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Hollywood legend James Dean will rise from the dead to make a computer-generated appearance in in an upcoming film, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Future Society

Hollywood Legend James Dean to be Reconstructed in CGI for Movie

"The family views this as his fourth movie, a movie he never got to make."

By Victor Tangermann

The self-driving Uber that struck and killed an Arizona woman in March 2018 wasn't programmed to know that people could jaywalk.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Self-Driving Uber That Killed Woman Didn’t Know Jaywalkers Exist

It was only programmed to detect humans in crosswalks.

By Kristin Houser

China is actively selling killer drones to the Middle East, and one company is working to market its fully-autonomous robots.
Drones

China Is Selling Autonomous Killer Drones to the Middle East

The era of killer robots is here.

By Dan Robitzski

U.K. Health Minister Matt Hancock envisions a future where every child born in the country gets a genome sequence to scan for rare diseases.
Gene Editing

UK Plans to Give All Children Full Genome Sequence at Birth

"We will give every child the best possible start in life by ensuring they get the best possible medical care as soon as they enter the world."

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Twitter that the electric company's long-awaited pickup truck, or "cybertruck," will be unveiled on November 21.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Confirms Tesla “Cybertruck” Debut Date

Is this the cyberpunk "Blade Runner" pickup truck we've been waiting for?

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed that his company's Starship rocket will only require $900,000 of fuel per launch and cost $2 million per mission overall.
NASA

Elon Musk: SpaceX Launches Will Cost 1% of Current NASA Launches

Can Musk's latest claim possibly be true?

By Victor Tangermann

Over the last year, the number of posts on Reddit where people asked for help diagnosing a condition have doubled, especially when it comes to an STI.
Studies

People Are Posting Their Genitals on Reddit to Get STI Diagnoses

"Social media was not built to deliver health care."

By Dan Robitzski

NVIDIA researchers have created a new AI that needs one full body photo of a person to make them look like they’re dancing.
Artificial Intelligence

New AI Can Make a Vid of You Dancing Like a Pro From a Single Pic

It can even make Michelangelo's David look like it's busting a move.

By Kristin Houser

Jaguar is working on futuristic new tech that could turn interior panels of your next car into smart, color-changing, and interactive screens.
Advanced Transport

Jaguar Wants to Coat the Interior of Land Rovers With OLED Screens

You'll be able to instantly change your car's entire interior.

By Victor Tangermann

A white supremacist planned to blow up a synagogue, but the bombs he got from undercover FBI agents he met through Facebook were inert.
Future Society

FBI Meets Would-Be Bomber on Facebook, Gives Him Fake Explosives

He planned to blow up a synagogue Friday night. Instead, he went to jail.

By Kristin Houser

We're littering an already-crowded space station environment and filling up valuable launch manifests with PR stunts. Knock it off, brands.
Future Society

Brands Keep Sending Their Pointless Swag to the Space Station

Brands' latest PR stunt: cluttering up the International Space Station with unnecessary crap, from wine to sneakers.

By Victor Tangermann

In a Monday tweet, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk explained that Starship spaceports will need to be 20 miles offshore because of noise.
Starship

Elon Musk: Noisy Starship Spaceports Will Be 20 Miles Offshore

It'll still save you many hours over flying.

By Victor Tangermann

On Monday, Boeing's CST-100 Starliner flew for the first time as part of a launch abort test — and during the test, one of its parachutes didn't deploy.
Boeing

Boeing Starliner’s Parachute Fails to Deploy During First Flight

Luckily, it had backups.

By Kristin Houser

Cybercriminals could hack Siri, Alexa, and other voice-activated AI assistants using beams of light, according to new research.
Artificial Intelligence

Hackers Can Access Your Alexa by Shining a Laser in Your Window

They took over one smart device from 360 feet away.

By Kristin Houser

An alien-themed brothel in Nevada called Alien Cathouse just bought an AI sex robot to cater to clients with unusual fetishes.
Robotics

An Alien-Themed Brothel Just Bought a Sex Robot

They claim to sterilize it between clients.

By Dan Robitzski

We couldn't help but admire this big, fully functional, hammer-sized Bluetooth AirPod built by handy Redditor Master_Aar17. Seriously, just look at it.
Robots and Machines

Behold This Gigantic, Fully Functional AirPod

"Sadly I can't sell it because Apple would get pissed."

By Jon Christian

T-Mobile's parent comapny, Deutsche Telekom, is suing the insurance company Lemonade for using the color magenta in its advertisements.
Future Society

T-Mobile Says It Has Legal Rights to That Obnoxious Pink Color

A bizarre lawsuit is targeting an insurance company that used magenta in its ads.

By Dan Robitzski

More than 11,000 scientists in 153 nations have endorsed a newly published statement on climate change — and it does not contain much good news.
Climate Change

11K Scientists: Please Panic, Climate Change Will Kill Us All

"We declare clearly and unequivocally that planet Earth is facing a climate emergency."

By Kristin Houser

Instead of crafting a complex code to share mathematical and scientific knowledge with aliens, the best way to communicate might be using our lanuages.
Science & Energy

To Chat With Aliens, We Should Beam an Encyclopedia to Space

Maybe we don't need to craft some special code to communicate.

By Dan Robitzski

Microsoft is pivoting its Bing search engine to focus on businesses, claiming it'll make it easier for employees to navigate companies' intranets.
Future Society

Microsoft Is Giving Up On Regular People Ever Using Bing

New objective: get businesses to use the search engine.

By Kristin Houser