Debunk, don’t ‘prebunk,’ and other psychology lessons for social media moderation – TechCrunch
If social networks and other platforms are to get a handle on disinformation, it’s not enough to know what it is — you have to know how people react to...
SpaceX sends more than 100 satellites skyward in a dazzling launch
It's been a busy weekend for SpaceX. The company sent yet another rocket racing off into orbit on Sunday morning after a planned Saturday launch was called off due to...
How to ferment your food
In the days before refrigerators, chemical preservatives, and fossil-fueled transportation, starving to death in the winter was a much more pervasive fear. Fermentation first arose more than 10,000 years ago,...
New physics theory postulates the existence of SLABs: Stupendously Large Black Holes
At the center of the Milky Way lies the biggest object we can be sure exists: a supermassive black hole (SMBH) four million times more massive than the sun. Physicists...
Joe Biden put a cool moon rock in the Oval Office
A curious, dark moon rock has arrived at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Among busts of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Eleanor Roosevelt, President Joe Biden chose to...
Google’s parent firm is shutting down Loon internet company – TechCrunch
Google’s parent firm, Alphabet, is done exploring the idea of using giant balloons to beam high-speed internet in remote parts of the world. The firm said on Thursday evening that...
Elon Musk is donating $100M to find the best carbon capture technology – TechCrunch
Elon Musk said Thursday via a tweet that he will donate $100 million towards a prize for the best carbon capture technology. Musk, who recently surpassed Amazon’s Jeff Bezos to...
U.S. is promptly welcomed back into the world’s Paris climate treaty
The U.S. is no longer acting like an insolent child peeing in a swimming pool. On Nov. 4, 2020, the Trump administration quit the Paris Agreement, becoming the only nation...
This AI can tell if you have prostate cancer by looking at your pee
Researchers at the Korean Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) recently developed a machine for detecting prostate cancer that only needs 20 minutes of your time and a few ounces...
Behavioral support and remote visits make digital health a strong bet for 2021 – TechCrunch
In TechCrunch investor surveys of years past, we’ve seen a big focus on fixing what’s broken or bringing the infrastructure into the modern era. But the world has dramatically changed...