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Even if we meet the emissions limits set by the Paris Agreement, natural feedback processes could create "Hothouse Earth" climate conditions.
Climate Change

No Existing Policies Will Be Enough To Prevent A Future “Hothouse Earth”

We'll need to do more than simply decrease emissions.

Assembly lines are increasingly automated, but for manufacturing at the OG of assembly lines, humans (with exoskeletons) are still behind the wheel.
Prosthetics and Devices

Exoskeletons are About to Walk Ford’s Factory Floors

Jobs haven't all gone to the robots, yet.

Geoengineering Would Hurt Earth’s Crops More Than It Would Help Them, Says Study
Climate Change

Geoengineering Would Hurt Earth’s Crops More Than It Would Help Them, Says Study

We might want to take geoengineering off the table.

Eight months after the fitness app Strava revealed the location of military bases in Syria, the Pentagon has banned GPS tracking on wearables.
Prosthetics and Devices

The Pentagon Tells Soldiers To Stop Sharing Their Locations With Apps

A new memo comes eight months after fitness trackers revealed the layout of military bases all over the world.

Magic Leap’s Disappointing Demo Could Be A Death Knell For AR
Virtual Reality

Magic Leap’s Disappointing Demo Could Be A Death Knell For AR

$2.3 billion, four years, and not much to show for it.

According to a recent public letter, Elon Musk might actually be serious about taking Tesla private. But will a buyout ever happen?
Tesla

Turns Out Musk Might Actually Be Serious About Taking Tesla Private

Seems like you can believe Twitter sometimes.

Some Americans Will Get to Vote via Blockchain This November
Blockchain

Some Americans Will Get to Vote via Blockchain This November

West Virginia is taking a chance on blockchain voting.

Researchers discover a network of Twitter bots designed to perpetuate a cryptocurrency scam while conducting a study on identifying online bots.
Future Society

Researchers Inadvertently Discover Crypto Scam Involving 15,000 Twitter Bots

The scam is still going on.

A number of scientifically sound studies all reached different conclusions when trying to figure out the universe's expansion rate.
Physics

Figuring out How Fast the Universe Is Expanding Might Require a New Type of Physics

Two new studies contradict each other. Under our current model, they can't both be right.

The FCC hack from May 2017 wasn't really a hack, says FCC chairman Ajit Pai, who now blames the misunderstanding on an Obama-era hire.
Hacking

That Hack of the FCC’s Comment Section Last Year? It Never Actually Happened, Agency Admits

Sike.

SpaceX Just Launched A Rocket With A Critical Reused Part
SpaceX

SpaceX Just Launched A Rocket With A Critical Reused Part

This mission's success shows that the dream of reusable rockets might not be so far-fetched, after all.

Waymo’s Phoenix Project Could Tell Us If Self-Driving Cars Can Improve Public Transportation
Self-Driving Vehicles

Waymo’s Phoenix Project Could Tell Us If Self-Driving Cars Can Improve Public Transportation

Autonomous vehicles and public transportation could be allies.

Google Maps Now (Accurately) Shows that Earth is Round
Google

Google Maps Now (Accurately) Shows that Earth is Round

The Earth is round. Now it looks that way on Google Maps.

NASA Announces The First Commercial Astronauts to Pilot The Next Generation of Spacecraft
NASA

NASA Announces The First Commercial Astronauts to Pilot The Next Generation of Spacecraft

The commercial space race is on, but delays are inevitable.

The U.S. Has a New Plan to Deter Would-Be Hackers
Science & Energy

The U.S. Has a New Plan to Deter Would-Be Hackers

But it might not be enough to stop the hacks.

The New Operating System for Digital Finance
Blockchain

The New Operating System for Digital Finance

Install the update.

Someone Just Used a Drone to Try to Assassinate a World Leader
Drones

Someone Just Used a Drone to Try to Assassinate a World Leader

This is the first known drone assassination attempt on a president.

Facebook Is Asking Banks to Share Data on Customers’ Spending Habits
Data Privacy

Facebook Is Asking Banks to Share Data on Customers’ Spending Habits

So far banks haven't accepted due to privacy concerns.

Human volunteers were less likely to turn off humanoid robot Nao when it protested, particularly when the outburst of emotion was unexpected.
Robotics

Humanoid Robots Can Manipulate Our Emotions When We Least Expect It

We'll need to stay on our toes.

The city of Cupertino is hoping Apple will be willing to heavily subsidize the construction of a hyperloop to ease the city's transportation woes.
Hyperloop

Apple May Prove Powerful Enough to Get the U.S. Its First Hyperloop

Apple's hometown wants a hyperloop, and it just may get it.