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

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Engineering

New device lets you taste food in virtual reality

By Mack DeGeurin

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Moons

Six weeks, three moon landers: The era of private space exploration is here

By Mack DeGeurin

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Robots

Like babies and dancers, this robot learns from studying itself

By Mack DeGeurin

ALLENTOWN, PA - MAY 09: Home Plate Umpire Brian Walsh uses an earpiece to hear the electronic notification as to weather a pitch was a ball or a strike by the ABS system during a AAA minor league baseball game between the Memphis Redbirds and Lehigh Valley IronPigs at Coca-Cola Park on May 9, 2023 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The Automated Balls and Strikes system, similar to the Hawk-Eye system used in professional tennis, uses over 30 cameras and sensors around the stadium to identifies weather the pitch is a ball or a strike. MLB is testing the system for possible use next year. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images)
Technology

This could be baseball’s last season without ‘robot umpires’

By Mack DeGeurin

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AI

Meta spending billions on world’s longest subsea internet cable 

By Mack DeGeurin

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Animals

Genetically modified zebrafish and fruit flies munch on mercury to make it less toxic

By Mack DeGeurin

Researchers used a combination of nontoxic water, sodium acetate, sodium iodide, and hypophosphorous acid to recycle a solar cell.
Environment

How water could make future solar cells recyclable

By Mack DeGeurin

Researchers implanted cultivated tooth constructs into the mandibles of six two-year-old mini pigs.
Animals

Human-like teeth successfully grown in a pig’s mouth

By Mack DeGeurin

Deep envisions several of its 'sentinel' units parking beside each other to from an underwater research center.
Technology

The company spending millions to build an underwater human settlement

By Mack DeGeurin

A general view exterior of Caesars Superdome, home of the NFL New Orleans Saints, on October 13, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Technology

FAA creates ‘No Drone Zone’ around Super Bowl LIX

By Mack DeGeurin

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AI

Rats beat AI at recognizing obscured objects

By Mack DeGeurin

Researchers say taking steps to prevent battery fires may be more effective than relying on possibly dangerous flame retardants.
Electric Vehicles

Flame retardants in some batteries might be making fires worse

By Mack DeGeurin

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Health

Apple accused of exposing some Watch owners to ‘forever chemicals’

By Mack DeGeurin

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AI

The future of AI is even more fossil fuels

By Mack DeGeurin

A robot called 'Tiangong' is expected to join dozens of other humanoids in a half marathon race later this year.
Robots

Human vs: humanoid: Half-marathon pits robots against 12,000 joggers

By Mack DeGeurin

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Technology

Brain-connected implants help paralyzed patients feel objects and shapes

By Mack DeGeurin

humanoid robot learned how to Waltz by 'mirroring' its human partner.
Robots

Humanoid robot learns to Waltz with the grace of … a robot

By Mack DeGeurin

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Aviation

New DJI drone policy could fuel even more conspiracy theories

By Mack DeGeurin

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Animals

Do animals experience mental illness?

By Mack DeGeurin

A firefighter battles the Palisades Fire while it burns homes at Pacific Coast Highway amid a powerful windstorm on January 8, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
Environment

This crowdsourcing app is a lifeline for Californians tracking wildfires

By Mack DeGeurin