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It’s Now Legal to Hack DRM to Repair Your Own Devices
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Trump’s Lawyer Is Pushing the Supreme Court to Hear a Case That Threatens the Free Web
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Scientists Worldwide Are Getting Serious About Quantum Internet
What the quantum internet looks like in my mind.Photo: Oliver Deisenroth (Wikimedia Commons) It takes little more than logging on to see the flaws in today’s internet—mainly, how easy it is to steal or intercept data. One future solution for these problems could be an upgrade that relies on the latest advances in the science…
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The Tricky Economics of the iPhone XS and the iPhone XR
Photo: Alex Cranz (Gizmodo) The iPhone XR hits stores on Friday, and everybody is flipping out about it being the most affordable new iPhone. Starting at $750, however, the XR isn’t actually that much cheaper in the grander scheme of things. And yet, to the casual observer, the device also looks a heck of a lot…
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Sen. Wyden Urges DHS to Adopt New Encryption Tech to Protect .Gov Websites Visitors
: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) answers questions on the recently released Republican plan to reform taxes on September 27, 2017 in Washington, DC.Photo: Getty The nation’s most vocal privacy advocate in the U.S. Senate is pressing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) this week to implement new technologies that would stop foreign hackers from identifying…
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Shallow Waters Allowed Early Fish-Like Creatures to Experiment With Evolution
Artist’s depiction of an armored fish that lived 455 million years ago. Illustration: Nobumichi Tamura The conditions under which early lifeforms originated and exploded into the many animal groups we see today is a mystery that has confounded scientists for decades. New research suggests shallow marine environments were a critical testbed for these early animals,…
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Google CEO Doesn’t Deny Reported $90 Million Payout to Andy Rubin in Sexual Misconduct Memo
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Toronto Airport Says Cannabis Trash Cans Are Not ‘Free Weed’ Bins
Photo: Getty Toronto’s Pearson Airport has an important message for would-be stem-pickers: The weed there is not up for grabs. Last week, Canada legalized recreational cannabis, becoming the second country in the world to formally do so. While cannabis is legal within Canada, however, it is illegal to transport it across the country’s borders. To…
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The Main Ingredient in Psychedelic Mushrooms Is Closer to Becoming an FDA-Approved Depression Treatment
Photo: Daniel Berehulak (Getty Images) The active ingredient that makes magic mushrooms so magic—the psychedelic drug psilocybin—is one step closer to becoming a legal treatment for difficult cases of depression. This week, the company Compass Pathways announced that it had received the Food and Drug Administration’s Breakthrough Therapy designation for its psilocybin-based treatment. The designation will…
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Portrait Painted by AI Sells For $432,500
Image: Christie’s/Obvious A painting made by an artificial intelligence program sold at Christie’s in New York auction on Thursday for $432,500—far more than the estimated $7,000 to $10,000. An anonymous phone bidder bought the painting, Portrait of Edmond Belamy, which was created by an algorithm developed by the Paris art collective Obvious. The three-person team…