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Happy with a 20% Chance of Sadness
In the winter of 1994, a young man in his early twenties named Tim was a patient in a London psychiatric hospital.
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A New Movement in Seismology
Unused telecom fiber might be used to detect earthquakes, uncover other secrets in the soil.
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Baidu's AI Can Do Simultaneous Translation Between Any Two Languages
Would-be travelers of the galaxy, rejoice: The Chinese tech giant Baidu has invented a translation system that brings us one step closer to a software Babel fish...
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Europe and S Lock Horns on Transatlantic Privacy
Europe's effort to export its tough privacy rules around the world is about to run into a wall of U.S. resistance.
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Google Wants China. Will Chinese sers Want Google?
Google CEO Sundar Pichai was upbeat Monday when he told WIRED about internal tests of a censored search engine designed to win approval from Chinese officials....
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How Political Campaigns Weaponize Social Media Bots
In the summer of 2017, a group of young political activists in the United Kingdom figured out how to use the popular dating app Tinder to attract new supporters...
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Hackers, Trolls and the Fight Over Your Vote in the 2018 Midterm Elections
The election interference that came to define the 2016 presidential race hasn't stopped.
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The Ick of AI That Impersonates Humans
Philip K. Dick was living a few miles north of San Francisco when he wrote Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, which envisioned a world where artificially intelligent...
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Tech Gives Bike Riders Some Spin
Apps and connectivity have improved bicycles for serious and casual riders.
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Researchers nveil Tool to Track Disinformation on Social Media
Researchers released a new tool Wednesday to track how many stories posted on social media are coming from sources known to publish disinformation.
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Mobile Websites Can Tap Into Your Phone's Sensors Without Asking
When apps want to access data from your smartphone's motion or light sensors, they often make that capability clear.
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Is a New Russian Meddling Tactic Hiding in Plain Sight?
To an untrained eye, USAReally might look like any other fledgling news organization vying for attention in a crowded media landscape.
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How Apple Makes the AI Chip Powering the iPhone's Fancy Tricks
A few years ago—the company won't say exactly when—some engineers at Apple began to think the iPhone's camera could be made smarter using newly powerful machine...
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The Dangers of Automating Social Programs
Is it possible to keep bias out of a social program driven by one or more algorithms?
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Hologram Phone Calls; Sci-Fi or Serious Possibility?
High-speed 5G networks could lead to big changes in how we use our mobile phones, allowing us to enjoy virtual reality on-the-go, interactive live broadcasts, and...
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Talking Gloves, Tactile Windows: New Tech Helps the Disabled
Hadeel Ayoub slips a black glove onto her hand before beginning the swish of sign language that is meaningless to the untrained observer. Then she pushes a button...
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DARPA Wants Brain Interfaces for Able-Bodied Warfighters
Until now, the neuroscience programs at DARPA, the mad science wing of the Department of Defense, have focused on technologies for warfighters who have returned...
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Deepfakes Are a Threat to National Security, Say Lawmakers
Deepfakes are a deep concern for Congress.
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How Faking Videos Became Easy and Why That's So Scary
A minute-long video of Barack Obama has been seen more than 4.8 million times since April. It shows the former U.S. president seated, with the American flag in...
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