Facebook wants to be the arbiter of truth after all. At least when it comes to intentionally misleading deepfakes and heavily manipulated and/or synthesized media…
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Study: Combination of 2 antibodies taken 30 hours after virus exposure prevents infection in baby monkeys. A single dose of an antibody-based treatment can prevent…
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is considering rule changes that could undermine investors’ ability to push for better environmental performance at publicly traded companies…
Volkswagen has said it expects to produce 1 million electric vehicles by 2023, hitting the milestone two years sooner than originally planned as it continues…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has made responding to technology-driven change a key priority for her five year term which began last month,…
The omnipresence of corporations — as resource extractors and processors, employers and developers, lobbyists and campaign donors — has spawned countless initiatives to tame their…
Today, aviation as an industry contributes a relatively small percentage of global carbon emissions, thanks in large part to 50 years of efforts by aerospace…
Juro, a UK startup that’s using machine learning tech and user-centric design to do for contracts what Typeform does for online forms, has caught the…
The Japanese electronics giant is offering a new cell architecture developed by battery start-up 24M, in the U.S., which significantly improves battery economics. Kyocera will…
Microsoft’s GitHub, Mozilla, and Cloudflare have urged India to be transparent about the amendments it is making to an upcoming law that could affect swathes…
Each semester, Associate Professor Virginia Vassilevska Williams tries to impart one fundamental lesson to her computer-science undergraduates: Math is the foundation of everything. Often, students…
Mercedes-Benz channeled the wild and imaginative world of James Cameron’s hit movie Avatar for its latest concept car — an electric autonomous vehicle covered in…
NOAA-NASA captured this stunning satellite image of the areas affected by the fire and smoke on January 4, 2020. The rains did not come in…
China’s TikTok, which has taken the world by storm, is working its magic in its home nation, too. The Chinese version of TikTok, called Douyin,…
SpaceX and NASA have shared an official target launch date for the all-important in-flight abort test of Crew Dragon, their commercial crew spacecraft. The in-flight…
An artist’s conception of the localization of Fast Radio Burst 180916.J0158+65 to its host galaxy. The host galaxy image is based on real observations using…
Better streaming, HD gaming, sporting event viewing, a folding PC, a thoughtful autonomous car, and expediting relief aid were on the dock at Intel’s CES…
Remember the G.E.M.S. (Gait Enhancing and Motivation System) exoskeleton Samsung introduced last year? Plot-twist. It’s a workout device now. One of the weirdest elements of…
Homeland Security is warning U.S. companies to “consider and assess” the possible impacts and threat of a cyberattack on their businesses following heightened tensions with…
A plant-based pork substitute has been launched in Las Vegas by one of the leading “alternative meat” producers. Impossible Foods, the firm behind the Impossible…