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Connectivity
SpaceX just test-fired the huge engine for its newest rocket
With a thunderous roar, the “radically redesigned” Raptor rocket engine has had its first firing—and will be attached to the firm’s Starship soon.
Watch this super-speedy 3D printer make objects suddenly appear
Using light projected into resin, it creates solid objects all in one go, rather than in layers.
Hacking a Mars rover’s tools has unearthed new insights into the planet
The Curiosity rover still has a few new tricks up its sleeve—and it’s helping us learn more about the planet’s geology.
A new Harry Potter–themed cryptocurrency is like a more private version of Bitcoin
Grin, a strange new coin that runs on a technology called MimbleWimble, has captured the blockchain world’s imagination.
Intelligent Machines
DeepMind wants to teach AI to play a card game that’s harder than Go
Hanabi is a card game that relies on theory of mind and a higher level of reasoning than either Go or chess—no wonder DeepMind’s researchers want to tackle it next.
An AI is playing Pictionary to figure out how the world works
Forget Go or StarCraft—guessing the phrase behind a drawing will require machines to gain some understanding of the way concepts fit together in the real world.
This is how AI bias really happens—and why it’s so hard to fix
Bias can creep in at many stages of the deep-learning process, and the standard practices in computer science aren’t designed to detect it.
Rewriting Life
Conceptual illustration of designer baby
The DIY designer baby project funded with Bitcoin
Cryptocurrency, biohacking, and the fantastic plan for transgenic humans.
Conceptual illustration of designer baby
Sustainable Energy
China’s nuclear hiatus may be coming to an end
Beijing has approved four new reactors after a two-year pause, according to Chinese media.
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Bounty hunters tracked people secretly using US phone giants’ location data
This stunning view of the far side of the moon was taken by a Chinese satellite
A Norwegian cloud computing firm has been hit by a Chinese cyberattack
A consumer DNA testing company has given the FBI access to its two million profiles
China is leaving the US in the dust on electric-vehicle chargers
This is how AI bias really happens—and why it’s so hard to fix
Bias can creep in at many stages of the deep-learning process, and the standard practices in computer science aren’t designed to detect it.
Explainer: What is a quantum computer?
How it works, why it’s so powerful, and where it’s likely to be most useful first
Self-driving cars could make city congestion a whole lot worse
We analyzed 16,625 papers to figure out where AI is headed next
Our study of 25 years of artificial-intelligence research suggests the era of deep learning may come to an end.
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