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We all want to be able to speak our minds online—to be heard by our friends and talk (back) to…

Researchers at the Robotics and Embodied AI Lab at Stanford University set out to change that. They first built a…

What’s new: When someone loses part of a leg, a prosthetic can make it easier to get around. But most…

But there’s a problem. AI companies have pillaged the internet for training data, and many websites and data set owners…

Getting the neural interface hooked up to a prosthetic takes two steps. First, patients undergo surgery. Following a lower leg…

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world…

Hydropower is the world’s leading source of renewable electricity, generating more power in 2022 than all other renewables combined. But…

The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Trump-Biden debate conspiracies are…

Spiers himself is interested in learning how people hunt, whether for food, clothes, or a missing pet. “We still use…

I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 The Supreme Court ruled the White…

The challenge in cleaning up the process lies, at least in part, in the fact that lava-hot temperatures are required…

Indeed, the tools will block a request if it names an artist. But the record labels allege that the safeguards…

Engineering the ins and outs: Step one in reducing orbital clutter—or, colloquially, space trash—is designing spacecraft that safely leave space…

The US Digital Service (USDS) was set up “to deliver better government services to the American people through technology and…

To understand why, you need to consider the potential for conflict between China and Taiwan, and the fact that the…

Engineers are renowned clock-problem solvers. They’re also notorious for treating every problem like a clock. Increasing specialization and cultural expectations…