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France and Germany have said they will oppose Facebook’s digital currency
This company wants to deal with space junk by… sending more stuff into space
Canadian company NorthStar wants to track space debris with a constellation of 40 satellites. It’s not the craziest idea.
The connection between video games and mass shootings isn’t just wrong—it’s racist
When a perpetrator is a young white man, people blame video games. If he’s black, people make up a troublingly racist narrative.
A coordinated drone attack has knocked out half of Saudi Arabia’s oil supply
This is one way Uber and Lyft want to get around making drivers employees
The ride-hailing companies want to create a third category of workers. That’s had mixed results in other countries.
China is about to launch its own digital currency. Here’s what we know so far.
The key to bigger quantum computers could be to build them like Legos
A startup called Quantum Circuits is networking mini quantum devices together to create computers it will claims will be easier to scale up than rival machines.
Kids are surrounded by AI. They should know how it works.
A new curriculum that helps children understand how algorithms are designed will keep them safe and motivate them to help shape the technology’s future.
Amazon now lets anyone answer questions on Alexa—what could possibly go wrong?
Another interstellar object has been spotted visiting the solar system
MIT’s “disqualified” donors aren’t necessarily banned from donating, says Media Lab whistleblower
Signe Swenson, who leaked details about the lab’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, explains how its funding works.
A space elevator is possible with today’s technology, researchers say (we just need to dangle it off the moon)
Space elevators would dramatically reduce the cost of reaching space but have never been technologically feasible. Until now.
Facebook wants to fight teen suicide. Experts aren’t sure they’re doing it right
Suicide among young people is on the rise, and many point to social media as the cause.
Water vapor has been spotted on a “habitable zone” planet 110 light-years away
It’s the first time scientists have made this discovery for a planet whose distance from its star means it could theoretically have liquid water on its surface.
Meet the artificial embryos being called “uncanny” and “spectacular”
Researchers are getting close to manufacturing viable human embryos from stem cells. They say there needs to be a law against turning them into people.
Teens are anxious and depressed after three hours a day on social media
Sorry, Silicon Valley: your tormentor-in-chief just got a bunch of new powers
California just passed a bill that will make Uber and Lyft drivers employees
If we spend $1.7 trillion on climate adaptation we could make four times that much back
Amazon employees are going to strike over the firm’s climate policies
The new battle in Hong Kong isn’t on the streets; it’s in the apps
Activists are using Airdrop, livestreams, and innovative maps to keep their protest alive. But the authorities have plenty of tech of their own.
50 US attorneys general have launched an antitrust investigation of Google
The move is part of a wide-ranging push to rein in the power of Big Tech
A prosthetic leg that can sense touch makes it easier for amputees to walk
Doctors have put human livers in suspended animation
Supercooling organs could save the lives of people on transplant waiting lists.
Joi Ito, director of MIT Media Lab, resigns over ties to Jeffrey Epstein
New reports allege that Ito actively solicited funding from Epstein and systematically tried to cover up the connection.
India has found its Vikram lander after it crashed into the moon’s surface
Google is banning ads for quack cures after years of profiting from them
Antitrust regulators are probing automakers for ... making cleaner cars?
Apple says China’s Uighur Muslims were targeted in the recent iPhone hacking campaign
The tech giant gave a rare statement that bristled at Google’s analysis of the novel hacking operation.
The US government has a hidden weapon it could deploy against Bitcoin
The US could someday try to crack down on cryptocurrency by calling certain users financial institutions. Critics say that would be a terrible idea.
Satellite crashes will plague us unless we manage space traffic better
The recent near-miss between SpaceX and ESA highlights the weaknesses in our current system for keeping Earth’s orbit safe.
Four tech takeaways from the climate town hall
And why it matters that millions got to see US presidential candidates defend their competing plans for the single biggest issue of our age.
A tiny Pacific island nation is about to issue its own cryptocurrency
Facebook is making its own AI deepfakes to head off a disinformation disaster
The CTO of Faceook says videos forged using AI will be used maliciously on its platforms before long.
Most Americans are fine with cops using facial recognition on them
Facebook has leaked 419 million phone numbers
MIT Media Lab founder: Taking Jeffrey Epstein’s money was justified
At an internal meeting, Nicholas Negroponte shocked some people with his comments on funding from the alleged sex trafficker.
China says it found something bizarre and unexpected on the moon
An unexpected use for face recognition: tracking chimpanzees
An AI app that turns you into a movie star has risked the privacy of millions
Amazon is apparently testing a system that lets you pay by scanning your hand
MIT Technology Review young writers essay contest
Win $500 and get your work published in our magazine by telling adults what they need to understand about your generation and technology.
Instagram and WhatsApp are the platforms to worry about before the 2020 election
Facebook might start hiding how many Likes your post gets
An AI system identified a potential new drug in just 46 days
One of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites almost collided with a weather satellite
Earth’s “fingerprint” could one day help us find a habitable exoplanet
Biohackers are pirating a cheap version of a million-dollar gene therapy
A group of independent biologists say they plan to copy a costly gene therapy. Are they medicine’s Robin Hood or a threat to safety?
AI thinks this flood photo is a toilet. Fixing that could improve disaster response.
A new data set aims to teach computer vision systems to recognize images from disasters.
Alexa will be your best friend when you’re older
From friendly personal assistant to companion to … spouse?
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