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VR Could Be the Most Powerful Teaching Tool Since the PC
With new self-contained headsets on the market like the Oculus Rift S, it's easier than ever to integrate them into a classroom environment.
Top 3 Computers for Introducing Your Kids to Comp Sci
With these clever kits, elementary schoolers can get in-depth, hands-on experience with the tech they'll someday use to "make the world a better place."
Altruism Still Fuels the Web. Businesses Love to Exploit It
How open source projects reveal technology's free rider problem.
The Elusive Price—and Prize—of Fame on the Internet
Ultimately the famous things is the record itself, not the specters that pass through it.
Building Virtual Worlds Is a New Form of Self-Expression
As the tools for producing 3D virtual worlds go mainstream, more and more people are using them as an outlet for creativity and communication.
Digital Note-Takers Let You Store and Share Your Scrawlings
Taking notes on Remarkable's tablet or Moleskin's journal is almost like writing, but better.
Bananas in Crisis, Aggressive Social Spiders, and More News
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China Attacks Hong Kong Protesters With Fake Social Posts
Twitter and Facebook say they’ve taken down misinformation campaigns from China that cast pro-democracy activists as ISIS members and cockroaches.
You Can Jailbreak Your iPhone Again (But Maybe You Shouldn’t)
Apple reintroduced a previously fixed bug in iOS 12.4, which has led to a jailbreak revival.
Melting Glaciers Are Helping Capture Carbon
Glaciers melting under the weight of global warming can help sequester carbon, making such watersheds a previously unrecognized CO~2~ sink.
Want to Burn $9 Million to Go 236 MPH? Try the New Bugatti
The Bugatti Centodieci pays homage to the EB110, and packs 1,600 horsepower into a W16 engine (basically two V8s).
Beware the Epiphany-Industrial Complex
The 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment may have been thoroughly debunked, but its influence lives on in facile TED talks and interpretations of science that purport to deliver insights into the human condition.
Reddit Now Lets You Livestream. What Could Go Wrong?
The platform is running a weeklong experiment called RPAN to see how Redditors use new livestreaming capabilities.
Colonies of Aggressive, Social Spiders Boom After a Hurricane
Add skittering groups of extra-bold spiders to the list of post-storm delights. As if flooded homes and downed trees aren't enough.
Alt-Meat Trounces Animal Meat's Massive Inefficiencies
Opinion: Animal meat production is slow, rigid, and wasteful. Plant- and cell-based meat production is swift, nimble, and sustainable.
Uber's NYC Troubles, Gyrocopters Take Flight, and More News
Plus: A crippled plane lands in a cornfield, and a clever license plate goes awry.
To Power AI, This Startup Built a Really, Really Big Chip
Many computer chips are smaller than your fingernail. Cerebras' new chip for AI systems is bigger than a standard iPad.
A Fungus Could Wipe Out the Banana Forever
Tropical Race 4 has spread to the region where most exported bananas are grown.
Dive Into the Existential Escapism of the Fish Tube
The salmon-shooter is the latest—and darkest—in a long line of "I don't wanna be here" memes.
When Influencers Switch Platforms—and Bare It All
You follow them on Instagram, admiring their bodies, envying their lifestyles. And then they get intimate on OnlyFans. The influencers are now obtainable.
How Fans Are Remaking Entertainment in Their Own Image
The nerds are now in charge. They're now the creators of culture—the participants, the coauthors, the influencers, the storytellers.
We Can Be Heroes: How the Nerds Are Reinventing Pop Culture
Harry Potter–loving, TV-debating, fanfic-writing enthusiasts have emerged from the underground to dominate—and shape—the mainstream.
Netflix's Carla Engelbrecht Chooses Her Own Adventures
The master of nonlinear TV creates shows that demand to be played, not just watched. But when you determine your own path, you have to face the consequences.
Upstart Crossword Puzzle Builders Get Their Point Across (and Down)
A new wave of crossword creators started to notice something: The old guard didn't have a clue. Now this band of enthusiasts is thinking outside the boxes.
The Poem on the Statue of Liberty Tops This Week's Internet News Roundup
Ken Cuccinelli, the acting director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services, thinks the poem on the Statue of Liberty could use a rewrite. Yes, really.
Form Swim Goggles Review: Fitness Tracking at the Pool
Form is moving the swim watch from your wrist to your face. Our review of its fitness-tracking augmented reality goggles.
Amazon Says It Can Detect Fear on Your Face. You Scared?
The company updates its Rekognition suite with an algorithm that can tell if you’re afraid. Researchers say such emotion detectors don’t work very well.
Robot Coffee Tastes Great, But at What Cost? (About $5)
Coffee Haus makes coffee drinks 100 times an hour in its robotic kiosks. No humans required.
A Brief History of Vanity License Plates Gone Wrong
The stories might sound unbelievable, but they’re all real—and a cautionary tale for anyone who wants to get clever at the DMV.
A Major Proof Shows How to Approximate Numbers Like Pi
The ancient Greeks wondered when irrational numbers, like pi, can be represented with fractions. Two mathematicians now have a complete answer.
Space Photos of the Week: Sun Spotting
NASA’s Parker probe is headed to the center of the solar system to figure out what drives the solar wind.
When Tech Moguls Act Like Galactic Overlords
In Max Gladstone's new novel *Empress of Forever*, technology controls everyone.
Facebook's Voice Transcripts Were More Invasive Than Amazon's
The Capital One hacker, a Bluetooth vulnerability, and more of the week's top security news.
VW's ID Buggy Is an Electric Dune Dominator
The concept car remixed the past to show where a very fun future of driving could be headed.
Back-to-School Sales for 2019: Best Tech Deals We Could Find
We combed through this weekend's back-to-school deals for bargains on great tech and dorm room essentials.
A Heroic Plane Landing, Instagram's New Fact Checkers, and More News
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The Serious Money Is Warming to Bitcoin
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is buying the "custody" business of rival Xapo, in a bid to attract big investors such as hedge funds and mutual funds.
A Rocket-Catchin' Copter, a Radioactive Russian Cloud, and More News
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How Facebook Catches Bugs in Its 100 Million Lines of Code
For the past four years, Facebook has quietly used a homegrown tool called Zoncolan to find bugs in its massive codebase.
Depth of Field: Where Is Jay-Z Taking the NFL?
The rapper-entrepreneur and pro football have a new partnership. But it might be built on illusion.
AI Algorithms Need FDA-Style Drug Trials
Opinion: Algorithms cause permanent side effects on society. They need clinical tests.
Catch Rockets With a Helicopter? Yep, That's the Plan
SpaceX was the first to bring a booster back from space and use it again. Other companies are now following in its footsteps—kind of.
Truckers Gain More Freedom, Thanks to Tech’s Watchful Eye
Proposed federal rules would give truckers more leeway in taking breaks—because regulators already know when drivers are driving and not driving.
At Twitter, It Seems No One Can Hear the Screams
Twitter’s brass at an event this week struggled to balance the platform’s reputation for viral rage with the conversational mecca it wants to become.
Actually, Gender-Neutral Pronouns Can Change a Culture
In 2012 a nongendered pronoun dropped into Swedish discourse. Today it's widely used—and it's nudging people to see the world a little differently.
A Strange Radioactive Cloud Likely Came From Russia
In 2017 a plume of radioactive gas wafted across Europe. A study now shows it probably stemmed from a nuclear accident in southern Russia.
Google Assistant Now Lets You Send Reminders to Other People
Hey Google, is this the future of passive-aggressive exchanges at home?
Henry Golding Might Star in the Next 'G.I. Joe' Movie
The 'Crazy Rich Asians' lead is in talks to play Snake Eyes. Also, Netflix is adapting a 'New Yorker' sci-fi story.
The Internet Needs Tumblr More Than Ever
It might be the last place that's not a wretched hive of scum and villainy.
Arctic Plastic Pollution, a Hacker Joke Gone Awry, and More News
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