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Elon Musk took to Twitter Tuesday to announce that the Boring Company plans to complete a tunnel in Las Vegas by the end of 2019.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: Las Vegas Tunnel Will Be “Operational by End of Year”

"Looking forward to building a Boring Company tunnel in Vegas."

By Jon Christian

A new quantum physics experiment demonstrates that objective reality may not exist. Two scientists can make irreconcilable measurements of an event.
Quantum Physics

Quantum Physics Experiment Suggests That Reality Isn’t Objective

When it comes to quantum physics, there may be no such thing as a shared objective reality.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers predict winter won't exist in Australia by 2050. Instead, Australians will experience three seasons: autumn, spring, and "new summer."
Climate Change

By 2050, Winter Will No Longer Exist in Australia, Say Researchers

They think a season called "new summer" will take its place.

By Kristin Houser

Nissan Wants to Beam 3D Anime Versions of People Into Its Cars
3D Printing

Nissan Wants to Beam 3D Anime Versions of People Into Its Cars

Do you want an anime-style hologram riding shotgun?

By Victor Tangermann

NASA could put humans on Mars in just five years if given the money to do so, according to Ellen Stofan, the agency's former chief scientist.
Mars

Former NASA Chief Scientist: Humans Could Be on Mars in Five Years

But that doesn't mean she thinks NASA should accelerate its timeline.

By Kristin Houser

IBM recently published a dataset for facial recognition AI made up of images that it scraped off of Flickr without asking for permission.
Artificial Intelligence

The Face Images Used to Train AI Are Taken Without Consent

"This is the dirty little secret of AI training sets."

By Dan Robitzski

A new website uses artificial intelligence trained on public job boards to generate random resumes. But the contact information it posts may be genuine.
Artificial Intelligence

You’re Hired! This Site Generates Random Neural Network Résumés

These gibberish résumés show that HR might still require a human touch.

By Dan Robitzski

In a statement, Boeing promised a software "enhancement" for its all of its Boeing 737 Max planes, two of which were involved in deadly crashes.
Advanced Transport

Boeing Promises Software Update for Plane That Crashed

Boeing says the update is "designed to make an already safe aircraft even safer."

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk's AI research group, OpenAI, just became a for-profit company that will generate revenue for its ongoing non-profit work.
Artificial Intelligence

The AI Nonprofit Elon Musk Founded and Quit Is Now For-Profit

OpenAI LP is now a capped-profit company.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA has big plans for its female astronauts — according to administrator Jim Bridenstine, the first person to reach Mars will "likely" be a woman.
Mars

NASA Leader: First Human on Mars “Likely to Be” a Woman

He also thinks the next person on the Moon will be a woman.

By Kristin Houser

A new law making it compulsory for every child in the country to receive a range of immunizations including measles and polio came into effect this week.
Health & Medicine

Italy Bans Unvaccinated Children From Going to School

Schools are sending unvaccinated kids home — and parents risk a government fine.

By Victor Tangermann

A new website called This Airbnb Does Not Exist whips up plausible-yet-slightly-incoherent apartment listings using machine learning.
Artificial Intelligence

This Site Uses Deep Learning to Generate Fake Airbnb Listings

The future of the internet is lots and lots of fake stuff.

By Jon Christian

Japan's space agency is partnering with Toyota to build a six-wheeled, self-driving vehicle to explore the surface of the Moon as soon as 2029.
Advanced Transport

See the Moon Rover Toyota Is Building for Japan’s Space Program

The six-wheeled concept can drive itself for over 6,000 miles with two passengers on board.

By Victor Tangermann

Konstantin Ignatov has been arrested for his role in OneCoin — a cryptocurrency the U.S. Department of Justice calls a "multibillion-dollar pyramid scheme."
Cryptocurrency

Crypto Exec Arrested for “Multibillion-Dollar Pyramid Scheme”

"This business was a pyramid scheme based on smoke and mirrors more than zeroes and ones."

By Kristin Houser

New research suggests that dimming sunlight through geoengineering, if done moderately, could lessen the effects of climate change with few side effects.
Climate Change

New Research: Dimming the Sun Wouldn’t be That Bad

Just a pinch of geoengineering could lessen climate change with fewer side effects.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA included a possible 2026 sample return mission to Mars in this week's budget request. Congress has yet to approve the budget.
Mars

NASA Wants to Send a Sample Return Mission to Mars

It's an aggressive timeline.

By Victor Tangermann

A newly discovered Chinese database tracks which female citizens are "breedready," a term apparently used to signal if she is likely able to have children.
Data Privacy

Creepy Database Lists Whether 1.8M Chinese Women Are “Breedready”

“Is this the prologue to The Handmaid’s Tale?”

By Kristin Houser

A new Toyota patent details a personalized system that can fill a car with someone's favorite scent. Or, if they're stealing the car, with tear gas.
Advanced Transport

New Toyota Patent Would Let Cars Spray Thieves With Tear Gas

Now that's what we call a car alarm!

By Dan Robitzski

George Hotz told a crowd at SXSW that he suspects we live in a simulation, and he wants to find a way to break out of it.
Hacking

Famous Hacker Thinks We’re Living in Simulation, Wants to Escape

He's also thinking of starting a church dedicated to escaping the simulation.

By Dan Robitzski

A mind-controlled drone will hit Kickstarter on Tuesday, giving anyone with roughly $282 the ability to fly a drone without a handheld controller.
Drones

A Drone You Control With Your Mind Is About to Hit Kickstarter

"It's not perfect, but it does give a glimpse of a mind-controlled future."

By Kristin Houser