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Slowing growth and limiting development isn’t living in harmony with nature—it is surrendering in a battle. | Continue reading
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AI researcher François Chollet thought we needed a better way to measure progress on the path to AGI — so he made one. | Continue reading
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Solid-state batteries could soon challenge lithium-ion as the dominant tech for powering smartphones, EVs, and more. | Continue reading
A countdown of 10 upcoming moon missions, all leading up to the one expected to return NASA astronauts to the lunar surface. | Continue reading
The Techno-Humanist Manifesto How humanity transformed its fate From surviving on wild plants and game to controlling our world with technology, humanity's journey of progress is a story of expanding human agency. Jason Crawford Life was dirty, difficult, and dangerous for almost … | Continue reading
From surviving on wild plants and game to controlling our world with technology, humanity's journey of progress is a story of expanding human agency. | Continue reading
SecureAVR, also known as the “Motor Voter of the 21st Century,” makes registering to vote seamless and secure at the DMV. With millions more potential voters, here’s how this system could enhance democracy across the country. | Continue reading
One-third of the world still isn't online. Here's how the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is working to close the digital divide. | Continue reading
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Freethink spoke to The Onion staffers about parodying news from the print era into the digital age. | Continue reading
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In this op-ed, columnist Rikki Schlott draws from personal experience to argue that a digital childhood is a childhood squandered. | Continue reading
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Experts disagree on whether social media causes mental health issues in adolescents despite looking at the same data. Here's why. | Continue reading
Rumors of the metaverse’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. | Continue reading
Cognitive scientist Hugo Mercier argues the problem isn’t that people are too gullible but too stubborn. | Continue reading
Can the government tell private websites what they have to publish? | Continue reading
This new automatic voter registration (AVR) system can enhance voting accuracy, reduce fraud, and give more people access to democracy. Here’s how it works. If the unregistered eligible voter population […] | Continue reading
9 minutes of cruel history may cure the anti-progress delusion. | Continue reading
While smartphones keep getting more powerful, the growing dumbphone phenomenon is subverting expectations. | Continue reading
By measuring many different body metrics, smart health devices can help support the mental game as much as the physical fitness gains. | Continue reading
AIs that generate answers to user queries could transform search, but only if someone can get the tech and the business model right. | Continue reading
The race to build the first space factory is on — and this team is beating everyone to the finish line. | Continue reading
The world needs a moral defense of progress based in humanism and agency. | Continue reading
Silicon Valley is warming to the Department of Defense as it works to get new AI systems developed and deployed en masse. | Continue reading
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Life expectancy gains in developed countries have slowed in recent decades, but AI may be poised to transform medicine as we know it. | Continue reading
Smart glasses that combine personal computing, AI, and augmented reality could be the next life-changing consumer tech device. Here's how. | Continue reading
The US has some of the best solar and wind energy in the world. Now there’s a cheap, zero-emissions way to store it. | Continue reading
Microsoft made parallel bets to make sure they held their OS lead. They'll do the same for AI — will it work? | Continue reading
A world without hunger is possible, and the development and deployment of new farming technologies could be one key to manifesting it. | Continue reading