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A Russian security researcher, claims to have accidentally identified some troubling vulnerabilities in the firmware of Xiaomi FurryTail smart pet feeders.
Internet Of Things

Hackers could make your cats chonky — or put them on a diet.

By Victor Tangermann

The same person responsible for the Tesla pickup truck design created a concept called the Model Zero, and it could hold clues to the truck's appearance.
Tesla

The same person who designed the Tesla pickup truck designed this car.

By Kristin Houser

Players of the game "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive" are using the game's loot boxes and Steam Community Market as a massive money laundering scheme.
Future Society

Players have been using the game's online marketplace as a "worldwide fraud network."

By Victor Tangermann

According to U.S. President Donald Trump, the military brought a robot along for the raid that led to the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Robotics

Seriously.

By Kristin Houser

A team of MIT researchers claim to have developed a new technology that allows driverless cars to see around corners to make them safer.
Advanced Transport

"The big dream is to provide ‘X-ray vision’ of sorts to vehicles moving fast on the streets."

By Victor Tangermann

A Pentagon report found that Army soldiers' heavy reliance on bottled water won't be sustainable in the future due to climate change.
Science & Energy

"The U.S. Army is precipitously close to mission failure concerning hydration..."

By Kristin Houser

Five months after returning a rented Ford Expedition, a man can still use a connected Ford app to control the vehicle's doors and engine.
Advanced Transport

He can still track the SUV's location, control its locks, and turn the engine on and off.

By Kristin Houser

An LA judge ruled that a jury and trial will decide on the fake of Elon Musk after the billionaire made off-color comments about a British cave diver.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk tried to have the defamation lawsuit thrown out twice — but unsuccessfully.

By Victor Tangermann

A tracked eagle spent five months in an area without data coverage, racking up enough roaming charges to wipe a research team's entire budget.
Science & Energy

"He disappeared for five months, and all of a sudden here he is, with a very, very heavy phone bill."

By Kristin Houser

A technique some worried would lead to the creation of super-smart designer babies isn't technologically up to the task, finds a new study.
Gene Editing

Determining a baby's smarts before they're born is still impossible.

By Kristin Houser

A free-to-play video game like Oregon Trail called "Climate Trail" imagines an apocalyptic world in which we failed to fight climate change.
Climate Change

Would you survive?

By Victor Tangermann

A Samsung "SpaceSelfie" satellite came crashing down to Earth, landing onto an unsuspecting Michigan farm below, NBC reports.
Future Society

This space-based publicity stunt crashed back to Earth in spectacular fashion.

By Victor Tangermann

If the Department of Home Affairs gets its way in Australia, a face scan will be used to verify the ages of people visiting porn websites.
Artificial Intelligence

Want to access that porn site? Smile for the camera first.

By Kristin Houser

Scientists just publicly presented the first ever images of the German space agency's (DLR) X-ray telescope eROSITA. And they're magnificent.
Science & Energy

The new telescope, according to one scientist, is "tracing out the dark matter structure of the Universe."

By Victor Tangermann

The Air Force's restraint on revealing the X-37B program's true ambitions hasn't stopped people from speculating over the last nine years.
Space

Here are some theories, from unlikely to most plausible.

By Victor Tangermann

Dubai has unveiled the world's largest two-story 3D-printed building, a 31-foot-tall structure covering an area of 6,889 square feet.
3D Printing

The printer cut the number of construction workers needed in half.

By Kristin Houser

Wealthy people in California are choosing to supplement local government firefighting services with the help of third-party private contractor firefighters.
Future Society

A startling reminder that the poor will be most affected by environmental catastrophe.

By Victor Tangermann

The asteroid Hygiea is actually our solar system's smallest dwarf planet, astronomers determine using Very Large Telescope data.
Solar Power

They originally thought the tiny object was an asteroid.

By Kristin Houser

A team of surgeons from Charlotte, North Carolina have demonstrated new surgery robot technology by carving a jack-o-lantern and removing its seeds.
Robotics

They did surgery on a pumpkin.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of MIT engineers claims to have built a carbon capture system that could remove carbon dioxide from the environment at an industrial scale.
Environment

They claim they can capture carbon dioxide at any concentration level.

By Dan Robitzski