Mini-brains that work and grow like their full-sized counterparts could offer an alternative to animal testing,…
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Pretty Soon, Your VR Headset Will Know Exactly What Your Bedroom Looks Like
Meta and Apple have zeroed in on mixed reality headsets and augments as their next frontier.…
Indian Police Use Terrorism Law to Raid Newsclick Journalists
Police seized laptops and phones from reporters working for the anti-establishment Newsclick website—the latest outlet to…
AI Algorithms Are Biased Against Skin With Yellow Hues
Google, Meta, and others test their algorithms for bias using standardized skin tone scales. Sony says…
Slovakia’s Election Deepfakes Show AI Is a Danger to Democracy
Fact-checkers scrambled to deal with faked audio recordings released days before a tight election, in a…
Voice Actors Are Bracing to Compete With Talking AI
Advances in artificial intelligence are making it easier to clone and generate voices. It has huge…
Your Internet Browser Does Not Belong to You
On streets and in malls, browsing was a way of withholding commitment. But online, no act…
AI Watermarks Are No Match for Attackers
Researchers say that it's too easy to evade current methods of watermarking—or even to add fake…
Patrick Stewart Boldly Explores His Own Final Frontier
Everyone’s favorite starship captain is back in the hot seat—this time as the author of a…
The ‘Green’ Future of Furniture Is a Sofa Stuffed With Seaweed
Foam rubber—like the filling inside your couch—produces an enormous amount of CO2. A Norwegian company called…