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Five months after returning a rented Ford Expedition, a man can still use a connected Ford app to control the vehicle's doors and engine.
Advanced Transport

Ford App Lets Man Control Rental Car He Returned Months Ago

He can still track the SUV's location, control its locks, and turn the engine on and off.

By Kristin Houser

An LA judge ruled that a jury and trial will decide on the fake of Elon Musk after the billionaire made off-color comments about a British cave diver.
Elon Musk

It’s Official: Elon Musk Will Go to Trial Over “Pedo” Comments

Elon Musk tried to have the defamation lawsuit thrown out twice — but unsuccessfully.

By Victor Tangermann

A tracked eagle spent five months in an area without data coverage, racking up enough roaming charges to wipe a research team's entire budget.
Science & Energy

Eagle With Tracking Device Racks up Enormous Roaming Charges

"He disappeared for five months, and all of a sudden here he is, with a very, very heavy phone bill."

By Kristin Houser

A technique some worried would lead to the creation of super-smart designer babies isn't technologically up to the task, finds a new study.
Gene Editing

Plan to Create Super-Smart Designer Babies Won’t Work, Says Study

Determining a baby's smarts before they're born is still impossible.

By Kristin Houser

A free-to-play video game like Oregon Trail called "Climate Trail" imagines an apocalyptic world in which we failed to fight climate change.
Climate Change

This Game Is “Oregon Trail” Meets Climate Catastrophe

Would you survive?

By Victor Tangermann

A Samsung "SpaceSelfie" satellite came crashing down to Earth, landing onto an unsuspecting Michigan farm below, NBC reports.
Future Society

A Samsung Satellite Just Crashed Into a Michigan Farm

This space-based publicity stunt crashed back to Earth in spectacular fashion.

By Victor Tangermann

If the Department of Home Affairs gets its way in Australia, a face scan will be used to verify the ages of people visiting porn websites.
Artificial Intelligence

Australians May Be Forced to Scan Their Faces to Watch Porn

Want to access that porn site? Smile for the camera first.

By Kristin Houser

Scientists just publicly presented the first ever images of the German space agency's (DLR) X-ray telescope eROSITA. And they're magnificent.
Science & Energy

Here Are The First-Ever Images From the Dark Matter Telescope

The new telescope, according to one scientist, is "tracing out the dark matter structure of the Universe."

By Victor Tangermann

The Air Force's restraint on revealing the X-37B program's true ambitions hasn't stopped people from speculating over the last nine years.
Space

What Was the Air Force’s Secret Space Plane Doing in Orbit for 779 Days?

Here are some theories, from unlikely to most plausible.

By Victor Tangermann

Dubai has unveiled the world's largest two-story 3D-printed building, a 31-foot-tall structure covering an area of 6,889 square feet.
3D Printing

Watch a Massive 3D-Printed Building Take Shape

The printer cut the number of construction workers needed in half.

By Kristin Houser

Wealthy people in California are choosing to supplement local government firefighting services with the help of third-party private contractor firefighters.
Future Society

Wealthy Californians Are Hiring Private Firefighters

A startling reminder that the poor will be most affected by environmental catastrophe.

By Victor Tangermann

The asteroid Hygiea is actually our solar system's smallest dwarf planet, astronomers determine using Very Large Telescope data.
Solar Power

Scientists Detect the Smallest Dwarf Planet in Our Solar System

They originally thought the tiny object was an asteroid.

By Kristin Houser

A team of surgeons from Charlotte, North Carolina have demonstrated new surgery robot technology by carving a jack-o-lantern and removing its seeds.
Robotics

Watch a Surgery Robot Operate on a Jack-o’-Lantern

They did surgery on a pumpkin.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of MIT engineers claims to have built a carbon capture system that could remove carbon dioxide from the environment at an industrial scale.
Environment

MIT Scientists Say They Found a New Way to Scrub Atmospheric CO2

They claim they can capture carbon dioxide at any concentration level.

By Dan Robitzski

Population control wouldn't solve climate change, several experts recently told CBC News, as it doesn't address a number of other contributing factors.
Climate Change

Experts: Population Control Won’t Solve Climate Change

The number of humans on Earth is just one part of the problem.

By Kristin Houser

Space exploration gives humanity an opportunity to avoid the mistakes it's made on Earth, but it's clear that won't happen without robust space law.
Off-World

Astrobiologist: Humans Are Going to Ruin Outer Space

But we don't have to.

By Kristin Houser

There's a correlation between the prices of avocados and the price of Bitcoin. It's all-but-certainly a fluke, but certainly a bizarre one.
Bitcoin

There’s a Correlation Between the Price of Bitcoin and Avocados

Finally, cryptocurrencies make sense.

By Dan Robitzski

A brand new $220 electric toothbrush called "Oral-B GENIUS X with Artificial Intelligence" harnesses the power of AI for some reason.
Future Society

This Electric Toothbrush Uses AI Because Nothing is Sacred Anymore

Do we really need this?

By Victor Tangermann

Many AI researchers are not fans of the "Terminator" movies as they worry the films misrepresent the abilities — and dangers — of artificial intelligences.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Researchers Hate The “Terminator” Movies With a Passion

The films make AI out to be something it's not.

By Kristin Houser

During his recent Congressional hearing, Mark Zuckerberg was asked if he would ever spend a day moderating Facebook. He wasn't keen on the idea.
Future Society

Mark Zuckerberg Refuses to Look at Horrible Facebook Gore

Zuck says he's "not sure that [moderating Facebook] would best serve our community."

By Dan Robitzski