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These “xenobots” are living machines designed by an evolutionary algorithm
Here’s how just four satellites could provide worldwide internet – A group of engineers thinks it’s found a cheaper way to use high-altitude satellites to deliver global coverage.
Microsoft has created a tool to find pedophiles in online chats
It’s 2020. American elections are still ‘frighteningly easy’ targets.
The FBI has asked Apple to help unlock the Florida gunman’s iPhones
A two-legged delivery robot has gone on sale—and Ford is the first customer
Iran may launch “destructive” cyberattacks against the US, experts warn
Keynes was wrong. Gen Z will have it worse.
Why cash is a technology we might never replace
Ransomware may have cost the US more than $7.5 billion in 2019
How a difference between Chinese and English languages helped Baidu make an important advancement in natural language processing
Tidal forces carry the mathematical signature of gravitational waves
Rivian's platform approach to electric vehicles helped it raise $3B this year
When Chinese hackers declared war on the rest of us
Our pathetically slow shift to clean energy, in five charts
Why an internet that never forgets is especially bad for young people – MIT Technology Review
I asked my students to turn in their cell phones and write about it
Video games are dividing South Korea – MIT Technology Review
Educators and school administrators love digital devices that studies show mostly have a negative impact on learning, harming lower performing students the most
China may be just about to launch its digital currency in two cities
India has once again shut down the internet to control protesters.
Emotion recognition technology should be banned, says AI research institute
A new way to make quadratic equations easy
China is using DNA samples to try to re-create the faces of Uighurs
All new cellphone users in China must now have their photo taken
Can technology be a force for good even in something as bad as war?
Reddit · 2 months ago
Machine learning has revealed exactly how much of a Shakespeare play was written by someone else
A natural biomolecule has been measured acting like a quantum wave for the first time
Why the electric-car revolution may take a lot longer than expected
Internet freedom is declining around the world—and social media is to blame
The newest gene editor radically improves on CRISPR
New research shows that thousands of ships in Shanghai, the world's busiest port, are falling victim to spoofing of GPS systems that has left experts baffled
We’d have more quantum computers if it weren’t so hard to find the damn cables
Most Americans think they’re being constantly tracked—and that there’s nothing they can do. More than 60% of Americans think it’s impossible to go through daily life without being tracked by companies or the government, according to a new Pew Research study.
Turning the mathematics of vector calculus into simple pictures
Amazon’s plan for Alexa
Hacker News · 2 months ago
Chinese Scientists are making Human Monkey hybrids
The world’s first Gattaca baby tests are finally here: The DNA test claims to let prospective parents weed out IVF embryos with a high risk of disease or low intelligence.
Google, non-profit lowRISC, and others debut OpenTitan, a project for open sourced "root of trust" chip designs, aiming for more secure, auditable datacenters
Reddit’s automoderator is the future of the internet, and deeply imperfect | The good: AutoMod saves time and prevents potential mental health issues. The bad: Humans still have to clean up after it.
The DNA database used to find the Golden State Killer is a national security leak waiting to happen
China’s leaders have embraced blockchains (er, minus the decentralized bit) – MIT Technology Review
Microsoft has beaten Amazon to the Pentagon’s $10 billion cloud computing contract
Reddit · 3 months ago