Companies hoping to grow carbon-sucking kelp may be rushing ahead of the science
In late January, Elon Musk tweeted that he planned to give $100 million to promising…
Troll farms reached 140 million Americans a month on Facebook before 2020 election, internal report shows
In the run up to the 2020 election, the most highly contested in US history,…
This US company sold iPhone hacking tools to UAE spies
When the United Arab Emirates paid over $1.3 million for a powerful and stealthy iPhone…
Why Facebook is using Ray-Ban to stake a claim on our faces
Last week Facebook released its new $299 “Ray-Ban Stories” glasses. Wearers can use them to…
How AI simplifies data management for drug discovery
Calithera Biosciences is a small, Northern California immunotherapy company with a pipeline of drugs in…
Activists are helping Texans get access to abortion pills online
At the end of August, KT Volkova got an abortion in central Texas, where she…
Inspiration4: Why SpaceX’s first all-private mission is a big deal
When 2001: A Space Odyssey was released in 1968, it didn’t feel like a stretch to dream of…
A horrifying new AI app swaps women into porn videos with a click
The website is eye-catching for its simplicity. Against a white backdrop, a giant blue button…
Pandemic tech left out public health experts. Here’s why that needs to change.
Exposure notification apps were developed at the start of the pandemic, as technologists raced to…
There’s a gig-worker-sized hole in Biden’s vaccine mandate plan
The news: President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that will require millions of…