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A new type of AI built by Amazon's Alexa team is better at picking up on emotions when people are talking. It could help Alexa better understand people.
Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Is Teaching Alexa to Analyze Your Emotions

What could possibly go wrong?

By Dan Robitzski

DARPA has officially funded a program to come up with a brain-machine interface headset that could allow soldiers to control drones with their minds.
DARPA

DARPA Wants Soldiers to Control Drones With Their Thoughts

A brain-machine interface could allow service members to control "swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles."

By Victor Tangermann

Ride-hail startup Lyft is adding a "panic button" that automatically calls 911 when pressed to its app in an effort to improve rider safety.
Future Society

Lyft Adds “Panic Button” to App to Make Your Rides Safer

You'll be able to call for help directly from the app.

By Kristin Houser

Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn has donated more than $1 million to various organizations attempting to prevent an AI takeover.
Artificial Intelligence

Skype Co-Founder Desperate to Stop AI From Destroying Humanity

He's invested more than $1M toward preventing an AI apocalypse.

By Kristin Houser

Scientists from Stanford University are arguing that we should be converting methane into more carbon dioxide to help with climate change.
Climate Change

Scientists’ Startling Idea to Fight Climate Change: More CO2

"That would buy us time to address the more difficult set of carbon dioxide sources."

By Victor Tangermann

Stanford University students have unveiled a nimble robot dog called Doggo and shared the details on how a person could replicate their creation.
Robot Dogs

Stanford Team Tells You Exactly How to Build a Robot Dog

They even provide a supply list of parts.

By Kristin Houser

A new update to the city-builder video game Surviving Mars allows the player to terraform the Red Planet, turning it green.
Mars

Want to Terraform Mars? This Game Gives You the Chance

What if we no longer thought of Mars as the Red Planet?

By Natalie Coleman

In order to prevent devastating hypersonic missile strikes, military contractor Raytheon is working towards a powerful laser capable of shooting them down.
Nuclear Fusion

Raytheon Says Laser Weapon Will Blast Nuclear Missiles From Sky

This next-gen laser interceptor could shoot down hypersonic nuclear warheads.

By Dan Robitzski

Mercedes-Benz just showed off a concept car at a that has a deployable robotic warning triangle built into its rear bumper.
Advanced Transport

Mercedes-Benz Prototype Can Deploy Tiny Robot to Direct Traffic

This adorable robot could help warn oncoming drivers of an accident.

By Victor Tangermann

Police in the UK must defend their use of facial recognition tech in court for the first time, and the court's ruling could set a powerful precedent.
Artificial Intelligence

Man Takes Police to Court for Scanning His Face Without Consent

A crowdfunded court case could shape the future of facial recognition tech.

By Kristin Houser

The U.S. Postal Service is about to test self-driving trucks on a thousand-mile stretch in an attempt to save money through automation.
Self-Driving Vehicles

The U.S. Post Office Is Testing Self-Driving Mail Delivery Trucks

Autonomous trucks may handle long-haul stretches of highway.

By Dan Robitzski

A new study found that liquid-water subsurface oceans on Pluto are kept from freezing over thanks to an insulating layer of gas hydrates.
Off-World

Scientists: Pluto May be Hiding Alien Life in Buried Oceans

Icy worlds across the universe could be covered in liquid-water oceans.

By Victor Tangermann

Putin: Russian Military Has “Science Fiction” Laser Weapons
Military

Putin: Russian Military Has “Science Fiction” Laser Weapons

The weapons will determine the military's "combat potential" for decades, the president claims.

By Jon Christian

Rolls-Royce unveiled a new hybrid power source for laser weapons. A combo of a battery and a helicopter engine, the system could fire a laser indefinitely.
Future Society

Rolls-Royce Is Selling a Power System for Lethal Laser Weapons

This vehicle-mounted death ray system could change the face of warfare.

By Dan Robitzski

China's lunar rover just analyzed samples of the Moon's mantle, revealing new information about how the Moon may have formed.
Off-World

China’s Rover Collects First-Ever Samples From Under Lunar Crust

This is the first glimpse beneath the Moon's surface in human history.

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX recently began building a second Starship Hopper at a new construction site in Florida, hoping to determine which area is best-suited to the task.
Starship

SpaceX Was Secretly Building a Second Starship in Florida

"Both sites will make many Starships."

By Dan Robitzski

By enabling communication between mini models of autonomous vehicles, Cambridge researchers improved traffic flow by 35 percent.
Self-Driving Vehicles

See Mini Self-Driving Cars Work Together to Improve Traffic Flow

The key is teaching the cars to communicate.

By Kristin Houser

Impossible Foods has partnered with Little Caesars on a meatless sausage that will soon be available as a pizza topping in three states.
Food

Little Caesars Adds Impossible Foods’ Meatless Sausage to Menu

The food startup is rolling out its second product.

By Kristin Houser

In a new video, a pastor baptizes a YouTuber's anime-style avatar in virtual reality, putting a high-tech twist on a centuries-old religious rite.
Virtual Reality

Watch a Real Pastor Baptize an Anime Girl in Virtual Reality

Virtual reality is putting a high-tech twist on a millennia-old tradition.

By Kristin Houser

The Artemis plan is an ambitious NASA plan not just to send Americans back to the Moon, but to move toward a permanent presence there.
NASA

NASA’s Plan for a Lunar Outpost Just Leaked

It details the agency's next 37 rocket launches.

By Jon Christian