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Report: It’s Easy to Hack an Entire Generation of Military Weapons
Military

Report: It’s Easy to Hack an Entire Generation of Military Weapons

We're really hoping the nuclear codes are more sophisticated than “password123.”

By Dan Robitzski

A robot named Pepper will appear in front of the UK Parliament next week. Nobody, including the lawmakers who arranged the interview, seem to know why.
Robotics

A Robot Is Scheduled to Testify in Front of the UK Parliament

But it's kinda unclear why.

By Jon Christian

A pair of new cryptocurrency reports asserts that the asset class is still very risky for investors, but not much of a threat to the world economy.
Cryptocurrency

Reports: Crypto Is a Threat to Your Savings Account, But Not World Markets

Experts: Invest at your own risk.

By Kristin Houser

Glimpse: Man’s Best Friend, Forever? We May Love Robot Dogs As Much As the Real Thing
Robot Dogs

Glimpse: Man’s Best Friend, Forever? We May Love Robot Dogs As Much As the Real Thing

Sit, rollover, calculate Pi to the 90th digit.

By Luke Kingma

Chinese researchers have found a way to create healthy mice pups using only genetic material from two moms — no dads required.
Science & Energy

These Healthy Mice Pups Have Two Moms and No Dads

We can now breed healthy mice from pairs of same-sex parents.

By Kristin Houser

Op-Ed: Lego-Like Customization Will Give Us Autonomous Vehicles We Never Imagined
Self-Driving Vehicles

Op-Ed: Lego-Like Customization Will Give Us Autonomous Vehicles We Never Imagined

The energy and imagination of the DIY community, but for AVs.

By Shaoshan Liu

Amazon Built an AI to Evaluate Job Applicants. One Problem: It Seemed Sexist.
Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Built an AI to Evaluate Job Applicants. One Problem: It Seemed Sexist.

If we're not careful, data from our biased world results in biased AIs.

By Jon Christian

A team of European researchers is exploring how internet usage affects mental health, marking the first international effort to do so.
Mental Health

We’ll Soon Know Exactly How Terrible the Internet Is for Our Mental Health

We're about to explore the web's dark side.

By Kristin Houser

Lockheed Martin engineers are using Microsoft's HoloLens to speed up construction of NASA's next space capsule by showing technicians the next step.
NASA

Lockheed Engineers Are Using HoloLens to Build NASA’s New Space Capsule

The same tech could eventually make spacecraft repairs easier for astronauts.

By Jon Christian

SpaceShipTwo
Off-World

Virgin Galactic Just Successfully Tested One of Their Spaceplanes

The company is one step closer to taking private passengers into space.

By Chelsea Gohd

Tesla bragged about getting the highest safety ratings in the history of cars. Now the government says that's not exactly how it works.
Tesla

Government to Tesla: We Never Said the Model 3 Was the “Safest Car Ever”

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration doesn’t give extra credit.

By Dan Robitzski

Fitness Trackers Say This Coffee Cup Has a Pulse. Wait, What?
Health & Medicine

Fitness Trackers Say This Coffee Cup Has a Pulse. Wait, What?

A fitness tracker glitch is showing a pulse on inanimate objects.

By Victor Tangermann

This Wireless Implant Heals Damaged Nerves and Then Self-Destructs
Health & Medicine

This Wireless Implant Heals Damaged Nerves and Then Self-Destructs

It could be used to heal nerve injuries caused by repetitive or traumatic injuries.

By Jon Christian

Scientists Assert That Ultra-Heavy Blankets Actually Reduce Stress and Anxiety
Health & Medicine

Scientists Assert That Ultra-Heavy Blankets Actually Reduce Stress and Anxiety

And it's custom tailored to each individual.

By Jolene Creighton

SpaceX’s First Tourist Isn’t Worried About Training for His Trip to the Moon
Moon

SpaceX’s First Tourist Isn’t Worried About Training for His Trip to the Moon

"Elon Musk has said it shouldn't be too hard."

By Kristin Houser

Google announced it found a privacy bug that allowed third-party developers to access private user data seven months ago. And that's far too late.
Google

Google Didn’t Report Its Data Leak Till Months Later. Now It’ll Face the Consequences.

Is this Google's Cambridge Analytica?

By Victor Tangermann

New prosthetics can perform dexterous motions like opening beers and grinding pepper, by learning how your specific nervous system gives orders.
Medical

The Latest Prostheses Take Orders Directly From Your Nerves

But the prices might give you sticker shock.

By Jon Christian

A European aquaculture giant that says it's working on a facial recognition system to track the health of millions of salmon.
Facial recognition

Farmers Are Using Facial Recognition to Keep Farmed Fish Healthy

"We can build a medical record for each individual fish."

By Jon Christian

Researchers have found a way to create lab-grown collagen without harming a single animal or placing an added strain on the environment.
Future Society

Lab-Grown Collagen Is Vegan and Eco-Friendly — and Identical to the Real Stuff

We could use it in everything from food to cosmetics.

By Kristin Houser

Google withdrew itself from the running for the Pentagon's JEDI contract, but the reasons it gave for the move are worth questioning.
Google

Google Won’t Bid on Pentagon Contract, but Not Just Because Employees Wanted It To

Google's "principles" might not have mattered as much as the company claims.

By Kristin Houser