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A firm managing content moderation for YouTube forced its employees to sign a document acknowledging that the job might give them PTSD.
Future Society

YouTube Mods Forced to Sign Doc Acknowledging They Might Get PTSD

"I understand the content I will be reviewing may be disturbing..."

By Kristin Houser

Vermont state rep Rebecca White has introduced a bill that would allow Vermont car owners to use one of six emojis on their vanity license plates.
Advanced Transport

This Law Would Allow Emojis on License Plates

😭

By Victor Tangermann

In its efforts to open a massive Gigafactory near Berlin, Germany, Tesla has to clear a lot trees and use up a ton of water — and that has people worried.
Advanced Transport

Germans Are Protesting the Berlin Gigafactory

"We are here, we are loud, because Tesla is stealing our water."

By Victor Tangermann

To cut down on risky human contact, doctors in Washington State are using robots and video conferences to monitor their coronavirus patient.
Viruses

American Doctors Are Treating a Coronavirus Patient With a Robot

One easy trick to avoid catching a deadly pathogen.

By Dan Robitzski

Australia now has five confirmed cases of 2019-nCoV, meaning the virus has officially spread from China to a fourth continent.
Viruses

Reports of Coronavirus Outbreak Hit Every Inhabited Continent

It's gone global.

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla CEO Elon Musk was spotted yet again, driving his Cybertruck around Hawthorne, California near the SpaceX and Tesla offices.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Spotted Joyriding Around California In His Cybertruck

Here's a video.

By Victor Tangermann

Declining sales are forcing DNA testing company 23andMe to lay off about 100 people, approximately 14 percent of its workforce.
DNA

As DNA Test Sales Plummet, 23andMe Lays off 100 Workers

"This has been slow and painful for us."

By Kristin Houser

As the Wuhan coronavirus continues to spread, a prominent virologist predicts that it will be at least ten times worse than the 2003 SARS outbreak.
Developments

Virologist: China Virus Will Be At Least 10x Worse Than SARS

"A bigger outbreak is certain."

By Dan Robitzski

2019-nCoV, the virus behind a looming pandemic, has officially reached Europe. French officials confirmed the country and continent's first two cases.
Developments

The Mysterious Chinese Outbreak Just Reached Europe

There's one case in Paris, one in Bordeaux

By Dan Robitzski

On Thursday, Tinder announced several new app features that could — thankfully — bring the reality of online dating more inline with the ideal.
Future Society

Tinder Announces “Panic Button,” Anti-Catfishing Features

Online dating is getting a little less awful.

By Kristin Houser

Researchers 3D-printed a replica of the mummy Nesyamun's vocal tract — and then used it to hear what his voice would've sounded like when he was alive. 
Science & Energy

Hear an Ancient Mummy “Talk” Using a 3D-Printed Vocal Tract

An Egyptian priest just spoke for the first time in 3,000 years.

By Kristin Houser

As China struggles to keep a lid on the 2019-nCoV pandemic, it has now quarantined 12 cities and cancelled their public transportation.
Developments

China Has Now Quarantined 35 Million People to Prevent Pandemic

Now twelve cities are on lockdown, with no end in sight.

By Dan Robitzski

AT&T-owned satellite TV company DirecTV asked the FCC for permission to de-orbit one of its satellites that experienced a critical battery failure.
Boeing

This Boeing Satellite May Be About to Explode

If it blows up, it could send a devastating cascade of shrapnel into orbit.

By Victor Tangermann

The CDC announced Friday that a second case of 2019-nCoV, also known as coronavirus, currently wreaking havoc in China was discovered in the US.
Developments

CDC Confirms Second Chinese Virus Case in the US

And 63 more potential patients in the US are "under investigation," the CDC says.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of cybersecurity researchers discovered a data breach in a platform used by multiple U.S. marijuana dispensaries to manage sales.
Data Privacy

30,000 Marijuana Buyers’ Personal Info Exposed in Data Breach

The unsecured database even contained scans of users' photo IDs.

By Kristin Houser

Former "MythBusters" co-host Adam Savage got his hands on Boston Dynamics' robot dog Spot for his "Tested" YouTube series.
Boston Dynamics

See Boston Dynamics’ Robot Dog Tackle an Outdoor Obstacle Course

Former "MythBusters" co-host Adam Savage puts Spot through its paces.

By Kristin Houser

The city of Wuhan, China, wants to build an entire 1,000 bed hospital on a 25,000 square meter plot in just six days to treat coronavirus epidemic patients.
Viruses

China Is Building a 1,000-Bed Hospital Specifically to Treat Mystery Epidemic

"We have no time. We need to deliver this for inspection in six days."

By Victor Tangermann

Boeing has quit DARPA's Experimental Spaceplane (XSP) project, prompting the military agency to announce it was killing the project altogether.
Boeing

Boeing Quits — and Kills — DARPA Experimental Spaceplane Program

"This effectively ends the XSP program."

By Kristin Houser

A Swiss researcher has created a prototype robot hand that uses acoustic levitation to move objects without ever touching them.
Robotics

Ultrasonic Hands Could Give Robots a Lighter Touch

This robot can move objects without ever touching them.

By Kristin Houser

Keeping track of an immense and growing amount of objects in Earth's orbit is becoming increasingly difficult and could end in disaster, as NPR reports.
Space

Experts Call for System Preventing Satellite Collisions

Why is there still no air traffic control for space?

By Victor Tangermann