Mack DeGeurin

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About

Mack DeGeurin is a tech reporter who’s spent years investigating where technology and politics collide. His work has previously appeared in Gizmodo, Insider, New York Magazine, and Vice.

More from Mack DeGeurin

Lionsgate will let Runway AI train its model on John Wick and thousands of other titles.
AI

What a major movie studio’s AI deal could mean for the future of Hollywood

By Mack DeGeurin

FDA approves Apple Watch screening for sleep apnea risk
Health

FDA approves Apple Watch screening for sleep apnea risk

By Mack DeGeurin

Conspiracy theories hat
AI

How an AI ‘debunkbot’ can change a conspiracy theorist’s mind

By Mack DeGeurin

Hardt Hyperloop used magnetic levitation to lift a pod up and propel it through a test track at 18 miles per hour.
Technology

Hyperloop’s not dead, apparently

By Mack DeGeurin

ford holograms
Technology

Ford files patent for a car with holographic cops and guard dogs

By Mack DeGeurin

Turns out, micro and nano plastics degrade differently.
Climate Change

Scientists finally get a 3D view of degrading microplastics

By Mack DeGeurin

This squishy robot uses electrical signals processed from King Oyster mushroom mycelia to scoot back and forth.
Robots

This robot is being controlled by a King oyster mushroom

By Mack DeGeurin

Steaming pipes at Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant. This image is shot using a drone.
AI

‘The world is not prepared:’ How AI energy thirst might tap into geothermal power

By Mack DeGeurin

food made out of garbage using fungus
Science

Chefs are using fungus to transform food garbage into fancy, fully edible dishes

By Mack DeGeurin

Google’s HeAR model sifts through over 300 million, two seconds snippets of audio to search for signs of respiratory harm.
AI

AI can spot tuberculosis early by listening to your cough

By Mack DeGeurin

Skyline Robotics robot window washing skyscrapers
Robots

The skyscraper window-washing robots are here

By Mack DeGeurin

Applying the logic of chatbot conversations to humans could make a person awkward, impatient, or just plain rude.
AI

Researchers worry about AI turning humans into jerks

By Mack DeGeurin

SpaceX is seeking approval to expand its Starlink constellation to 40,000 satellites.
Science

‘What goes up, must come down:’ Junk satellites are a looming hazard

By Mack DeGeurin

Historical artistic interpretation of an ouroboros. It is a dragon eating its own tail.
AI

AI trained on AI churns out gibberish garbage

By Mack DeGeurin

Elderly woman listening to music happily
Science

Our memory of music persists in old age

By Mack DeGeurin

flying drone
Technology

Ready or not, here come the police drones

By Mack DeGeurin

Hundreds of thousand of athletes and visitors attending this year’s Olympics could have their movements analyzed by a real-time AI video surveillance tool.
Security

Swimming, soccer, and surveillance: Paris preps for an AI-monitored Olympics

By Mack DeGeurin

Tiny drones have can only carry very small computer processors with little computation and memory. This makes it very challenging for them to navigate by themselves, as current state-of-the-art approaches to autonomous navigation are computation- and memory intensive.
Robots

Bug brains could help drone swarms find their way home

By Mack DeGeurin

stick figure camera
Technology

This camera turns people into stick figures to preserve privacy

By Mack DeGeurin

A new urine filtration system could help future astronauts explore further without needing to lug around hefty water reserves.
Mars

Future astronauts could safely drink their own urine with this Dune-like device

By Mack DeGeurin