Scientists unlock the key to immortality… in jellyfish

Humans fear death so much that some of us would willingly trade our immortal souls — if such a thing exists — and become vampires for a chance to keep wandering the world a little longer. You can quench your thirst for vampire lore with the upcoming Vampire Academy series (streaming on Peacock Sept. 15), but in the meantime jellyfish might be teaching us how to live forever without needing to drink the blood of unsuspecting…

An AI startup is selling tech to let call center agents change their accents. They say it's to protect workers from racism, but critics say it's a form of 'digital whitening.'

"Accent translation" startup ​​Sanas has faced allegations of racism and discrimination this past week after being accused of manipulating non-American accents to sound "more white." The company uses speech recognition technology to change the user's accent in near-real time; their primary target seems to be…