This week in business: Markets, machines, and mosquitoes
This week, tech companies were either melting down in real time or promising a future where computers are smarter than we are. Investors panicked, calmed down, panicked again, and then…
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Mosquitoes have just been found in Iceland for the first time. It’s more alarming than it sounds
Iceland has long been known as the only habitable place in the world free from mosquitoes. (Antarctica is also mosquito-free, but is not habitable to humans). The Nordic country has been…
This ‘Iron Dome’ for mosquitoes shoots down bugs with lasers
You can now order an “Iron Dome” for mosquitoes. Its name is the Photon Matrix, a black box about the size of a smartphone that can detect, track, and eliminate mosquitoes mid-flight using…