Tax the Rich and the Robots? California’s Thinking About It Depending on whom you ask, robots and artificial intelligence are either coming to take your job, or you’re perfectly safe, at least for the near future. Truth is, automation always has and always will put people […]
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What It Takes to Hold Your Breath for 24 Minutes (Yeah, It’s a Thing)
What It Takes to Hold Your Breath for 24 Minutes (Yeah, It’s a Thing) When Aleix Segura holds his breath, he thinks about his heart. On land, the focus causes his heart rate to increase—but underwater, it has the opposite effect. “Once my muscles are relaxed […]
SpaceX Will Lose Millions on Its Taiwanese Satellite Launch
SpaceX Will Lose Millions on Its Taiwanese Satellite Launch SpaceX is poised to fire off a fresh Falcon 9 rocket on Thursday, delivering a comically tiny payload for Taiwan’s National Space Organization. At 1,047 pounds, the Formosat-5 Earth-observing satellite is almost light enough for a human […]
All the Ways US Government Cybersecurity Falls Flat
All the Ways US Government Cybersecurity Falls Flat Data breaches and hacks of US government networks, once novel and shocking, have become a problematic fact of life over the last few years. So it makes sense that a cybersecurity analysis released today placed the government at […]
‘Observer’ Review: The Mind-Bending Sci-Fi Game Made Me Doubt Reality
‘Observer’ Review: The Mind-Bending Sci-Fi Game Made Me Doubt Reality I press a buzzer on a dingy apartment door, and a single pulsing eye appears on the intercom screen. My voice comes out frail, disappointed, all age and regret. “KPD,” says the visitor, meaning Krakow Police […]
To Protect Genetic Privacy, Encrypt Your DNA
To Protect Genetic Privacy, Encrypt Your DNA In 2007, DNA pioneer James Watson became the first person to have his entire genome sequenced—making all of his 6 billion base pairs publicly available for research. Well, almost all of them. He left one spot blank, on the […]
One-Time Allies Sour on Joining Trump Tech Team
One-Time Allies Sour on Joining Trump Tech Team President Trump’s victory caught Garrett Johnson—and the rest of humanity—by surprise. A Republican, Johnson had never been among Trump’s biggest fans. He’d worked for former Florida governor Jeb Bush and supported Bush in the primaries. The night candidate […]
This Vegan Vlogger Harassment Scandal Exposes YouNow’s Ugly Underbelly
This Vegan Vlogger Harassment Scandal Exposes YouNow’s Ugly Underbelly When Anna Scanlon logged onto the video streaming site YouNow last Halloween, her stomach sank. Vegan Cheetah, a popular vlogger within the online vegan community, had uploaded a four-hour video in which he accused Scanlon of flashing […]
Zipline Launches Medical Supply Drone Deliveries in Tanzania
Zipline Launches Medical Supply Drone Deliveries in Tanzania Last month in Rwanda, a young woman started bleeding after giving birth by C-section. Try as they might, her doctors couldn’t stop it. They’d already transfused the two units of matching blood that they had on-hand. They could […]
Twitter Has Great Ideas For Movies—Will Hollywood Listen?
Twitter Has Great Ideas For Movies—Will Hollywood Listen? You’ve seen the iconic snapshot: Rihanna in midnight shades and a coat with a mustard-colored fur lapel, seated next to Lupita Nyong’o, waring poindexter frames and a modest crewneck sweater. You’ve also doubtless heard the story that arose […]