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Connectivity
This is the first ever photo of a black hole
The scientists behind it spent a decade using a virtual telescope the size of Earth to create this historic image.
The UK’s online laws could be the future of the internet—and that’s got people worried
While they’re a welcome warning to big tech, some fear that if the implementation is botched they could easily lead to censorship.
Intelligent Machines
This robot can sort recycling by giving it a squeeze
The robot, called RoCycle, uses pincers to pick through garbage and identify what materials each bit contains. It could help reduce how much waste gets sent to landfill.
This may be the Apple II of AI-driven robot arms
A new low-cost robot arm that can be controlled using a virtual-reality headset will make it easier to experiment with AI and robotics.
Two rival AI approaches combine to let machines learn about the world like a child
Together, deep learning and symbolic reasoning create a program that learns in a remarkably humanlike way.
Hey Google, sorry you lost your ethics council, so we made one for you
We asked experts for practical suggestions on why Google’s AI ethics council bombed and what the company should do next.
Facebook’s ad-serving algorithm discriminates by gender and race
Even if an advertiser is well-intentioned, the algorithm still prefers certain groups of people over others.
Rewriting Life
Chinese scientists have put human brain genes in monkeys—and yes, they may be smarter
A quest to understand how human intelligence evolved raises some ethical questions.
Sustainable Energy
Why two wheels are better than four in India’s electric vehicle push
EVs represent a tiny share of the nation’s auto market, but efforts to electrify scooters and rickshaws may begin to change that.
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Chinese scientists have put human brain genes in monkeys—and yes, they may be smarter
A quest to understand how human intelligence evolved raises some ethical questions.
This is the first ever photo of a black hole
The scientists behind it spent a decade using a virtual telescope the size of Earth to create this historic image.
Zapping the brain with electricity seems to improve memory in older people
Sorry, graphene—borophene is the new wonder material that’s got everyone excited
Stronger and more flexible than graphene, a single-atom layer of boron could revolutionize sensors, batteries, and catalytic chemistry.
Two rival AI approaches combine to let machines learn about the world like a child
Together, deep learning and symbolic reasoning create a program that learns in a remarkably humanlike way.
Now Amazon plans to launch a massive constellation of more than 3,000 internet satellites
New York’s mass face recognition trial on drivers has been a spectacular failure
Hackers trick a Tesla into veering into the wrong lane
A space startup that 3D-prints its rockets just got its first customer
What you may not understand about China’s AI scene
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