An endlessly changing playground teaches AIs how to multitask
DeepMind has developed a vast candy-colored virtual playground that teaches AIs general skills by endlessly…
Covid clusters among the vaccinated are killing our back-to-normal dreams
They were gold miners in French Guiana, revelers in Cape Cod, and Indian health-care workers.…
Boeing’s second Starliner mission to the ISS is a make-or-break moment
December 20, 2019, was supposed to be a landmark moment for the US space program…
Hundreds of AI tools have been built to catch covid. None of them helped.
When covid-19 struck Europe in March 2020, hospitals were plunged into a health crisis that…
Astronomers have spotted x-rays from behind a supermassive black hole
When gas falls into a black hole, it releases an enormous amount of energy and…
Israel begins investigation into NSO Group spyware abuse
Israeli government officials visited the offices of the hacking company NSO Group on Wednesday to…
She risked everything to expose Facebook. Now she’s telling her story.
The world first learned of Sophie Zhang in September 2020, when BuzzFeed News obtained and…
The best vaccine incentive might be paid time off
Free doughnuts. Tickets to see the Los Angeles Lakers. Video visits with loved ones for…
What you need to know about the CDC’s new mask guidelines
On Tuesday, July 27, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that vaccinated people wear masks in public indoor spaces in…
The pandemic slashed the West Coast’s emissions. Wildfires already reversed it.
Wildfires raging across the US West Coast have filled the air with enough carbon dioxide…