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Feb 16, 2019
3-D printed rifles, Iran missile hacking, and more of the week's top security news.
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Feb 16, 2019
Gregory Benford's new book portrays the writer as a man of action and improvised traps.
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Feb 16, 2019
Opinion: Without more DOD investment, there just aren't enough incentives to lure talent away from high-paying jobs with great benefits into a life of public service.
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Feb 16, 2019
As hard as it is to say goodbye to our favorite little rover, the mission had a hell of a run on Mars.
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Feb 16, 2019
We found the best tech bargains for the long holiday weekend from Beats, Dyson, and more.
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Feb 16, 2019
As unease with Big Tech grows, some prescribe a slower, less viral online existence. "Eat independent sites, mostly not Facebook."
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Feb 15, 2019
New York's mayor says the rule, which halts the granting of new licenses, is vital for reining in congestion. Uber says the city is overreaching.
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Feb 15, 2019
Trouble at OKCupid, Coffee Meets Bagel, and Jack'd have made February a bad stretch for romantics online.
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Feb 15, 2019
As he declared a national emergency Friday, President Trump repeatedly dismissed statistics and reports produced by his own government.
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Feb 15, 2019
Product designer Chris Messina snagged @chris as his Instagram name. It's been awesome—and terrible. Plus: Amazon splits with NYC, on the Gadget Lab podcast.
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Feb 15, 2019
With the HQ2 split, New York lost a chance for a more diverse economy. Amazon lost a chance to engage with critics. And in it all, America lost out too.
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Feb 15, 2019
All that rain drenching California this week came from an atmospheric river. A new rating scale would tell you how much water is fueling the system.
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Feb 15, 2019
Joshua Dudley Greer traveled 100,000 miles up and down US interstates for his new book 'Somewhere Along the Line'.
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Feb 15, 2019
By taking the 'Metro' titles out of the Metro, 4A Games is conducting a massive experiment—one that mostly succeeds.
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Feb 15, 2019
Outcry about the layoffs has continued throughout the week.
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Feb 15, 2019
If bullet journals, perfectly arranged drawers, and heart-stopping car racing is your thing, you'll be glad to meet the crews who make it happen.
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Feb 15, 2019
Sure, it's derivative. That's what you'll love about it—and what might drive you crazy.
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Feb 15, 2019
Learn how to make fantastic cold brew with our picks for the best cold brew coffee makers, best cold brew coffee grounds, and our advice.
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Feb 15, 2019
Learn how to make fantastic cold brew with our picks for the best cold-brew coffee makers, best cold-brew coffee grounds, and our advice.
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Feb 15, 2019
The James Cameron-produced movie is a lot of fun, but it's trying so hard to turn into a franchise it forgets to have a third act.
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Feb 15, 2019
Information about you, what you buy, where you go, even where you look is the oil that fuels the digital economy.
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Feb 15, 2019
Social science has an image problem—too many findings don't hold up. A new project will crank through 30,000 studies to try to identify red flags.
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Feb 15, 2019
Social science has an image problem—too many findings don't hold up. A new project will crank through 30,000 studies to try to identify red flags.
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Feb 14, 2019
It was so huge that it required a whole special bespoke transportation logistics setup, but no one wanted to buy it.
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Feb 14, 2019
Happy Love Day! (Ugh) Here's how to get started with Tinder, Bumble, and so on
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Feb 14, 2019
He was considered a wacko and denied access to a broad audience. Today, anyone can spread wild ideas online.
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Feb 14, 2019
President Trump has yet to sign the bill. If he doesn't, another government shutdown looms.
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Feb 14, 2019
President Trump has signaled that in addition to signing a Congressional spending bill, he will declare a national emergency to fund his misbegotten border wall.
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Feb 14, 2019
The company says it will no longer build its highly anticipated office in Queens after the deal faced backlash from politicians, taxpayers, and activists.
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Feb 14, 2019
Following China's lead, India is restricting some sales by global ecommerce companies, and weakening protections around online free speech.
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Feb 14, 2019
Researchers at OpenAI decided that a system that scores well at understanding language could too easily be manipulated for malicious intent.
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Feb 14, 2019
From Ariana Grande and Kacey Musgraves to Tierra Whack and Lizzo, this year is all about female artists remaking the music biz.
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Feb 14, 2019
Also: Apple is reportedly announcing its streaming plans in March, and Thanos is going to 'Dune'.
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Feb 14, 2019
Sennheiser's high-end earbuds are completely wirefree, but they aren't completely hassle-free.
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Feb 14, 2019
Sennheiser's high-end earbuds are completely wirefree, but they aren't completely hassle-free.
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Feb 14, 2019
Mozilla expands its "Privacy Not Included" gift guide to the bedroom: It's all sexy fun and games until someone hacks a WiFi-enabled butt plug.
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Feb 14, 2019
This electromagnetic catapult flings airplanes into the sky (and giant sleds into the water). Here's how to calculate the projectile motion involved.
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Feb 14, 2019
Close encounters of the orbiting kind are getting so common, the Air Force's alerts are starting to look like junk mail.
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Feb 14, 2019
The virus is the most contagious in the world, exploiting the human body's immune system to spread with extreme agility and harming its victims for years.
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Feb 14, 2019
Rollerblades, climbing shoes, and more—here's our favorite gear for warding off the winter blues.
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Feb 14, 2019
Direct democracy! Universal basic income! Fascism!? The inside story of Italy's Five Star Movement and the cyberguru who dreamed it up.
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Feb 13, 2019
he numbers are a little jumbly, but reports published by the state's DMV show progress toward the day when humans are unshackled from the steering wheel.
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Feb 13, 2019
Democrats have often opposed telecom mergers, but some prominent Democrats support T-Mobile's proposed acquisition of Sprint.
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Feb 13, 2019
There is a 'Fortnite' Effect—but it's not what you think it is.
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Feb 13, 2019
There is a 'Fortnite' Effect—but it's not what you think it is.
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Feb 13, 2019
NASA announced that, after 15 years and 5,000 charge cycles, the Mars rover Opportunity is officially dead. Here's what killed the tenacious little robot.
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Feb 13, 2019
Opinion: Personal data is increasingly a core part of our personhood. Which is why the "service for data" model is a devil's bargain.
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Feb 13, 2019
In an astonishing indictment, the DoJ details how Monica Witt allegedly turned on her former counterintelligence colleagues.
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Feb 13, 2019
AntBot looks for the polarized light from the sun in order to find its way. Your robot car could do the same one day.
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Feb 13, 2019
It's only a couple months old, but Sony's miniature PS Classic has dropped from $100 to just $40.
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Feb 13, 2019
The internet would be thrilled if the sequel was basically 'Carol' on Ice. It would be a monumental move for Disney.
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Feb 13, 2019
Opinion: America needs a special visa program aimed at attracting more AI experts and specialists.
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Feb 13, 2019
In a world of cheap gas, easy-come auto loans, ride-hail, and now a new breed of bike- and scooter-share, transit riders aren't riding like they use to.
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Feb 13, 2019
A survey finds that the majority of Californians think tech has been "under-regulated" and merits more government oversight.
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Feb 13, 2019
The hybrid-powered aircraft will carry up to 500 pounds with a range of 300 miles, and could enter service next year.
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Feb 13, 2019
Drag your finger on the in-app map, and the mobile Route Builder translates your scrawl into an ideal path. The beta version debuts soon for Strava Summit users.
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Feb 13, 2019
Domo arigato, debating roboto: An IBM project shows that a computer can carry on a sophisticated—if creepy—argument with a human.
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Feb 13, 2019
And roughly 80 percent of Americans say tech companies should do more to prevent it, according to a new survey from the Anti-Defamation League.
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Feb 12, 2019
To promote its upcoming superhero flick, Marvel went full Geocities. And experts say it hit all the right notes.
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Feb 12, 2019
To promote its upcoming superhero flick, Marvel went full Geocities. And experts say it hit all the right notes.
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Feb 12, 2019
Tuesday's big event, in which Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey answered questions from journalist Kara Swisher, was peppered with typos that muddied the message.
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Feb 12, 2019
A new Defense Department strategy calls for rapid adoption of AI across the military, and Google, Oracle, IBM, and SAP have signaled interest in a partnership.
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Feb 12, 2019
State media has reported that Russia will attempt to disconnect from the global internet this spring. That's going to be tricky.
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Feb 12, 2019
The Green New Deal unveiled by congressional Democrats last week is fairly criticized for being vague and unrealistic. But the US needs ambitious societal goals.
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Feb 12, 2019
There's a reason Howard the Duck is going to Hulu and not Disney .
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Feb 12, 2019
It's about cats now.
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Feb 12, 2019
Click on your city, and the map will pinpoint a modern analog city that matches what your climate may be in 2080. The results are startling.
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Feb 12, 2019
Rie Yamada collects vintage photo albums and re-stages the images—with herself as all the subjects.
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Feb 12, 2019
Rie Yamada collects vintage photo albums and re-stages the images—with herself as all the subjects.
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Feb 12, 2019
Opinion: Humans train the machine-learning and AI systems at Facebook, Google, and Twitter to filter out bias. The problem: they don't know what they're looking for.
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Feb 12, 2019
A hacker can accelerate Xiaomi M365 scooter—or hit the breaks—while a rider is on it.
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Feb 12, 2019
At Culture Biosciences, rows of bioreactors are brewing yeast and bacteria so synthetic biology startups can produce their foods, biofuels, and medicines faster.
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Feb 12, 2019
In the movie *Gravity*, Sandra Bullock uses a fire extinguisher to maneuver in space. Controlling it is much, much harder than it looks.
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Feb 12, 2019
We are building a 1-to-1 map of almost unimaginable scope. When it's complete, our physical reality will merge with the digital universe.
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Feb 11, 2019
So get ready to see a lot more of the company's toaster-inspired, human-free robots roaming the street, delivering groceries.
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Feb 11, 2019
What are the consequences (and conveniences) of the tech giant acquiring the home router company?
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Feb 11, 2019
Many of the body cameras worn by police are woefully vulnerable to hacking and manipulation. Amber Authenticate wants to fix that—with the blockchain.
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Feb 11, 2019
Blue is definitely not the warmest color.
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Feb 11, 2019
Also, 'The Walking Dead' is losing a fan-favorite character and 'The Lego Movie 2' underperforms.
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Feb 11, 2019
*The L Word* reboot has the opportunity to do something revolutionary. Again.
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Feb 11, 2019
Opinion: With its American AI Initiative, the White House is devoting funding, research, and data infrastructure to boosting our prowess in artificial intelligence.
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Feb 11, 2019
Opinion: With its American AI Initiative, the White House is devoting funding, research, and data infrastructure to boosting our prowess in artificial intelligence.
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Feb 11, 2019
These are our favorite baby monitors and cameras to help you keep an eye (or ear) on your kids at night. Wi-Fi, radio, long range, audio, and app-based monitors included.
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Feb 11, 2019
Where we live plays an enormous role in our emissions. For the Green New Deal to work, it needs to grapple with that fact.
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Feb 11, 2019
Google and Microsoft have added warnings to their "risk factors" for investors about potential legal and ethical problems from their artificial intelligence projects.
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Feb 11, 2019
As goofy as some of your smartphone keyboard's predictions are, at least it tries to not make you look bad.
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Feb 11, 2019
A new research center will finally quantify cannabis' toll on the environment, as well as how existing rules affect the growers themselves.
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Feb 11, 2019
The US will join more than a dozen other countries with national AI strategies when President Trump signs an executive order to create the American AI Initiative.
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Feb 10, 2019
The logistics giant invests in autonomous vehicle startup Aurora, the micromobility world ponders its future, we review the new Porsche 911, and more.
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Feb 10, 2019
The speech was very boring. The state of the world as a whole, though, is far from tedious.
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Feb 10, 2019
Humans interbred with Neanderthals and Denisovans, but were there others? Paleontologists are using deep learning to find lost branches of our family tree.
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Feb 10, 2019
Even with a few glitches, these cute wirefree, true wireless workout earbuds are still worth the price.
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Feb 10, 2019
The shutdown may have ended two weeks ago, but federal cybersecurity professionals will be coping with its impact for a long time to come.
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Feb 10, 2019
Squirrel monkeys don't see color like people. But inject their eyeballs with a genetically engineered virus, and they suddenly can perceive a new rainbow. The same trick could someday be used on color-blind people.
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Feb 10, 2019
The future of journalism is more partisan and supported by more diverse revenue streams—in other words, like the journalism of 200 years ago.
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Feb 09, 2019
Before stars are stars and solar systems emerge, there is nothing but gas and dust.
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Feb 09, 2019
Location data scandals, a Zcash bug, and more of the week's top security news.
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Feb 09, 2019
The sci-fi anthology show deserves a second run. Come on, Hulu.
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Feb 09, 2019
It's never been harder to buy the right Apple laptop. Let us help you with our MacBook buying guide.
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Feb 09, 2019
As the company morphed from an exclusive platform for co-eds to one of the biggest, most powerful platforms in the world, our writers chronicled it all.
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