I just got a COVID-19 test — who now knows I got it?
Anytime a person gets tested for COVID-19, it creates a data point public health officials can use to track the spread and prevalence of the virus—but it also creates a...
Take a closer look at Elon Musk’s Neuralink surgical robot – TechCrunch
While the science was front-and-center in Elon Musk’s presentation about Neuralink, his human brain computer inference company, the surgical robot the company debuted made a splash of its own. The...
Watch Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain computer interface progress update live – TechCrunch
Elon Musk is set to deliver a progress update for Neuralink, the company and technology he founded that aims to create a direct, ultra-low latency connection between our brains and...
Boeing and NASA target December for second try at uncrewed orbital demonstration flight – TechCrunch
NASA and Boeing have provided some updates around their Commercial Crew plans, which aim to get Boeing’s CST-100 spacecraft certified for regular human flight. The CST-100 and Boeing’s Commercial Crew...
What does GPT-3 mean for the future of the legal profession? – TechCrunch
Historically, lawyers have struggled with some AI-based tools Rudy DeFelice Contributor Rudy is co-founder and CEO of Keesal Propulsion Labs, a digital transformation company serving the law departments of the...
AI Jesus will help you embrace the apocalypse
In yet another sign that the end of the world is nigh, an AI Jesus has arisen with a new set of apocalyptic biblical verses. The artificial messiah is the creation...
There’s an asteroid heading for Earth — but scientists tell us not to worry
Social media around the world lit up over the weekend, discussing the possibility that an asteroid (known as 2018 VP₁) could crash into Earth on November 2. It seemed only...
Will automation eliminate data science positions? – TechCrunch
Tianhui Michael Li is founder of The Data Incubator, an eight-week fellowship to help PhDs and postdocs transition from academia into industry. Previously, he headed monetization data science at Foursquare...
‘Microsoft Flight Simulator’ gives players a look at Hurricane Laura
As the destructive Hurricane Laura has been making it way up from the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday and Thursday, players in the recently released Microsoft Flight Simulator noticed that they...
Astronomers think our Sun may have a long lost twin
A cloud made of mountains At the edge of our family of planets lies the Kuiper Belt — a doughnut shaped halo of icy objects including the dwarf planet Pluto. This...