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Quantum radar has been demonstrated for the first time
A radar device that relies on entangled photons works at such low power that it can hide behind background noise, making it useful for biomedical and security applications.
Desperate Venezuelans are making money by training AI for self-driving cars
Growing competition to develop self-driving cars—and the high stakes of getting things right—have created new crowdworking platforms that could be a lifeline for desperate workers.
Some crypto-criminals think jumping across blockchains covers their tracks. Big mistake.
A popular cryptocurrency service that may appear to enhance anonymity actually doesn’t, according to new research.
The US has blacklisted digital currency addresses for three Chinese nationals
This inflatable space home could give future astronauts room to stretch out
Waymo is going to share its self-driving data—but it’s still not enough
The next trick for CRISPR is gene-editing pain away
A family of street performers could walk on coals. Here’s how the secret of why they felt no pain could benefit others.
A super-secure quantum internet just took another step closer to reality
Here’s how social-media firms should tackle online hate, according to physics
Policing online hate groups is like a never-ending game of whack-a-mole, and it’s not working. Here are some ideas that might.
The Brazilian Amazon is on fire—here’s why that’s bad news for the planet
“Old age” is made up—and this concept is hurting everyone
Products designed for older people reinforce a bogus image of them as passive and feeble.
The anti-aging drug that’s just around the corner
We will soon learn if a much-hyped, rapamycin-like drug can boost the immune response by targeting how the body ages.
I’ll have you know
A futuristic fiction story about starting over at 100 years old
Why you shouldn’t fear the gray tsunami
Many worry that aging populations will doom the world economy and make life miserable for everyone. Here’s why that’s wrong.
Why are products for older people so ugly?
As the market for products aimed at older users explodes, some entrepreneurs are turning to a radical idea: actually get the customers involved.
Health-care costs are soaring, but don’t blame old people
The per-person allocation for those over 65 is actually shrinking
Editor’s letter: old age is over—if you want it.
An introduction to our special issue on longevity
Astronomers might have spotted a black hole gobbling up a neutron star
Twitter’s state-media ban should include Voice of America
Twitter and Facebook have hosted ads from US-backed outlets, sometimes even illegally.
Ransomware hackers hit nearly two dozen Texas cities
The World Bank is still loving its blockchain-powered bonds
I tried Prolon’s starvation diet so you wouldn’t have to
A diet based on caloric restriction might make you live longer. It’ll certainly feel like longer.
The world’s biggest chip is bigger than an iPad and will help train AI
Measuring the shape of proteins just got easier thanks to mathematics
Analyzing the difference in results between two ways of determining protein structure offers help with one of the great challenges for molecular biologists.
Facebook and Twitter are cracking down on Chinese propaganda accounts
A map of the brain could help to guess what you’re reading
Twitter got you down? Try taking your phone out for fresh air.
How nanoparticles that harvest light could curb climate emissions
Syzygy Plasmonics has raised nearly $6 million to produce a cleaner form of hydrogen, using a novel type of photocatalyst.
The anatomy of a sextortion spam campaign
The latest genre of nuisance email tries to blackmail victims with threats to send embarrassing images or information to their contacts. A new analysis reveals just how much money this type of scam can generate.
China’s state media is paying Twitter to promote ads against Hong Kong protesters
What if aging weren’t inevitable, but a curable disease?
If this controversial idea gains acceptance, it could radically change the way we treat getting old.
The transhumanists who want to live forever
For a core of longevity true believers, the time to intervene is now.
The world’s top deepfake artist is wrestling with the monster he created
Hao Li has spent his career perfecting digital trickery. Now he’s working to confront the problem of increasingly seamless off-the-shelf deception.
New money-laundering rules change everything for cryptocurrency exchanges
Complying with regulators could mean the difference between going mainstream and remaining forever on the margins of the global financial system.
These bionic shorts help turn an epic hike into a leisurely stroll
A new clothing line confuses automated license plate readers
A hotter planet will make solar power less efficient
Photovoltaic cells are notoriously sensitive to temperature. Now a new study reveals how global warming will reduce output across the globe by 2100.
Climate change or just crazy weather? How improving tools make it easier to tell.
Scientists linked late July’s heat wave in Western Europe to climate change in a matter of days.
Teen video app TikTok is the latest battlefield in the Kashmir conflict
Hindu nationalists are flooding TikTok with videos declaring they plan to go to Kashmir, get married, and ostensibly make the majority-Muslim contested region Hindu.
NYC has hired hackers to hit back at stalkerware
A New York City government pilot program is bringing technologists and domestic abuse victims together for good.
Data leak exposes unchangeable biometric data of over 1 million people
Don’t count on having kids if you freeze your eggs
Michele Harrison froze 21 eggs. Only one was suitable for IVF.
Facebook paid people to listen to voice recordings, too
North Korea is funding its weapons program with stolen cryptocurrency
The tech employee backlash, Whole Foods edition
Having mastered Space Invaders, chess, and Go, AI tackles video soccer
Google’s artificial-intelligence researchers have created a football simulator for training the next generation of machine-learning algorithms.
Nvidia just made it easier to build smarter chatbots and slicker fake news
Chip maker Nvidia is betting that AI’s language skills will advance rapidly—it’s releasing a powerful tool for putting together chatty programs.
Google’s algorithm for detecting hate speech is racially biased
What is Section 230 and why does Donald Trump want to change it?
This provision of the Communications Decency Act is being blamed for everything from social-media bias to enabling revenge porn. Here’s how to understand the law that created the modern internet.
A planetary telescope would use Earth’s atmosphere as a giant lens
The “terrascope” could outperform the light-gathering power of any feasible ground-based telescope.
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