Meet Barry: his sole purpose in life is to listen patiently, and then protest or sob a little as you fire him from an imaginary job in virtual reality.Disposable hero: He was created by Talespin, a company that offers virtual reality workplace training. | Continue reading
Garments from Adversarial Fashion feed junk data into surveillance cameras, in an effort to make their databases less effective.The news: Hacker and designer Kate Rose unveiled the new range of clothing at the DefCon cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas. | Continue reading
For a core of longevity true believers, the time to intervene is now. | Continue reading
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. | Continue reading
It's like fair-trade coffee, only for data sets. But how fair-trade is it really? | Continue reading
Hacking has become a central strategy for Kim Jong-un’s regime to generate revenue and soften the blow of economic sanctions. | Continue reading
Meet Barry: his sole purpose in life is to listen patiently, and then protest or sob a little as you fire him from an imaginary job in virtual reality.Disposable hero: He was created by Talespin, a company that offers virtual reality workplace training. | Continue reading
Funded by the US Defense Department, Morpheus repeatedly randomizes key parts of its software so attackers face a moving target | Continue reading
Inside Senior Planet, the tech-savviest retirement community on earth. | Continue reading
A look at the full lifetime emissions of the vehicles call into question the ecological assumptions around “micromobility.” | Continue reading
The monstrous object should be big enough for ground-based radio telescopes to image. | Continue reading
Univfy uses machine learning to give women personalized predictions—and a sense of hope—for their chances of having a baby. | Continue reading
In a provocative new book, MIT’s Andrew McAfee asserts that rich countries have figured out how to grow with lighter environmental impacts—and developing nations can follow suit. | Continue reading
As the threats of climate change grow, we’re all likely to hear more and more about the possibilities, and dangers, of geoengineering. Here’s what it means. | Continue reading
The bad news: to make really deep emissions cuts, most of us should probably go vegan. | Continue reading
Coinbase has released details about a recent cyberattack launched by highly skilled hackers | Continue reading
Editing the epigenome, which turns our genes on and off, could be the “elixir of life”. | Continue reading
It’s a step up from previous efforts that focused more on reconnaissance than attack.The news: The US has deployed code inside Russia’s power grid and other targets as part of its work to push back against hacking and disinformation from Moscow, the New York Times reports. | Continue reading
Effectively managing the massive influx of data is a matter of rethinking data management tactics and technologies. | Continue reading
A group of hackers linked to Russian spy agencies are using "internet of things" devices like internet-connected phones and printers to break into corporate networks, Microsoft announced on Monday.Fancy Bear never hibernates: The Russian hackers, who go by names like Strontium, F … | Continue reading
Scientists may have taken a big—and controversial—leap by mixing human cells into monkey embryos. | Continue reading
In recent years, the country has rushed to pursue “intelligent education.” Now its billion-dollar ed-tech companies are planning to export their vision overseas. | Continue reading
AI, computer modeling, and data mining are tools for a new field focusing on how games have evolved. | Continue reading
In a controversial first, a team of researchers have been creating embryos that are part human and part monkey, reports the Spanish daily El País.Daring biologist: According to the newspaper, the Spanish-born biologist Juan Carlos Izpisúa Belmonte, who operates a lab at the Salk … | Continue reading
Machines that appreciate “brilliant” and “dumb” chess moves could learn to play the game—and do other things—more efficiently. | Continue reading
Big tech firms are trying to read people’s thoughts, and no one’s ready for the consequences. | Continue reading
The alleged hacker behind one of the biggest ever cyberattacks on a bank then boasted about what she’d done on Twitter and Slack, according to the FBI.The news: The personal data of 100 million Americans and six million Canadians Capital One customers was stolen, the financial s … | Continue reading
A new committee will consider the wisdom of outdoor experiments, and may set the stage for more. | Continue reading
A new study from the World Bank and UN finds we’ll need ways to boost yields faster than ever before to prevent agricultural emissions from soaring. | Continue reading
Psychologists have long toyed with an illusion that lets you feel “ownership” of a different a body—even one that is not human. It could revolutionize gaming. | Continue reading
Marcus Hutchins has seen both sides of the law. | Continue reading
Dire warnings are being issued about AI’s energy needs, but new chip technologies and even AI itself could help keep demands for more electrical power in check. | Continue reading
Emotion recognition is a $20 billion industry, but a new study says the most popular method is deeply flawed. | Continue reading
AI algorithms can generate text convincing enough to fool the average human—potentially providing a way to mass-produce fake news, bogus reviews, and phony social accounts. | Continue reading
Anduril, a company founded by Oculus Rift inventor Palmer Luckey, has secured a contract to monitor US military bases with its autonomous surveillance tech.The news: Government documents show that Anduril was recently awarded a $13.5 million contract to monitor US Marine bases wi … | Continue reading
Quantum mechanics finally explains why protein folding depends on temperature in such a strange way. | Continue reading
A more efficient way to training neural nets could provide a crucial edge in the hyper-competitive world of automated driving—and elsewhere. | Continue reading
A new study shows you can be easily re-identified from almost any database, even when your personal details have been stripped out. | Continue reading
The news: A new working paper suggests that websites are making less money because of the General Data Protection Rule (GDPR). | Continue reading
After a massive hack in Bulgaria, the prime minister called the attacker a “wizard,” but cybersecurity experts said the security was simply inadequate. | Continue reading
Mimicking the bumps on humpback-whale fins could lead to more efficient wind turbines. | Continue reading
Public and private actors in Asia are working to define regulatory frameworks, build a trusted AI ecosystem, and maintain harmony between humans and machines. | Continue reading
It was the second attempt, after a scheduled liftoff last week was postponed because of technical issues.The news: India’s Chandrayaan-2 mission to the moon launched at 04.13 EDT today from the Sriharikota space station in the country’s southeastern coastal state of Andhra Prades … | Continue reading
Chemical rockets aren’t suitable for the new breed of tiny satellites filling our skies. So rocket scientists are developing a new generation of lighter, more efficient plasma thrusters. | Continue reading
LeadGenius claims to be an online contract company that treats its workers with more respect. Its founder and CEO Prayag Narula tells us why fairness is at its core. | Continue reading
The hardware is already being used to improve the performance of things like prosthetic limbs.The news: Intel has just unveiled Pohoiki Beach, a system that contains 64 of its Loihi AI processors. | Continue reading
Facebook’s plan to create a new digital currency will be in the spotlight later this week in Washington, thanks to two high-profile congressional hearings on the schedule. | Continue reading
Students will learn the language by ordering food or haggling with street vendors on a virtual Beijing street. | Continue reading