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The Oscar for Best Visual Effects Goes To: AI
Artificial Intelligence

The Oscar for Best Visual Effects Goes To: AI

Tomorrow's VFX artists might not be human.

Home Genetic Tests Could Be Giving You False Results
Health & Medicine

Home Genetic Tests Could Be Giving You False Results

If you're looking to at-home genetic testing to discover "who you are," you may be destined for disappointment.

Clean Air Is Now a Status Symbol in the World’s Most Polluted Cities
Future Society

Clean Air Is Now a Status Symbol in the World’s Most Polluted Cities

Because you have to pay for it.

Criminals Stole Billions And Laundered it in Cryptocurrency
Bitcoin

Criminals Stole Billions And Laundered it in Cryptocurrency

Remember: those ledgers aren't *really* anonymous.

Pacific Rim’s Robots Are Less Advanced Than Some of Today’s Real Robots
Prosthetics and Devices

Pacific Rim’s Robots Are Less Advanced Than Some of Today’s Real Robots

An engineering expert compares Jaegers to real robot research.

Data From British Porn Viewers Might Be In The Hands of One Company
Data Privacy

Data From British Porn Viewers Might Be In The Hands of One Company

There's a downside to putting age checks on porn sites.

A Fully 3D-Printed Rocket Is Not as Crazy as it Seems. Investors Agree.
Off-World

A Fully 3D-Printed Rocket Is Not as Crazy as it Seems. Investors Agree.

Test flights may start in 2021.

Traffic Sucks. Soon You May Have to Pay to Sit in It.
Future Society

Traffic Sucks. Soon You May Have to Pay to Sit in It.

It would be a win-win for citizens, if they can get over having to pay for something that used to be free.

The Typical Hoverboard Injury Happens to Exactly Who You’d Think: 11-Year-Old White Boys
Health & Medicine

The Typical Hoverboard Injury Happens to Exactly Who You’d Think: 11-Year-Old White Boys

Just a thought: maybe don't use your hoverboard in the house.

The James Webb Telescope Is Delayed. Again. Here Are 4 Things to Know About it
James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Telescope Is Delayed. Again. Here Are 4 Things to Know About it

NASA officials say the delay is about "getting it right."

Waymo Plans to Deploy The Largest Fleet of Autonomous Vehicles by 2020
Self-Driving Vehicles

Waymo Plans to Deploy The Largest Fleet of Autonomous Vehicles by 2020

It'll take on GM and Tesla at the same time.

Arizona Bans Uber’s Autonomous Vehicles Following Pedestrian Death
Self-Driving Vehicles

Arizona Bans Uber’s Autonomous Vehicles Following Pedestrian Death

But other AV companies are allowed to keep testing.

There’s a Previously Undiscovered Organ in Your Body, And It Could Explain How Cancer Spreads
Cancer

There’s a Previously Undiscovered Organ in Your Body, And It Could Explain How Cancer Spreads

It was there all along, but scientists couldn't see it.

Hackers Are Holding The City of Atlanta Hostage
Hacking

Hackers Are Holding The City of Atlanta Hostage

It could be the first of many cities to face the problem.

New Audi Vehicles Know How Long You’ll Wait at a Stoplight in DC
Advanced Transport

New Audi Vehicles Know How Long You’ll Wait at a Stoplight in DC

But this advance isn't really about human drivers.

This UN Tracker Shows That Even Far-Fetched Voluntary Pledges Actually Make a Difference
Future Society

This UN Tracker Shows That Even Far-Fetched Voluntary Pledges Actually Make a Difference

And may deliver on some huge promises.

Everything You Need to Know About the CLOUD Act
Future Society

Everything You Need to Know About the CLOUD Act

This legislation has implications for your data far beyond social media.

Physicist Michio Kaku Has Some Powerful Predictions for the Future
Future Society

Physicist Michio Kaku Has Some Powerful Predictions for the Future

And one threat to our survival is much more immediate than others.

Guess What, Rich People: Meteor Showers on Demand Are a Terrible Idea
Off-World

Guess What, Rich People: Meteor Showers on Demand Are a Terrible Idea

A 2-centimeter-wide fake meteor could pose a serious threat to low-orbit spacecraft.

Facebook’s Phone-Scraping “Scandal” Just Shows How Little We Trust the Company
Future Society

Facebook’s Phone-Scraping “Scandal” Just Shows How Little We Trust the Company

Much like the Cambridge Analytica scandal, it seems Facebook exploited a permissions loophole.