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A newly announced campaign calls on Ticketmaster to end its use of facial recognition tech to scan fans' faces at concerts.
Artificial Intelligence

Musicians Don’t Want Ticketmaster Scanning Your Face at Concerts

"I don’t want Big Brother at my shows targeting fans for harassment, deportation, or arrest."

By Kristin Houser

A team of scientists discovered that the black hole at the center of the Milky Away appears to be unusually hungry based on how brightly it's glowing.
Science & Energy

Uh Oh: The Milky Way’s Giant Black Hole Is “Getting Hungrier”

You wouldn't like me when I'm hangry.

By Dan Robitzski

For the first time, astronomers recorded the gravitational waves given off by the formation of a new black hole.
Science & Energy

Physicists Detect Gravitational Waves From Newborn Black Hole

This is a mind-blowing first in the history of science.

By Dan Robitzski

An Indian newspaper quoted an ISRO official as saying that the country's lunar lander landed in one piece. The report has yet to be confirmed.
Moon

Indian Official: Moon Lander May Have Survived in One Piece

"The lander is there [on the moon] as a single piece, not broken into pieces. It's in a tilted position."

By Victor Tangermann

Bad actors could covertly create weapons of mass destruction using a combination of 3D printers and artificial intelligence, experts warn.
3D Printing

Report: Terrorists Could 3D Print Weapons of Mass Destruction

And we might not know until it's too late.

By Kristin Houser

When storage room for Fukushima's radioactive water runs out in 2022, one government official thinks the nation will start dumping it into the ocean.
Science & Energy

Japan Might Dump Fukushima’s Radioactive Water Into the Pacific

"The only option will be to drain it into the sea and dilute it."

By Kristin Houser

A new delivery drone called the Silent Arrow GD-2000 could replace military airdrops, delivering supplies by drones to battlefields at half the cost.
Drones

Gliding Delivery Drones Could Replace Military Airdrops

The drone is expected to cost half as much as a conventional airdrop.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers have detected water vapor in the atmosphere of an exoplanet nine times Earth's mass and 111 light years away.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Spot Water — and Maybe Rain — on a Distant Planet

It's the first time we've detected water vapor that can condense into liquid water on an exoplanet.

By Victor Tangermann

The Trump administration is reportedly thinking about demolishing homeless camps and moving their populations into government-run facilities.
Future Society

Trump Admin Proposes Putting Homeless In “Government Facilities”

This could go very, very wrong.

By Kristin Houser

Trump told reporters on Wednesday morning that the FDA would soon ban the sale of flavored vape products, saying that they were becoming a problem for kids.
Developments

White House Calls for Ban on Flavored Vape Juice

Trump is coming for your mango Juul pods.

By Dan Robitzski

In his new book, Microsoft President Brad Smith describes being approached by a Trump adviser who wanted him to spy on other countries.
Future Society

A Trump Adviser Wanted Microsoft to Spy on World Governments

Microsoft President Brad Smith says he politely declined.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA scientists are starting fires in space to learn more about fuel combustion. They hope it can make engines more efficient here on Earth.
Science & Energy

NASA Is Starting Fires in Space Just to Watch Them Burn

NASA is literally setting things on fire aboard the International Space Station. Seems safe, right?

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk tweeted that the Tesla Model S set the record for the fastest 4 door ever at Laguna Seca in California challenging Porsche's electric sports car.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: Tesla Model S Set a New Track Record in California

Porsche welcomes Tesla to have a crack at Germany's Nürburgring track.

By Victor Tangermann

The launch pad for a Japanese rocket inexplicably caught fire, forcing the nation to abort an International Space Station supply mission.
Off-World

Japanese Rocket’s Launch Pad Inexplicably Bursts Into Flames

"Now we are trying to extinguish a fire."

By Kristin Houser

A new bill, just passed by California's state senate, makes Uber and Lyft contractors actual employees and eligible for benefits.
Future Society

New California Law Makes Uber and Lyft Drivers Employees

The bill makes drivers eligible for minimum wage, sick leave, and other benefits.

By Victor Tangermann

An Indian doctor used a remotely controlled robot to perform heart surgery on five patients while he was 20 miles away from the operating table.
Health & Medicine

Doctor Uses Robot to Perform First Long-Distance Heart Surgery

When the patient was on the operating table, the doctor was 20 miles away.

By Kristin Houser

Right now, the U.S. government is ill-equipped to defend against and counter high-tech means of warfare like cyberattacks or hypersonic missiles.
Future Society

NSA: The US Is Vulnerable to Cyberattacks, Hypersonic Missiles

High-tech weapons may be evolving too rapidly to adapt to them.

By Dan Robitzski

Apple just unveiled the iPhone 11 Pro, but based on the public's response, it didn't run the design past anyone with trypophobia.
Robots and Machines

The New iPhone Design Is Horrifying People With an Obscure Phobia

The iPhone 11's weird triple-camera design is leaving people disgusted.

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX filed paperwork with the FCC yesterday, requesting permission to communicate with its first generation Starship up to an altitude of 22.5 km.
Starship

SpaceX Files Paperwork for Starship Maiden Voyage

Will Starship Mk1 be ready for its launch debut in October?

By Victor Tangermann

A Swedish scientist has suggested humans might need to turn to cannibalism to survive food shortages brought about by climate change.
Climate Change

Scientist Suggests New Response to Climate Change: Cannibalism

He says he'd be open to tasting it. Would you?

By Kristin Houser