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How to break free of Spotify’s algorithm

“Spotify’s music database has a very rich set of various parameters, markup, and categories to classify music in a very detailed way. This is simply not exposed in the official app,” he... Read more »

The Download: what tomorrow holds for today’s babies, and replacing the brain

Drones have been a mainstay technology among militaries, hobbyists, and first responders alike for more than a decade. No longer limited to small quadcopters with insufficient battery life, drones are aiding search... Read more »

Escaping Spotify’s algorithm

“Spotify’s music database has a very rich set of various parameters, markup, and categories to classify music in a very detailed way. This is simply not exposed in the official app,” he... Read more »

What’s next for drones

These developments raise a number of questions: Are drones safe enough to be flown in dense neighborhoods and cities? Is it a violation of people’s privacy for police to fly drones overhead... Read more »

This researcher wants to replace your brain, little by little

Hébert declined to describe the session, which he said was not recorded “out of respect for those who preferred discretion.” But he’s in favor of growing non-sentient human bodies. “I am in... Read more »

The US wants to use facial recognition to identify migrant children as they age 

As Boyd explained at a conference in June, the key question for OBIM is, “If we pick up someone from Panama at the southern border at age four, say, and then pick... Read more »

Aging hits us in our 40s and 60s. But well-being doesn’t have to fall off a cliff.

For the study, Michael Snyder at Stanford University and his colleagues collected a vast amount of biological data from 108 volunteers aged 25 to 75, all of whom were living in California.... Read more »

The US wants to scan the faces of migrant kids at the border

As Boyd explained at a conference in June, the key question for OBIM is, “If we pick up someone from Panama at the southern border at age four, say, and then pick... Read more »

The Download: facial recognition for migrant children, and Japan’s megaquake

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to collect and analyze photos of the faces of migrant children at the border in a bid to improve facial recognition technology, MIT Technology... Read more »

What Japan’s “megaquake” warning really tells us

Crucially, this advisory is not a warning that a megaquake is imminent. It means: “be ready for when the big earthquake comes,” says Hubbard. Nobody is mandated to evacuate, but they are... Read more »