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Amazon’s Alexa Goes Haywire, Tells Customer To ‘Kill’ Your Foster Parents’
One of Amazon’s newest projects is researching ways to make Alexa a more human-like communicator for customers, but sometimes the…
Read More »This Drone Seamlessly Transitions Between Swimming and Flying
By David Pring-Mill It isn’t unreasonable to think of drones as pesky technological nuisances. Our modern digital ecosystem regularly infringes…
Read More »Reaching out to touch virtual reality
By Matthew Hutson, Knowable Magazine In Steven Spielberg’s 2018 film Ready Player One, based on the 2011 book by Ernest Cline,…
Read More »Facebook Gave AI Control Of A Crucial Personal Data Collection Tool
Facebook ceded control of a critical pillar of the company’s personal data collection tools to artificial intelligence after it became too large…
Read More »Google’s Secret Chinese Censorship Project Effectively Ends After Employees Revolted
Google abandoned a program aimed at developing a censored search engine for China after employees complained that the plan was not being…
Read More »NASA Begins America’s New Moon to Mars Exploration Approach in 2018
NASA welcomed a new administrator, Jim Bridenstine, deputy administrator, Jim Morhard, and chief financial officer, Jeff DeWit, in 2018. Their focus is on…
Read More »In praise of parasites
By Kenneth R. Weiss, Knowable Magazine Kevin Lafferty gets more than his share of intimate disclosures from strangers about their…
Read More »Buddies No More? Enviros At Sierra Club Could Sabotage Their Relationship With Musk
Tesla employees seek to unionize the company’s Buffalo plant as the automaker attempts to meet crucial hiring promises at the…
Read More »China Bans World’s Most Popular Video Games
The Chinese government reportedly banned or penalized 20 popular video games Wednesday, with industry giants like Fortnite and World of…
Read More »The Internet As We Know It Supposedly Ended A Year Ago, According To CNN And Other Outlets
The media joined Democrats in campaigning against repealing net neutrality. A number of outlets told the public that the internet…
Read More »Twitter Dings 285,000 Different Accounts For ‘Hateful Conduct’ In Six Months
Twitter took action against more than 285,000 different accounts for “hateful conduct” in the first six months of 2018, according…
Read More »YouTube Deleted Nearly 8 Million Videos From July To September
YouTube clamped down on content from July through September of this year by deleting 7.8 million videos that the company…
Read More »Apple Is Dropping $1 Billion To Put 5,000 Jobs In Texas With Expansions Planned In Major Cities
Apple is investing $1 billion to nearly double its workforce in Texas and is hiring thousands more employees in offices…
Read More »When the brain’s waste disposal system fails
By Emily Underwood, Knowable Magazine Every one of the human body’s more than 30 trillion cells is a miniature powerhouse,…
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