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Microsoft President Brad Smith revealed in his new book that Taylor Swift threatened to sue the company over "Tay" the Twitter chatbot-turned-Nazi.
Artificial Intelligence

Apparently "Tay" was too close to Swift's name for comfort.

By Dan Robitzski

Facebook has announced a trio of new initiatives designed to prevent suicide and self-harm amongst the platform's many users.
Future Society

The social network has a trio of new initiatives in the works.

By Kristin Houser

As brain-computer interface and neural implant technology improves, the Royal Society argues we may soon be able to communicate telepathically.
Brain Implants

"Not only thoughts, but sensory experiences, could be communicated from brain to brain."

By Dan Robitzski

A new video shows a Tesla driver asleep at the wheel while his car, presumably with Autopilot mode enabled, cruises down the Massachusetts Turnpike.
Sleep

"Wow, I was just driving next to somebody who was completely asleep on the Mass Pike."

By Dan Robitzski

That Chardonnay in your glass comes from wine grapes which carry a fascinating genetic quirk. Researchers at the University of California...
Science & Energy

The data cache could explain varieties in everything from wines to types of heirloom tomatoes.

By Jacob Banas

Researchers at MIT invented a chameleon-like "reprogrammable ink" that allows you to "paint" colors onto a surface using a projector and UV light.
Future Society

This special spray could allow you to change the color of your shoes every morning.

By Victor Tangermann

Virgin Galactic plans to start selling tickets to space next year. By 2023, it will launch a shuttlefull of passengers every 32 hours.
Off-World

If every flight is fully booked, more than 3,000 people would launch into space in the next few years.

By Dan Robitzski

In 2011, Elon Musk and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein both attended an exclusive "Billionaires' Dinner" in Long Beach, Calif.
Elon Musk

Tesla declined to answer questions about Musk rubbing shoulders with the convicted sex offender.

By Kristin Houser

A team of scientists on board the International Space Station have successfully mixed cement in the microgravity of space.
Off-World

Concrete could open a lot of doors for constructing habitats in space.

By Victor Tangermann

General John Raymnd, head of the newly-formed U.S. Space Command, clarified that he'll seek to first deter space combat but would still be ready to fight.
Space

What could possibly go wrong?

By Dan Robitzski

Google has banned ads hawking unproven or experimental medical treatments and therapies, including many stem cell and gene therapies.
Future Society

It's taking a stand against sellers of bogus health treatments.

By Kristin Houser

Scientists are suggesting that the methane-filled lakes on the surface of Saturn's largest moon Titan could have been formed by massive explosions.
Science & Energy

Pockets of warming nitrogen gas could've blown massive craters into the moon's surface.

By Victor Tangermann

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo wants to ban flavored vaping products in the state as part of a push to keep residents from falling victim to vape lung.
Chemistry

And if he could, he says he would ban all vaping products.

By Kristin Houser

Shawn Rosenberg, a prominent psychologist at the University of California, Irvine told the crowd at a recent meeting of the International Society of Political Psychologists that "democracy is devouring itself," Politico reports.
Future Society

"In sum, the majority of Americans are generally unable to understand or value democratic culture, institutions, practices or citizenship in the manner required."

By Dan Robitzski

On Friday, state broadcaster CCTV aired footage of traffic police using a drone to tell a scooter rider to put on his helmet, according to a newly published South China Morning Post story.
Drones

Are nagging, hovering drones the future of the surveillance state?

By Kristin Houser

A survey of 14 well-known comets traced them all back to the same point in space and time, suggesting that the comets of our solar system are all related.
Science & Energy

All 14 comets he studied share an origin story.

By Dan Robitzski

A state-owned communications watchdog in Russia claims that Google, Facebook, and YouTube interfered with a local election by allowing political ads.
Future Society

Ironic.

By Victor Tangermann

A deepfake video uploaded to YouTube explores what it would have looked like if Will Smith had accepted to take on the role of Neo in "The Matrix."
Future Society

We really dodged a bullet.

By Victor Tangermann

China claims its Yutu-2 lunar rover has stumbled upon an unsually colored "gel-like" substance on the bottom of an impact crater on the Moon.
Science & Energy

Did somebody goo the Moon?

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk Ridicules Porsche for Calling Its Electric Car “Turbo”
Elon Musk

Let the war of the electric supercars begin.

By Victor Tangermann