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Photo: Waymo If you already rely on ridesharing services to run errands or grab groceries, a self-driving car that shuttles you to pick up your pre-bagged tailgate party snacks may sound like a no-brainer. And that’s essentially what Waymo is up to: In Phoenix, Arizona, Waymo is expanding its self-driving car program by targeting the…

Photo: Getty Internal company documents from IBM show that medical experts working with the company’s Watson supercomputer found “multiple examples of unsafe and incorrect treatment recommendations” when using the software, according to a report from Stat News. Stat reviewed documents that were included in two presentations given in June and July 2017 by IBM Watson’s…

One of the species of sandfly that spreads leishmaniasis in North and South America, Lutzomyia longipalpis.Photo: Ray Wilson, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (Wikimedia Commons) A disease spread by sandflies seen as an exotic nuisance in the U.S. might not be solely a traveler’s disease after all. A new study published Wednesday in JAMA Dermatology…

Illustration: Angelica Alzona As companies race to employ facial recognition everywhere from major league ballparks to your local school and summer camp, we face tough questions about the technology’s potential to intensify racial bias; Commercial face recognition software has repeatedly been shown to be less accurate on people with darker skin, and civil rights advocates…

Do not underestimate the Sun.Image: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Are you always careful to apply sunscreen before a day outdoors, but find yourself getting burned anyway? It might be due to your application technique. Dermatologists say that most people don’t put on a thick enough layer sunscreen, and new research—in which scientists put varying amounts…

Photo: Tommy Hilfiger Smart clothes are fine. When Levi’s teamed up with Google to make a denim jacket with smart sleeves, Gizmodo gave it a test wear and realized it showed there was potential for clothing that makes your life easier—say, by letting you waving your arm to change a song or answer a call.…

The team of the microblogging service Twitter started automatically block unverified accounts, for which the display name was changed to “Elon musk”. Simply put, if a user of your Twitter account will decide to change the name to “Elon Musk”, this account will be automatically blocked. According to the representative of Twitter, the aim is…