Category: Tech News

• Who Will Protect You from Drone Surveillance?
  The coming wave of commercial drones is already exposing gaps in today’s privacy laws.

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• Chatbots with Social Skills Will Convince You to Buy Something
  Virtual assistants that can read social cues and nonverbal signals are less jarring—and surprisingly persuasive.

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• The Decline in Chinese Cyberattacks: The Story Behind the Numbers
  The Obama administration has been touting a decrease in commercial espionage, but the reality for corporate America may be more complicated.

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• On Patrol with America’s Top Bioterror Cop
  Will garage gene editing unleash a biological plague? Special Agent Ed You is ready if it does.

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• Your Driverless Ride Is Arriving
  Uber thinks its self-driving taxis could change the way millions of people get around. But autonomous vehicles aren’t any­where near to being ready for the roads.

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• Can CRISPR Save Ben Dupree?
  Scientists are rushing to figure out how to use the gene-editing tool to stop devastating diseases like muscular dystrophy.

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• Inside the World’s Largest Collection of PTSD Brains
  Scientists seek the holy grail for PTSD research: targets in the brain that could respond to drugs.

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• Ad Algorithms Might Choose You to Be a Paid Product Promoter
  You don’t have to be Kim Kardashian to make money promoting products on social media.

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• Capitalism Behaving Badly
  It’s time to rethink the role that government plays in shaping and supporting policies to solve big problems like climate change and income inequality.

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• Elon Musk’s House of Gigacards
  The founder of Tesla, SolarCity, and SpaceX is deservedly admired for his technological insight. But is his latest business plan reckless?

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