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At Doom’s Doorstep: It is 100 Seconds to Midnight

At Doom’s Doorstep: It is 100 Seconds to Midnight

The Doomsday Clock has become a universally recognized indicator of the world’s vulnerability to catastrophe from nuclear weapons, climate change, and disruptive technologies in other domains.

New Year's Resolution: Research Group Aims to Fix the Way the World Collaborates on Technology

New Year's Resolution: Research Group Aims to Fix the Way the World Collaborates on Technology

With the COVID-19 crisis still underway and a climate crisis looming, an international group of senior researchers is pushing the world's biggest economies to reform the way they manage collaboration on emerging technologies. In coming years, argues a group participant, David Delpy, professor of medical photonics at University College London, the world risks conflict over who controls and benefits from a range of emerging technologies from climate control to 6G wireless networks.

Deep Fakes: The Next Digital Weapon with Worrying Implications for Nuclear Policy

Deep Fakes: The Next Digital Weapon with Worrying Implications for Nuclear Policy

The ELN's Sylvia Mishra writes that AI-generated fake videos - deep fakes - threaten to exacerbate chaos in conflict, lower nuclear thresholds and complicate nuclear weapons decision-making. The uncontrolled use and spread of this technology requires urgent attention from the nuclear policy community.

Facebook Robot Speedily Winds Fiber over Existing Power Lines

Facebook Robot Speedily Winds Fiber over Existing Power Lines

A Facebook robot that wraps fiber-optic cables around power lines could help bridge the digital divide by expanding internet access.

Flying Race Car Zips Across the Sky for the First Time

Flying Race Car Zips Across the Sky for the First Time

The world's first flying race car, the Airspeeder Mk3, has completed its maiden flight and is on track to compete in a first-of-its-kind racing series later in 2021.

Ultra-thin Film Could One Day Turn Regular Glasses into Night Vision Goggles, Researchers Say

Ultra-thin Film Could One Day Turn Regular Glasses into Night Vision Goggles, Researchers Say

Developed by Australian and European researchers, the film works by converting infrared light into light visible to the human eye

The Instagram ads Facebook won't show you

The Instagram ads Facebook won't show you

Companies like Facebook aren’t building technology for you, they’re building technology for your data. They collect everything they can from FB, Instagram, and WhatsApp in order to sell visibility into people and their lives.

A New Master's in Sustainable Management and Technology

A New Master's in Sustainable Management and Technology

EPFL introduced its new joint Master's in Sustainable Management and Technology, a degree that will prepare the next generation to spearhead the transition towards a more resilient, sustainable and inclusive economy and which is hosted by the multi-institutional initiative Enterprise for Society Center (E4S).

Wikipedia Is Finally Asking Big Tech to Pay Up

Wikipedia Is Finally Asking Big Tech to Pay Up

The Big Four all lean on the encyclopedia at no cost. With the launch of Wikimedia Enterprise, the volunteer project will change that-and possibly itself too.