The 11 biggest space missions of 2021 (and their chances of success)
A trio of Martian missions, February
Mars will welcome the arrival of not one, not two, but three missions—each launched and operated by a different nation. There’s...
What’s missing from corporate statements on racial injustice? The real cause of racism.
On August 31, Airbnb launched Project Lighthouse, an initiative meant to “uncover, measure, and overcome discrimination” on the home-sharing platform. According to the company,...
The Kakhovka Dam Collapse Is an Ecological Disaster
While the world awaits evidence and further details about what exactly happened to the dam, there is no doubting the ecological harm the breach...
Fractals can help AI learn to see more clearly—or at least more fairly
The trouble is, assembling a data set like ImageNet by hand takes a lot of time and effort. The images are typically labeled by...
The new digital driver’s licenses from Apple sound slightly creepy
Driver’s licenses stored on our phones are not too far down the road.
Residents of Arizona and Georgia will soon be able to use...
How bad is space tourism for the environment? And other space travel questions, answered.
For many, the rise of commercial space tourism is a vulgar display of wealth and power. Amid several global crises, including climate change and...
Better cybersecurity means finding the “unknown unknowns”
During the past few months, Microsoft Exchange servers have been like chum in a shark-feeding frenzy. Threat actors have attacked critical zero-day flaws in...
The Blue Technology Barometer 2022/23
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President Sarkissian says wants to make Armenia a science and technology hub – Public...
On November 19, President Armen Sarkissian visited the Center for Quantum Technologies of the National University of Singapore, toured the center, got acquainted with...
The Download: deepfake porn’s stolen bodies and AI sharing private numbers
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology....
