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Twitter testing out a new feature on Android that would prompt users if they want to click and actually read the dang article they're planning to retweet.
Future Society

Hold on, did you actually click on the link?

By Victor Tangermann

Dario Gil, the director of IBM Research, predicts that quantum computing app stores and code repositories will begin to emerge this decade.
Quantum Physics

He predicts a massive, GitHub-like repository of quantum code.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers from Tel Aviv University have found that water vapor in the atmosphere has the potential to become a viable source of renewable energy.
Science & Energy

Could air humidity be the next renewable energy source?

By Victor Tangermann

Over the next three months, three potential COVID-19 vaccines will begin phase III clinical trials, the final test before regulatory approval.
Viruses

"There's a lot of optimism in our community that a vaccine should be possible."

By Dan Robitzski

A video of a Dubai policeman crashing a Russian-built hoverbike from an altitude of about 100 feet is going viral on social media.
Artificial Intelligence

That had to hurt.

By Victor Tangermann

On a call with biotechnology executives, Dr. Anthony Fauci described the coronavirus pandemic as his worst nightmare as a health expert.
Developments

"Oh my goodness," he lamented. "Where is it going to end?

By Dan Robitzski

According to a leaked email obtained by Reuters, Elon Musk has said that it's time to bring Telsa's commercial semi truck into "volume production."
Elon Musk

A leaked email shows that Tesla is ramping up production of its semi truck — eagerly awaited by customers including Walmart and Pepsi.

By Victor Tangermann

Netflix was way ahead in registering a trademark for "Space Force" than the military, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Future Society

The Pentagon kinda bungled this one.

By Victor Tangermann

A new iPhone update will urge anyone who tells Siri that "all lives matter" to read up on racial issues and visit BlackLivesMatter.com
Artificial Intelligence

Even Apple supports Black Lives Matter.

By Dan Robitzski

A fake livestream on YouTube with 10,000 viewers is playing SpaceX footage, accompanied by a QR code that sends users to a fake Bitcoin giveaway.
Bitcoin

For heaven's sake, please don't fall for this!

By Victor Tangermann

A team of Swiss researchers have created a transparent surgical face mask, intended for essential workers, that no longer hide people's faces.
Medical

Hey doc, turn that frown upside down.

By Victor Tangermann

New research shows that, without lockdowns, the U.S. would have likely had nearly 5 million more cases of the coronavirus by early April.
Viruses

Good job! By staying home, you saved countless lives.

By Dan Robitzski

Honda shut down global production on Monday after a cyberattack disrupted several of its car and motorcycle plants around the world.
Advanced Transport

That's a downside to putting everything online.

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took a jab at Roscosmos. Fuming, the head of Russia's space agency aired his frustration in a lengthy column for Forbes Russia.
Off-World

SpaceX's success has enraged the head of Russia's space program — and he sounds like he's going to blow a gasket.

By Victor Tangermann

To show solidarity with ongoing Black Lives Matter protests and to draw attention to racism in their workplaces, black academics are organizing a strike.
Future Society

"I feel pushed to make decisions, go to meetings, and to 'show up.' I'm just not ready."

By Dan Robitzski

In order to give high-energy researchers better working conditions, one physicist proposes building a particle collider on the Moon.
Physics

He wants to build a giant ray gun on the Moon — and use it to shoot radiation at the Earth.

By Dan Robitzski

Several employees were instructed to stay at home after testing positive for the coronavirus after Tesla defied lockdown orders in California.
Tesla

"It’s like nothing but with a mask on."

By Victor Tangermann

The artificial intelligence system Microsoft uses to post articles to MSN recently confused two women of color, showing how algorithmic bias is happening.
Artificial Intelligence

MSN fired journalists and replaced them with AI. Now its AI is being accused of racism.

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla's Chinese battery supplier CATL announced that it has created a power pack that lasts for 2 million kilometers or 1.24 million miles.
Tesla

"If someone places an order, we are ready to produce."

By Victor Tangermann

Physicists just linked a record-breaking 15 trillion atoms together through quantum entanglement, and they think the technique could help find dark matter.
Physics

"Entanglement is one of the most remarkable quantum technologies, but it is famously fragile."

By Dan Robitzski