Based On These Videos, People Are Placing Way Too Much Faith In Tesla’s Autopilot Mode
Self-driving cars are still imperfect and can make serious mistakes. That means you should probably not be sleeping or playing patty cake or Jenga in the passenger seat unless you have a serious death wish.

July 7, 2016 at 12:04PM
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The US navy expects to have bomb-sniffing locusts within a year
Last week, the US Office of Naval Research awarded researchers at the University of Washington in St Louis, Missouri $750,000 over three years to alter locusts to remotely sense bombs and other explosive devices.

July 7, 2016 at 09:44AM
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A Strange Visualization Of Chinese Opera’s Ethereal Choreography
These mesmerizing forms are foreign yet familiar, human yet inhuman.

July 7, 2016 at 09:09AM
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Half a million hoverboards recalled in US
The Consumer Product Safety Commission said it followed at least 99 incidents where battery packs had overheated.

July 7, 2016 at 06:36AM
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‘Godspots’ Cometh, But Can Free Wi-Fi Save Christianity in Germany?
Former East Germany is the most godless place on the planet. The region is home to the highest percentage of atheists in the world. Just eight percent of its population claim to believe in God. Local Protestant churches have developed a plan to lure people back to their pews and help them reconnect

July 7, 2016 at 02:57AM
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Space junk cleanup mission prepares for launch
The mission, dubbed RemoveDebris, is expected to launch early next year and will test a range of devices designed to sweep up litter orbiting the Earth.

July 7, 2016 at 01:57AM
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Snapchat Is Ruined
Snapchat’s new Memories feature allows you to post photos and videos from your camera roll. Which flies in the face of what made Snapchat good.

July 6, 2016 at 06:55PM
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This ‘Deal With It’ Robot Is What Too Many People In The World Need
Simone Giertz is sick of people trashing on her shitty robots. So of course, she makes another shitty robot as the best response to it.

July 6, 2016 at 06:07PM
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A NASCAR Team Is Building The First Internal Combustion Engine To Go Into Outer Space
Currently in development is the first ICE designed to go into space, and it’s an old-school straight-6, built by people who make NASCAR engines.

July 6, 2016 at 06:04PM
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Password Sharing Is a Federal Crime, Appeals Court Rules
One of the nation’s most powerful appeals courts ruled Wednesday that sharing passwords can be a violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, a catch-all “hacking” law that has been widely used to prosecute behavior that bears no resemblance to hacking.

July 6, 2016 at 05:01PM
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