How Figure 1, The “Instagram For Doctors” App, Plans To Introduce AI
A new feature will use machine learning to analyze medical data, starting with electrocardiograms. Figure 1 has made a name for itself as a social network that lets medical professionals discuss photos...
View ArticleWhy The Military And Corporate America Want To Make AI Explain Itself
Understanding why AI makes certain decisions—and why should we trust them—is beyond most humans’ grasp. But experts are developing a system to explain it in simpler terms. Modern artificial...
View ArticleForget Coal: Asteroid Mining Is Coming Sooner Than You Think
Robots are paving the way toward lucrative space mining as NASA and private startups launch pioneering prospecting missions to precious metal-rich asteroids. President Donald Trump is obsessed with...
View ArticleSmall Nations Are Boldly Staking Claims In The Unfolding Space Economy
Space mining startups and satellite companies find financial incentives, stable governments, and streamlined regulations in places like the UAE and Luxembourg. The nations of the world are chomping at...
View ArticleForget Starfleet Academy—Future Astronauts Will Be Trained By These Companies
Commercial space travel could be a year away, and private companies–not NASA–are training future astronauts, from pilots to tourists and scientists. Private space travel could be just a year away.Read...
View ArticleThe Scary Reason Companies Like Verizon Keep Blowing Your Digital Privacy
It wasn’t a hacker who exposed the personal info of millions of Verizon customers—it was human error. Cloud storage is raising new digital security challenges. If you’re a Verizon customer, you expect...
View ArticleHow To Steal A Phone Number (And Everything Linked To It)
Someone impersonating you to an AT&T or Verizon employee isn’t the only thing you need to worry about. Meet Signaling System 7, a hacker’s best friend. Last spring, Dena Haritos Tsamitis left a...
View ArticleWork It! How Reebok, Adidas, and Y-3 Will Dress Future Space Explorers
Boeing’s Starliner and Virgin Galactic don’t just want you to visit space–they want you to do it in style. What’s a gal (or a guy) to wear—in space?Read Full Story
View ArticleWhy Would Anyone Let Their Employer Stick A Microchip Into Their Body?
A majority of employees at Three Square Market, a Wisconsin tech company, have agreed to let it install microchips in their hands, despite the controversy. If your employer asked your permission to...
View ArticleNot suspicious at all! Qatar-based Al Jazeera is facing a barrage of hacker...
Al Jazeera, the at-times controversial media outlet backed by the government of Qatar, says it’s facing “systematic and continual hacking attempts” that are “gaining intensity and taking various...
View ArticleA drone crash knocked out power to City Hall and 1,600 utility customers in...
Police in Mountain View, California, say an errant drone crashed into a power line Thursday night, cutting power to City Hall and a public library, as well as 1,600 utility customers. Authorities say...
View ArticleRussian hackers can take down power grids with sophisticated malware: report
Russian state-sponsored hackers have developed digital tools that can disrupt electric utilities here and abroad, reports the Washington Post, citing industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos. It was used...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court just overturned a law that banned sex offenders from social...
The Supreme Court on Monday overturned a North Carolina law barring sex offenders from accessing Facebook and other social networks open to minors. The decision indicates that SCOTUS views social media...
View ArticleBernie Sanders just vowed to introduce another single-payer health care bill
“I will be introducing, as I have in the past, a single-payer system and the reasons are pretty obvious,” Senator Bernie Sanders said in a Monday Facebook Live appearance with Senator Elizabeth Warren....
View ArticleSouth Korean web host pays $1 million to ransomware attackers
A web-hosting provider in South Korea is paying about $1 million in bitcoin to ransomware attackers after more than 3,400 websites were encrypted by malware, SecurityWeek reports. It’s unusual to see a...
View ArticlePharma bro trial’s first big challenge? Finding jurors who don’t...
With controversial pharma exec Martin Shkreli’s fraud trial set to begin in Brooklyn, at least a dozen jurors have been excused for bias against the so-called “pharma bro,” Bloomberg reports. Potential...
View ArticleExpect more ransomware attacks, since victims keep paying
Another ransomware attack is disrupting systems in Europe, from computers at a British ad agency to radiation sensors at the Chernobyl power plant, the BBC reports. Computers at Danish shipping giant...
View ArticleBig Publishing Wants To Co-Opt The Open Textbook Revolution
As schools turn to open digital resources to cut student costs, reeling college book makers are looking for ways to monetize the free content. The digital revolution has been rocking the academic...
View ArticleInside The ICO Bubble: Why Initial Coin Offerings Have Raised More Than $1...
Blockchain enthusiasts are rushing to ICOs–but like all prospectors through the ages, those who back virtual tokens face a slew of risks. Earlier this month, the people behind a software project called...
View ArticleThe world’s most popular bitcoin drug marketplace has vanished, and now...
The “dark web” site AlphaBay, which let users anonymously trade bitcoin for drugs, weapons, hacking tools, and other illegal goods, went down this week, the New York Times reports. The site, accessible...
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