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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
Meet the Chinese crowdsourcers fighting coronavirus censorship
Faced with information suppression and untrustworthy news, citizens in China and Hong Kong do their best to chronicle the coronavirus outbreak and sift fact from fiction.
AI still doesn’t have the common sense to understand human language
Natural-language processing has taken great strides recently—but how much does AI really understand of what it reads? Less than we thought.
DARPA is testing drones it can launch from a plane—then collect mid-air
WHO calls China coronavirus an international emergency, but opposes travel bans
Millions of people fell for crypto-Ponzi schemes in 2019
NASA is trying to save Voyager 2 after a power glitch shut down its instruments
Here’s how we could go carbon neutral in 25 years
The real trick is putting biowaste to work.
Gawker’s nemesis is working on a social network offering access to the rich
Business and technology leaders are being asked to spend $100,000 buying in to the service.
A squishy robot hand can sweat to cool itself down
Google says its new chatbot Meena is the best in the world
YouTube’s algorithm seems to be funneling people to alt-right videos
This is the highest-resolution photo of the sun ever taken
Astronomers turned on the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Maui and managed to snap this incredible view of the sun. And there’s more to come.
Why asking an AI to explain itself can make things worse
Creating neural networks that are more transparent can lead us to over-trust them. The solution might be to change how they explain themselves.
Facebook has finally launched its “clear history” button … but it doesn’t delete anything
AI-powered robot warehouse pickers are now ready to go to work
Covariant, a Berkeley-based startup, has come out of stealth and thinks its robots are ready for the big time.
The man who changed disruption—and saw his own theories get disrupted
What I learned from Clayton Christensen, the author of The Innovator’s Dilemma.
A Harvard super chemist has been arrested over lying about secret China payments
The ISS is to get a new commercial habitable module (and it might be pretty cozy)
“A Trillion Trees” is a great idea—that could become a dangerous climate distraction
Reforestation is critical for lots of reasons, but it’s no substitute for cutting emissions.
Two old satellites could collide over the US on Wednesday
The UK will let Huawei build parts of its 5G networks—despite US pressure
40 groups have called for a US moratorium on facial recognition technology
Boeing and DirecTV are scrambling to move a satellite before it explodes
This is how a popular free antivirus program sells your data
Why private micro-networks could be the future of how we connect
Forget amassing likes or cultivating your online persona. Apps like Cocoon are all about being your true self with just a select few people.
How the North Korean hackers behind WannaCry got away with a stunning crypto-heist
The so-called Lazarus group has used elaborate phishing schemes and cutting-edge money-laundering tools to steal money for Kim Jong-un’s regime.
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