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What does it cost for malware, stolen identities and other tools of the cybercriminal trade? Probably less than you think.

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Uber launched a new app on Thursday called Uber Freight, which matches trucking companies with loads to haul.

The formal launch of the app marks Uber’s long-anticipated move into the trucking industry — potentially disrupting one of the most popular professions in the U.S.

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It’s basically the lower half of Iron Man’s suit, minus rocket boosters and armor.

• The small, spherical Tokamak ST40 reactor is on track to reach its next goal of hitting the 15,000,000 °C (27,000,000 °F) mark this autumn.
• When it does, we will be one step closer to achieving fusion power on a commercial scale.

Earlier this month the newest fusion reactor in the U.K., Tokamak Energy’s ST40, achieved first plasma. This milestone event on the road to fusion energy signals the viability of the company’s overall timetable. The more immediate aim for the ST40 is to achieve a temperature of 15,000,000 °C (27,000,000 °F), as hot as the center of the sun — this should happen in autumn of 2017 based on the progress thus far.

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Even the most exciting breakthrough medical treatment can be rendered obsolete by a particularly insurmountable obstacle: time.

If a treatment only works temporarily, it has little chance of making a significant difference in the lives of patients, which is why the latest news from the University of Miami’s Diabetes Research Institute is so exciting.

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Your art degree may be more valuable than you thought. Experts claim that arts jobs are unlikely to be eliminated amid workforce automation.

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AI’s next target could be NASA’s mission control.

“There is a realization that the time to action is shrinking. Now it’s microseconds.”

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Jet engines that compress gas into a plasma have been successfully tested at ground level for the first time.