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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.

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.

Self-Driving Vehicles

NASA Installs Autonomous Mini-Helicopter on Its Next Mars Rover

It's headed to Mars next year.

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.

Robotics

In 50 Years, Your Romantic Partner Will Be a Robot

Future Society

Senator Suggests Sending Mark Zuckerberg to Prison

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

Future Society

This $48M School Was Designed to Minimize Mass Shooting Deaths

It includes walls for students to hide behind and a special lockdown system.

Future Society

Phone Numbers of 400M Facebook Users Were Publicly Available

The data was stored on a server that wasn't even password-protected.

Robots and Machines

From Futurism Studios, “SophiaWorld” is Westworld Meets Reality

Science & Energy

Elon Musk: “A Big Rock Will Hit Earth Eventually”

Musk: "And we currently have no defense."

Moon

These Researchers Want to Run a Cable From the Earth to the Moon

It's a space elevator concept that could actually work.

Future Society

YouTube’s Plan to Protect Your Kids from Watching ISIS Snuff Films: Math Problems

A revolution in cybersecurity.

Advanced Transport

BMW Unveils a Car Coated in Vantablack

See it — sort of — at the Frankfurt Motor Show.

Future Society

PayPal Suspends Ku Klux Klan’s Donation Account

The hate group just got the boot.

RX and Medicine

Doctor Behind Failed “Anti-Aging” Blood Clinic Tries Again

We tried to ask him some questions, but he was very evasive.

Data Privacy

Mental Health Sites Sell Your Psychological Data to Advertisers

"It is exceedingly difficult for people to seek mental-health information and for example take a 'depression test' without countless third parties watching."

Developments

First US State Bans Flavored E-Cigarettes

It's now against the law to market vapes as "clean," "safe," or "healthy" — at least in Michigan.

Robotics

Robots Could Build Martian Settlements by Imitating Humans on Earth

Construction bots are learning to work by mirroring people's movements.

Future Society

Amazon Wants You to Pay for Things With Your Handprint

Amazon is testing the new biometric system on its own employees first.

Artificial Intelligence

Surprise Research: AIs Can “Sympathize With Each Other”

Chatbots empathized, joked, and even tried to seduce each other.