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Kelly Paik

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Kelly Paik writes about science and technology for Fanvive. When she's not catching up on the latest innovations, she uses her free-time painting and roaming to places with languages she can't speak. Because she rather enjoys fumbling through cities and picking things on the menu through a process of eeny meeny miny moe.
Facebook using a selfie to prove your identity

Facebook now uses a selfie to prove your identity

The next time Facebook notices suspicious activity on your account, they could be asking you to verify your identity via selfie. The social media...
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New study shows that learning a second language as a young child has huge...

Learning a second language can have benefits for our brain that go far beyond language itself. And when it comes to young children, research...
Waymo driverless pilot in Phoenix

No one’s in the driver’s seat of these driverless cars by Waymo

This week, Waymo debuted a public test of their self-driving cars in the Phoenix metro area with one very important thing missing - a...
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Sony is releasing Aibo, an AI-infused robot dog to pull at your heartstrings

If Sony makes a robot dog behave adorably enough, would you buy it? The electronics company first introduced Aibo the dog in 1999 and...
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NASA’s twin study reveals how space changes our bodies

Some of the changes to NASA astronaut Scott Kelly’s after returning from almost a year in space were easily apparent. In the absence of...
turnstile at Penn Station, New York City

NYC is replacing the MetroCard with a tap-and-go system

Finally NYC is tossing out its floppy, flimsy plastic MetroCards in favor of a tap payment system for its public transportation lines. That means...
sidewalk labs has Toronto as the neighborhood of the future

Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs wants to build a futuristic neighborhood in Toronto

Ever wonder what it would look like if you let an internet company like Google design a tech makeover for a whole city? Well...
Assistant Professor Canan Dagdeviren (left) Researcher Giovanni Traver (right)

Researchers made an edible sensor that monitors intestinal health

Diagnosing stomach and intestinal problems can be hard to do without seeing exactly what’s going on inside. That’s why scientists have for some time...
NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang in Europe discussing DRIVE PX Pegasus and its role in robotaxi

Nvidia made a car computer powerful enough to run a fully autonomous Robotaxi

Computing company Nvidia plans to launch a next-generation supercomputer powerful enough to run fully-autonomous level 5 Robotaxi. Nvidia’s new version of its Drive PX...
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New research confirms the link between drought and violence

In times when the land is parched, we see crops wither in the sun, commodity prices skyrocket, and local economies destabilize. For these reasons,...

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