TuSimple’s Robot Big Rigs Will Automate Freight Coast to Coast
In 2016, an 18-wheeler jam-packed with cans of Budweiser made a beer run from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs—with no driver at the wheel.
It...
This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through July 4)
VIRTUAL REALITY
How Holographic Tech Is Shrinking VR Displays to the Size of Sunglasses
Kyle Orland | Ars Technica
"...researchers at Facebook Reality Labs are using holographic...
China and AI: What the World Can Learn and What It Should Be Wary...
China announced in 2017 its ambition to become the world leader in artificial intelligence (AI) by 2030. While the US still leads in absolute...
The Tour de France Is Going Virtual, and It Starts This Weekend
The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way we do things, big-time. The events, places, and activities we were used to enjoying have been canceled,...
3 Major Materials Science Breakthroughs—and Why They Matter for the Future
Few recognize the vast implications of materials science.
To build today’s smartphone in the 1980s, it would cost about $110 million, require nearly 200 kilowatts...
A Highway to Smell: How Scientists Used Light to Incept Smell in Mice
I was on a panel a few weeks ago and realized I forgot to turn off the oven. Utterly mortified, I told my Zoom...
This Tiny House Is 3D Printed, Floats, and Will Last Over 100 Years
One of the world’s first 3D printed houses went up in China in 2016. At 400 square meters in size and 2 stories tall,...
New Report Predicts Tech Could Fuel an Age of Freedom—or Make Civilization Collapse
With rapid technological progress running headlong into dramatic climate change and widening inequality, most experts agree the coming decade will be tumultuous. But a...
We Won’t Have Fusion Generators in 5 Years. But the Holy...
Recent reports from scientists pursuing a new kind of nuclear fusion technology are encouraging, but we are still some distance away from the “holy...
Your Personal Data Is Worth Money. Andrew Yang Wants to Get You Paid
Contact tracing has been a somewhat controversial tool for fighting coronavirus in the US. American consumers wanted privacy to be preserved, so Apple and...
Why Bitcoin Will Be Crucial in Our Cashless Future
Cold, hard cash is king. But maybe not much longer. In many countries, cash transactions are all but disappearing.
People pay with cash just 20...
This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through June 27)
AUTOMATION
Amazon Shakes Up the Race for Self-Driving—and Ride-Hailing
Aarian Marshal | Wired
"Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says his company wants to be the 'Amazon for transportation.'...
A Renaissance of Genomics and Drugs Is Extending Human Longevity
The causes of aging are extremely complex and unclear. But with longevity clinical trials increasing, more answers—and questions—are emerging than ever before.
With the dramatic...
The World’s New Fastest Supercomputer Is an Exascale Machine for AI
Twice a year, the world’s fastest supercomputers take a test to see which is top of class.
These hundred-million-dollar machines usually run on hundreds of...
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