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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?
Websites have been quietly hacking iPhones for years, says Google
Websites delivered iOS malware to thousands of visitors in the biggest iPhone hack ever. There’s no telling who was infected—or who was behind it.
NASA has switched on the atomic clock that could help get people to Mars
Gene-edited cattle have a major screwup in their DNA
Bid for barnyard revolution is set back after regulators find celebrity “hornless” bovines contaminated by bacterial genes.
Facebook is creating an AI assistant for Minecraft
The popular video game provides the best environment for an AI to learn a wide range of tasks, the company’s researchers say.
OpenAI has released the largest version yet of its fake-news-spewing AI
The AI lab has also released a report to explain why it is releasing the model in increments.
American Cyber Command hamstrung Iran’s paramilitary force
Move over, Libra. Telegram’s own cryptocurrency is apparently coming soon.
Facebook is making it harder to use ads to mess with the 2020 election
SpaceX’s Starhopper rocket has pulled off its last—and highest—flight
A self-driving car pioneer faces charges of stealing secrets from Google
The Middle East is already a cyberwar hotbed. Things just got worse.
A hacking group with links to Iran is the latest threat that makes the Persian Gulf one of the world’s most active theaters of cyberwar.
Facebook is digging in for a high-stakes fight over its digital currency
5 reasons why NASA’s 2024 moon landing looks unlikely
The odds that NASA can accomplish its huge task in five years are looking longer and longer with each passing week.
KFC is testing plant-based chicken nuggets today (but just in one restaurant for now)
Are psychiatrists really ready for the AI revolution?
Machine learning can help manage a wide range of mental health disorders. But the psychiatric profession is worryingly unprepared for this change, according to a global survey.
We aren’t terrified enough about losing the Amazon
Scientists aren’t sure if there’s a tipping point, or how close we are to it – but it would be “absolutely catastrophic” if we cross it.
The US Air Force’s shadowy X-37B space plane has broken a spaceflight record
The legal crusader fighting cyber stalkers, trolls, and revenge porn
Attorney Carrie Goldberg is on a mission to eradicate the law that gave rise to the modern internet—and which enables stalking, revenge porn, and more.
Whoops! California’s carbon offsets program could extend the life of coal mines.
A new study highlighting the risks of perverse incentives offers the latest evidence that carbon offsets are a deeply flawed way of combating climate change.
The chemistry behind how you make a record-breaking giant soap bubble
The art of creating giant bubbles is more mysterious than it seems, but researchers are at last teasing apart the chemistry of thin soapy films.
YouTube has removed 210 channels that posted about the Hong Kong protests
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