Working hypothesis: From deepfake Dali to black toothpaste
15 May 2019
Our regular column sorting the week's supernovae from the absolute zeros
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Don't miss: Apollo 11 recalled, mapping galaxies and a space thriller
15 May 2019
Catch a podcast about the first moon landing, read about the Milky Way’s crowded backyard, and play the part of an AI in a game set on a malfunctioning space station
Dreams: The PS4 game that lets you design and share your own reality
15 May 2019
Dreams, a groundbreaking new Playstation 4 game, lets everyone build their own exciting worlds by playing at being a developer - only without all that coding
Becoming a maker: How switches can bring you piping hot toast
15 May 2019
In part 3 of our maker series, Hannah Joshua shows how switches and buttons give you a lot more options for cool devices, like a toast notifier
NASA to get an extra $1.6 billion to put the first woman on the moon
14 May 2019
NASA's mission to get humans, including the first woman, to the moon again in 2024 has been named Artemis, after a Greek goddess of the moon
AI doesn't see the world like us which is why it is so easily confused
13 May 2019
AI can easily be fooled into mistaking a rifle for a turtle, but now we may have an explanation for why these blunders happen and how to stop them
AI recommends 'fashionable' outfits to millions of people in China
11 May 2019
E-commerce giant Alibaba has built an algorithm for suggesting outfits to shoppers in China. It has made over 5 million recommendations so far
Directors are using virtual reality on set to find the perfect shot
10 May 2019
Virtual reality headsets are letting film directors walk around computer generated scenes to find the perfect angle for a shot before recording
Voice assistants seem to be worse at understanding commands from women
9 May 2019
More women report being misunderstood by voice assistants than men, adding to growing evidence that speech recognition is better with some groups over others
Uber and Lyft increased traffic delays in San Francisco by 40 percent
8 May 2019
Uber and Lyft say they help cut down on vehicle congestion, but a new analysis of San Francisco traffic found they did the opposite over a six year period
