Jon Christian
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Somerville, MA, United States
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Why Is Google Translate Spitting Out Sinister Religious Prophecies?
Google Translate is moonlighting as a deranged oracle—and experts say it’s likely because of the spooky nature of neural networks. → Read More
Watch the Final Match of the Robot World Cup
The RoboCup is an annual contest to build and program teams of soccer-playing robots. → Read More
iPhone 7 'Loop Disease' Is an 'Epidemic'
People who repair Apple products say that a grayed-out speaker icon is a symptom of “loop disease,” which can affect aging iPhone 7 and 7 Plus devices. → Read More
Say Nice Things to These Insufferably Cute Plants to Make Them Grow
This augmented reality game lets you say nice things or yell at plants to make them grow or die. → Read More
In Twitter’s early days, only one celebrity could tweet at a time
Early Twitter workers are dishing on the site’s blunder years → Read More
If you see a tweeted link, chances are it’s a bot
Bots are doing most of the link tweeting now, according to new research. → Read More
No wonder the teens are vaping
A study shows Facebook is doing a bad job of policing tobacco-adjacent ads, even in accordance with its own policies. → Read More
Google bans covert crypto-mining from Chrome
After all, Chrome needs all the memory it can get HI-YOOOO → Read More
The ocean’s ancient history reveals a violent future
How raising the planet’s temperature can cause catastrophic storms and kill all ocean life. → Read More
Tumblr bans accounts associated with Russian election meddlers
An email sent around to users who interacted with the accounts claims “democracy requires transparency.” → Read More
Don’t let anyone tell you platforms can’t be regulated
We have strict, proactive regulations for lots of industries, and we can definitely get a handle on Facebook and everything else. → Read More
Buzz Lightyear has nothing on these foldable wings that are inspired by earwigs
Gross bugs are the inspiration for a new “programmable metamaterial.” → Read More
Congress passed FOSTA, so Reddit shut down several trading subreddits
Reddit isn't taking any chances, even though the Act hasn't been signed into law yet. → Read More
We still can’t predict major earthquakes
Detection systems pick up even minor earthquakes, but can’t tell us if they will get bad more than a few seconds before. → Read More
Will Zuckerberg sweat through his hoodie again?
International governments are clamoring for Facebook's founder to provide answers → Read More
If you downloaded the Bitcoin blockchain, you may have downloaded child porn
A new paper reveals some troubling implications for the blockchain when no one oversees what’s on it. → Read More
A list of all the places that the sea already came for
From San Francisco to Easter Island, it could all become Atlantis. → Read More
The UN confirms Facebook is tearing Myanmar apart
Ethnic violence in the country is being driven up by Facebook, one of the only free resources of information in the country. → Read More
The stress of a bad economy is literally killing us
A new study found that the Great Recession correlated with upticks in blood glucose and blood pressure. → Read More
This insanely popular YouTube channel is making bank off fake science
Some of the channel’s videos have millions of views, but its explanations appear completely fabricated. → Read More