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Journey to the eclipse | MIT Technology Review
Today, NASA operates a fleet of 27 spacecraft to study the sun. NASA even sent a probe to scoop up plasma and…
The first-ever mission to pull a dead rocket out of space has just begun
There are an estimated 500,000 pieces of space junk as small as a centimeter across orbiting Earth, and about…
The Download: tiny TikTok-style soap operas, and how algorithms change us
I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1…
How Wi-Fi sensing became usable tech
“Even if your data is encrypted,” says Patwari, “somebody sitting outside of your house could get information…
Bans on deepfakes take us only so far—here’s what we really need
Rules that require all AI-generated content to be watermarked are impossible to enforce, and it’s also highly…
Algorithms are everywhere | MIT Technology Review
“The present is not a prison sentence, but merely our current snapshot,” they write. “We don’t have to use…
China’s next cultural export could be TikTok-style short soap operas
Web novels are a unique form of literature that has been popular on the Chinese internet for much of the last…
Conversational AI revolutionizes the customer experience landscape
I think the same applies when we talk about either agents or employees or supervisors. They don't necessarily…
The Download: Trump’s potential climate impact, and the end of cheap helium
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
How Antarctica’s history of isolation is ending—thanks to Starlink
Helpful hams and secret codes By 1957,Admiral Byrd was recognized as the world’s foremost expert in Antarctic…