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An experiment about reporting news stories with machine learning just released its first effort — a deep dive into Lyft's IPO.
Machine Learning

"This is taking [data journalism] to the next level."

A train pulls into a station in Hong Kong.
Future Society

Over 23 million ticket purchases were blocked due to “social credit offenses."

SpaceX successfully launched its (uncrewed) Crew Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 2:49 am EST this morning.
SpaceX

It's a historic moment for space travel.

The number of robot workers to join the North American workforce increased by 7 percent in 2018, according to the Association for Advancing Automation.
Robotics

The auto industry is buying fewer bots, while nearly everyone else is buying more.

Canada agrees to invest C$150 million in the U.S.'s Lunar Gateway, becoming the nation's first international partner in the ambitious space program.
Moon

The U.S. won't be launching the Gateway alone.

Motif Ingredients is providing the building blocks of fake meat, taking complex R&D out of the hands of creatives bring meat alternatives to market.
Future Society

Businesses can leave the lab work to others and focus on selling food.

Startups that sequence your DNA have a new target market, according to a new story in The Atlantic: your long-dead ancestors.
DNA

"When they were licking those stamps... they were sealing their precious DNA for you forever."

Parts Suppliers Are Boycotting Russia’s Pistol-Shooting Android
Space

"Russia will develop its own systems as a result of this export ban."

MIT's mini cheetah robot is the first four-legged bot to execute a perfect backflip — and watching it learn that skill is incredible entertaining.
Robotics

Yeah, it can execute a perfect backflip. But it can also twitch like it's being electrocuted.

YouTube is disabling all commenting on videos of kids in an effort to stop the "soft-core pedophilia ring" exploiting its website.
Future Society

But how it will identify every video starring a child isn't clear.

Tesla Is Closing Its Dealerships to Only Sell Cars Online
Tesla

"You can now buy a Tesla in North America via your phone in about 1 minute."

By analyzing thousands of models of the distant solar system's evolution, astronomers think they've unraveled some of the mysteries surrounding Planet Nine.
Science & Energy

They're optimistic we'll have an image of Planet Nine within 10 years.

Meet “Ripley,” the Dummy SpaceX Is Sending to the Space Station
SpaceX

"Ripley, she doesn't have bad dreams because she's a doll. "

Senator and 2020 hopeful Cory Booker introduced a bill Thursday that would legalize marijuana in the U.S. and retroactively expunge criminal records.
Future Society

It would also expunge criminal records related to weed.

IBM and food developer McCormick & Co developed a new AI platform that can create new foods better and faster than human experts.
Food

IBM's AI scientists teamed up with McCormick & Company's food developers to enhance food research.

Tesla is officially launching its ever-popular Model 3 electric luxury sedan with a base price of $35,000, excluding tax credits and fuel savings.
Tesla

For real this time.

A study into Chinese censorship revealed that the nation doesn't want its citizens conversing about He Jiankui's genetically edited babies.
Future Society

Articles on the topic are quickly deleted.

These Self-Driving Cars Won’t Let Drunk Drivers Take Control
Self-Driving Vehicles

"We want to make sure that we don't give the control back to drivers that are not fit to drive."

The European Commission just published a report saying that Facebook, Google, and Twitter have all been too lax on their pledge to fight fake news.
Future Society

"They need to live up to the standards we are asking of them."

For the first time, a doctor remotely advised a surgery team via a 5G connection, which delivered his instructions in near real-time.
Health & Medicine

"This is a first step to achieve our dream."