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Pollsters got it wrong in the 2016 election. Now they want another shot.
There’s a new crowd of would-be oracles, determined not to replicate the mistakes of their predecessors.
NASA’s next missions will explore Venus or the moons Triton and Io
Climate change? Elizabeth Warren has a ($3 trillion) plan for that.
But it’s hard to see how her bold proposals would pass even if she does win the presidency.
A snowman-shaped space rock is teaching us how planets form
Here’s what we learned after NASA’s New Horizons probe flew by the most distant object ever visited: Arrokoth.
Japan should launch a digital yen to counter China’s digital currency, say lawmakers
China’s coronavirus app could have unintended consequences
Tracking people to tell them whether they’ve been in close contact with a virus carrier might cause a whole new series of complicated issues.
Hackers could crack a voting app already used in US elections
Boston Dynamics’ dog robot Spot is going to patrol an oil rig in Norway
BP has announced a “net zero” emissions plan
But can the oil and gas sector really go carbon free?
The ESA is about to turn one of its spacecraft into a fireball
Quantum entanglement over 30 miles of fiber has brought super secure internet closer
The lab test suggests a reliable quantum internet between cities might be possible.
Snapchat will now offer mental health tools in the app
An ever-changing room of Ikea furniture could help AI navigate the world
The Allen Institute wants to crowdsource navigation algorithms by letting researchers turn their robots loose in its physical and virtual apartments.
The coronavirus is the first true social-media “infodemic”
Social media has zipped information and misinformation around the world at unprecedented speeds, fueling panic, racism … and hope.
No, there’s no evidence that cell phones give you cancer
Global carbon dioxide emissions were flat last year, even as the economy grew
Robot-assisted high-precision surgery has passed its first test in humans
North Korea appears to have expanded its crypto-mining operation
This is what happens when you get the coronavirus
Hospitals in China are reporting their experiences with hundreds of patients so far.
China has launched an app so people can check their risk of catching the coronavirus
The White House wants to spend hundreds of millions more on AI research
Astronomers have found a deep space radio burst that pulses every 16 days
The US says the Chinese military hacked Equifax. Here’s how.
Why Democrats shouldn’t reject the GOP’s climate “innovation agenda”
But they do need to keep pushing for far faster and bolder policies, too.
A dark web tycoon pleads guilty. But how was he caught?
The FBI found Eric Marques by breaking the famed anonymity service Tor, and officials won’t reveal if a vulnerability was used. That has activists and lawyers concerned.
NASA: A second, unreported glitch could have wrecked Boeing’s Starliner
Software that swaps out words can now fool the AI behind Alexa and Siri
A crypto project to make internet names censorship-proof is now live
Are we in the middle of a new space race for this century?
Your space questions, answered.
The first US trial of CRISPR gene editing in cancer patients suggests the technique is safe
The “manosphere” is getting more toxic as angry men join the incels
Men from the less extreme end of the misogynistic spectrum are drifting toward groups that espouse violence against women, a new study suggests.
Satellite images show how coronavirus brought Wuhan to a standstill
Photos taken from space show how little activity there is in Wuhan since China shut down all transportation in the city of 11 million people.
Heat waves are wiping out bumblebees
A new money-laundering rule is forcing crypto exchanges to scramble
AI could help design better drugs that don’t clash with other medication
Facebook’s “radioactive data” tracks the images used to train an AI
A new implant for blind people jacks directly into the brain
Researchers have successfully bypassed the eyes with a brain implant that allows rudimentary vision.
Building AI you can trust
AI strategy studio
Are you AI ready?
Artificial common sense: what it takes to get AI to actually understand
Solving bias
How can the solar cycle threaten technology on Earth?
Your space questions, answered.
Google has released a tool to spot faked and doctored images
An algorithm that can spot cause and effect could supercharge medical AI
The technique, inspired by quantum cryptography, would allow large medical databases to be tapped for causal links
Google Photos accidentally sent people’s private videos to strangers
Iowa’s high-tech caucuses crashed, and paper ballots saved the day
“This is a very clear lesson of why paper records are critical,” said one election expert.
How Instagram is making jigsaw puzzles cool again
Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube are suddenly full of people earnestly completing jigsaw puzzles. What’s going on?
A Russian satellite is probably stalking a US spy satellite in orbit
It’s a scenario that will almost certainly repeat over and over in the years to come.
Facebook will now take down posts that spread coronavirus misinformation
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