Driving Vehicles

The US Government Wants to Allow Fully Autonomous Vehicles on US Roads

It even wants to allow cars without steering wheels.

Fake Elon Musks Clutter Twitter with Crypto Scams
Elon Musk

Fake Elon Musks Clutter Twitter with Crypto Scams

The scammers stay one step ahead of the platform, which isn't great news for the midterms.

Oil Will Be Used Less for Fuel, More for Plastics and Fertilizers
Energy

Oil Will Be Used Less for Fuel, More for Plastics and Fertilizers

Renewables may be cutting into fossil fuels, but the planet still loves plastic.

Scientists are arguing about whether you be allowed to publish a paper that could be used to bring back a virus that could cause a deadly pandemic.
Health & Medicine

Microbiologists Are Suddenly Really, Really Worried About Synthetic Smallpox

Should you publish a paper describing how to bring back smallpox in a lab?

Wind Farms Might Heat up the Planet, After All
Wind

Wind Farms Might Heat up the Planet, After All

But renewable energy is still worth it.

Australia is on track to all but eliminate cervical cancer within its borders by 2066, and the U.S. could follow in its footsteps.
Cancer

Australia’s Success Shows That the US Could Eliminate Cervical Cancer If It Really Wanted To

It just takes political will.

This Week in Science: Sept 29 – Oct 5
Science & Energy

This Week in Science: Sept 29 – Oct 5

CRISPR Fruit, DNA on the moon, lab-grown mushroom burgers, and more.

Mindstrong says its app can analyze your typing and scrolling to find signs of depression and anxiety. But it hasn't shared much data to support that.
Health & Medicine

This Startup Says Its App Can Detect Signs of Depression and Anxiety. Experts Aren’t Sure.

The makers of the Mindstrong app claim it can find signs of mental health problems. Skeptics aren't sure an app can tell you much.

A Virgin Atlantic flight powered in part by sustainable jet fuel completed a trek from Orlando to London on Thursday morning.
Renewable Energy

A Plane Powered by Recycled Waste Just Flew Across the Atlantic

Carbon emissions could power our planes instead of polluting our skies.

A series of neural nets wrote a novel based on what it saw and heard while being driven around the country. It's, uh, interesting.
Artificial Intelligence

An AI Took a Road Trip and Wrote a Terrible Novel About It

If “that guy in your MFA” were a robot.

Investigators have charged California resident Anthony Aiello with the murder of his stepdaughter — based on her Fitbit data.
Data Privacy

Fitbit Data Helped California Police Track Down a Murder Suspect

Investigators charged a California man with murder — based on the victim's Fitbit data.

The Five Funniest Things about the SEC’s Lawsuit against Elon Musk
Elon Musk

The Five Funniest Things about the SEC’s Lawsuit against Elon Musk

Musk's probably not laughing though.

This Humanoid Robot Can (Slowly) Install Drywall All by Itself
Robotics

This Humanoid Robot Can (Slowly) Install Drywall All by Itself

Coming soon to a construction site near you...

Glimpse: Why Are Tech Companies Pouring Money Into Instant Translators?
Artificial Intelligence

Glimpse: Why Are Tech Companies Pouring Money Into Instant Translators?

Do we *really* need to speak every language on earth? Tech companies seem to think we do.

Lockheed Martin is proposing to send a four-crew lunar lander from the Lunar Gateway to the surface of the moon. And it weighs a ton.
Moon

Lockheed Martin’s Giant Moon Lander Is an Absolute Unit

In awe of the size of this lad.

Training a neural net to decode a person's brain signals and send them to a robotic limb led to better, precise control over prosthetics.
Brain

A Neural Network, Connected to a Human Brain, Could Mean More Advanced Prosthetics

The AI system was better at understanding what the brain wanted to do.