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Ukraine has asked for FBI help on the reported Russian hacking plot
These living bricks use bacteria to build themselves
Yup, 2019 was the second-hottest year on record
The Human Screenome Project will capture everything we do on our phones
It proposes taking screenshots of your smartphone activity every five seconds to better understand our digital lives. Is it worth it?
There might be another exoplanet hiding around our closest star
An algorithm that learns through rewards may show how our brain does too
By optimizing reinforcement-learning algorithms, DeepMind uncovered new details about how dopamine helps the brain learn.
Don’t attend North Korea’s blockchain conference, warn UN sanctions experts
Baseball’s ban on sign-stealing technology doesn’t make sense
Red Sox and Astros managers should not have been fired for seeking a competitive advantage
60% of US politicians haven’t upgraded their cybersecurity since 2016
These are the biggest risks facing humanity in 2020—and yes, climate dominates
Climate change means the US must start building big things again
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The NSA found a dangerous flaw in Windows and told Microsoft to fix it
The secretive security agency identified the vulnerability and is taking public credit as part of an effort to “build trust.”
An emotionally intelligent AI could support astronauts on a trip to Mars
A digital assistant that recognized emotions and responded to astronauts with empathy might vastly improve space missions that take months or years.
A machine can now keep livers alive outside the body for a week
These “xenobots” are living machines designed by an evolutionary algorithm
The US AG has asked Apple to unlock the Pensacola shooter’s iPhone
Why geoengineering may narrow global economic inequality
Hackers linked to Iran have been trying to crack the US grid for ages, a report says
Eight revelations from MIT’s Jeffrey Epstein report
At one point, university officials had wanted to approve Epstein donations of up to $10 million.
Australia’s fires have pumped out more emissions than 100 nations combined
Climate change is driving climate change.
“Significant mistakes”: MIT releases details of Epstein funding scandal
An NBA star plans to turn his contract into digital tokens and sell them
Microsoft has created a tool to find pedophiles in online chats
The apps you use on your phone could help diagnose your cognitive health
Can constant acceleration be used to produce artificial gravity in space?
Your space questions, answered.
An Iranian missile took down the Ukrainian passenger jet, claim US officials
It’s 2020. American elections are still “frighteningly easy” targets.
Election tech giants were called before Congress weeks before the 2020 primary season begins. All of them support greater transparency.
Baidu’s “Xuperchain” launch is just the beginning of China’s blockchain rush
Sex tech is slowly making a comeback at CES. About time.
The world’s biggest tech show still has a long way to go in accepting that sex—and women—exist.
Can an AI be an inventor? Not yet.
But some campaigners are pushing for the rules to change.
NASA’s new exoplanet hunter found its first potentially habitable world
New “secure” voting machines are still vulnerable—because of voters
A major study shows that people rarely notice if their vote gets changed by hackers—even when using technology meant to protect the ballot.
TikTok has now explained what is and isn’t allowed on the app
We’re fighting fake news AI bots by using more AI. That’s a mistake.
Facebook and others are battling complex disinformation with AI-driven defences. But this can only get us so far, argues an expert on high-tech propaganda.
The FBI has asked Apple to help unlock the Florida gunman’s iPhones
SpaceX now operates the world’s biggest commercial satellite network
The US just released 10 principles that it hopes will make AI safer
All future AI regulations will need to clear the checklist.
Facebook has banned deepfakes. Sort of.
More gravitational waves have been spotted from another neutron star smash
The next big space telescope could spot Earth-like oxygen levels on exoplanets
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope could exploit an unnoticed feature to tell us about the amount of oxygen on distant worlds.
A two-legged delivery robot has gone on sale—and Ford is the first customer
This NASA satellite image shows the extent of Australia’s devastating wildfires
Why the quantum internet should be built in space
The best way to distribute quantum entanglement around the globe is via a massive constellation of orbiting satellites, physicists say.
Iran may launch “destructive” cyberattacks against the US, experts warn
“Disruptive and destructive” cyberattacks could be the fallout after President Trump targeted Iran’s military leader in a drone strike.
Google’s AI breast cancer screening tool is learning to generalize across countries
An elegy for cash: the technology we might never replace
Cash is gradually dying out. Will we ever have a digital alternative that offers the same mix of convenience and freedom?
Ransomware may have cost the US more than $7.5 billion in 2019
A star called Betelgeuse might be ready to explode into a giant supernova
The star has been dimming rapidly in the last few weeks, and scientists are keen to know why.
Yes, climate change is intensifying Australia’s fires
A virtual version of da Vinci’s mystery glass orb has helped explain its weirdness
The world’s costliest painting depicts a glass sphere with curious optical properties. Computer scientists figured out what the artist was getting at.
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