Humans + Tech Newsletters

Brain implant successfully treats resistant depression in a patient / Humans + Tech - #101 + The rise of dark web design: how sites manipulate you into clicking + Facebook will not fix itself + Oth...

Humans and AI team up to complete Beethoven’s unfinished 10th Symphony/ Humans + Tech - #100 + We need concrete protections from artificial intelligence threatening human rights + The CIA and NSA u...

The smart toilet era is here! / Humans + Tech - Issue #99 + China imposes a 40-minute limit for children on Douyin - its version of TikTok + UN human rights commission calls for moratorium on sale ...

Hackers are leaking children’s data — and there’s little parents can do / Humans + Tech – #98 + Facebook is ignoring Instagram’s harmful impact on teens + Drugs, robots, and the pursuit of pleasure...

Altos Labs aims to make humans immortal / Humans + Tech - #97 + Singapore has deployed robots to patrol public areas + This app lets hungry people secure their next meal with a text + Other interes...

Zoom dysmorphia is following us into the real world / Humans + Tech - Issue #96 + Kenya's disinformation-for-hire industry + People are hiring out their faces to become deepfake-style marketing clo...

Why are people paying for coaches to get better at video games? / Humans + Tech - Issue #95 + MIT’s mind-controlled prosthetic hand slips on like a glove + The secret bias hidden in mortgage-approv...

He predicted the dark side of the Internet 30 years ago. Why did no one listen? / Humans + Tech - Issue #94 + Deepfakes are now making business pitches + Using AI-based software to monitor online e...

CRISPR therapy for rare blood disease delivers “life-changing” results / Humans + Tech - #93 + Deleting unethical data sets isn’t good enough + Is robot therapy the future? + Other interesting arti...

South Africa awards a patent to an AI system / Humans + Tech - #92 + Why artificial intelligence is being used to write adverts + These algorithms look at x-rays and somehow detect your race + Othe...

Keeping loved ones alive as a chatbot / Humans + Tech - #91 + Engineer builds voice-controlled exoskeleton so his son could walk + AI creates false documents to fake out hackers + Other interesting...

How AI can help create more caring company cultures / Humans + Tech - #90 + New AI tool aims to analyze and improve classroom discussions + Smart technology (probably) isn’t making you dumber + Oth...

Digital apartheid deprives Kashmiri children of basic rights / Humans + Tech - #89 + A paralyzed man's brain waves converted to speech in a world-first breakthrough + The 3D technology that could r...

The codes helping visually-impaired people shop / Humans + Tech - #88 + Robots were supposed to take our jobs. Instead, they’re making them worse. + World's first 3D-printed school tackles classroo...