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A sensor the size of a watch battery could help track firefighters and those in dangerous working conditions.
Prosthetics and Devices

Self-Powered Sensor Helps Track Firefighters in Burning Buildings

It's powered by motion and can withstand temperatures up to 572 degrees Fahrenheit.

Donald Trump's 2020 reelection team is backing controversial plans to have the government manage 5G wireless networks in the U.S., Politico reports.
Future Society

Trump’s Campaign Team: Government Should Manage 5G Networks

Last year, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai called similar plans "a costly and counterproductive distraction."

On Friday, two former Facebook content moderators signed on to a lawsuit, alleging that they also suffered from symptoms of PTSD.
Meta

Former Content Moderators Are Suing Facebook Over PTSD and Trauma

"This case has uncovered a nightmare world that most of us did not know about."

Elon Musk Wants to Build a “Permanently Occupied Human Base” on the Moon
Moon

Elon Musk Wants to Build a “Permanently Occupied Human Base” on the Moon

"Maybe there's something beyond the space station."

SpaceX's next-generation passenger spacecraft Crew Dragon has docked itself to a free dock on the International Space Station at 5:51 am EST this morning.
Crew Dragon

Watch SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Dock Autonomously With the ISS

It's the first time an American spacecraft has docked autonomously to the station.

Newborn baby in a hospital bed, machine-learning models can help detect sepsis in babies.
Artificial Intelligence

Machine-Learning Models Can Help Detect Sepsis in Newborns Earlier

Algorithms may one day identify illnesses before doctors would.

Kai-Fu Lee, a venture capitalist who used to develop AI for Google and Microsoft, predicts that AI will automate 40 percent of the world's jobs in 15 years.
Artificial Intelligence

Controlling AI Weapons May Be Impossible, Warns Former US Secretary of State

“With AI, the other side’s ignorance is one of your best weapons."

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

Journalists Reported a News Story Using Machine Learning

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

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

China’s Social Credit System Barred Millions from Traveling in 2018

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

SpaceX Launches First U.S. Private Passenger Spacecraft to ISS

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

North America Put More Robots to Work in 2018 Than Ever Before

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

Canada Commits $150 Million to NASA’s Moon-Orbiting Space Station

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

New Startup Is Selling the Building Blocks of Fake Meat

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

DNA Ancestry Startups Have a New Target Market: The Long-Dead

"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

Parts Suppliers Are Boycotting Russia’s Pistol-Shooting Android

"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

See MIT’s Robot Land a Perfect Backflip — and Mangle Many Others

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

To Fight Pedophiles, YouTube Disables Comments on Videos Featuring Kids

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

Tesla Is Closing Its Dealerships to Only Sell Cars Online
Tesla

Tesla Is Closing Its Dealerships to Only Sell Cars Online

"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

Astronomers Predict Planet Nine Has 5x the Earth’s Mass

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

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

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