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This Website Will Turn Your Face Into a Renaissance Portrait
Artificial Intelligence

This Website Will Turn Your Face Into a Renaissance Portrait

And no, it won't invade your privacy.

A small survey shows that most Chinese workers would prefer to be managed by an impartial AI algorithm than a human, in a positive twist on job automation.
Future Society

88 Percent of Chinese Workers Would Prefer a Robot Boss

Middle managers: consider yourselves warned.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is well aware of a potentially fatal flaw in the company's plan to use a Moon base as a refueling station.
Moon

Here’s What Worries Elon Musk About a SpaceX Moon Base

But he already has an idea for how to get around the problem.

An app literally called "How Gay Are You" uses incredibly questionable science to predict whether people are homosexual based on their DNA test results.
DNA

This Startup Says It Can Analyze Your DNA to Detect if You’re Gay

Experts told us the app is an ethical disaster that's based on flawed, totally inaccurate science.

NASA has designed two new spacesuits to support its 2024 mission to the Moon, and the suits are better than their predecessors in almost every way.
Moon

NASA Unveils Spacesuits for Next Moon Mission

NASA just put on a futuristic fashion show.

Microsoft's Xbox Live now has a filter system for offensive text-based messages. Next, it wants to filter out offensive voice chats.
Future Society

Microsoft Wants to Censor Xbox Live Voice Chat in Real Time

Could a nimble AI beep out offensive phrases in real time?

Scientists are getting closer to cracking the physics of warp drive, according to aerospace engineering professor Jason Cassibry.
Science & Energy

Professor: Progress Toward Warp Drive Has Been “Enormous”

Scientists are getting closer to cracking the system's physics.

Contrary to previous reports, hackers are stealing from more ATMs in more countries around the world than ever with jackpotting attacks.
Robots and Machines

This Malware Makes ATMs Spit Out All Their Money

"Jackpot" attacks, which force ATMs to give up all their cash, are spreading worldwide.

Russia is working on a lunar rover with a wheeled base supporting the body of its humanoid robot Fedor, which has already visited the ISS.
Off-World

Russia’s Working on a Lunar Rover With a Humanoid Torso

Russia trained a humanoid robot to shoot a handgun. Now it wants to send it to the Moon.

Old Tesla cars are running into problems: their flash memory is wearing out as a result of excessive data logging and resource-intensive updates.
Tesla

The Flash Memory Is Wearing out in Old Teslas

When the flash memory fails, Teslas get bricked.

A robodog does a push-up every time the Virginia Tech football team scores a touchdown, putting a high-tech twist on an old college tradition.
Robot Dogs

Robodog Replaces Cheerleaders in College’s Touchdown Celebration

"It’s a friendly creature for society, and it is going to assist people, not replace anyone."

Smart Summon is a technologically impressive feature, and it works most of the time, but it also appears to have caused several fender benders already.
Tesla

Smart Summon Keeps Causing Teslas to Crash

Smart Summon is causing fender benders — and worse.

Japan's biggest airline believes robot avatars are the future of travel, allowing people to visit far-off destinations without leaving their homes.
Robotics

Airline Unveils Robot Avatars It Hopes Will Replace Flying

The future of travel is... no travel at all?

An international group of scientists is compiling a biological "atlas" of all the individual cells that make up the human body.
Developments

A New Project Is Helping Map Every Cell in the Human Body

They're building an "atlas" of the human body.

A study claiming that He Jiankui's CRISPR babies would die young due to the Chinese scientist's edits has been retracted.
Gene Editing

Study Retracted: Edits Won’t Doom CRISPR Babies to Early Death

"I feel I have a responsibility to put the record straight for the public."

China is building a flying saucer-like experimental attack helicopter, and according to state media, it could fly as soon as 2020.
Military

New Chinese Military Aircraft Looks Exactly Like a Flying Saucer

The experimental attack helicopter looks like alien technology.

UK-based startup SpaceBit's Moon rover is not only the smallest ever, but it also has legs instead of the typical wheels.
Moon

2021 Moon Rover Will Have Legs Instead of Wheels

The UK's first lunar lander will walk, not roll, across the Moon's surface.

To find out what teens are smoking, two researchers collected trash from the grounds of 12 high schools over the course of eight months.
Chemistry

Scientists Dug Through Teens’ Trash to See What They’re Smoking

And found a link between students' home lives and their products of choice.

PayPal left Facebook's cryptocurrency project last week. Visa, MasterCard, Stripe, and eBay have decided to abandon the crumbling project as well.
Cryptocurrency

Facebook’s Cryptocurrency is Collapsing in Front of Our Eyes

Visa, MasterCard, Stripe, eBay, and PayPal have all abandoned Facebook's crypto project.

Porsche and Boeing Want to Build This Sexy Flying Car Together
Advanced Transport

Porsche and Boeing Want to Build This Sexy Flying Car Together

This luxurious aircraft is aimed at the richest of the rich.