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Autonomous Drones Could Soon Run the UK’s Energy Grid
“We’re moving into a future where these drones will fly themselves all over the countryside,” McKenna says. “But the long-term…
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Gorillas’ Retreat Signals a Reckoning for Delivery Apps
Gorillas is not the only rapid-delivery app that has been affected by these issues. “Rising inflation and the deteriorating macroeconomic…
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What, Exactly, Is the Metaverse Standards Forum Creating?
Rather than focusing on what the metaverse means in a future-prediction sort of way, the Metaverse Standards Forum is designed…
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Meta Was Restricting Abortion Content All Along
Johnsen’s experience is common in the pro-choice activist community. Most of the people who spoke to WIRED say their content…
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The Fight Over Which Uses of Artificial Intelligence Europe Should Outlaw
In 2019, guards on the borders of Greece, Hungary, and Latvia began testing an artificial-intelligence-powered lie detector. The system, called…
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The World Can’t Wean Itself Off Chinese Lithium
Lithium projects outside China have been at the mercy of the markets, slowing and expanding as the price of lithium…
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Worker-Owned Apps Are Redefining the Sharing Economy
To compete with well-funded private platforms, active government and municipal intervention is vital for platform cooperatives. This could be through…
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China Is Racing to Electrify Its Future
“China has gone from having virtually no electric vehicles to having almost half of the world’s stock of passenger electric…
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China Is Tightening Its Grip on Big Tech
China’s tech regulation goals are often in direct contradiction to what the rest of the world is trying to do.…
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This Warehouse Robot Reads Human Body Language to Be a Better Coworker
Sales of workplace robots worldwide are growing steadily after a recent slowdown in growth due to the pandemic, according to…
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