This Week’s Awesome Stories From Around the Web (Through July 13)
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
'Superhuman' AI Crushes Pros at Six-Player Texas Hold'em
George Dvorsky | Gizmodo
" said, 'Poker in particular has been an early sandbox for AI, and...
So Far Cultured Meat Has Been Burgers—the Next Big Challenge Is Animal-Free Steaks
The meat you eat, if you’re a carnivore, comes from animal muscles. But animals are composed of a lot more than just muscle. They...
The Pentagon’s New Laser-Based Tool Uses Your Heartbeat to Track You
The government’s hefty arsenal of surveillance tools just welcomed a powerful new member. Rather than monitoring an external device—a bug or a smartphone—or even...
Cancer-Killing Living Drug Is Made Safer With a Simple Off Switch
When it comes to battling cancer, our most powerful weapon is also our most dangerous.
You’ve heard of CAR-T: the cellular immunotherapy extracts a patient’s...
Could Lab-Grown Brains Develop Consciousness?
There’s a very un-sexy view of consciousness: our rich, meaningful inner experience of self and other is nothing but electrical and chemical chattering inside...
How the Most Successful Leaders Will Thrive in an Exponential World
We live in challenging times. Geopolitical turmoil, local and national social unrest, cycles of deadly natural disasters, cyber hacks, rising distrust of media and...
Alphabet Releases Its Master Plan for Toronto’s New Smart City
Ever dreamed of living in a giant experiment? If so, Toronto may be the city for you. Sidewalk Labs has released blueprints for its...
Virtual Influencers Are on the Rise. How Far Will Their Influence Go?
In early April 2019, something was suddenly very different about Kentucky Fried Chicken’s Instagram account. In lieu of retro-style pictures of chicken, a decidedly...
How the US Will Get to a 50 Percent Renewable Electric Economy by 2030
By 2030, more than 50 percent of the US economy will run on electricity derived from renewables. What are the implications as we shift the...
This Week’s Awesome Stories From Around the Web (Through July 6)
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Machine Learning Has Been Used to Automatically Translate Long-Lost Languages
Emerging Technology from the arXiv | MIT Technology Review
"Some languages that have never been...
Facebook Claims Libra Offers Economic Empowerment to Billions—an Economist Is Skeptical
Facebook is joining the cryptocurrency craze. Should we be concerned?
The social network site on June 18 said it’s launching a new cryptocurrency called Libra...
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