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Britain Wants Video Sites to Use the AI It Built to Block Terrorist Content

On Tuesday, the British government announced that it plans to release a new AI it claims can detect 94 percent of ISIS propaganda videos with 99.995 percent accuracy. The UK’s Home Office says that platforms can use its AI to scan videos as they’re being uploaded, detecting terrorist content and blocking it from ever appearing…

Tech News Sidney Fussell Feb 13

Meet Bill Wehrum, Scott Pruitt’s Mercury Emissions-Loving Wingman

EPA chief Scott Pruitt may garner a lot of headlines as he attempts to dismantle the agency from within. But his underlings are doing a lot of the heavy lifting behind the scenes, and many are cut from the same cloth as the man at the top. That includes William Wehrum, the assistant administrator of…

Climate Change Brian Kahn Feb 13

12 Streaming Movies for Nerdy Romantics on Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day is upon us, so we’ve scoured the big three streaming services—Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime—for movies that meld geeky themes with love. Some are tragic, some are salty, and some even involve zombies. Ain’t love grand? Netflix 1) Seeking a Friend for the End of the World Screenwriter Lorene Scafaria made her directorial…

Movies Cheryl Eddy Feb 13

This Study With Plastic Birds and Drones Is Science at Its Best

Scientists need better ways to survey wildlife, and one possibility is drones. So naturally, a team of scientists decided to scatter thousands of fake birds across a landscape to test the accuracy of the technology. Their conclusion? Drones can be more accurate and less biased than traditional counting methods, according to the research published today…

Earth Science Maddie Stone Feb 13

Bill Gates Seems to Think Apple Should Just Put a Backdoor in the iPhone

Bill Gates thinks Silicon Valley isn’t worried enough about government regulation. In a new interview, he warned that big tech companies are being reckless in their support for end-to-end encryption, and he made some cryptic comments about Apple. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation released its annual letter on Tuesday, and Bill gave a brief…

Privacy & Security Rhett Jones Feb 13

Wesley Snipes Has a Good Idea Why More People Don’t Remember How Important Blade Was

With just a few more days until it hits theaters, the hype around Black Panther is reaching a fever pitch as everyone prepares to see Marvel’s first film with a predominantly black cast and a black director. But with all the excitement in the air, there are some folks who don’t know that Black Panther…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore Feb 13

If You Haven’t Read the Excellent Valiant High Series, Here’s Your Chance to Check It Out

Finding a way into an entirely new universe of superheroes can be the type of herculean effort that keeps people from checking out comics from publishers they aren’t familiar with. But with Valiant High, Valiant Comics has found the perfect way to introduce you to its sprawling cast of characters. The Valiant Universe is an…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore Feb 13

Fake Best Buy Reviews Won’t Help Huawei Sell Phones But Here We Are

2018 has gotten off to a rough start for Huawei, the world’s third largest smartphone maker. Just before the company’s CEO made a keynote speech at CES, AT&T pulled out of a partnership that would have put Huawei’s flagship in the stores of a major US carrier for the first time. A month later, Verizon…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford Feb 13

That Freaky Bot-Written Harry Potter Chapter Got Turned into a Freaky Cartoon

The sky as a great black ceiling full of blood. Hagrid’s shrieking furniture. Harry dipping Hermione in hot sauce. Instead of just reading the wacky adventure, now you can watch all these moments from the predictive keyboard opus Harry Potter and the Portrait of What Looked Like a Large Pile of Ash come to life,…

io9 Evan Narcisse Feb 13

How to Find the Best Free Movies and Music on the Web

Whoa, hold on there, person about to exchange money for movies or music—do you know how much free stuff is out there on the web, all legally released and available for anyone to listen to or watch? If you want to spend less on your entertainment budget and maybe discover some interesting new stuff at…

Gadgets David Nield Feb 13

UK Police Trial Mobile Fingerprint Scanners Linked to Criminal and Immigration Databases

Police in West Yorkshire, England are rolling out mobile fingerprint scanners to instantly identify criminal suspects and people “experiencing a medical emergency.” 250 mobile devices are being deployed in West Yorkshire and the British government says the tech will come to 20 police departments across the country by the end of this year. The scanners…

Tech News Sidney Fussell Feb 13

YouTube’s CEO Says Facebook Should ‘Get Back to Baby Pictures’

Facebook is reportedly trying to be more than just the landing page for conspiracy theories and election propaganda—it wants you to come for the videos, baby. It’s a play to rival YouTube, but its CEO, Susan Wojcicki, doesn’t seem too threatened. Wojcicki told Recode’s Kara Swisher during its Code Media conference on Monday, according to…

Social Media Melanie Ehrenkranz Feb 13

Report: Brian Michael Bendis and Tim Miller Are Teaming Up for a Kitty Pryde X-Men Spinoff

Brian Michael Bendis might have recently left Marvel Comics to write for DC, but he hasn’t completely abandoned the Marvel universe. Bendis and Deadpool director Tim Miller are coming together to make an X-Men film, which looks to be the long-rumored Kitty Pryde spin-off. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Miller and Bendis are developing a…

Movies Beth Elderkin Feb 13

The 2018 Underwater Photography Winners Are Otherworldly

The Underwater Photography of the Year Competition announced its 2018 winners Monday, and the photos capture all the different landscapes hiding in the oceans. The competition’s been going on for just a few years, and 110 lucky photos received honors this year—out of more than 5,000 entries from 63 countries. The awards include a variety…

Conservation Yessenia Funes Feb 13

Bed Bugs Are Pooping Histamine Into Our Homes—and Possibly Making Us Sick

There are few living things on earth that can set our nerves more on edge than the aptly named bed bug (Cimex lectularius). Even if you’ve never had the displeasure of being their unwilling blood bank, you probably know someone who has. Since at least the 1990s, bed bugs have started to resist the pesticides…

Health Ed Cara Feb 13

The Greatest American Hero Reboot Has Found Its Hero

Stefan Kapičić teases some important moments for Colossus in Deadpool 2. Screenwriter Jason Fuchs talks about the comic books inspiring the Lobo movie. The Orville gets a new mystery crewmember. Plus, a look at the return of Timeless, some intriguing comics casting for Preacher, and more. Spoilers, away! Tesla Ethan Hawke has been cast as…

Television James Whitbrook Feb 13

Panasonic’s ZS200 Puts a Really Big Zoom in a Little Camera

The photos from most smartphones have gotten so good nowadays, they have basically killed the market for point-and-shoot cameras. That said sometimes you need a zoom. For people wanting to push image quality a little higher, there’s still value in a small, compact camera with a (relatively) big sensor and a long reach. That’s exactly…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford Feb 13

I Can’t Stop Laughing at These Ski Robots Falling Down

If you saw that video of a robot skillfully opening a door yesterday, you might think that the robot uprising is just around the corner. But this new video of skiing robots falling on their faces might help you sleep at night. Or at least give you a good laugh. The video comes from the…

Sploid Matt Novak Feb 13

Human Skulls Mounted on Stakes Found at 8,000-Year-Old Burial Site in Sweden

Researchers in Sweden have uncovered evidence of a behavior never seen before in ancient hunter-gatherers: the mounting of decapitated heads onto stakes. The grim discovery challenges our understanding of European Mesolithic culture and how these early humans handled their dead. Displaying decapitated heads on wooden stakes is something you might expect from the Middle Ages,…

Human History George Dvorsky Feb 13

Uber Rolls Out Feature That Limits Drivers to Breezy, Pleasant 12-Hour Shifts

Uber has implemented a mandate that its drivers must take at least six hours of time off every time they work at least 12 consecutive hours, the Washington Post reported on Monday, as part of an initiative to crack down on drowsy driving that might result in potentially deadly crashes. The Post reported that within…

Tech News Tom McKay Feb 12

Britain Wants Video Sites to Use the AI It Built to Block Terrorist Content

Meet Bill Wehrum, Scott Pruitt’s Mercury Emissions-Loving Wingman

12 Streaming Movies for Nerdy Romantics on Valentine’s Day

This Study With Plastic Birds and Drones Is Science at Its Best

Bill Gates Seems to Think Apple Should Just Put a Backdoor in the iPhone

Wesley Snipes Has a Good Idea Why More People Don’t Remember How Important Blade Was

If You Haven’t Read the Excellent Valiant High Series, Here’s Your Chance to Check It Out

Fake Best Buy Reviews Won’t Help Huawei Sell Phones But Here We Are

That Freaky Bot-Written Harry Potter Chapter Got Turned into a Freaky Cartoon

How to Find the Best Free Movies and Music on the Web

UK Police Trial Mobile Fingerprint Scanners Linked to Criminal and Immigration Databases

YouTube’s CEO Says Facebook Should ‘Get Back to Baby Pictures’

Report: Brian Michael Bendis and Tim Miller Are Teaming Up for a Kitty Pryde X-Men Spinoff

The 2018 Underwater Photography Winners Are Otherworldly

Bed Bugs Are Pooping Histamine Into Our Homes—and Possibly Making Us Sick

The Greatest American Hero Reboot Has Found Its Hero

Panasonic’s ZS200 Puts a Really Big Zoom in a Little Camera

I Can’t Stop Laughing at These Ski Robots Falling Down

Human Skulls Mounted on Stakes Found at 8,000-Year-Old Burial Site in Sweden

Uber Rolls Out Feature That Limits Drivers to Breezy, Pleasant 12-Hour Shifts

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