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The inventor of the World Wide Web has unveiled the Contract for the Web, a global plan of action designed to stop internet misuse.
Future Society

Web Inventor Unveils Plan to Save the Web

"We could end up with a digital dystopia if we don’t turn things around."

By Kristin Houser

Japanese researchers have unveiled a quadruped robot that uses a combination of sensors and AI to climb straight up a ladder.
Robot Dogs

Watch a Dog-Like Robot Climb Straight up a Ladder

It seems anything's possible with enough perseverance — and the right neural network.

By Kristin Houser

Russian farmers strapped VR headsets onto their cows to see if pleasant virtual worlds would improve their milk. So far, all they know is the cows liked it.
Science & Energy

Russian Farmers Are Strapping VR Headsets to Dairy Cows

The cows are trapped on crowded farms — but the VR shows them a beautiful open field.

By Dan Robitzski

The Indian government released a short report detailing its Moon lander Vikram's demise in early September — the first time it admitted its lander crashed.
Moon

India Finally Admits Its Moon Lander Crashed

RIP Vikram.

By Victor Tangermann

The FDA just sent a torrent of letters warning there's no evidence that CBD use has the medical benefits that companies claim, and it's in fact dangerous.
Chemistry

FDA Cracks Down on CBD, Saying It Has “Real Risks”

"The FDA is concerned that people may mistakenly believe that trying CBD 'can't hurt.'"

By Dan Robitzski

Signs that Jupiter's Great Red Spot is on its deathbed actually represent normal activity for the storm, scientists now say.
Science & Energy

Scientists: Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Isn’t Dying After All

"I think... it will last for the indefinite future."

By Kristin Houser

A new U.N. climate report details how many countries have totally failed to curb their greenhouse gas emissions and argues that dire action is needed.
Climate Change

New UN Climate Report Calls the Future “Bleak”

"Countries collectively failed to stop the growth in global [greenhouse gas] emissions."

By Dan Robitzski

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has told FedEx to get its delivery bots off his city's streets or NYC will "send them packing" itself.
Robots and Machines

NYC Threatens to Seize Any FedEx Delivery Bots on City Streets

"[W]e didn’t grant permission for these to clog up our streets."

By Kristin Houser

A comprehensive new study confirms that the American life expectancy has been dropping for years and that the problem is broader than expected.
Studies

The American Life Expectancy Is Now Falling Due to Drugs, Suicide

There's "something terribly wrong."

By Dan Robitzski

Strategic design consultancy Manyone proposes building an elevated train called the AeroSlider as a way to cut the emissions caused by air travel.
Advanced Transport

This Rail Gun-Style Elevated Train Goes 500 MPH

Oh, and it hovers 65 feet over the ground.

By Kristin Houser

A U.S. police force has tested the capabilities of a robot dog for the first time, but it's keeping mum on the exact details of the bot's use.
Boston Dynamics

It’s Official: Police Are Testing Out Boston Dynamics’ Robot Dog

"All too often, the deployment of these technologies happens faster than our social, political, or legal systems react."

By Kristin Houser

A study suggests that there could be thousands of giant exoplanets and planets that form around and orbit a supermassive black hole.
Science & Energy

New Calculations: Black Holes Could Have Thousands of Planets

"Around black holes, there might exist planetary systems of astonishing scale."

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla's Cybertruck turned a lot of heads for its unapologetically brutalist design, and now the internet has given the bizarre truck a radical new makeover.
Tesla

Here Are The Most Brilliant Cybertruck Photoshops We Could Find

The internet had a field day.

By Victor Tangermann

Google fired four employees who were helping lead the workforce's push to organize and form a union, prompting accusations of deliberate union-busting.
Future Society

Google Just Fired Four Union Organizers

"This is classic union busting dressed up in tech industry jargon."

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla patented a system that would replace good old fashioned windshield wipers with actual laser beams that zap away debris.
Tesla

Tesla Wants to Replace Windshield Wipers With Lasers

Yes, really.

By Dan Robitzski

A new investigation reveals just how dangerous Amazon warehouses are for workers. Injuries are dangerously high, and people's jobs are always on the line.
Future Society

Report: Amazon Warehouses Are “Permanently Maiming” Workers

"For Amazon, all they care about is getting the job done and getting it out fast and not realizing how it's affecting us and our own bodies."

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists believe they've spotted the turbulence allowing black holes to transfer heat to the gas at the core of their galaxy clusters.
Physics

Astronomers Catch Three Black Holes “Cooking” Their Galaxies

This may explain how black holes transfer heat throughout their galaxies.

By Kristin Houser

Sunny Madra, VP of Ford X, challenged Elon Musk to conduct a real "apples to apples" test between the Cybertruck and the Ford F-150.
Tesla

Ford VP Calls Out Tesla for Unfair Cybertruck vs. F-150 Battle

Elon Musk fired back: "Bring it on."

By Victor Tangermann

Porn stars and sex workers are having troubling stopping Instagram from deleting their accounts — even when their posts don't violate the site's rules.
Future Society

Porn Stars: Instagram Keeps Deleting Our Accounts for No Reason

"They discriminate against us because they don’t like what we do for a living."

By Kristin Houser

New deepfake-creating AI can make someone look and sound like Joe Rogan. While it's not perfect, it paints a troubling picture of the future.
Artificial Intelligence

Amazing AI Makes You Look and Sound Exactly Like Joe Rogan

It's disturbingly realistic.

By Dan Robitzski