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DRONES

US Wants to Use Drones to Kill Coca Plants in Colombia
The Department of State wants the drones because it says improvised explosive devices, ambushes, and hazardous wildlife are threats to personnel.
Joseph Cox
6.9.22
tech-science

Scientists Grew Living Human Skin That Self-Heals on a Robot Finger
Humanoid robots will need self-healing human skin to be more likeable and to operate in risky environments, scientists say.
Jordan Pearson
6.9.22
Politics

The FBI Just Arrested a GOP Governor Candidate Who Was at the Jan. 6 Insurrection
Michigan candidate Ryan Kelley was in the crowd at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and was captured on camera climbing up scaffolding.
Cameron Joseph
6.9.22
Russian disinformation

Meet the US ‘Journalist’ Helping Spread the Kremlin’s Propaganda
Patrick Lancaster is one of several YouTubers who have evaded the platform’s anti-disinformation measures, and his pro-Russia coverage has made him a star.
David Gilbert
6.9.22
Cocaine

An Ex-Marine Smuggled Tons of Cocaine Into the US for Mexican Cartels
Angel Dominguez Ramirez was sentenced to more than 16 years behind bars for helping the Sinaloa, Jalisco and Gulf Cartels smuggle dope into the U.S.
Luis Chaparro
6.9.22
Politics

Can the Jan. 6 Committee Remind Americans Why Trump Scared Them So Much?
The Jan. 6 Select Committee kicks off its high-stakes set of hearings Thursday night. Here’s what you need to know.
Cameron Joseph
6.9.22
worker rights

Tech CEOs Want Every Worker to Have a Permanent, Publicly-Available Job Performance File
Two CEOs on a podcast casually proposed a shareable database of worker performance that would follow them between companies, forever, and encouraged listeners to create one. HR professionals say it's a terrible idea.
Aaron Gordon
6.9.22
News

The Police Are Not Here to Save You
A number of horrifying recent incidents across the U.S. are a grim reminder that cops do not have a constitutional duty to protect people.
Manisha Krishnan
6.9.22
ev charging

27% of Electric Vehicle Fast Chargers in the Bay Area Don’t Work, Study Finds
Charger reliability is an even bigger problem than lack of chargers, surveys of EV users increasingly find.
Aaron Gordon
6.9.22
Science

Do Animals Dream?
What nonhuman animals experience while sleeping can be called dreaming, philosopher David Peña-Guzmán writes in a new book. This impacts how we should think about their interior lives.
Shayla Love
6.9.22
DALL-E

Technologists Are Using AI to ‘Expand’ Famous Works of Art
With the right inputs, DALL-E can make bigger versions of classic paintings like the Mona Lisa.
Janus Rose
6.9.22
Games News

I Tried to Adopt a Traumatized Sims 4 Baby From Instagram
Simmers on Instagram are roleplaying the adoption process, creating Sim children—and their traumatic backstories—for other Sims to adopt.
Gita Jackson
6.9.22
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