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Ask any Egyptian how much of an influence the Internet was in the nation’s uprising, the first thing they’ll probably do is roll their eyes at you. I’ve certainly mentioned it countless times – International media found the perfectly convenient package of the Facebook revolution fueled by a Google executive. A better lede couldn’t have been written if they had made it up themselves. But the thing is, there is as much fiction in that phrase as there is fact....

Why Elon Musk is wrong about Level 5 self-driving cars Level 5 self-driving cars This is how theU.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administrationdefines level 5 self-driving cars: “The vehicle can do all the driving in all circumstances, [and] the human occupants are just passengers and need never be involved in driving.” Basically, a fully autonomous car doesn’t even need a steering wheel and a driver’s seat. The passengers should be able to spend their time in the car doing more productive work....

Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are about two-thirds of the way to producing excess power with a nuclear fusion reactor. If you didn’t just leap out of your seat, that’s okay. The science community’s been teasing fusion for decades and, like a lot of technologies, it’s alwaysabout another decade away. But here’s the thing:this time really is different. There arenumerous fusion projectsclosing in on “ignition,” the point where a reactor produces more power than it takes to run....

The growing use of emotion recognition AI is causing alarm among ethicists. They warn that the tech isprone to racial biases, doesn’t account for cultural differences, and is used formass surveillance. Some argue that AIisn’t even capableof accurately detecting emotions. A new studypublished in Nature Communicationshas shone further light on these shortcomings. The researchers analyzed photos of actors to examine whether facial movements reliably express emotional states. They found that people use different facial movements to communicate similar emotions....

Why empathy should be the key ingredient in products Empathy and innovation are linked Empathy being closely linked to innovation is no surprise. It is the act of putting yourself in someone else’s metaphorical shoes and understanding what they are feeling and why. Seeing something from a different perspective is bound to cause an innovator to understand how that thing could be made better or what new product should be created....