Blind People Now Live with Obsolete, Useless Vision Implants in their Heads

Remember VHS tapes, flip phones, or any other piece of tech that became completely obsolete? It was easy enough to dump your old gadgets and move on to the next technological marvel. But what if you’d implanted a VHS deck into your skull? That’s the situation now facing hundreds of blind people. Second Sight Medical …

Man Takes Down North Korea’s Entire Internet in Retaliation to Cyber Attacks

As hard as it might be to believe, North Korea has internet access. Of course, it’s extremely restricted in line with the country’s repressive government policies, but it’s still there. North Korea’s bizarre little pool of websites numbers only at a few dozen, including the country Air Koryo airline and Kim Jong-un’s official Naenara site. …

Elon Musk Offers to Pay Teenage Hacker to Delete Twitter Bot Tracking His Plane

There are a lot of bots — accounts running automated scripts to post content — on Twitter. Some of them spread misinformation, other post hourly pictures of animals, and then there’s @ElonJet. This bot keeps track of Elon Musk’s private jet, reporting when it takes off, where it’s headed, and when it lands. And Elon …

AI Built to Give Ethical Answers Turns Out to be Ridiculously Racist

When we’re faced with difficult moral dilemmas, we often turn to others for advice. But you might want to be careful about who you ask — or at least take their guidance with a grain of salt. Meet Delphi. Delphi is an artificial intelligence, or AI, designed as a scientific demonstration project by researchers from …