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NASA has selected SpaceX’s Starship as the lander to take astronauts to the moon

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April 16, 2021

Surprising selection: Last year, NASA awarded three different groups contracts to further develop their own proposals for lunar landers: $135 million to SpaceX, $253 million to defense company Dynetics (which…

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Geoffrey Hinton has a hunch about what’s next for AI

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April 16, 2021

Deep learning set off the latest AI revolution, transforming computer vision and the field as a whole. Hinton believes deep learning should be almost all that’s needed[1] to fully replicate…

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The $1 billion Russian cyber company that the US says hacks for Moscow

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April 15, 2021

On its public side, Positive looks like many cybersecurity companies: staff look at high-tech security, publish research on new threats, and even have cutesy office signs that read “Stay positive!”…

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Why is it so hard to review the Johnson & Johnson vaccine? Data.

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April 15, 2021

“We’ll never have perfect data, and there will always be uncertainty,” said Grace Lee, a professor at Stanford University and chair of the advisory panel’s COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Technical Subgroup,…

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Podcast: What’s AI doing in your wallet?

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April 14, 2021

Our entire financial system is built on trust. We can exchange otherwise worthless paper bills for fresh groceries, or swipe a piece of plastic for new clothes. But this trust—typically…

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The new lawsuit that shows facial recognition is officially a civil rights issue

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April 14, 2021

Williams’s wrongful arrest, which was first reported by the New York Times in August 2020[1], was based on a bad match from the Detroit Police Department’s facial recognition system. Two…

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The US says not to give Johnson & Johnson vaccines after a woman died from a rare blood clot

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April 13, 2021

By comparison, about 1 in 600 people Americans have already died of covid-19 or with the infection as a contributing factor, meaning getting infected by the coronavirus is the much…

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This family raised millions to get experimental gene therapy for their children

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April 13, 2021

These desperate efforts ask parents to overcome nearly impossible obstacles. They must become experts in drug development, raise millions, and tirelessly cajole scientists. Few people can pull it off. “There…

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Big Tech’s guide to talking about AI ethics

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April 13, 2021

AI researchers often say good machine learning is really more art than science. The same could be said for effective public relations. Selecting the right words to strike a positive…

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NASA has selected SpaceX’s Starship as the lander to take astronauts to the moon

Geoffrey Hinton has a hunch about what’s next for AI

The $1 billion Russian cyber company that the US says hacks for Moscow

Why is it so hard to review the Johnson & Johnson vaccine? Data.

Podcast: What’s AI doing in your wallet?

The new lawsuit that shows facial recognition is officially a civil rights issue

The US says not to give Johnson & Johnson vaccines after a woman died from a rare blood clot

This family raised millions to get experimental gene therapy for their children

Big Tech’s guide to talking about AI ethics

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