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Advanced Transport

Hackers Can Access Your Electric Scooter While You’re Riding It

Xiaomi’s M365 scooter has a security bug that lets a hacker control the throttle and brakes.

Off-World

Pentagon Warns That Enemies Could Shoot US Satellites With Lasers

China and Russia are "likely" developing "laser weapons to disrupt, degrade, or damage satellites."

Mars

New Idea to Land Heavy Payloads on Mars: Dive, Then Turn Nose Up

Please put your seatbacks and tray tables in upright position.

Facial recognition

Apple Patented Facial Recognition to Unlock Your Car

The patent was filed before massive layoffs at Apple’s self-driving car division.

Artificial Intelligence

A Human Debater Just Roasted IBM’s “Intelligent Debate” AI Onstage

Project Debater can formulate arguments, but can’t quite refute opponents.

Health & Medicine

New Bionic Heart Charges Wirelessly Inside Patient’s Chest

A 24-year-old man is the first in the world to receive this type of implant.

Artificial Intelligence

A Fleshy New Humanoid Sketches You, Mimics Your Facial Expressions

Her first art pieces will go on display in a gallery in November.

Brain

New Drug Combo Could Repair the Brains of Alzheimer’s Patients

Repairing brain damage could one day be as simple as taking a pill.

Medical

The FDA Is Trying to Figure out How to Regulate Smart Pills

Newly-proposed guidelines say sensor-equipped pills are devices or pharmaceuticals but not both.

Future Society

Apple Runs A “Black Site” That a Worker Called “Dehumanizing”

“It was made pretty plain to us that we were at-will employees and they would fire us at any time,”

Future Society

Dating App for Smart Fridges Matches Singles Based on Leftovers

And, yes, it's called "refrigerdating."

Blockchain

Low-Income Koreans Got Rich on the Blockchain, Then Lost it All

Maybe more than anywhere else on Earth, South Korea embraced blockchain as an element of pop culture.

Google

Google Is Rolling out AR Navigation for Its Maps App

"It was as if Maps had drawn my directions onto the real world, though nobody else could see them."

Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Are Using AI to Find Hotel Rooms Being Used for Child Sex Trafficking

"Here's what a headboard looks like if it's from this hotel."

Future Society

Russia Plans to Cut Itself Off From the Global Internet

But just as a test.

Mars

Elon Musk: A Round-Trip Ticket to Mars Will Cost Just $100,000

"Excitement is guaranteed!"

Mars

Mars One Planned to Colonize the Red Planet. Now It’s Bankrupt.

Maybe reality TV isn't a good way to fund interplanetary travel.

Health & Medicine

New Senate Bill Would Legalize Marijuana Nationwide

"The federal prohibition of marijuana is wrong, plain and simple."

Robotics

These Gummy-Like Robots Could Keep Us Healthy From Within

Microscopic soft robots could have a variety of health applications.

Science & Energy

Death of a Tigress: A Bad First Date and the Important Role of Zoos

Zoos serve an important role, but we should treat animals carefully.