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Facebook Bans All Deepfakes
Future Society

Good luck, Facebook.

By Victor Tangermann

Hackers placed a pro-Iran propaganda image of U.S. President Donald Trump being punched in the face on the homepage of a U.S. government-run website.
Future Society

At least one U.S. official is dismissing the hack as "a nothing event."

By Kristin Houser

Boeing is investigating whether a wiring oversight in the 737 Max commercial airplane could potentially result in a crash.
Advanced Transport

Will Boeing's 737 Max ever fly again?

By Victor Tangermann

Newly leaked videos and a tweet by Pranav Mistry offer a sneak peak at NEON, a Samsung project focused on the creation of "artificial humans."
Artificial Intelligence

Leaked videos offer a sneak peek at NEON.

By Kristin Houser

The fires currently raging in Australia are turning New Zealand's glaciers brown and potentially speeding up their melting.
Science & Energy

"If fire frequency, ash, and dust transport increase, there is a chance that this will hasten the demise of New Zealand glaciers."

By Kristin Houser

Samsung has built an "artificial human" called NEON that it plans to unveil at the Consumer Electronics Show kicking off on January 7.
Artificial Intelligence

"NEON is NOT about Bixby, or anything you have seen before."

By Kristin Houser

A team of astronomers combined data from three different NASA observatories to create a 3-D visualization of the Crab Nebula.
Science & Energy

Kaboom!

By Victor Tangermann

Iran's vow of "crushing revenge" for the murder of military general Qassim Suleimani has America on high alert for a Iranian cyberattack.
Future Society

The nation could attempt to take out American power grids — but probably won't.

By Kristin Houser

The local government overseeing Fukushima has vowed to supply the region with 100% renewable energy by 2040, The Guardian reports.
Renewable Energy

Over eight years after the meltdown, Fukushima wants to turn a new leaf.

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk tweeted that Tesla may consider adding an anti-dooring feature to protect bicyclists by keeping doors locked until they pass.
Elon Musk

Software updates might keep Teslas from dooring cyclists.

By Dan Robitzski

Bosch has come up with a clever car windshield cover featuring an AI LCD panel to cast a shadow on the driver's eyes, blocking out only a small portion.
Artificial Intelligence

No more staring into the Sun while you drive.

By Victor Tangermann

Nissan exec Ivan Espinosa said that the weight of the charging cable can make owning an electric vehicle (EV) a hassle for female drivers.
Advanced Transport

That's one bizarre way to try to sell hybrids.

By Kristin Houser

Images of the Australian wildfires taken from space show the full extent of the devastation, putting the ongoing catastrophe in terrifying context.
Space

These satellite images put the catastrophe in terrifying context.

By Kristin Houser

The newly announced Segway S-Pod transportation scooter looks eerily similar to the hover chairs featured in the dystopian Pixar film "WALL-E.
Advanced Transport

And it's not exactly a flattering resemblance.

By Kristin Houser

A team of MIT scientists belive that the magnetic field of the Moon was caused by a crystallizing iron core "dynamo" about a billion years ago.
Science & Energy

The Moon used to have a very strong magnetic field.

By Victor Tangermann

During their long-term mission aboard the International Space Station, a NASA astronaut developed a blood clot in the jugular vein of their neck.
NASA

"My wife answered and then passed the phone to me with the comment, 'Stephan, a phone call for you from space.'"

By Victor Tangermann

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have announced the Earthshot Prize, an initiative designed to solve Earth's greatest environmental problems before 2030.
Climate Change

The multimillion pound project will search for answers to Earth's biggest problems.

By Kristin Houser

Scientists at Stanford have created a silicon microchip that can act as a particle accelerator — a kind of scientific instrument that usually is far larger.
Science & Energy

Honey, I shrunk the particle accelerator.

By Victor Tangermann

Astrophysicist Ron Mallett believes he's figured out how to build a time machine that would allow someone to travel to the past.
Physics

But his peers are far from convinced that it'll work.

By Kristin Houser

The Food and Drug Administration announced a ban on most fruit and mint-flavored nicotine vaping products to reign in use by teenagers.
Developments

No more mango Juul pods.

By Victor Tangermann