- newThis Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through April 17)
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 15 Graphs You Need to See to Understand AI in 2021 Charles Q. Choi | IEEE Spectrum “If you haven’t had time to read the AI Index Report for 2021, which clocks in at 222 pages, don’t worry—we’ve got you covered. The…
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- A Huge New Kroger Warehouse Is Staffed by 1,000 Grocery-Picking Robots
With the pandemic at long last starting to wind down, many of us are beyond eager to get back to “the way things used to be,” that is, being able to interact with other humans, spending time in public places, and getting some measure of joy out o…
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- First GMO Mosquitoes to Be Released in the Florida Keys
This spring, the biotechnology company Oxitec plans to release genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes in the Florida Keys. Oxitec says its technology will combat dengue fever, a potentially life-threatening disease, and other mosquito-borne viruses—s…
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- Epic Games Raised $1 Billion to Fund Its Vision for Building the Metaverse
If you saw the 2018 movie Ready Player One, you may remember the Oasis: a glitzy, fast-paced metaverse with gleaming cities, beautiful people (or, avatars, to be precise), and excitement of many varieties; in short, the perfect escape from the drudge…
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- A Massive New Gene Editing Project Is Out to Crush Alzheimer’s
When it comes to Alzheimer’s versus science, science is on the losing side. Alzheimer’s is cruel in the most insidious way. The disorder creeps up in some aging brains, gradually eating away at their ability to think and reason, whittling down th…
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- Scientists Completed the First Human Trial of a Wireless High-Bandwidth Brain-Computer Interface
Brain-computer interface technology is advancing rapidly, but it currently relies on wires that seriously limit its use in everyday applications. That could soon change, though, as researchers recently completed the first human trial of a high-bandwi…
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- This Robot Taught Itself to Walk in a Simulation—Then Went for a Stroll in Berkeley
Recently, in a Berkeley lab, a robot called Cassie taught itself to walk, a little like a toddler might. Through trial and error, it learned to move in a simulated world. Then its handlers sent it strolling through a minefield of real-world tests to…
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- This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through April 10)
INTERNET SpaceX a Handful of Starlink Launches Away From Blanketing Earth in Broadband Eric Mack | CNET “In the next few months, SpaceX could have more than 1,600 of its Starlink satellites in low-Earth orbit, and that may be enough for the nasc…
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- Scientists Found Hints of New Particles or Forces of Nature, and It Could Change Physics
Seven years ago, a huge magnet was transported over 3,200 miles (5,150km) across land and sea, in the hope of studying a subatomic particle called a muon. Muons are closely related to electrons, which orbit every atom and form the building blocks of…
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- ‘Deep Nostalgia’ Uses AI to Make Old Photos of Your Relatives Wink, Nod, Dance, and More
Genealogy services have grown in popularity in recent years. Ancestry.com and 23andMe let users analyze their DNA to show their ethnic makeup, connect with relatives they didn’t know they had, create online family trees, and search databases for in…
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