Elon Musk charged over tweets about taking Tesla private | Innovation
Federal securities regulators have sued Tesla CEO Elon Musk, alleging that the billionaire tech entrepreneur misled the market when he tweeted that…
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The FBI Forced A Suspect To Unlock His iPhone With His Face | Tech Top
CAN’T LOOK AWAY The advent of FaceID, a feature that lets iPhone owners log into their devices using facial recognition, means it’s never been easier…
Scientists try seawater to save Europe’s rice from rapacious invasive snail | Innovation
The boundless rice fields of the Ebro Delta: more than 90,000 tons of famous Catalan rice are grown here every year. Global demand is rising, but the…
Arctic heatwave could result in summer-like warmth for Alaska | Innovation
A ridge, in weather terms, is defined as an elongated area of relatively high pressure extending from the center of a high-pressure region. Climate…
Social Media Games Your Psychology. Ethical Design Could Change That. | Tech Top
ATTENTION ECONOMY
Social media’s vise-like grip on our attention spans is only getting tighter, Columbia Law School technology scholar Tim Wu…
This Japanese probe just took an epic hop on a strange little asteroid | Innovation
The feat marked a trio of firsts: First soft landing on an asteroid, first deployment of rovers in a low-gravity setting, and first close-up look at…
Automation Could Destroy Poor Economies, Says Historian | Tech Top
AUTOMATION STATION
Experts predict that automation is going to replace hundreds of millions of jobs over the next few decades. One approach to…
360 Video: Inside Boeing’s Starliner space capsule | Innovation
Since NASA retired the space shuttle in 2011, the only way for astronauts to get into space has been Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft. But soon NASA space…
When Will We Have Artificial Intelligence As Smart as a Human? Here’s What Experts Think | Tech Top
“Star Wars,” “Her,” and “iRobot.” What do all these movies have in common? The artificial intelligence (AI) depicted in there is crazy-sophisticated.…
Scientists Just Took A “Spectacular Step” Towards Lab-Grown Human Egg Cells | Tech Top
SEX CELLS
Makings babies could soon get a lot less sexy.
A team of Japanese researchers is now closer than any other scientists have come to…