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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

New Senate Bill Would Legalize Marijuana Nationwide

It would also expunge criminal records related to weed.

By Dan Robitzski

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

AI Trained on Decades of Food Research Is Making Brand-New Foods

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

By Dan Robitzski

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

Tesla Finally Slashes Model 3 Price to $35,000

For real this time.

By Victor Tangermann

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

China Is Censoring “Genetically Edited Babies” on Social Media

Articles on the topic are quickly deleted.

By Kristin Houser

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

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

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

By Dan Robitzski

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

EU: Facebook, Google, Twitter Failed to Fight Fake News

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

By Dan Robitzski

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

Doctor Directs World’s First 5G-Powered Surgery

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

By Kristin Houser

European military tech contractor Rheinmetall Defense successfully tested a laser turret capable of taking down drones and mortar fire late last year.
Military

European Military Contractor Tests New Laser Weapon

This laser turret can take down drones and mortar shells.

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese scientists gave mice the ability to see near-infrared light by injecting special nanoparticles into their retinas.
Health & Medicine

Scientists Give Mice “Super Vision” With Eye Injections

Scientists gave mice the ability to see near-infrared light, which is normally invisible.

By Victor Tangermann

CEO Sam Altman: AI might well replace most jobs as we know them today, but the market will be flooded with new "sort of human to human jobs."
Artificial Intelligence

Y Combinator CEO: AI Will Replace Jobs, But Life Will be Awesome

"It'd be great if every student had an individual teacher."

By Victor Tangermann

What if an ai, paired with an app, can find you true love? That's what Netflix's new dystopian show Osmosis is imagining in a new trailer.
Artificial Intelligence

Terrifying Netflix Trailer Skewers The Horror of Algorithmic Love

A terrifying vision of what would happen when Tinder meets cutting-edge AI and biotech.

By Victor Tangermann

Bill Gates believes cancer vaccines are a breakthrough technology poise to change the world, according to a piece he penned for MIT Technology Review.
Cancer

Bill Gates: Custom Cancer Vaccines Will Revolutionize Medicine

"Scientists are on the cusp of commercializing the first personalized cancer vaccine."

By Kristin Houser

When the Green New Deal was published, many criticized its deliberate exclusion of nuclear energy. Nuclear fusion doesn't exist yet, but may someday help.
Energy

The Problem With AOC’s Green New Deal: It Ignores Fusion Power

"We are going to need solutions beyond what's currently in our portfolio."

By Dan Robitzski

TikTok, the video-sharing social media app, agreed to pay a $5.7 million FTC fine for illegally storing data on pre-teen users.
Future Society

FTC Slams TikTok With Record Fine For Spying on Pre-Teens

"This record penalty should be a reminder to all online services and websites that target children."

By Dan Robitzski

ESA researchers have found evidence that Mars was once home to a planet-wide groundwater system — providing a new clue in the hunt for Martian life.
Mars

First Evidence of “Planet-Wide Groundwater System” on Mars Found

And it contains signs of minerals connected to the emergence of life on Earth.

By Kristin Houser

Security researchers have found that data streams between Amazon-Owned Ring doorbells and their accompanying app to be easily compromised.
Future Society

Hackers Can Spy on and Hijack Amazon Doorbell’s Video Feed

"Letting the babysitter in while kids are at home could be a potentially life threatening mistake."

By Victor Tangermann

A self-assembling network of silver nanowires responds to electrical signals in a similar way to how the brain stores memories.
Artificial Intelligence

Chemists Grew A “Synthetic Brain” That Stores Memories in Silver

One of its creators thinks it could usher in "the post-human revolution."

By Dan Robitzski

A new study suggests that THC, the cannabis compound associated with feeling "high," has more therapeutic benefits than previously believed.
Health & Medicine

Study: THC Has More Therapeutic Benefits Than We Thought

The cannabis compound is good for more than getting people high.

By Kristin Houser

A new study finds a link between the amount of green space surrounding a person's childhood home and their mental health as an adult.
Mental Health

Study: Growing up Around Green Space Halves Mental Health Risk

Having more parks nearby as a kid could mean fewer trips to the psychiatrist an adult.

By Kristin Houser

A team of researchers at UC Berkeley figured out a way to manufacture THC and CBD from specially engineered yeast.
Health & Medicine

Scientists Gene-Hacked Yeast to Make THC Instead of Booze

All you have to do is feed it some sugar.

By Victor Tangermann