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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

T-Mobile Accused of Selling Used Phones and Saying They’re New

New York City is suing the company for fraudulent practices.

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

This Guy’s $35,000 Cat Clone Looks Nothing Like the Original

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

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

This Chemical May Be Causing Vaping-Related Deaths, Hospitalizations

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

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

Astronomers Say They’ll Soon Release First Video of a Black Hole

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

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

Elon Musk Escalates Beef With Porsche’s Electric Car

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

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

Volkswagen Will Convert Your Classic Beetle to Electric

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

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

Scientists Baffled by Giant Bubbles Sandwiching Our Galaxy

Even with new data, the Fermi Bubbles elude explanation.

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

Why a Former Military Drone Pilot Now Steers Burrito Delivery Bots

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

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

Experts Insist: No, Your Phone Isn’t Secretly Listening to You

A new investigation appears to debunk the popular conspiracy theory.

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

Neurotic, Introverted Men Have a Higher Risk of Gaming Addiction

New research identified some predictors of internet gaming disorder.

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

Facebook is Challenging Researchers to Build a Deepfakes Detector

Why it makes sense to fight deepfakes with deepfakes.

Most Americans Trust Cops With Facial Recognition Tech
Facial recognition

Most Americans Trust Cops With Facial Recognition Tech

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

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

Parents Are Giving Kids GPS Trackers That Can Be Hacked by Creeps

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

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

A Neural Network Dreams up This Text Adventure Game as You Play

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

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

Plant-Based Shrimp is Coming to a Stir-Fry Near You

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

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

Mysterious Vaping-Related Sickness Kills Second Person

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

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

NASA Installs Autonomous Mini-Helicopter on Its Next Mars Rover

It's headed to Mars next year.

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

SpaceX Working With NASA to Find Mars Landing Sites for Starship

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

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

In 50 Years, Your Romantic Partner Will Be a Robot

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

Senator Suggests Sending Mark Zuckerberg to Prison

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