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The two most effective vaccines against the coronavirus are based on messenger RNA, a technology that has been in the works for 20 years.
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Large natural-language computer models that learn to write and speak are a big step toward AI that can better understand and interact with the world.
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Since its launch in China in 2016, TikTok has become one of the world's fastest-growing social networks.
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Electric vehicles come with a tough sales pitch; they're relatively expensive, and you can drive them only a few hundred miles before they need to recharge.
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Technology companies have proven to be poor stewards of our personal data.
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Hydrogen has always been an intriguing possible replacement for fossil fuels.
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As the coronavirus began to spread around the world, it felt at first as if digital contact tracing might help us.
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We all use GPS every day; it has transformed our lives and many of our businesses.
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The covid pandemic forced the world to go remote.
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Despite the immense progress in artificial intelligence in recent years, AI and robots are still dumb in many ways.
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