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Grace Browne Business Aug 15, 2023 7:00 AM This Psychologist Wants To Vaccinate You Against Fake News Controlled exposure to misinformation can help protect people from falling for it in the future, according to new research. Photograph: Peter Stark/Getty Images Save this story Save Save this story Save For Sander …

Experts say the eerie similarities between the Okanagan Mountain Park fire in 2003 and the McDougall Creek wildfire last week are a sign that officials haven't done enough work on fire prevention and mitigation in the last 20 years, leaving the next generation even more vulnerable than the last because …

Indians already saw their space program as a point of pride even before the historic soft landing near the moon's unexplored south pole Wednesday, but the success of the mission is expected to spark a renewed confidence and increased investment in India's growing space sector. Chandrayaan-3's success gives India the …

Aarian MarshallCaitlin Harrington Business Aug 14, 2023 7:00 AM Uber and Lyft Drivers Have Some Advice for Autonomous Vehicles Set to Swarm the Streets San Francisco ride-hail drivers are about to share the roads with robot competitors. They say that the self-driving cabs need to work on their traffic skills—and …

Steven Levy Business Aug 11, 2023 12:00 PM The ‘Godfather of AI’ Has a Hopeful Plan for Keeping Future AI Friendly Geoffrey Hinton left Google so he could speak more freely about AI’s dangers. He argues that building analog computers instead of digital ones might keep the technology more loyal. …

Andrew Kersley Business Aug 11, 2023 2:00 AM Smell Your Way Out of the Uncanny Valley In simulated environments, smell is often the neglected sense. Scentient’s wearable device aims to bring a whiff of authenticity to virtual reality. Photograph: Robert Daly/Getty Images Save this story Save Save this story Save …

Dustin Stewart has been obsessed with dinosaurs since he was nine years old. But he never dreamed he'd grow up to study 70-million-year-old footprints in Alaska. Dustin Stewart says tracks date back nearly 70 million years, and are of multiple dino species Dustin Stewart has been obsessed with dinosaurs since …

India has landed a spacecraft near the moon's south pole, an uncharted territory that scientists believe could hold vital reserves of frozen water and precious elements, as the country cements its growing prowess in space and technology. India becomes the 4th country to successfully land a spacecraft on the moon …

Will Knight Business Aug 10, 2023 12:00 PM Generative AI Is Making Companies Even More Thirsty for Your Data The outcry over Zoom's tweak to its data policy shows how the race to build more powerful AI models creates new pressure to source training data—including by juicing it from users. …

Vittoria Elliott Business Aug 10, 2023 7:00 AM By Seizing @Music, Elon Musk Shows He Doesn’t Know What Made Twitter Good Since taking over Twitter, Musk has made mistake after mistake. His latest decision proves that he has never understood the average Twitter user—or doesn’t care to build a platform …