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New AI system counts endangered elephants from space
Scientists have combined satellite cameras with a convolutional neural network (CNN) to detect African elephants moving ...
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Swarms of robot fish could soon monitor our oceans for environmental hazards
The underwater robots use algorithms, 3D vision, and LED lights to coordinate their behaviour like schools of real fish.
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Affordable EVs will be the catalyst for a decade long shift to electric cars
According to a recent report from ABI Research, 2021 will mark the start of a decade long transition towards EVs, spurred ...
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A psychologist's guide to changing the minds of anti-maskers
While the world is eagerly waiting for COVID-19 vaccines to bring an end to the pandemic, wearing a mask to help prevent ...
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3 easy-to-read academic articles for mobility tech nerds
Get your brain matter firing all cylinders, or charging on all volts, this holiday period with these academic articles about ...
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Psst, mobility nerds, here are the 4 books you HAVE to read
Are you interested in the future of mobility and the tech and infrastrucutre that's influencing it? Then you need to read ...
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How DeepMind’s protein-folding breakthrough could transform drug development
A DeepMind AI system that accurately predicted how proteins fold into shapes could drive a range of new scientific discoveries. ...
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Researchers are developing robot swarms that turn into buildings, vehicles, and more
There are two schools of thought when it comes to building bridges. There's the traditional way involving humans assembling ...
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MIT study: The US increasingly has immigrants to thank for its algorithmic dominance
MIT CSAIL researchers analyzed the institutions and birth countries of the developers of the world's most fundamental algorithms. ...
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Trump’s tantrum tweets were a distraction tactic, new study says
In both the lead up to and the immediate aftermath of the US presidential election, President Donald Trump made claims of ...
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Learn from my startup’s mistakes — how to do freelance recruitment right
My company is made up exclusively of remote working freelancers. It hasn’t been all plain sailing — freelance ‘staff’ ...
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Nigeria desperately needs scientific investment to tackle COVID-19
Nigeria, like other African countries, wasn’t spared from the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. To overcome this challenge, ...
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Neuromorphic computing chip could 'smell' explosives, narcotics, and diseases
An emerging form of AI known as neuromorphic computing has been used to successfully detect scents emitted by explosives, ...
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IBM AI model predicts onset of Alzheimer's disease by analyzing descriptions of a cookie theft
The model predicted the onset of Alzheimer's more accurately than standard clinical methods by searching for symptoms in ...
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Why training neural networks comes with a hefty price tag
In recent years, deep learning has proven to be an effective solution to many of the hard problems of artificial intelligence. ...
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US Library of Congress launches AI tool that lets you search 16 million old newspaper pages for historical images
The AI lets you search through 16 million historical newspaper pages for images that help explain the stories of the past. ...
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If you get on with your boss you’re more likely to lie for them, says science
We generally believe that it is a good thing to have strong relationships with the people we work for and those we manage. ...
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AI discovers that every lion has a unique and trackable roar
Oxford University scientists used an algorithm to match recordings of roars to individual lions. The system could help track ...
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Can deepfake detectors keep up with advances in AI-generated video?
An investigative journalist receives a video from an anonymous whistleblower. It shows a candidate for president admitting ...
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Study reveals big regional divides in views on AI risks
New research on opinions about using AI in decision-making suggests concerns are highest in Latin America and the Caribbean ...
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Nvidia is building the UK's fastest supercomputer to use for AI research in healthcare
Nvidia says the Cambridge-1 will deliver 400 petaflops of AI performance, making it one of the world's most powerful supercomputers. ...
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How esports is quietly spawning a whole new generation of problem gamblers
Most large sports events came to an abrupt halt during the pandemic, but one category was not only unaffected but enjoyed ...
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You should call in sick more often — even if you’re WFH
The dramatic rise in working from home due to coronavirus looks likely to become a permanent feature for many organizations, ...
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The first-ever image of a black hole is now a movie — literally
Last year, researchers captured the first-ever image of a black hole. Well, that historic image has now been turned into ...
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You need to learn to embrace uncertainty if you strive to be a great innovator
So you’re interested in entrepreneurship? Then join our online event, TNW2020, where you’ll hear how the most successful ...
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ASMR has been around for 10 crinkly years — here's what we know about it now
So you like TNW? Then join our upcoming online event, TNW2020, you don’t want to miss it. ASMR is the third most popular ...
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Harvard researchers developed an AI to determine how medical treatments affect life spans
Harvard researchers say the AI accurately forecast the impact of life-extending treatment or diets on mice.
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New algorithm can identify misogyny on Twitter
Researchers from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Australia have developed an algorithm that detects tweets ...
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New microscopic robots could one day be injected into human bodies
Scientists from Cornell University made more than a million of the robots from four inches of silicon.
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How Intel helped give the 'world's first' cyborg a voice
When Dr Peter Scott-Morgan was diagnosed with MND, he devised a plan to become a cyborg, through a combination of AI, robotics, ...
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How Intel's neuromorphic chip could make wheelchair-mounted robotic arms more accessible
Intel scientists are using neuromorphic computing to power a wheelchair-mounted robotic arm that helps patients with spinal ...
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New polymer coating could help brains merge with machines — cyborgs incoming?
Scientists have developed a new bio-synthetic coating for electronic components that could help merge AI with the human brain. ...
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Here’s why you’ve got cravings even though you’re not hungry
Food cravings are very familiar to most people. We may see or smell food and want to eat, or sometimes we suddenly feel like ...
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Jupiter's atmosphere is regulated by ammonia storms, research reveals
The Juno spacecraft orbiting Jupiter just revealed mechanisms driving mammoth storms in the Jovian atmosphere. Storms ...
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How coronavirus could revolutionize work opportunities for people with disabilities
Did you know we have an online event about the future of work coming up? Join the Future of Work track at TNW2020 to hear how successful companies are adapting to a new way of working. Working from home has become the “new normal” for many of us during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
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Researchers use AI to determine which face masks work best for COVID-19
A technique developed at Duke University measures which face masks best protect against COVID-19 by counting the droplets ...
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OpenAI's new text generator writes sad poems and corrects lousy grammar
OpenAI has quietly unveiled GPT-3, the latest incarnation of its headline-grabbing text generator, which comes with an ...
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Algorithm reveals some of us have DNA from a mystery ancestor
An algorithm that analyzes ancient genomes suggests humans mated with an unknown relative hundreds of thousands of years ...
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Depictions of AI are overwhelmingly white -- and that's a serious problem
Cambridge University researchers warn portrayals of AI as white are erasing people of color from visions of the future and ...
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Sperm have fooled scientists for 350 years — they spin not swim
Sperm is critical for the fertilization of almost every living organism on our planet, including humans. To reproduce, human ...
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Scientists use AI to predict what makes a successful relationship
A new AI study led by Western University uses machine learning to work out what makes a happy relationship.
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The UAE's Mars mission shows how space exploration can benefit small nations
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) successfully launched its Mars mission dubbed “Al Amal,” or “Hope,” from the Tanegashima ...
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Remote jury trials in times of COVID-19
On March 23, 2020, jury trials in England and Wales were suspended in response to COVID-19. This was done to protect public ...
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Google ad portal equated 'Black girls' with porn
This article contains graphically sexual language. Google’s Keywords Planner, which helps advertisers choose which ...
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Burst of gamma rays from 10 billion light years away offers glimpse into the early universe
A short gamma ray burst known to astronomers as SGRB181123B is the second most-distant well-established SGRB ever seen, ...
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More than half of humanity now uses social media — here's what that means for brands
The new Digital 2020 July Global Statshot report reveals that – for the first time – more than half of the world’s ...
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Funding Black scientists could help dismantle structural racism in research
The cumulative effects of structural racism were the major contributing factor in the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 ...
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The science behind why everyone is angry on Twitter on Mondays
The link between hot weather and aggressive crime is well established. But can the same be said for online aggression, such ...
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These are the 3 most likely scenarios for our first alien encounter
How we will find extraterrestrial life is just as important of a question as to when we will find the first alien life. Finding ...
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5 ways to be a better ally in the office, according to psychology
In recent interviews, the American soccer player Crystal Dunn expressed the joy and fear she felt when her teammate Megan ...
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New research finds fitness tracker data could predict your marathon performance
Welcome to Riding Nerdy, TNW’s fortnightly dive into bicycle-based tech, where we go into too much detail and geek out ...
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How aliens could use black holes to power an intergalactic civilization
Remember when I warned everyone that humans would probably destroy all life in the universe like construction workers killing ...
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Tesla's Autopilot dangerously fooled by drone-mounted projectors
Researchers in Israel found self-driving cars and autopilot systems can be gamed with consumer hardware and 2D image projections. ...
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One meter or two? The science behind social distancing
What constitutes a safe distance when it comes to the spread of COVID-19? The answer depends on where you live. China, ...
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How the Dutch government uses data to predict the weather and prepare for natural disasters
Have you ever wondered what’s behind the weather forecast TV reports? Or who is managing government satellites? Perhaps ...
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AI gladiators fight thousands of duels so we can learn how weaponry evolves in nature
Naturally occurring violence in the animal kingdom has fascinated scientists, military strategists, and stoned people watching ...
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OpenAI to sell its headline-grabbing text generator as an API
OpenAI once withheld its text generator for fear of misuse, but now the company will sell the tech as an enterprise product ...
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How AI helps scientists find reliable coronavirus research
As the world unites in the fight against COVID-19, scientists and researchers around the world are studying the novel coronavirus ...
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Evolution explains why you need personal space during lockdown
Humans are intensely social creatures. We all need company and social contact. But for many of us, being at home for long ...
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What this massive rotating disk galaxy tells us about our early universe
Current models of massive galaxy formation suggest that they evolve as part of a slow growth process, gradually increasing ...
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Facebook reportedly knew its algorithms promoted extremist groups, but did nothing
Facebook has long struggled with controlling extremist content on its platform. From the 2016 US elections, when Russians ...
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Technology start-ups that fail fast succeed faster
Failure rates of new technology-based companies are shockingly high. It is estimated that 75% of technology start-ups do ...
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Algorithms associating appearance with criminality have a dark past
‘Phrenology’ has an old-fashioned ring to it. It sounds like it belongs in a history book, filed somewhere between bloodletting ...
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This researcher explains what 'life hacking' is all about
TNW Answers is a live Q&A platform where we invite interesting people in tech who are much smarter than us to answer ...
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Lumen, the fitness tracker that claims to 'hack' your metabolism, is now available
It was nearly two years ago that we first covered Lumen, a gadget and app combo that claims to track your metabolic flexibility ...
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Rhythmic pulsations of the delta Scuti stars reveal their secrets, study says
A team of astronomers, including researchers from the University of Birmingham, UK, and the University of Sydney, Australia, ...
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Everything you need to know about artificial general intelligence
Welcome to Neural Basics, a collection of guides and explainers to help demystify the world of artificial intelligence. From ...
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Product design: Here's how you can build a customer journey map
Sprint: Did you know we have an online conference about product design coming up? SPRINT will cover how designers and product ...
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This hybrid AI system can understand causality in controlled environments
Look at the short video below. Can you answer the following questions: Which object caused the ball to change direction? ...
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Scientists give blind people 'sight' by drawing shapes directly on their brains
A team of researchers from UCLA and Baylor have developed a method for drawing symbols – including letter and shapes – ...
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A Japanese spacecraft sent back images of the rocky asteroid 'Ryugu' — and they're stunning
The Hayabusa2 probe has sent back stunning images of the surface of Ryugu, giving researchers an up-close look at the asteroid’s ...
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How to step up your UX research efforts with effective note-taking
Did you know we have an online conference about product design coming up? SPRINT will cover how designers and product owners ...
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How COVID-19 is making scientific research more transparent
The evolving COVID-19 pandemic has created an urgent need for scientific evidence, and quickly. We need politicians to be ...
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Here's why we probably won't see a COVID-19 vaccine in 2020
Donald Trump may be “very confident” we will have a vaccine for COVID-19 by the end of the year, but the rest of us should ...
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How extreme temperatures can turn exoplanets into bizarre planet-star hybrids
A new mathematical model predicts some exoplanets are hotter than thought, creating strange alien worlds that are half planet ...
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This AI tool identifies the most promising COVID-19 research
An AI tool that scans reams of scientific literature for promising COVID-19 research could speed up the search for a coronavirus ...
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Drug discovery might be the best use of AI to tackle the pandemic
BenevolentAI's discovery of a potential coronavirus treatment show's that drug discovery is one application of AI that's ...
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How deep learning can improve how we conduct scientific research
Whether we take it for granted or not, deep learning algorithms have become an inseparable part of our daily lives. Personalized ...
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Chemical recycling could be the solution to plastic pollution
The world is drowning in plastic. About 60% of the more than 8,700 million metric tonnes of plastic ever made is no longer ...
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These 4 types of website visitors will get you higher conversion rates
Did you know TNW Conference has a track fully dedicated to exploring how technology will shape the ever-evolving marketing ...
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This planetary system's perfect rhythm tells us a lot about how it came to be
A planetary system of six exoplanets in near-perfect synchronization gives astronomers a hint at how such groupings could ...
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Why these Quasar jets appear to travel faster than light
Quasar jets imaged by the Earth Horizon Telescope (EHT) show galactic movements in unprecedented detail. Movements of vast ...
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Stanford teams up with Fitbit to develop wearables that detect coronavirus symptoms
Stanford Medicine researchers are developing algorithms that spot coronavirus symptoms in data collected by wearable devices ...
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MIT scientists can 'hack' your dreams with sounds and smells
MIT's Dream Lab is using wearable devices that send sounds and scents into our dreams to make our waking lives better, OneZero's ...
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Why you need to stop thinking of willpower as a 'limited resource'
You come home after a long day of work and you immediately curl yourself up on the couch and binge the latest Netflix ...
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The key to productivity is distinguishing 'habits' from 'routine'
Trying to build good habits can often backfire. Here’s why it’s important to know how habits are formed and when it’s ...
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Research: How location-tracking apps could stop the spread of coronavirus
Nearly half of the world’s population is now locked down in their homes to avoid spreading the coronavirus. With a vaccine ...
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Psychedelic mushrooms could affect the brain long after their active ingredient leaves the system
New research shows that the active ingredient in hallucinogenic mushrooms could affect the brain long after it has left the ...
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This smart toilet offers advanced poop analysis and analprinting
An international team of researchers recently developed a fully automated sensor package that turns any regular toilet into ...
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AI can’t predict a child’s future success, no matter how much data we give it
A trio of Princeton social scientists recently conducted a mass experiment with 160 research teams to see if any of them ...
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This startup made a coronavirus knowledge graph to help doctors with diagnosis
As coronavirus infections continue to spread, doctors and researchers are looking for new tools that can help them with better ...
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Google offers comprehensive coronavirus datasets to researchers for free
One of the ways scientists and researchers are trying to understand and find a solution for coronavirus is through building ...
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Studies of racist algorithms don't break anti-hacking law, court rules
A federal court has ruled that research into racist algorithms doesn't breach the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), a ...
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Study: Awkward pauses in online calls make us see people differently
We all know the feeling, you’re chatting with your friend or even your boss over the internet and you interrupt them awkwardly. ...
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Dubious claims that AI outperforms doctors pose risk to 'millions of patients,' study finds
Many of the studies claiming AI outperforms doctors at interpreting medical images are poor quality and "arguably exaggerated," ...
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EVs are better for the environment than cars — even when charged by coal-generated electricity
Detractors argue that EVs are not environmentally sound if charged using electricity generated rom fossil fuels. New research ...
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How tech is helping brain-injured patients with decision-making
When a person sustains a severe brain injury that leaves them unable to communicate, decisions about their treatment must ...
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How to stay safe and sane during coronavirus isolation, according to science
People who suspect they may have come into contact with the coronavirus are being advised to self-isolate (stay at home) ...
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Sequencing the DNA of coronavirus-screened patients might save lives
Scientists should start sequencing the genomes of coronavirus patients. We should look for DNA differences between patients ...
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How to spot bogus science stories and read the news like a scientist
When fake news, misreporting and alternative facts are everywhere, reading the news can be a challenge. Not only is there ...
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How inequality is limiting young people’s experience of technology
There is a belief that younger people are fully engaged in the digital world. But I am currently leading a project exploring ...
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The hunt for a coronavirus cure is showing how science can change for the better
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently declared an international public health emergency over the global outbreak of ...
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Coronavirus domains 50% more likely to infect your system with malware
There have been over 4,000 coronavirus-themed domains registered since January — and their malicious rate is alarmingly ...
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This 3D-printed hypercar runs on electricity and methanol (and costs $2.6M)
The 3D printed Czinger 21C hypercar was given its first public outing today. It has a hybrid drivetrain that uses electric ...
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White House's 29,000 coronavirus papers will be fed to AI experts for analysis
The White House has urged AI experts to analyze a dataset of 29,000 scholarly articles about Coronavirus that could answer ...
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AI sent first coronavirus alert, but underestimated the danger
Research suggests that an AI system sent out the first global coronavirus alert but only humans recognized the scale of the ...
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This stance-detecting AI will help us fact-check fake news
Fighting fake news has become a growing problem in the past few years, and one that begs for a solution involving artificial ...
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Researchers use AI to translate text found on ancient clay tablets
Scientists at the University of Chicago are developing a machine learning system that can automatically transcribe text found ...
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5 reasons why all teams need to work remotely
I assume you know enough about remote work teams - the challenges, systems, tools, and more. But luckily that doesn’t apply ...
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6 cringeworthy mistakes founders make when pitching journalists
Here are some of the most cringeworthy mistakes founders make when they pitch journalists — and how you can avoid them. ...
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Scientists discover strong evidence of life on Mars
We've been expecting aliens from Mars for decades now, but what if life was vanquished on the red planet before evolution ...
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New research sheds light on the big bang that was bigger than the Big Bang
The largest explosion ever seen in the history of the Universe ripped through a plasma cloud hundreds of millions of years ...
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Scientists say this exoplanet could have the right conditions for life
The exoplanet K2–18b, sitting 124 light-years from Earth, may have conditions favorable to the development of life, ...
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Amazon trees are actually organic time capsules for human history
Tropical forests are one of the world’s largest carbon stores and they help regulate the global climate. But they’re ...
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Nearly 90% of Americans don't trust self-driving cars
Of those surveyed, just 12% of drivers in the US would trust riding in an autonomous vehicle. Most are still concerned about ...
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Eureka? Scientists think they discovered the particle responsible for dark matter
A research team lead by nuclear physicists Mikhail Bashkanov and Daniel Watts from the University of York recently published ...
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Zombie caterpillars may cure cancer — but the side effects are uncertain
Spores released by parasitic fungi of the group cordyceps infect insect hosts, causing the fungus to grow inside them. Eventually, ...
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Google algorithm teaches robot how to walk in mere hours
A new Google robot has overcome one of the fundamental challenges of locomotion by teaching itself how to walk
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How to repair a toxic work culture with 'psychological safety'
Did you know TNW Conference has a track fully dedicated to bringing the biggest names in tech to showcase inspiring ...
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A new hack uses lasers to send inaudible commands to your Amazon Echo
A new photoacoustic flaw in voice assistants can render them vulnerable to a number of attacks that use lasers to inject ...
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This AI needs your help to identify child abusers by their hands
Scientists are developing an AI hand recognition system that can help police and juries identify child abusers just by analyzing ...
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Hackers earned nearly $40M in bug bounties in 2019
Ethical hacking is swiftly turning into a lucrative spare time activity — for a small chunk of white-hat hackers at least. ...
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New discoveries in neuroscience show what’s right and wrong with AI
Two separate studies, one by UK-based artificial intelligence lab DeepMind and the other by researchers in Germany and Greece, ...
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Why AI systems should be recognized as inventors
The Artificial Inventor Project team has filed patent applications that list AI systems as inventors - the first such IP ...
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Research: Early humans in Africa may have interbred with an unknown species
One of the more startling discoveries arising from genomic sequencing of ancient hominin DNA is the realization that all ...
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OpenAI’s flagging techno-utopianianism exposes tensions between business and public benefits
OpenAI bold ambition to build an AGI for humanity is explained in a company charter that has taken on an almost biblical ...
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’World’s strongest’ robotic hand can cut paper, hold eggs -- and even play the piano
The Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials (KIMM) robotic hand uses both sensors and 'skin-type' tactile sensors to mimic ...
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Gamers will teach AI how to control military drone swarms
Scientists from the University of Buffalo's Artificial Intelligence Institute will study the decisions people make while ...
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New research suggests stars don't collapse — they explode!!!
By conducting experimental research with matter 10 million times denser and 25 times denser than that found at the centre ...
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'Sensorized' skin helps robots understand where the hell they are
The MIT system uses a 'sensorized' skin to give soft robots a greater awareness of their movements and the position of their ...
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[Best of 2019] This custom 3D-printed bicycle helmet is the future of saving skulls
Take a look behind the curtain at how British startup HEXR is manufacturing its first production run of 3D-printed bicycle ...
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TNW Answers: What we learned from online propaganda expert, Samuel Woolley
Samuel Woolley, Program Director of propaganda research at the Center for Media Engagement, hosted a TNW Answers session. ...
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Programmable living robots can help cure cancer — but how ethical are they?
A remarkable combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and biology has produced the world’s first “living robots”. This ...
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AI composers might just be the next big thing in music
Artificial Intelligence has already taken over our lives and transformed it for the good. The days are over when you could ...
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Scientists believe the key to reaching zero emissions is understanding behavior
When we talk about innovations to deal with the climate crisis, we tend to think of new technologies developed by physical ...
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How scientists discovered a math equation in rat whiskers
Rats have up to 70 whiskers on their faces, varying hugely in size, and shape. Almost every mammal possesses whiskers, but ...
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Microsoft is offering up to $20,000 to researchers who find bugs in Xbox
Microsoft is handing out up to $20,000 to security researchers who can unearth vulnerabilities in Xbox. The Windows-maker ...
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Google paid out $6.5 million in bug bounties in 2019
Google says $500,000 of the $6.5 million it awarded researchers in bug bounties in 2019 went to charity — that's five times ...
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Quantum cognition theory explains why humans make stupid decisions
Scientists from the University of Science and Technology in China have a quantum physics-based answer to the ultimate question: ...
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US to inject $300M into research for cleaner transport tech
The Trump administration has just announced that it's set up a $300 million grant to research clean vehicle technologies. ...
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Before we augment people with tech, we’ll need proper rules
New technologies – from artificial intelligence to synthetic biology – are set to alter the world, the human condition, ...
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Foreign exchange firm Travelex hit with '$6M ransomware attack'
Travelex is being held to ransom by hackers who unleashed the Sodinokibi ransomware and are reportedly requesting a $6 million ...
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How Silicon Valley wants to fuck with our brains
Introducing his students to the study of the human brain Jeff Lichtman, a Harvard Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, ...
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Social media is fast becoming your customers’ product research tool, so look beyond Google
The content focus of social networks is making them a prime destination for researching and buying new products; an opportunity ...
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5 ways AI can make your car journeys less boring — and more safe
Driving long distances without a passenger can be lonely. If you’ve ever done it, you might have wished for a companion ...
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Decade of Diversity: How tech failed to fix its gender disparity problem
A lack of diversity is a huge issue the tech industry faces, despite more women working in tech, female representation has ...
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Meet the cobots: the robots who will be your colleagues, not your replacements
The latest industrial robots look like petting zoo versions of the big machines found in many modern factories – small, ...
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Super-soldier T-cells fight cancer better after a transformational DNA delivery
I enjoy online shopping. However, I often find myself fussing about the delivery options during checkout. This is because ...
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Genetically modifying mosquitoes to prevent disease carries unknown risks
Every year, around one million people die of mosquito-borne diseases according to the World Health Organization (WHO). This ...
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CNN: Bitcoin was the best investment of the decade
Numbers from the Bank of America show that investing $1 in Bitcoin at the start of this decade would earn you more than $90,000. ...
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Trigger warnings don’t help people cope with distressing material — they do the opposite
Imagine you’re a lecturer teaching a celebrated novel that features violent scenes – say, F Scott Fitzgerald’s The ...
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[Best of 2019] MIT engineers made a cheaper and more efficient device to trap carbon dioxide
Capturing carbon dioxide from smokestacks, and even removing it directly from air, might be the only way to avert the most ...
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[Best of 2019] Scientists invent robotic biker shorts that help you walk and run
A team of researchers recently developed a robotic exosuit that makes it easier to walk or run long distances. It could imbue ...
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[Best of 2019] Researchers have invented a method to prevent (or reverse) obesity
Dr. Shu Wang may have stumbled upon the cure for obesity. Dr. Wang, an associate professor at Texas Tech, believes that nanotechnology ...
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What AI analysis of placentas can teach us about childbirth and health
Artificial Intelligence may be one of the greatest technologies developed by humans. The quest for imitating human intelligence ...
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Art and technology can reconstruct the faces of the dead based on remains
Facial reconstruction is best known as a forensic tool that can help identify human remains and reconnect them with families ...
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[Best of 2019] Billions are infected by a cat poop brain bug, but studying it is vexing researchers
What if I told you that there is a good chance you are carrying a parasite that is transmitted through cat poo? Two billion ...
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[Best of 2019] Why the criminal justice system should abandon algorithms
It's time that US courts stopped relying on biased algorithms to excuse the inherent bias embedded within the criminal justice ...
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How the 'bigger is better' mentality is damaging AI research
Something you’ll hear a lot is that the increasing availability of computing resources has paved the way for important ...
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This *hot* trick can charge an EV battery in just 10 minutes
Electric cars could make a huge dent in the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. But they still make a tiny 2 percent of cars ...
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Researcher uses AI to unravel the mystery of Shakespeare's co-author
After all these years, someone might have figured out exactly how much Shakespeare worked on one of his last plays. It's ...
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Stantinko botnet caught using YouTube to mine Monero cryptocurrency
The Stantinko botnet has now added cryptocurrency mining to its toolset — and it's been using YouTube to evade detection. ...
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Here's why AI deserves the same rights as animals
Universities across the world are conducting major research on artificial intelligence (AI), as are organizations such as ...
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265 Indian fake news sites caught pushing anti-Pakistan propaganda
Researchers have discovered a network of 265 fake local news sites across 65 countries that are being used to disseminate ...
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Honey bees are dying — but man-made hives could save them
Honey bees are under extreme pressure. Beekeepers in the US have been losing and then replacing an average of 40 percent ...
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Attackers are staging tax-themed phishing attacks to target businesses in Germany and Italy
Researchers have discovered a social engineering attack targeting organizations in Germany, Italy, and the US by delivering ...
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Caribbean seagrass is littered with infected lobsters — but the habitat may save the species
The Caribbean spiny lobster Panulirus argus is under threat from a deadly virus. Panulirus argus 1 (PaV1) is found throughout ...
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A laser pointer can trick your smart devices into opening your doors, starting your car
A thief lies in wait across the street, hiding in the bushes and waiting for the lights of your television to go dark. Once ...
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Study: Social media to blame for declining internet freedom this decade — it's down to US to fix
A new study published by Freedom House has blamed social media as a whole for the reason of declining internet freedom in ...
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Study: Google Play is riddled with thousands of data-stealing counterfeit apps
A two year study, conducted by researchers from the University of Sydney and CSIRO's Data61, analyzed more than a million ...
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This music venue can track brain responses during performances
All evidence indicates that music plays a significant role in every human society, both past and present. When we gather ...
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NVIDIA's new AI lets you recreate your pet's smile on a lion
NVIDIA has created a new AI model — dubbed "FUNIT" — that can take in a picture of an animal and recreate its facial ...
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Introducing Pardon the Intrusion, our new cybersecurity newsletter
Pardon the Intrusion is our new newsletter for all things cybersecurity — highlighting the most important security stories, ...
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Meet the neuroscientist debunking the age-old myth of the gendered brain
Neuroscientist Gina Rippon believes any scientist trying to find innate and biological brain differences between the genders ...
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Why women didn't win any science Nobels this year
That’s a return to business as usual, after biochemical engineer Frances Arnold won in 2018, for chemistry, and Donna Strickland ...
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Quantum dots that light up TVs could be used for brain research
While many people love colorful photos of landscapes, flowers or rainbows, some biomedical researchers treasure vivid images ...
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This unsettling DIY 'skin' interface will definitely end up on a sex robot
Welcome to the Mariana Trench of uncanny valleys. A team of researchers led by engineer Marc Teyssier recently developed ...
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North Korea-linked hackers revive cryptocurrency scam to hijack macOS
Security researchers uncovered another attack from Lazarus hacking group which seems to be nothing more than a rehash of ...
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Sodinokibi ransomware earns hacker $287K worth of Bitcoin in 3 days
Criminals who distributed the Sodinokibi ransomware threat earned a huge payday from victims who paid the requested Bitcoin ...
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Science needs myths and stories to keep it ethical
I can still remember the horror of discovering that everything I had worked on was wrong. I was a PhD candidate just starting ...
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Pinterest says AI reduced self-harm content on its platform by 88%
Pinterest announced that for the past year, it’s been using machine learning to identify and hide content that displays ...
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How do you weigh a whale without bothering it? Drones
Whales are the largest animals on the planet and important predators in the marine ecosystem. As a marine biologist I have ...
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Gartner says blockchain is sliding into ‘the trough of disillusionment’
According to Gartner's Hype Cycle, blockchain is "sliding into the trough of disillusionment," meaning the technology is ...
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Research: Bacteria can change shape inside humans to avoid antibiotics
Widespread antibiotic use is largely to blame for the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which is currently one ...
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This bot that helps people with depression could be the future of therapy
The “Flow” app aims to help those struggling with their mental health while they wait to be seen by a medical professional. ...
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Nuclear fusion won’t save us from the climate crisis
The UK’s governing Conservative Party has announced a new package of climate policies, including £220m for research into ...
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Study: Ocean ecosystems take 2 million years to recover after mass extinction
Around 66 million years ago, a giant asteroid struck the Earth, causing the extinction of the dinosaurs, ammonites, and many ...
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Study: Taking a break from Facebook (and news) makes people less depressed
A study found that people who spent a week away from Facebook consumed less news, and ultimately experienced greater well-being. ...
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WhatsApp bug allowed hackers to steal files and messages with GIFs
A vulnerability in WhatsApp made it possible for attackers to gain access to your files nad messages by tricking you to open ...
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These are the countries that keep the most photos on their phones
It turns out South Korea, Malaysia, and Switzerland are the countries where people store the most photos on their phones, ...
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How an AI trained to read scientific papers could predict future discoveries
“Can machines think?”, asked the famous mathematician, code breaker and computer scientist Alan Turing almost 70 years ...
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New physics research boldly indicates 'warp drives' may be possible
Humans are within years of sending the first crewed mission to Mars. And then what? Maybe another 100 years from now we'll ...
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How Facebook plans to keep your data private while opening it up to researchers
Facebook has outlined a differential privacy-based approach that it expects will protect users' confidentiality while simultaneously ...
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New research on mice reveals how sleep makes the brain forget things
What a nuisance is a faulty memory. How many times have you forgotten where you parked the car? A few years ago, probably ...
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Reddit and Gab's most toxic communities inadvertently train AI to combat hate speech
A team of researchers from UC Santa Barbara and Intel took thousands of conversations from the scummiest communities on Reddit ...
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Google releases trove of deepfake videos to help researchers devise detection methods
We've seen multiple instances of deepfake technology being used to harm someone mentally or financially. To fight this, researchers ...
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This site turns Wikipedia pages into 'legit' academic papers
M-Journal is a website that turns any Wikipedia entry into legitimate looking academic paper — and it even puts it behind ...
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This AI reads privacy policies so you don't have to — and it's actually pretty good
Guard is an AI that reads privacy policies and uncovers their hidden dangers — but you still might want to do your own ...
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The Los Alamos nuclear weapons lab just bought a 5,000-qubit quantum computer
D-Wave today announced its next generation “Advantage” quantum computer system. It'll pack a whopping 5,000 qubits and ...
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Google and NASA let it slip that humans have achieved quantum supremacy
NASA recently published a Google Research paper indicating the company's 'Bristlecone' quantum computer has successfully ...
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How product managers can bring human insights to agile development
The 4 practices product managers should follow to incorporate research into product development and rapidly understand how ...
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Scientists invented an electric baseball hat to reverse male baldness
An international team of researchers just developed the most sophisticated treatment for male baldness ever: a hat that covers ...
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WhatsApp's 'Delete for Everyone' doesn't delete media files from iPhones
WhatsApp's 'Delete for Everyone' feature could leave traces of your messages, due to a discrepancy in the way the it works ...
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Obsessed with death? You might have 'existential isolation,' says study
How often do you think about death? For many, the answer is a terrifying “almost always.” But, at some point or another, ...
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Surprise! Survey says just 20% of rich millennials are investing in cryptocurrency
One in five millennials (20 percent) have invested in cryptocurrency, according to new survey results.
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Google’s Parrotron AI helps people with speech impediments talk freely
Google's AI division has developed new speech-to-text software for people with verbal impairments which reduces word error ...
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You're still you when you're drunk, science says
Many of us know that feeling of waking up, headache in tow, struggling to remember what we said and did after that extra ...
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Want to make $10,000 from Libra? Break its blockchain
The supposedly independent group of companies tasked with overseeing the delivery of Facebook's "cryptocurrency" Libra has ...
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OnePlus will spend $138M on its new software R&D center in India over 3 years
OnePlus today inaugurated its first Research & Development center in India, which will initially focus on software features ...
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Kink in porn site exposes the personal data of over 1M users
A kink in adult site Luscious, which focuses on pornographic images and animations, allowed hackers to access the personal ...
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NotJordanPeterson lets you generate uncannily realistic Jordan Peterson sound bites
NotJordanPeterson is a mind-boggling voice AI that lets you say anything you'd like in the voice of Canadian psychologist ...
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WhatsApp played a big role in the Nigerian election — not all of it was bad
There is growing concern about the potential for the message and media sharing platform WhatsApp to undermine democracy in ...
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Project Veritas releases 'internal documents' from Google and alleges anti-conservative bias
Former Google employee Zachary Vorhies has released nearly 1,000 documents which he says is evidence of the search giant's ...
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Study: Teens get the news from YouTubers and not news outlets
A recent study found that more than 75 percent of teens say it’s important to keep up with world events, yet over half of ...
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TikTok is flooded by scammers promoting adult sites
TikTok has been inundated by a slew of scammers seeking to take advantage of its quickly growing userbase – and get them ...
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How scientists use household bleach and quantum physics to hunt down cancer
A team of scientists from MIT and Rice University recently discovered a new method for creating qubits that could revolutionize ...
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Here's how anonymized personal data should be used to create better services
Ask anyone their opinion on companies using their data and the response will almost always be negative. It’s not surprising; ...
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NYU researchers made mice smarter by manipulating their brainwaves with light
Researchers from the New York University School of Medicine recently developed a method for manipulating brain waves with ...
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Researchers break iPhone’s FaceID by putting modified glasses on unconscious people
Researchers have cracked Apple's FaceID biometric system yet again. But to unlock an iPhone, the attackers need to make sure ...
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Apple announces developer iPhones with root access for security research
For all we've made fun of Apple's walled garden here, every once in a while, the company opens up just a bit. Case in point: ...
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Web advertising 5 times more profitable than crypto-jacking, research says
New academic research has found that crypto-jacking is way less efficient at generating website revenue when compared to ...
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Social media is being weaponized at a terrifying rate
Believe it or not, there are several ways in which social media can be used to sabotage, disenfranchise or misinform others. ...
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Five 3D printing myths dispelled
The first conviction for 3D printing a firearm was recently reported in London, not long after 3D printed masks were used ...
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Ugh, this is what Bitcoin’s hash rate means and why it matters
Bitcoin's hash rate has been reaching all time highs this year. But what is it? What does it mean? And why is it a measurement ...
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Here’s how researchers are making machine learning more efficient and affordable for everyone
The research and development of neural networks is flourishing thanks to recent advancements in computational power, the ...
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Google Play hosted 205 harmful apps with over 32M installs last month alone
It seems Google is losing the battle against sketchy Android software big time: there were 205 harmful apps with over 32 ...
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This AI detects 11 types of emotions from a selfie
The machine learning models that can detect our face and movements are now part of our daily lives with smartphone features ...
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Hype is killing AI – here’s how we can stop it
Mystified and vilified at the same time. That’s how I would currently describe “artificial intelligence,” one of the ...
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Researchers: Anonymized data does little to protect user privacy
Providing third-parties with data is a necessary cost of living in the 21st century. Whether it’s securing auto insurance, ...
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Research: Climate change helped elephants evolve a large brain
Elephants have long captivated our attention, partly because of their sheer size and majesty. But we’re also struck by ...
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This century-old oak tree is live-tweeting climate change
This summer has proven a punishing reminder that climate change isn’t a far-off scenario, but one that’s happening right ...
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Popular genetic testing services can be misleading, inaccurate, and ethically questionable
Genetic testing used to be something that happened in a specialist clinic for those few families that had serious inherited ...
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Study: People behave better when they think they’re being watched
If there exists one moral code that can be shared and agreed by almost all cultures and religions, then it must be the concept ...
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Ripple dumps more XRP than ever before, exceeding $250M last quarter
Ripple sold $106.87 million XRP in institutional direct sales and $144.64 million in programmatic sales during Q2 this year. ...
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The New York Times wants to fight fake news using blockchain – good luck to it
The New York Times has announced that it's working on a "news provenance project" based on blockchain technology in an attempt ...
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CHEAP: Hit peak performance with Fitbit's Ionic watch for just $199.95 ($50 off)
Step your workout game up and measure your performance gains with $50 off Fitbit's Ionic watch – you can get one for just ...
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Google and Facebook are tracking your porn preferences – even in incognito mode
It turns out Google and Facebook are tracking your porn consumption habits – and even incognito mode can't save you from ...
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This Bluetooth security flaw could let hackers track your Windows, iOS, and macOS devices
Researchers from Boston University discovered a Bluetooth flaw that could expose most devices to third-party tracking and leak ...
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Instagram is hiding likes in 6 more countries so you can post like no one’s watching
In an effort to remove the pressure of posting more often, Instagram doubling down on its experiment to hide likes and views ...
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Here's how algorithms can protect us against deepfakes
Deepfake videos are hard for untrained eyes to detect because they can be quite realistic. Whether used as personal weapons of revenge, to manipulate financial markets or to destabilize international relations, videos depicting people doing and saying things they never did or said ...
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'Agent Smith' malware replaces legit Android apps with fake ones on 25 million devices
Researchers from Check Point uncover new "Agent Smith" malware that replaces legitimate installed apps with malicious versions ...
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Robots for the elderly must be designed with care and respect
Many countries around the world have ageing populations and a growing prevalence of dementia. Japan, in particular, is a ...
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Researchers invent multiplayer Tetris game controlled by brainwaves
A team of scientists from the University of Washington and Carnegie Mellon University have developed a method by which three ...
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60% of Bitcoin hasn’t moved in a year — despite a 220% price bump in 2019
Long-term Bitcoin holders have been keeping their cool. Most of the selling has come from those who have been holding for ...
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Waterfall illusion: the science behind why still objects sometime appear to move
Humans are fascinated by visual illusions, which occur when there is a mismatch between the pattern of light that falls on ...
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Neuroscientists scanned radicals' brains to determine what makes them turn violent
The young man sitting in the waiting room of our neuroimaging facility wearing skinny jeans and trainers looked like a typical ...
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We can't recycle black plastic, but now we can use its carbon for renewable energy
The big problem with plastics is that though they last for a very long time, most are thrown away after only one use. Since ...
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Malaria won't be solved by feeding mosquitos sugar, researchers conclude
The teasing temptation of a sugary treat can often get the better of us. But don’t worry, we’re not the only ones. The ...
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New syllabuzz: scientists taught bees to understand numbers
Most children learn that written numbers represent quantities in pre-school or junior primary school. Now our new study ...
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Studying naked mole-rats could be the key to breakthroughs in treating pain and cancer
The naked mole-rat is perhaps one of the most bizarre beasts on the planet. At first glance, it looks like little more than ...
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MIT's new AI for robots can ‘feel’ an object just by seeing it
Researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have developed a brand new AI that ...
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How to read a scientific research paper
Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, ...
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This Google sister company showed you can buy a troll campaign for $250
A new report from Wired reveals that Google's sister company Jigsaw bought a Russian troll campaign as an experiment for ...
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Breakthrough research demonstrates AI can predict a psychotic break
A trio of researchers have developed an experimental machine learning method that allows AI to listen for the early whispers ...
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NASA research shows alien life is far less likely than previously thought
Scientists just threw a monkey wrench in the search for intelligent extraterrestrial life by redefining what a “habitable ...
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Stanford's new AI can help doctors spot brain aneurysms
Stanford researchers have developed a new AI tool that makes use of deep learning model called HeadXNet todetect brain aneurysms. ...
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New algorithm allows researchers to change what people say on video by editing transcript
The idea that the algorithm make changes in the video just by changing transcript while preserving the speaker's characteristics. ...
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AI model exposes Hollywood's bias against actresses
While the technology world and the US political institution grapple with how to deal with incumbent gender discrimination, ...
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New technology reveals some birds have specific ‘migration buddies’
Though much is known about where and when birds travel, a lot less is known about the composition of flocks and how long ...
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If you lose a body part, other bits get a sensory boost – thank you, brain
When you wake up in the middle of the night in total darkness, it can feel as if you have auditory superpowers. Suddenly, ...
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Research reveals surprising relationship between climate change and fertility rate
Climate change will shape every aspect of human life – often in complex ways. Take the question of deciding how many children ...
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Yale researchers spot a biomarker that could help to predict suicide
Researchers at Yale University believe they’ve found a marker within the brain that could help to prevent suicide. The ...
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The Y chromosome is disappearing – so what will happen to men?
The Y chromosome may be a symbol of masculinity, but it is becoming increasingly clear that it is anything but strong and ...
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Oops! Scientists accidentally create new material that makes batteries charge much faster
Some of the most famous scientific discoveries happened by accident. From Teflon and the microwave oven to penicillin, scientists ...
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Mobile VR game gathers '1,700 years' worth of Alzheimer's research data
A virtual reality game and its app predecessor, intended to help detect early signs of Alzheimer's, have accrued over 1,700 ...
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Ethereum bandit makes off with $6.1M after bypassing weak private keys
There’s a blockchain bandit on the loose – and they’ve already thieved over $6.1 million worth of Ethereum.
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Unwanted sexting linked to anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem
A new study shows early evidence that receiving unsolicited sexual imagery through text, or being coerced into sending it ...
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Happy 4/20: Here's some science to shut up the cannabis haters
April 20th is a holy day for many who imbibe cannabis. For some, it's just a great day to watch stoner flicks and smoke herb ...
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Behind the scenes: Electrum hackers steal $4M with Bitcoin phishing attacks
Electrum Bitcoin wallet users have lost 771 BTC (approximately $4 million) since late December 2018, in an ongoing series ...
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Researchers create 3D print of heart using harvested human tissue
This is a serious breakthrough
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The best use of body hacking might be in hospitals
Reminders of the fragility of our bodies are unavoidable. You just have to hope that your next injury won’t be too painful ...
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Scientists are studying your tweets and it's not always ethical
Who do you think reads your social media posts? You might assume that only your followers see your tweets and status updates — but ...
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WhatsApp says its fake news tip line is just for research
Earlier this week, WhatsApp announced that it's launching a tip line in India to verify messages during the election. But ...
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Methane 'smelt' on Mars... but who dealt it?
The discovery of life on Mars would get pretty much everyone excited. But the scientists hunting for it would probably be ...
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Scarecrow drones keep birds away from crops without causing them harm
As drones have become more common and affordable, many animal-loving people have worried about their tendency to scare wildlife. ...
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Research: Humans can sense the Earth’s magnetic fields (just like bees)
Do human beings have a magnetic sense? Biologists know other animals do. They think it helps creatures including bees, turtles ...
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This device makes it easy for the elderly to stay in touch with their loved ones
Only 20 percent of over-75s in the UK have a smartphone compared to 95 percent of 16-to-24-year-olds. Digital technologies ...
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CERN’s new study brings us closer to understanding antimatter and why we exist
Why do we exist? This is arguably the most profound question there is and one that may seem completely outside the scope ...
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Why you should care about CERN’s new and BIGGER particle collider
After four years of research, a new conceptual design report for CERN's 100 km-long Future Circular Collider (FCC) has been ...
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Machine learning academics are flocking to tech giants and that might be a problem
The die is very much cast when it comes to the growth of machine learning. With the expansion of tech companies like Google, ...
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Why designers create products that are never meant to be real
Humans are great at telling stories. We use them to teach our children, to learn about ourselves, and to plan paths to the ...
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NBC's tool will tell you if IBM's used your photos to train its AI
IBM failed to notify Flickr users that it was using their pictures to train an AI - and you could be one of them. Here's ...
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EU demands new standards for blockchain interoperability
As the blockchain sector evolves, it’s important for policy makers and industry to co-create standards to make multi-layered, ...
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How women in health, science, and innovation can collaborate globally
Marie Curie, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Brenda Milner, Martha Salcudean, Julie Payette, Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson. What do ...
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Problem gamblers more likely to obsessively trade cryptocurrency, research finds
A new study has linked cryptocurrency trading obsession with problematic gambling – those who bet too regularly are at ...
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How old, once-unusable geometry ideas are now helping us apply big data to medicine
Your brain is made up of billions of neurons connected by trillions of synapses. And how they’re arranged gives rise to ...
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FCA: Cryptocurrency noobs still buy Bitcoin without understanding it
It’s been 10 years since Bitcoin and its underlying blockchain first emerged, but it seems consumers are still largely ...
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Study: Nearly half of all Americans have a family member who's been incarcerated
There's nearly a 50/50 chance that you've got a family member who spent at least one night one jail. This, according to the ...
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Report: Anonymity could be the answer to feeling happier online
Social media usage has been proven to have negative effects on our mental health but a recent study has revealed that the ...
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Spooky data visualization reveals most haunted cities in the US
It’s that time of year when humans as well as their pets dress up in Halloween costumes and discussions around trick-or-treating, ...
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Video games could help uncover your hidden talents — and make you happier
If you’ve ever wondered whether you could make a real contribution to the world but aren’t sure you have any really meaningful ...
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How the Vatican approaches gene editing, life extension, and stem cell research
The Vatican might not be a place where you’d normally expect to hear about cutting-edge scientific research, but that was ...
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Who's afraid of OpenAI's big, bad text generator?
Have you heard about this new AI that makes fake news? It's supposedly so dangerous the developers had to lock it up! Not ...
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How technology is changing sexual identity
Sex as we know it is about to change. We are already living through a new sexual revolution, thanks to technologies that ...
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Bug sake! Climate change is killing off insects
Climate change gets blamed for a lot of things these days: inundating small islands, fueling catastrophic fires, amping-up ...
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Study: Trump's bravado isn't an anomaly, it's the culmination of a century-long political trend
To outsiders, President Trump’s brazen speech and unconventional style may make him seem like an outlier, the sum of leftover ...
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New research methods could help us find flight MH370
Motivated by a desire to help find Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which is believed to have crashed into the southern Indian ...
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How scientists recreated a monster wave that looks like Hokusai's famous image
Accounts by mariners of freak or rogue waves out in the ocean have long been a common occurrence but until relatively recently ...
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China’s scientific achievements are surrounded by secrecy – but this could change
China’s recent scientific achievements – including its embryo gene-editing research and historic moon landing – appear ...
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Staring deep into Uranus: Science is peeking at its weird angles
Uranus is arguably the most mysterious planet in the solar system – we know very little about it. So far, we have only ...
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We have to save the bees, here’s how we can do it
Planting bee-friendly plants seems to be the new fad in many cities around the globe. In the UK, amateur gardeners regularly ...
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The FBI says its photo analysis is scientific evidence. Scientists disagree.
At the FBI Laboratory in Quantico, Virginia, a team of about a half-dozen technicians analyzes pictures down to their pixels, ...
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The hidden secrets of insect poop
Insect defecation may not seem like one of the pressing scientific inquiries of our time, but in fact the faeces of these ...
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Women aren't failing at science — science is failing women
Female research scientists are more productive than their male colleagues, though they are widely perceived as being less ...
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Nefarious AI creates images of delicious food that doesn't exist
Ever think those pictures of delicious food you see on the internet are too good to be true? What if they were made by an ...
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NASA looks to secure flight data with blockchain tech
NASA is exploring potential use-cases for blockchain technology in a bid to safeguard the privacy and security of aircraft ...
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Central bank study shows little desire to issue digital currencies
63 central banks were surveyed on the status their proposed CBDCs, to determine the likelihood of an incoming wave of digitized ...
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There's more to Bitcoin maximalism than meets the eye
What exactly is Bitcoin maximalism? In this article, Hard Fork takes a look at what Bitcoin maximalism is, and what it means ...
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AI is incredibly smart, but it will never match human creativity
One could be forgiven for thinking that machines are creative. Numerous artificial intelligence projects appear to demonstrate ...
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These are the 10 coolest Kickstarter campaigns of 2018
Kickstarter is always a mixed bag. On the one hand, there are some of the most innovative products on Earth, all in one place. ...
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Report: People are going to have a lot of sex in self-driving cars
It's clear that driverless cars will revolutionize the way we get from Point A to Point B. Perhaps less obvious is how it'll ...
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This trippy '80s video effect might help explain consciousness
Explaining consciousness is one of the hardest problems in science and philosophy. Recent neuroscientific discoveries suggest ...
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Silicon Valley’s quest for immortality – and its worrying sacrifices
Somewhere in Silicon Valley, a man wakes early with the sunrise. Venturing into the kitchen, he pacifies his rumbling belly ...
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Why using human ‘super recognizers’ to identify criminals can be bad
People often say that they never forget a face, but for some people, this claim might actually be true. So-called super recognizers ...
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Study: Switching between devices is associated with poorer attention and memory
How many times have you sat down to watch TV or a movie, only to immediately shift your attention to your smartphone or tablet? ...
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Fear of ‘chemicals’ is stunting our scientific progress
During casual conversations with Uber drivers and new acquaintances on flights across the country, it sometimes comes up ...
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Watch this 15-year-old hacker play DOOM on John McAfee’s ‘unhackable’ crypto-wallet
John McAfee’s ‘unhackable’ cryptocurrency wallet has been cracked to run the iconic game DOOM, courtesy of a teenage ...
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DNA-based diet and exercise plans offer little more than self-fulfilling prophecy, study
Stanford University, over the course of a year, recruited 223 participants in a fascinating study at the intersection of ...
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'Loot boxes' in video games could be giving kids a gambling problem
The number of children with gambling problems has “quadrupled to more than 50,000 in just two years,” according to recent ...
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Here's why NASA is sending worms to space
We are hoping the worms can help us uncover more about muscle loss in astronauts during spaceflight since they can lose up ...
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Here’s what your phone can learn from the sound of your voice
It can determine everything from who you are and where you come from, your current location, your gender and age, and what ...
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Researchers found a psychological link between conspiracy theories and creationism
According to studies and researchers, teleological thinking also links to beliefs in conspiracy theories and creationism. ...
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This AI can predict Telegram pump-and-dump schemes with 80% accuracy
Spotting a pump-and-dump is tough work, but academics from Imperial College London have devised used machine learning, to ...
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US government building tools to deanonymize anonymous cryptocurrencies
If you thought you were safe using privacy coins like Zcash and Monero, think again, the US government is developing forensic ...
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Swiss hotel chain offers a 'social media sitter' to handle your Instagram while you relax
Ibis, A popular European hotel chain, just introduced the world to the "social media sitter." It's the answer to a problem ...
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7 EU countries accuse Google of violating GDPR by tracking users
Consumer groups in the Netherlands, Poland, Czechia, Greece, Slovenia, Sweden, and Norway have asked regulators to look into ...
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Why your app idea is just 'meh' and won't succeed
You heard me correctly, I said “meh.” I’m not talking about the "meh" used to ironically describe something beautiful/awe-inspiring; ...
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Amazon’s sexist hiring algorithm could still be better than a human
Amazon has decided to shut down its experimental artificial intelligence (AI) recruiting tool after discovering it discriminated ...
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Violent videos put journalists at increased risk of post-traumatic stress
Journalism work relies on potentially harmful user-generated content, the risks of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) ...
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50% of American WhatsApp users don't know it's owned by Facebook
Research from the search engine DuckDuckGo has revealed 50 percent of American WhatsApp users don't realize Facebook owns ...
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Philips will challenge tech giants to bring blockchain to healthcare
Data breaches are among the most damaging security incidents, and they happen everywhere. What makes the healthcare industry ...
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A woman won a Nobel Prize, but science is still sexist
The most recent Nobel Prize winner, Donna Strickland, is the third women to become a Nobel laureates. This has raised questions ...
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This study wants to help you spot 'fake news'
The study is based on a subtle psychological mechanism called the “confidence heuristic." It helps us make decisions and ...
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How star-gazing helped scientists solve a centuries-old mystery
This discovery represents the first ever detection of a collision between a white and a brown dwarf and it could be used ...
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No black scientist has ever won a Nobel Prize — that’s bad for science and society
In over 100 years, a black scientist has never become a Nobel Prize winner. Black people in Western countries are also less ...
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How we can turn plastic waste into green energy
Using “cold plasma pyrolysis”, plastic waste could be turned into green energy. It can convert waste plastics into hydrogen, ...
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Penis bone puzzle solved by invasive 3D scanning
Penis bones found in some animals have evolved in different shapes and sizes, from the ice-cream scoop form to the long thin ...
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ASMR videos could be a new digital therapy for mental health
Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) videos could help mental health issues. Videos include soft-whispering and relaxing ...
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A geneticist and social scientist debate if we should edit the genomes of human embryos
Felicity Boardman: The birth of a child with genetic disease is generally an unexpected event. The parents of these children ...
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Why Silicon Valley is no longer the place to be for your startup
By this point, everyone knows the legends and stories surrounding Silicon Valley. The origins of the biggest and most famous ...
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This underwater death machine has one mission: Destroy the starfish
Australia's Great Barrier Reef is dying. Decades of human intervention have left the UNESCO World Heritage site reeling from ...
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Google's definitely biased, but not in the way Trump thinks
In two tweets early Tuesday morning, President Trump reignited the debate about censorship on America's most popular tech ...
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Study: Air pollution responsible for 'huge' drop in intelligence
Air pollution could be a leading cause in a societal reduction in intelligence levels, according to new research. A study ...
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North Korean hackers are targeting cryptocurrency traders with fake software
Kaspersky Labs has discovered a North Korean hacking crew is targeting cryptocurrency traders by trojanizing exchange software. ...
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Telling the truth about defects in technology should never, ever, ever be illegal
Congress has never made a law saying, "Corporations should get to decide who gets to publish truthful information about defects ...
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Browser mining is generating over $250K worth of cryptocurrency every month
Academic research has discovered that embedded cryptocurrecy miner CoinHive is generating $250K worth of Monero every month. ...
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Analyst: Renewable energy will be 'effectively free' by 2030
Analysts at Swiss investment bank UBS believe that by 2030, we could all be living without much of a carbon footprint -- ...
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John McAfee’s 'unhackable' cryptocurrency wallet has been hacked (again)
A team of security researchers has a solid claim to $10,000, after meeting the three requirements of Bitfi's second bug bounty ...
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Online dating study shows everyone seeks partners 'out of their league'
A recently published study sought answers to a seemingly unquantifiable question: What does dating "out of your league" really ...
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Blockchain bug hunters feature prominently at this year's Pwnie Awards
Three researchers are up for Pwnie Awards this year after exposing critical bugs in popular blockchain projects IOTA and ...
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Women founders get less funding than men but make double the revenue
According to a recent study from BCG, female founders of start up companys receive less funding but make double the revenue ...
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Fitbit’s lousy period feature proves the need for more women in tech
Fitbit's recently released female health feature faces backlash over limited period tracking and this could be because there's ...
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Getting oxygen puffed in your face to focus is complete bullshit
Especially when doing so will set you back $700.
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Telegram Passport is already drawing fire for not being secure enough
The first piece of blockchain tech from Telegram was shown off last week, but experts are claiming that its just waiting ...
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AI may soon save a ton of cute (and ugly) animals from drug testing
As cold-blooded and inhuman as it may sound, animal tests are an integral part of modern-day drug and chemical compounds ...
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What online activists need to know about going viral
Inspiring stories of social activism, such as the Civil Rights movement and the fight against climate change, abound in history. ...
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These satellite images show how much damage climate change has caused
Ian Whittaker, Nottingham Trent University The average rainfall for the first two weeks of July in England was 6mm, while ...
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Here's how Afrika tweets during elections
The latest "How Africa Tweets 2018" report by Portland, an international strategic communications agency, has revealed that ...
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This UX researcher reveals how to spot a liar
I pay people to talk to me. As a researcher, I typically study a particular product or a particular industry, so I need to ...
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I got a hoax academic paper about how UK politicians wipe their bums published
Gary Lewis, Royal Holloway I had what seemed like rather a good idea a few weeks back. Building on some prominent findings ...
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Sorry thieves, you can no longer hack iris-scanners using corpse eyes
Researchers in Poland have created a machine learning algorithim that can tell the difference between dead and alive irises. ...
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You can’t achieve long term profits without knowing how your employees feel
Does your company get a good return on all the time and money it invests in leadership development? Despite the millions ...
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Study links frequent gadget use to increased ADHD symptoms in teens
It's no secret that the number of hours teens spend on electronic devices has some impact on their well-being. What scientists ...
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Review of top 50 ICOs shows most promise things they will never deliver
The paper concludes that the ICO market is being held together by trust placed in coders not well versed in consumer protections ...
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4 cryptocurrency trends to watch out for
“It’s the next big revolution, just like the internet was.” “No… it’s a bubble!” Love it or hate it, ...
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White House earmarks over $1B for quantum technology research
Recent bipartisan efforts from the US House of Representatives and Senate have led to the formation of a subcommittee to ...
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Scientists created an artificial neural network out of DNA
Caltech researchers created a functioning artificial neural network out of DNA. It can read patterns based on handwritten ...
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Medicine's blockchainification is imminent, say researchers
Analyzing 40 PubMed journals for blockchains revealed a continued and growing interest from the healthcare research and medical ...
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This startup wants to clear cities of cigarette butts using crows (yes, the bird)
Sometimes you run into an idea that seems so ridiculous, you simply have to know more about it – even if it’s just to scoff at idiocy. In most cases, thankfully, that’s where it ends. But in some rare cases, crazy ideas follow a different curve. Allow me to sketch it out: I’m ...
