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World’s first hydrogen-powered trains are now running in Germany
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Business Impact
Don’t just ditch Facebook—start your own social-media site instead
There might be a better way of making social media a healthier place, from creating more user-friendly settings to setting up our own sites from scratch.
Intelligent Machines
US takes first step toward a quantum computing workforce
The pioneer behind a new national plan says it could help the US compete—and address a looming shortage of quantum engineers.
Business Impact
The World Bank is a verified blockchain booster
Its efforts are still just experiments, but the global development bank is serious about using blockchains to help it reduce poverty.
Intelligent Machines
AI is set to change the aerospace industry—but won’t be flying planes anytime soon
Boeing is investing in artificial intelligence and products that will help manage our overcrowded skies and take the pressure off human pilots.
Intelligent Machines
Soon your doctor will be able to wirelessly track your health—even through walls
MIT professor Dina Katabi is building a gadget that can sit in one spot and track everything from breathing to walking, no wearables required.
Intelligent Machines
Uptake is putting the world’s data to work
By applying AI to industrial data, the startup is minimizing machines’ downtime.
Intelligent Machines
How AI could help solve some of society’s toughest problems
Machine learning and game theory help Carnegie Mellon assistant professor Fei Fang predict attacks and protect people.
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How technology advances are changing the economy and providing new opportunities in many industries.
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IKEA designs future autonomous cars that work as hotels, stores, and meeting rooms
The furniture store’s design agency has dreamed up seven ways we might use autonomous vehicles if we don’t actually have to focus on driving.
by Elizabeth Woyke
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California wants to stop hackers from taking control of smart gadgets
A proposed state law would help bolster the security of internet-connected devices, but what’s really needed is federal action.
by Martin Giles
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Future robo-taxis could charge themselves and help balance the electric grid
Wireless startup WiTricity wants cars to power up without human help and feed utilities energy during peak demand.
by Elizabeth Woyke
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Business Impact
Future robo-taxis could charge themselves and help balance the electric grid
Wireless startup WiTricity wants cars to power up without human help and feed utilities energy during peak demand.
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The Artificial Intelligence Imperative
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Advanced tech, but growth slow and unequal: paradoxes and policies
Slowing productivity growth in major economies amid seemingly booming technology presents a paradox.
by Zia Qureshi
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From the age of perplexity to the era of opportunities
Finance for Growth
by Francisco Gonzalez
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Undoing Aging with Molecular and Cellular Damage Repair
Since the dawn of medicine, aging has been doctors’ foremost challenge.
by Aubrey D. N. J. de Grey
Intelligent Machines
Artificial intelligence and robots are transforming how we work and live.
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China’s leaders are softening their stance on AI
A year after announcing an aggressive plan to dominate artificial intelligence, China’s vice premier has called for international collaboration.
by Will Knight
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Algorithms can turn any scene into a comic
Making your own Picasso isn’t the only thing neural style transfer can do.
by Emerging Technology from the arXiv
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Artificial intelligence is often overhyped—and here’s why that’s dangerous
AI has huge potential to transform our lives, but the term itself is being abused in very worrying ways, says Zachary Lipton, an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University.
by Martin Giles