Gene therapy helps people with monochrome vision to see in color
And all it takes is a gene injection into the retina
Experiment Shows Some Life Can Survive in Exoplanet-Like Conditions
Artist’s illustration of a rocky exoplanet Illustration: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC Single-celled organisms like Escherichia coli and yeast can grow and survive in an atmosphere like the kind theorized to exist…
Yet Another Amazon Worker Has Died of Coronavirus
Photo: Getty One warehouse associate at JFK8—Amazon’s massive fulfillment center in Staten Island, New York—has died of the novel coronavirus, in what is at least the third such death among…
Online game popular with millions of children gets compromised
By bribing a worker at the popular online game Roblox, a hacker was able to gain access to the company’s back end customer support panel which allowed them to lookup…
Amazon’s first major game is coming this month
Amazon has finally set a release date for Crucible, a new hero-based third-person shooter that seems to blend online battle arena games like Smite and arena-shooters like Overwatch, as well…
Facebook Mother’s Day sale: the Portal smart display gets a $50 price cut
If you’re looking for a last-minute Mother’s Day gift, Facebook’s Portal smart display is a fantastic option, and lucky for you, it’s currently on sale. Starting now through May 10,…
iPhone price cut at Apple: deals on the iPhone SE, iPhone 11, 11 Pro and iPhone XR
Apple is offering a fantastic deal on the iPhone lineup, which includes the all-new iPhone SE when you purchase the smartphone and trade-in an eligible device. This limited-time offer gets…
UK to combat air pollution with AI-powered traffic lights
The UK plans to tackle pollution with AI-powered traffic lights that delay the arrival of vehicles in toxic air hotspots. The system collects data on local pollution and traffic flows through roadside sensors, weather…
Daily Distraction: Our greatest hits, and a tearful goodbye
More than 33% of the year is over, but there’s no sign that the coronavirus pandemic will end soon. However, countries across the world are opening up slowly with the…
Scientists found a way to plug adversarial backdoors in deep learning models
Imagine a high-security complex protected by a facial recognition system powered by deep learning. The artificial intelligence algorithm has been tuned to unlock the doors for authorized personnel only, a…