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The New York City government just sued T-Mobile and its stores over fraudulent and predatory sales practices, including selling used phones as new.
Robots and Machines

New York City is suing the company for fraudulent practices.

By Dan Robitzski

A Chinese man paid $35,000 to have his cat cloned, only to receive a cat that, while biologically identical to the original, doesn't look like it.
Science & Energy

"If I tell you I wasn’t disappointed, then I would be lying to you."

By Kristin Houser

Health officials have a promising lead in their investigation of a strange vaping-related illness sweeping the United States: vitamin E acetate.
Chemistry

"The lungs are designed to exchange gas molecules; they’re not designed to be exposed to other chemicals."

By Kristin Houser

A team of scientists is preparing to release a world first: video footage of an enormous black hole devouring vast clouds of gas.
Physics

Coming in 2020: the first-ever video of a black hole.

By Jon Christian

In a Thursday evening tweet, Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed his plans to bring the Model S to one of the world's toughest race car tracks.
Elon Musk

How will the Model S fare on one of the toughest tracks in the world?

By Victor Tangermann

Volkswagen has created a kit that converts its classic Beetle to electric power, but owners will need to travel to Germany to have it installed.
Advanced Transport

But you'll have to travel to Germany to have it installed.

By Kristin Houser

A new attempt to explain the mysterious giant bubbles that sandwich our galaxy fell short; astronomers couldn't reconcile the data with any hypotheses.
Science & Energy

Even with new data, the Fermi Bubbles elude explanation.

By Dan Robitzski

Companies like Postmates that have launched fleets of delivery robots still depend on human operators to occasionally grab the wheel.
Drones

Delivery robots aren't always as autonomous as they appear.

By Dan Robitzski

A security company's investigation debunks the theory that a mobile phone listens to its user's conversations for ad-targetting purposes.
Robots and Machines

A new investigation appears to debunk the popular conspiracy theory.

By Kristin Houser

Scientists determined which personality traits and other factors are most closely associated with internet gaming disorder.
Health & Medicine

New research identified some predictors of internet gaming disorder.

By Dan Robitzski

Facebook is teaming up with a consortium of researchers from Microsoft and a number of prominent research universities to build a deepfake detector.
Future Society

Why it makes sense to fight deepfakes with deepfakes.

By Victor Tangermann

Most Americans Trust Cops With Facial Recognition Tech
Facial recognition

And nearly two-thirds think the tech is at least somewhat accurate.

By Kristin Houser

GPS trackers intended to help parents keep an eye on their kids are particularly vulnerable to hackers. Over 600,000 devices could be easily compromised.
Robots and Machines

And over 600,000 people are using the default password.

By Dan Robitzski

An experimental text adventure game is generated in real-time by artificial intelligence, making for a fascinating, disjointed journey.
Artificial Intelligence

Here's where you can play a trippy game that literally writes itself.

By Dan Robitzski

Tyson Foods announced its investment in New Wave Foods, a Silicon Valley startup that's preparing to the flood the markets with its plant-based shrimp.
Future Society

"It has to provide the bite and texture and characteristic snap of shrimp."

By Victor Tangermann

A second person has died from an illness contracted after vaping, and the THC product they'd vaped was legal in their state.
Chemistry

"At this point, we’d say we don’t really know what is safe." 

By Kristin Houser

NASA just attached its new semi-autonomous helicopter drone to the rover it's sending to Mars next year. Pending a few more tests, it should be ready to go.
Self-Driving Vehicles

It's headed to Mars next year.

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said that he is "highly confident" that his space company will land humans on the Martian surface as soon as 2026.
Starship

Starship could attempt to make its first voyage to the Red Planet as soon as 2022.

By Victor Tangermann

In 50 Years, Your Romantic Partner Will Be a Robot
Robotics

By Andrew Tieu

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden suggests sending Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to prison for the lies he has told the American people.
Future Society

"I think he ought to be held personally accountable..."

By Kristin Houser