Category: Tech News

• Slow Progress to Better Medicine
  Thirteen years after the human genome was sequenced, some remarkable treatments are being developed.

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• Connected Toys Are Raising Complicated New Privacy Questions
  Toys and other devices are collecting loads of data from children. What could go wrong?

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• Minecraft Is a Testing Ground for Human-AI Collaboration
  Microsoft turns the popular game into an “AI Olympics.”

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• Gene Therapy Trial Wrenches Families as One Child’s Death Saves Another
  New DNA fix stops brain-destroying terminal illness, but only if it’s given early enough.

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• Europe Builds a Network for the Internet of Things. Will the Devices Follow?
  So far, connected devices are monitoring shipping containers, fire hydrants, and cows.

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• Better Than Opioids? Virtual Reality Could Be Your Next Painkiller
  In one study, virtual reality did about as well as narcotics in reducing pain.

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• Why Kickstarter’s Glowing Plant Left Backers in the Dark
  Do-it-yourself biologists who hit the crowdfunding jackpot have learned that genetic engineering isn’t so easy after all.

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• Tougher Turing Test Exposes Chatbots’ Stupidity
  We have a long way to go if we want virtual assistants to understand us.

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• Find Out Which Appliance Is Sucking All Your Power
  Sense’s $299 gadget identifies individual devices in the home and exactly how much electricity they are using.

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• Tesla’s Strategy Is Risky and Aggressive, but It Has Worked
  Elon Musk has made a bold bet that the car industry can move faster than anybody believed possible.

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