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Google Has a New AI That Understands English. And Its Name is ‘Parsey McParseface’
Google

With over 94% accuracy, it doesn't matter what they call it!

Scientists: Extraterrestrials May Exist, But We Won’t Find Human-Like Intelligence
Exobiology

Will we ever find a species that thinks like humans?

Starbreeze and Acer Join Forces To Make a Better Virtual Reality Headset
Virtual Reality

And it has a 210-degree field of view, which is wider than the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.

Uber’s First Self-Driving Car Just Hit the Streets
Self-Driving Vehicles

People of Pittsburgh say "hello" to self-driving cars.

Discovery of the Most Metal-Poor Galaxy Offers New Clues About the Big Bang
Big Bang

This is the most metal-deficient galaxy ever found.

Google’s Voice-Activated Home Assistant is a Virtual Butler That’s Always Listening
Google

Google’s weapon against Amazon’s Echo is going live.

Shutdown of World’s Largest Solar Plant After Mirror Fire
Solar Power

The fire is an additional problem for the Ivanpah plant, which is already under threat of being shut down for its deficiencies in output performance.

MIT Researchers Give The Robot Bee a Major Upgrade
Robotics

The new improvement allows robot bees to conserve its limited energy supply, and extend its operational life.

Complex Life May Have Emerged A Billion Years Earlier Than We Thought
Science & Energy

Could we be rewriting history soon?

Astronomers Capture Image Of Universe 13 Billion Years Ago, “Where No Human Has Seen Before”
Off-World

Long, long ago there was a galaxy far, far away. And we just saw it.

New Biosensor Could Detect Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and Cancer
Science & Energy

Welcome to the new era of rapid medical diagnosis.

Terahertz Firing Quantum Lasers May Soon Be Protecting Us From Bombs and Explosives
Quantum Physics

We're cutting detection time from minutes to microseconds...with a laser the size of a computer chip.

Engineers Smash Wireless Data Transmission Speeds, Achieving Record 6Gbps
Future Society

With this tech, you could download HD movies in a few seconds.

Fujitsu is Making a Robot to Judge Tokyo’s 2020 Olympics
Artificial Intelligence

I, Robot, do solemnly swear to be impartial.

A Stellar Image: New Horizons Gets a New ‘First Ever’ View of Pluto
New Horizons

The images confirm that Pluto’s upper atmosphere is 25 percent colder than we thought.

Stem Cell Regeneration in Mice Sparks New Hope for Those With Spinal Cord Injuries
Science & Energy

Remarkably, they regained function in their limbs.

Facebook and Microsoft are Building a 4,000 Mile Cable Across the Atlantic Ocean
Future Society

And it will provide up to 160 terabits per second of bandwidth, which is 16 million times that of your home Internet connection.

The US Olympic Cycling Team is Training With Augmented Reality Glasses
Virtual Reality

And you can get a pair.

Adidas Is Looking To Robots To Start Mass Producing Its Shoes
Robotics

Fully automated shoe production is almost here.

Scientists Enable Computers to Generate True Random Numbers
Future Society

Random numbers from computers were never really random, until now.