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The TSA's Quiet Skies program instructs teams of armed air marshals to track U.S. citizens through airports and aboard domestic flights.
Future Society

For TSA’s “Quiet Skies” Program, Air Marshals Followed Travelers’ Every Move

Welcome to the friendly skies...

By Kristin Houser

The latest clean transportation offering from Elon Musk is the Tesla surfboard, a $1,500 limited edition short board that sold out almost immediately.
Tesla

Tesla Launches A $1,500 Surfboard, Sells out Almost Immediately

Did you want Tesla to make a surfboard? No? Well they did anyway.

By Kristin Houser

Google unveiled the Enterprise Edition of Google Glass. Instead of unleashing it on the public, they think it will help factory workers.
Google

Google Glass Is Back, And May Have Finally Found A Place It Belongs

AI powered glasses might actually make sense on a factory floor, where no one cares if you look like an idiot.

By Dan Robitzski

Cryptomining Malware Is Infecting Corporate Networks Worldwide
Cryptocurrency

Cryptomining Malware Is Infecting Corporate Networks Worldwide

You might not even notice that PowerGhost is on your computer, using its power to mine crypto for some hacker.

By Victor Tangermann

Dentists Are Now Using Tech to Monitor Patients’ Stress Levels
Future Society

Dentists Are Now Using Tech to Monitor Patients’ Stress Levels

You might not dread your next cleaning.

By Kristin Houser

AI Coaches Are Here To Unleash Your Inner LeBron
Artificial Intelligence

AI Coaches Are Here To Unleash Your Inner LeBron

HomeCourt could be the first of many apps to use AI to offer elite-level coaching for everyone.

By Dan Robitzski

23andMe has signed an agreement to no longer parter with anyone but British pharmaceutical company GSK on any drug discovery projects.
Science & Energy

23andMe is Teaming Up With A Pharma Company. You Shouldn’t Be Surprised.

It's a for-profit company, and it saw a way to make money.

By Kristin Houser

Virgin Galactic successfully completed the third supersonic test flight of its SpaceShipTwo spaceplane.
Off-World

Surprise! Virgin Galactic Just Did A Test Launch of Its SpaceShipTwo Spaceplane

This was its third powered test flight.

By Kristin Houser

Amazon's facial recognition software is far from perfect, an ACLU experiment shows. Maybe Amazon should stop marketing it to government agencies.
Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Rekognition Falsely Matched 28 Members of Congress to Mugshots

ACLU's test illustrates why law enforcement officials shouldn't rely on the system.

By Kristin Houser

Australian researchers have created a purposefully biased AI to illustrate the problems such systems could cause in the future.
Artificial Intelligence

The “Biometric Mirror” Judges You The Way We’ve Taught It To: With Bias

This AI makes snap judgements about your personality based on how you look.

By Kristin Houser

Augur, a decentralized app where people wager crypto on world events, has given a platform for an assassination marketplace
Blockchain

The Rise Of An “Assassination Marketplace” Shows The Dark Side of Decentralized Networks

Augur was intended to allow people to predict things without interference of a central authority. But, of course, the internet ruined it.

By Dan Robitzski

This Startup Is Trying To Fix Journalism By Putting It On the Blockchain
Blockchain

This Startup Is Trying To Fix Journalism By Putting It On the Blockchain

Civil's plan is complex, but if it works the way organizers hope, it might just usher in a new age of journalism.

By Victor Tangermann

Congressional lawmakers just agreed on a defense bill for 2019 that does not include funding for the establishment of a space force.
Space Force

Trump’s Space Force Isn’t in Congress’ 2019 Spending Bill

Looks like it won't happen next year.

By Kristin Houser

After internet monitors repeatedly removed an article detailing the unsafe vaccines in China, citizens added it to the Ethereum blockchain.
Blockchain

Chinese Citizens Are Using Blockchain to Warn Each Other of Unsafe Vaccines

They've found a way around the nation's internet monitors.

By Kristin Houser

According to Europe's highest court, gene-edited crops are genetically modified organisms and should be regulated the same way as GMOs.
Science & Energy

Gene-Edited Crops Are Officially GMOs, European Court Rules

Experts say the decision could "slam the door shut on this revolutionary technology."

By Kristin Houser

There’s A Huge Subterranean Lake of Liquid Water on Mars
Mars

There’s A Huge Subterranean Lake of Liquid Water on Mars

The discovery puts a decades-long debate to rest.

By Kristin Houser

It’s Not Uber’s Fault That NYC’s Public Transportation Sucks
Advanced Transport

It’s Not Uber’s Fault That NYC’s Public Transportation Sucks

The MTA shot itself in the foot, and blamed its limp on its cast.

By Dan Robitzski

By adding a seemingly harmless pop up to popular BlockExplorer site Etherscan, a hacker may have prevented a far more nefarious hack from taking place.
Cryptocurrency

Hacker Exposes Security Vulnerability in Popular Cryptocurrency Site Etherscan

The "elite" hacker could have done a lot more damage.

By Kristin Houser

The Department of Homeland Security revealed in a briefing that Russians hacked U.S. utility companies
Hacking

Yes, Russians Hacked U.S. Electric Companies, Homeland Security Confirms

"They got to the point where they could have thrown switches."

By Kristin Houser

Chinese officials are determined to bring to justice Changsheng Bio-Tech, a manufacturer selling unsafe vaccines for rabies and DPT.
Health & Medicine

China Is Cracking Down on a Company Selling Unsafe Vaccines

A huge proportion of the world's drugs are manufactured in China.

By Kristin Houser