Tristan Greene

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• Yale teaches robots not to mess with people's stuff

  A group of computer scientists from Yale University created a machine learning paradigm for robots to understand the very ...

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• Don't believe the hype: There's nothing wrong with the space station robot

  Reports of belligerent AI with a mind of its own terrorizing astronauts aboard the International Space Station aren't exactly ...

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• How the human eye could destroy quantum mechanics

  Scientists came up with quantum mechanics as a theory to describe the universe. What if that theory could be undone by a ...

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• Early impressions: Alienware takes a few risks with the new M15

  Alienware's thinnest laptop ever made its way to the TNW offices. We couldn't wait to share our early impressions ahead of ...

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• Epic's developers leave Unreal Tournament for younger, sexier Fortnite

  Unreal Tournament is no longer receiving developer support in the wake of Fornite's massive success. It's so hard ... to ...

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• Waymo unveils first operating US driverless taxi service

  Waymo today unveiled "Waymo One," the company's first official commercial driverless car taxi service. It's currently only ...

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• Scientists work to accurately model human pain in robot brains

  Scientists have been figuratively poking robots with sticks for a few years now in hopes one of them will say "ouch" and ...

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• 'Quantum healing' is the new snake oil

  'Quantum healing' is predatory pseudoscience perpetuated by unscrupulous people hoping to profit off of vulnerable people's ...

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• Alt-right activist handcuffs herself to Twitter NYC office after being banned [Update]: She's been freed from her handcuffs

  Laura Loomer has locked herself to the front door of Twitter's New York City offices in a protest against her account being ...

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• Russia to build Moon colony by 2040: NASA says hold my beer

  Russia's federal space agency intends to establish a lunar colony by the year 2040. NASA, meanwhile, announced today that ...

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• World-renowned AI experts duke it out on Twitter

  It's Academia versus Big Tech as Facebook's Yann LeCun and NYU's Gary Marcus face each other live on social media. Welcome ...

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• ACLU demands FBI explain request to wiretap Facebook Messenger

  The ACLU wants to know why the Department of Justice tried to force Facebook to hack its own users and undermine the security ...

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