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Teaching smart cars how humans move could help make them safer and better

The hips don't lie.

Yesterday, US officials said you had no right to online privacy -- we don't agree so here's Internet Noise to help you out

The pen is mightier than the sword -- the keyboard will be mightier than the mallet.

Single-atom magnets used to create data storage one million times more dense than regular hard disks

Scaled up, it will likely lose some efficiency -- but will still leave HDDs in the dust.

World-first Braille Smartwatch brings all the connectivity of a smartphone to your fingertips

Handy!

Operating system and a movie, among others, stored in DNA with no errors. The method can pack 215 petabytes of data in a single gram of DNA

A huge breakthrough might help solve our growing 'big data' storage problem.

Artificial synapse brings us one step closer to brain-like computers

It's also bio-compatible -- are our brains getting an update?

AI can write new code by borrowing lines from other programs

So it begins.

Dystopia today: Official German watchdog tells parents a doll might be spying on their children

Technology is evolving faster than we can adapt to it.

China set to take the lead in supercomputers with ridiculously powerful 'exascale' machine slated for 2018

Welcome to the exascale.

The science of uptime: How big websites manage huge traffic loads 24x7

Behind the hood, there's a lot going on to keep your favorite websites alive.

Google's Deepmind artificial intelligence learns to be greedy and aggressive when resources are scarce

This is what you get when you teach AI to behave like a human.

NASA creates computers that can survive on Venus, 30 years after the last landings

They'll have to face boiling acids and extreme pressures.

"Zoom in. Now... enhance." Well, Google just turned this old TV trick into reality

T-t-that's pretty good actually.

Hand-held breath monitor can detect if you're infected with the flu

It's similar to the breath alcohol tester used by the police but for the flu.

Superdense-coded logo of an oak leaf sets new record for transfer rate over optic cable

Downloading...

Artificial intelligence is just as good at spotting skin cancer as doctors. Could be turned into an app

This machine could save thousands of lives.

Smart glasses auto-focus on what the person is seeing, whether it's close or far away

Bye-bye to swapping reading glasses.

HummingWhale turns millions of Android devices into ad-playing zombies

Cheeky.

Here's how to stay safe from the latest phishing scam plaguing Gmail

Stay safe.

Airbus plans to test an autonomous flying car this year

The Jetsons, here we come!

'Find my Phone' documentary spies on thief through stolen phone for weeks

A must watch.

Facebook will now tell you if a story might be fake

Better late than never.

How primary school students used metadata to track down a 'whistleblower' in two hours

It's that easy.

Optics-based tech lends a human touch to soft robot arm

Now, that's a handshake!

Novel refrigerator turns waste heat into sound waves to cool down stuff

Next level cooling right here.

Scientists fed a game into players' brains to pave the way for artificial senses

Just plug the console right into my head then, pleasethankyou!

New method developed to encode huge quantity of data in diamonds

Data is a girl's best friend.

Watch Tesla's new completely self-driving cars in action

This is so cool!

Finnish appliance grows crops from cells in under a week

This is a berry exciting device.

Another Chinese EV manufacturer wants a piece of the cake -- can the Atvus sedan take on Tesla?

Get ready for yet another billion-dollar Chinese electric car company.

Full-color 3-D holograms made with atomic-sized nanomaterials

Tiny metal films helped researchers made holograms with the whole color range.

Google asks Pixar, The Onion writers to make its helper more human-like

Can't wait to see what they come up with.

Elon Musk schools CEO of biggest coal producing company in the U.S. after calling Tesla a 'fraud'

Father future vs Grandpa pee-in-his-pants past.

The safest locks might be those encrypted by passwords transmitted through the body

Your body is the key now.

Exoskeleton glove lets you touch, grasp and feel objects in virtual reality

This amazing glove lets you manipulate and feel objects in VR.

MIT machine makes videos out of still images to predict what happens next

Some creepy deformities at large, but we get the idea: machines are getting smarter.

A new VR service launches today and promises the full girlfriend experience

Knowing the Internet, I'm surprised it took this long.

Australia's new $5 bill is one of the hardest to counterfeit in the world

A stunning new five dollar bill was released by the Australian government.

NASA plans to send an autonomous submarine into space -- for a very good reason

The sub will be used to explore Titan's oceans.

Faraday Future's secret all-electric SUV spotted in Los Angeles

This seems like FF's response to Tesla's Model X.

How WiFi routers can be used to read lips, see through walls, identify people from a group or sniff keys

Router, we need to have a serious talk.

The first self-driving taxis are here -- and by "here" I mean Singapore

A small start-up brought self-driving taxies to the streets.

New Chinese mass-market Electric Vehicles (EV) startup got $1 billion in funding

Yet another Chinese EV startup joins the landscape -- but the valuation is ludicrous.

OpenAI will use Reddit and a new supercomputer to teach artificial intelligence how to speak

There's no "forum" in "AI" but Musk thinks there should be.

Relying too much on the Internet for fact finding could hurt your brain

Just like anything else, it needs constant exercise to stay in shape.

Tiny nanotech device purifies water in less than half an hour using the sun

Researchers went full blown MacGyver with this nanotech water purifier.

Tinder might make you feel less satisfied with your appearance and lowers self-esteem

Some let Tinder get the best of them...

The highest paid CEOs are in charge of companies that have the poorest returns

Usually, the higher the CEO's pay, the worse the company's performance. Imagine that...

EV charging hubs set to outnumber Petrol Stations in the UK by 2020, Nissan says

The EV revolution is just around the corner.

Access to Internet is a basic human right, the UN decides

It's a great day for the Internet but we're still just shy of a decisive ruling.