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A new brain-computer interface device can translate the neural signals controlling someone's vocal tract into full sentences of audible speech.
Health & Medicine

It's far from perfect, but it's an important step.

By Dan Robitzski

During a Reddit AMA, science communicator and theoretical physicist Michio Kaku said he expects we'll discover the theory of everything by the year 2100.
Science & Energy

That wasn't his only exciting prediction for the 21st century, either.

By Kristin Houser

Gianluca Vacchi is suing E*Trade because he believes the company created a "clone" of his persona to use in a 2017 commercial.
Future Society

The Italian millionaire isn't happy about having his persona allegedly stolen.

By Kristin Houser

Several Lime scooters had to be pulled off the streets of Brisbane after hackers made them play sexually explicit audio recordings.
Advanced Transport

Jokes aside, this points to serious vulnerabilities in electric scooters.

By Dan Robitzski

Casinos all across the globe are starting to use facial recognition systems to improve their ability to keep self-identified problem gamblers away.
Facial recognition

One system even caught a man wearing a disguise not once, but twice.

By Kristin Houser

A hacker recently took control of over 27,000 drivers' accounts in apps that can monitor — and remotely disable — their car.
Robots and Machines

He targeted two apps that companies use to monitor their fleets of vehicles.

By Dan Robitzski

Two top execs at a major pharmaceutical distributor have been criminally charged for unlawfully distributing the drugs fueling the opioid crisis.
Health & Medicine

"Today's charges should send shock waves throughout the pharmaceutical industry."

By Kristin Houser

On Wednesday, the head of China's National Space Administration announced that China plans to construct a research station on the Moon within ten years.
Moon

China is stepping up its space exploration game in major ways.

By Dan Robitzski

Tech entrepreneur John McAfee has decided to push pause on his plan to reveal Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto's true identify.
Bitcoin

Satoshi Nakamoto was "not a happy camper" about the plan, says McAfee.

By Kristin Houser

Young People Are Choosing to Live in “Pods” Instead of Apartments
Future Society

Is this the logical endpoint of the sharing economy?

By Victor Tangermann

Russia's new counter-drone technology is a low-cost drone that acts like a battering ram, knocking hostile quadcopters out of the sky.
Drones

"It just rams the [drone] in the hope the damage is enough to bring it down."

By Dan Robitzski

A new study tracked gun sales on the dark web. Surprisingly, only a small portion of the weapons sold were unavailable for legal purchase.
Science & Energy

The weird twist: most guns on the dark web are ones you could buy legally in the U.S.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers have developed a voice analysis program that uses artificial intelligence to accurately and objectively diagnose PTSD.
Artificial Intelligence

Speech analysis software could revolutionize how we diagnose mental disorders.

By Natalie Coleman

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has released a video of the asteroid bombing mission recently undertaken by its Hayabusa2 spacecraft.
Science & Energy

See the projectile's launch from Hayabusa2's perspective.

By Kristin Houser

Using a powerful supercomputer, scientists simulated every single one of the billion atoms found in a human gene. It may help them crack genetic disease.
Biology

It models a billion moving parts at once.

By Dan Robitzski

A New York teen is suing Apple for $1 billion, claiming its facial recognition system led to his false arrest — but Apple denies the system exists.
Facial recognition

He’s now suing the company for $1 billion.

By Kristin Houser

A crypto thief that security experts are calling the "blockchain bandit" made off with millions of dollars' worth of Ethereum by guessing weak passwords.
Science & Energy

Pick a strong password, people!

By Dan Robitzski

NASA’s InSight Mars Lander Just Recorded Its First Ever Marsquake
Mars

A NASA scientist said the finding "officially kicks off a new field: Martian seismology."

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists are using CRISPR technology to develop new model organisms. But actually keeping the gene-hacked critters alive comes with new challenges.
Biology

Trying to move beyond conventional "model organisms" comes with challenges

By Dan Robitzski

A group of engineers figured out a way to fool AI surveillance systems with the help of a little colorful patch you can hang around your neck.
Artificial Intelligence

You can print one out for yourself.

By Victor Tangermann