Podcast: How games teach AI to learn for itself
From chess to Jeopardy to e-sports, AI is increasingly beating humans at their own games.…
DeepMind’s AI predicts almost exactly when and where it’s going to rain
First protein folding, now weather forecasting: London-based AI firm DeepMind is continuing its run applying deep…
Space policy is finally moving into the 21st century
There’s never been more happening in space than there is today. Commercial activity has exploded over the past five years…
Pulling methane out of the atmosphere could slow global warming—if we can figure out how to do it
Pulling methane out of the atmosphere has the potential to help slow global warming in…
The pandemic is testing the limits of face recognition
At first glance, JB, an artist based in Los Angeles, perhaps doesn’t look much like…
The pandemic problems that boosters won’t solve
The US booster program is about to get underway, after the CDC backed additional shots…
The US is about to kick-start its controversial covid booster campaign
The news: The White House is set to kick off its booster shot campaign today,…
2021 has broken the record for zero-day hacking attacks
A zero-day exploit—a way to launch a cyberattack via a previously unknown vulnerability—is just about…
Securing the energy revolution and IoT future
In early 2021, Americans living on the East Coast got a sharp lesson on the…
How these US schools reopened without sparking a covid outbreak
A version of this story was originally published at the COVID-19 Data Dispatch. It’s impossible…