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Hitch-hiking robots, cat-based AI, gene-edited tomatoes and wooden skyscrapers. Weird Science has it all.

Today we’re saying a fond farewell to the mighty iPod as Apple retires one of its most iconic products. And take a look at another cultural icon that technology is threatening: the petrol station forecourt.

HaloCheck is a security onboarding system created with the vision to make the world a safer place. They say that they empower people with the ability to protect themselves by providing them access to their criminal list, blacklist, and watchlist databases over the internet and using mobile devices. But this raises a few questions, should these kinds of lists be made available to the general public for a price? And how do we ensure that the lists are accurate, and what would happen if your name were to appear on one of these lists inadvertently?

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The Internet knows where you live, who your friends and family are, where you work and what you like. How? Because you told it.

Protectors of Melaka is an NFT collection built on championing diversity and representation in the NFT space especially for under-represented majority world PoC, starting with local Malaysian cultures. From a functional perspective, this project aims to bring Dungeons & Dragons to the blockchain, creating a living universe for NFT holders to experience and direct. We take a deep dive into this world and speak with the creator Kelvin about world-building in the NFT and crypto space.

The mannequins making women safer in space, dancing drones detecting radiation at Chernobyl and EVs that fail to comply.