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Mike Abinder, in-house psychologist and researcher for Valve, talked about exciting possibilities of adding brain-computer interfaces to VR headsets.
Virtual Reality

Expert: VR Headsets Should Have Brain Interfaces

Brain-computer interfaces could make VR gaming way more immersive.

By Victor Tangermann

A new report shows that banks are being hit by more and more attempted cyberattacks, and they may not always be proactive about their security practices.
Science & Energy

Banks Are Under Siege by Sophisticated Hackers

The past 12 months have been particularly difficult for bank security teams.

By Dan Robitzski

EU Parliament Passes Controversial “Meme Ban”
Future Society

EU Parliament Passes Controversial “Meme Ban”

It's a "dark day for internet freedom."

By Victor Tangermann

Alcarelle, a synthetic alcohol with none of the downsides of the traditional kind, could be ready for market in just 5 years.
Health & Medicine

“Fake Alcohol” That Gets You Buzzed but Never Drunk Is on the Way

It could hit store shelves in as few as five years.

By Kristin Houser

Israel-based startup Seedo has announced plans to create the world's first automated cannabis farm — and it might not be the last.
Artificial Intelligence

Startup Unveils “World’s First Automated Cannabis Farm”

Robots and AI take the guesswork out of growing weed.

By Kristin Houser

A new trend in San Francisco's Silicon Valley involves DJs who perform electronic music by coding their sets in real time.
Future Society

These DJs Are Making Music By Coding on a Huge Screen

In "algoraves," coder DJs run programs to assemble music.

By Dan Robitzski

The Department of Defense has deemed that all 5,000 pages of documents on Google's work to build AI for military drones is too sensitive to release.
Google

The Pentagon is Hiding Info About Google’s Work on Military Drones

All 5,000 pages of records on the project have been deemed too sensitive to disclose.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA has replaced Anne McClain with male astronaut Nick Hague for what would have been the world's first all-female spacewalk.
NASA

NASA Cancels First All-Female Spacewalk

The problem: One medium-sized spacesuit. Two medium-sized astronauts.

By Kristin Houser

Austin-based startup Briggo has built a fully automated robot barista capable of filling 100 gourmet coffee orders in one hour.
Robotics

This Robot Can Make as Much Gourmet Coffee as Four Baristas

Look out, hipster coffee shops!

By Kristin Houser

The wealthy are doing what they can to limit the screen time of themselves and their children, spending money on "screen-free" schools and experiences.
Future Society

Tech Used to Be for the Rich. Now They’re Paying to Avoid It.

"What we are seeing now is the luxurification of human engagement."

By Kristin Houser

New research suggests that human brains continue to grow new neurons after birth, tipping the scales of a decades-long scientific debate.
Brain

New Study Suggests Adult Brains Might Grow New Neurons

The research breathes new life into a decades-old scientific debate.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists built a handheld device that uses CRISPR genetic tools and graphene transistors to screen for the mutations behind muscular dystrophy.
Health & Medicine

Handheld CRISPR Device Diagnoses Genetic Disease in 15 Minutes

The device could make genetic testing easier and more accessible.

By Dan Robitzski

Instead, according to scientist and philosopher Bernardo Kastrup, some are starting to suspect that matter and reality are complex illusions.
Physics

Physicists Are Starting to Suspect Physical Reality Is an Illusion

They think the physical universe might be a sort of mass hallucination derived from pure information.

By Jon Christian

DARPA funded a research project that wants to use the noise given off by snapping shrimp and other sea life as ubiquitous sonar.
DARPA

DARPA Wants to Use Noisy Shrimp to Detect Enemy Subs

Underwater white noise could serve as natural sonar.

By Dan Robitzski

The Estonian Ministry of Justice is officially designing a  "robot judge" that could take care of a backlog of small claims court disputes.
Future Society

Estonia is Building a “Robot Judge” to Help Clear Legal Backlog

Estonia's court system could soon get an AI overhaul.

By Victor Tangermann

The diabetes drug metformin is gaining favor in Silicon Valley where techies seek prescriptions in the hopes of warding off the Grim Reaper.
Health & Medicine

A Cheap Diabetes Drug Shows Potential as a Life-Extension Therapy

But pharmaceutical companies have little financial incentive to research it.

By Kristin Houser

A pocket of researchers in Silicon Valley believe that people currently living can survive for 1,000 years. But others in the field remain skeptics.
Health & Medicine

A Scientist Thinks Someone Alive Today Will Live to be 1,000

"It's extraordinary to me that it's such an incendiary claim."

By Dan Robitzski

Members of the growing BirthStrike movement are publicly announcing their decision to forgo parenthood in the face of climate catastrophe.
Climate Change

“BirthStrikers” Refuse to Reproduce Because of Climate Change

"It would break my heart to bring children into the world and have it collapse around them."

By Kristin Houser

On March 15, Google converted currencies to Ghana's Cedi at one-fourth of its actual value. This is the third country to be hit by the glitch this year.
Future Society

Google Glitch Wrongly Claimed That Ghana’s Economy Collapsed

Your economy crashed! Just kidding.

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla Is Now Building Cars With Hardware For “Full Self-Driving”
Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla Is Now Building Cars With Hardware For “Full Self-Driving”

Will "Hardware 3" allow Tesla cars to truly drive themselves?

By Victor Tangermann