Technology
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The Worrisome Rise of NFTs
An astrobiologist says non-fungible tokens do not bode well for our species’s future. -
David Attenborough’s Life in Color
New technology enables filmmakers to capture how animals use color like never before. -
Reports of a Baleful Internet Are Greatly Exaggerated
Our digital technologies can in fact be cognitive aids. -
Toys Are the Future of Philosophy
Playthings shouldn’t confine kids but allow them to ask, What if? -
The Bias in the Machine
Why facial recognition has led to false arrests.
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The Road Less Traveled to Fusion Energy
This privateer is developing a way to power the world with water and borax.
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Why I Built a Dumb Cell Phone with a Rotary Dial
You too can build a phone that feels good to use. Some soldering required.
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The Forest Spirits of Today Are Computers
We’ve made an artificially panpsychic world, where technology and nature are one.
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Yuval Noah Harari Is Worried About Our Souls
The big-data makeover of humanity could be a recipe for disaster.
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The New Tech of Relationships
Three stories of our new alliance with technology. -
The $100 Million Bot Heist
The story of the world’s most-wanted cybercriminal. -
We Need an FDA For Algorithms
UK mathematician Hannah Fry on the promise and danger of an AI world. -
The Selfish Dataome
Does the data we produce serve us, or vice versa? -
The Robot Economy Will Run on Blockchain
What finance will look like when it is controlled by machines.
