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Why the tech apocalypse of 2022 was largely a good thing

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Why the tech apocalypse of 2022 was largely a good thing

With Twitter, FTX and Alexa all in the doldrums by the end of this year, Annalee Newitz explains why this is actually an encouraging sign for humanity

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A man replaces a magnetic tape data storage drive in an early model office computer, mid 1970s. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Magnetic tape: The surprisingly retro way big tech stores your data

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image of the steerable needle robot showing the robotic actuation unit and bronchoscope. Note that the steerable needle is not shown

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Robot guides needle into lungs more accurately than human doctors

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The omicron coronavirus variant binding to a cell's ACE2 receptor

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Drug that targets ACE2 receptors may work against new covid variants

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Where might James Bond go next, in terms of science and technology?

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Where might James Bond go next, in terms of science and technology?

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Gary Carr, Chloe Grace Moretz

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If cyberpunk no longer fits our vision of the future, what does?

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Our balance naturally declines with age, making serious falls more likely to occur

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A daily dose of aspirin raises the risk of falls among older people

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G5YCKR International Space Station Earth observation image captured by Expedition 48 crew members showing the sun reflecting off the ocean and the thin layer of atmosphere protecting the Earth from space.

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Weather sensors could float forever in the stratosphere using sunlight

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The Elon Musk Show review: Searching for the man who is Elon Musk

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The Elon Musk Show review: Searching for the man who is Elon Musk

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Brain training apps claim to make us smarter, but there is no evidence

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Brain training apps claim to make us smarter, but there is no evidence

There are plenty of apps that offer mental exercises claiming to make users smarter the more they play. Not only are they not much fun, but studies show they have no effect on performance, says Adrian Hon

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The success of text-to-image AIs raises major ethical issues

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Drugs that mutate viruses to kill them could make them more dangerous

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Supercharging tweak could fill electric car batteries 90% in 10 mins

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What hackers get up to when left on an island in the Pacific

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