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Should Google be able to purchase Fitbit?

If the deal is accepted, Google would have access to a lot of sensible information

Facebook's new AI can translate from one programming language to another

This could save billions of dollars and years of work.

The first prescription video game fights ADHD

It's not meant as a full replacement for treatment, but it does help children manage their AHDH.

Virtual private networks grow popular under the lockdown

With our online activity rising to such prominence in our lives, many people are looking to protect both their privacy and data.

In Covid China, a smartphone app is your ticket to everywhere

As Wuhan reports its first coronavirus cases in over a month, life in many parts of China is dictated by an app.

Robotaxis, still on the agenda of Tesla for this year

Musk says it will depend on regulatory approval.

Take yourself out (of any video stream) with this new app

So far, the app is more entertainment than a practical tool, but it is a very nice proof of concept.

India's first political deepfake during elections is deeply concerning

A deepfake of the president of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party went viral on WhatsApp in the country earlier this month.

Password meters may actually help make your data less secure by offering 'misleading' advice

'Password1!' isn't a good password.

New, free app modifies antibiotics to work against drug-resistant infections

"There's an app for that" has never been more relevant.

Protesters in Chile bring down police drones using simple laser pointers. Lots and lots of laser pointers

In Chile, protesters are using lasers en masse to bring down hapless police drones. Videos of Chilean protesters bringing down police drones using nothing but green laser pointers have been hitting social media since Wednesday, attracting quite a large helping of attention. Still, how is it possible for what are essentially toy lasers to bring […]

Researchers teach AI to design, say it did 'quite good' but won't steal your job (yet)

The AI is "learning how people solve a specific type of problem and creating new design solutions from scratch."

Smallest-yet image sensor for medical use wins Guinness World Record

It's the size of a grain of sand.

Google's Wing makes the first drone-borne delivery in the US

A milestone in e-commerce... and the imminent age of robot overlords.

Tech experts band together to issue $10 million challenge against deepfakes

It's a good approach in life not to believe everything you see -- but it's a vital skill on today's Internet.

Researchers build advanced microprocessor out of carbon nanotubes

The age of silicon in computing is coming to a close -- and carbon nanotubes are preparing to take its place.

Computers can now read handwriting with 98% accuracy

New research in Tunisia is teaching computers how to read your handwriting.

Atom-thin insulators pave the way to new, thinner devices

Size does matter.

Robotic, seahorse-inspired tail can help people maintain balance through sickness or hard work

Cosplay enthusiasts rejoice!

Physicists count sound particles with a quantum microphone

Using sound, rather than light, could lead to more efficient and more compact quantum computers.

Ridiculous DeepFake video of Mark Zuckerberg stretches Facebook's fake news policies to the limit

Social networks will be bombarded with similar fake content in the future.

Targeted online advertising offers little value to publishers

The adtech landscape is too opaque and complex -- and this new study shows that something needs to be done.

Amazon implements new "delete everything I said today" command for Alexa

With privacy concerns mounting, Amazon is trying to assuage its customers.

Google, Intel, Qualcomm, and others stop supplying Huawei after Gov't ban

Let slip the HTMLs of war.

Fleets of driverless cars could smoothen traffic by at least 35%

The roads of the future could be safer and faster if all cars were autonomous.

New paper proposes we use air conditioners to make fuel out of thin air

Feasible or not, it's still an interesting idea.

Facebook might have more dead users than alive by 2100

This.... this is a novel problem.

Researchers identify the triggers for compulsive smartphone use

One moment, I got a text.

Researchers figure out how coffee can boost (some) solar cells

Oh great, more competition for my morning coffee.

AI developed to tackle physics problems is really good at summarizing research papers

"Researchers have developed a new representation process on the rotational unit of RUM, a recurrent memory that can be used to solve a broad spectrum of the neural revolution in natural language processing." A machine wrote those words.

Scientists create artificial material capable of metabolism, self-assembly, movement, and organization -- key traits of life

If it was capable of multiplying, it would essentially be life.

Cold plasma reactor neutralizes 99.9% of airborne viruses in new study

Breathe in deep -- it's safe.

Researchers are looking into giving AI the power of reading soldiers' minds -- to help them in battle

Cool research, even if its purpose is somewhat troubling.

New process can make hydrogen fuel out of seawater without destroying the devices

This was a VERY real issue up to now.

New research plans to keep drones in the air longer by giving them the ability to land

It's always good to take a breather!

NASA puts InSight experiment on hold because one stubborn rock is blocking their instruments

InSight picked scissors, so it lost to rock.

MIT's newest, diminutive robot can do backflips and outrun you in every single way

It's cool, it's small, it can do a backflip off the wall.

AI is so good at inventing stories that its creators had to shut it down to avoid 'fake news'

OpenAI thinks that its AI is too dangerous to risk having it fall into the wrong hands.

Researchers design the first soft robot that moves like a plant

Which is to say, slowly!

The European Space Agency wants to mine the moon for oxygen and water

Should everything go according to plan, ESA wants to launch the mission by 2025.

The North Sea could become the UK's largest battery -- one that lasts for the whole winter

It would be green, too!

Japan start-up planning to sell "shooting stars on demand" launched their first satellite

No word on how much one of these shows will cost just yet.

Artificial intelligence still has severe limitations in recognizing what it's seeing

They're endearingly bad at it, to be honest.

New sensor backpacks could turn bees into crop-monitoring drones

BEEEE cause we can, that's why.

Stanford designed software to spot every solar panel in the US (there's a lot of them)

America's getting sun.

Nuclear-powered 'tunnelbot' could probe the depths of Europa's oceans

Europa's almost as cold as your ex's heart, just as frozen.

Search and rescue operations might soon call on foldable drones to find victims

A simple but elegant solution.

Novel AI can master games like chess and Go by itself, no humans needed

How do you spell "checkmate" in binary?

New AI solves most Captcha codes, potentially causing a "huge security vulnerability"

Please prove that you are human.

Tesla's Autopilot reaches one billion miles driven: that's 10 times the distance from Earth to the Sun

The auto-maker is just a few steps away from making its fleet fully autonomous.