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How Arrivo Got Colorado to Back a Wild-Eyed Highway Scheme
Brogan BamBrogan's company promised Colorado a hyperloop-inspired transportation, then shut down.
Amazon Wants Brands to Fight Fake Products Themselves
Getting Amazon to take down counterfeit product listings can be a pain. With Project Zero, the company wants to streamline that process—by playing a smaller role in it.
Gadget Lab Podcast: A Deep Dive into Microsoft’s HoloLens 2
Microsoft's second-generation mixed reality headset has made a significant leap. Microsoft's Alex Kipman goes into details on the Gadget Lab podcast.
Trump-Era Congressional Hearings Have Succumbed to Conspiracy Politics
Attention legislators left and right: Hearings like Michael Cohen’s should be fact-finding missions, not conspiracy-minded fishing expeditions.
'Guild Wars' Developer Layoffs Hit as 'Fortnite' Launches Season 8
Those things are unrelated. Also happening this week in videogames? Pokémon!
All the Gear We Loved This Month: HoloLens 2, the Galaxy Fold, and More
Plus: a blockchain smartphone, a new way to buy glasses, and your new favorite multicooker.
DJI Osmo Pocket Review: Great-Looking Handheld Video, Minus the Shakes
This mobile gadget puts a stabilized, drone-style camera into a handheld grip, enabling you to shoot super-smooth video as you walk, run, ski, or skydive.
How I Became a Robot in London—From 5,000 Miles Away
Wearing a haptic feedback glove, I pilot a robotic hand from across the world, feeling what it feels. The sensation is almost too weird to be real.
SpaceX Is Sending Its First Crew-Ready Capsule to the ISS
No humans will be onboard this time, but SpaceX hopes this trip will show it can be trusted with people's lives.
Anarchy, Bitcoin, and Murder in Acapulco
The once-thriving resort city of in Mexico has become a somewhat lawless place. It is, in many ways, a perfect yet imperfect place for crypto-loving anarchists to gather each year.
How to Not Fall for Viral Scares Like Momo
The Momo challenge isn’t the first hoax about kids to go viral, and it won’t be the last. Don’t panic: Here’s what to remember.
The Age of Congestion Pricing May Finally Be Upon Us
Some US cities might start charging extra to drive on crowded, busy roads.
Tesla’s Model 3 Is Now Selling for $35,000
Elon Musk’s automaker is also introducing a slightly more capable version of the car, moving its sales process online, and shuttering many of its stores.
Now Amazon Is Nixing a Seattle Expansion, Too
The Seattle City Council last year repealed a per-employee tax after Amazon threatened not to occupy a new office tower. Now, Amazon won't occupy the tower anyway.
Trump Can’t Make a North Korea Deal on His Own
The Hanoi debacle shows that if you want to make progress with North Korea, you have to put in the work.
LG OLED TV Deal: LG's B8 Drops to the Lowest Price Ever
If you're looking for a killer TV deal, one of our favorite LG 4K televisions is $1,100 right now
Gene Editing Is Trickier Than Expected—but Fixes Are in Sight
A popular gene editing technique may produce lots of unintended changes to DNA, but the good news is we now have a better way of finding such errors.
Boss Acting Nicer Recently? You May Have VR to Thank
New advances in virtual humans are making corporate training incredibly lifelike, a little bit awkward—and hopefully a lot more human.
'Dark Phoenix' Trailer Here to Remind You X-Men Still a Thing
Move over, Captain Marvel—'Dark Phoenix' has a female superhero and supervillain, played by Sophie Turner and Jessica Chastain.
How Many Times Do You Have to Slap a Chicken to Cook It?
While you could technically cook a chicken by slapping it, as proposed by a recent meme, you might also cook your hand. We crunch the numbers.
The Siberian City Where the Winter High Is –40°F
Think the Midwest is cold? Welcome to Yakutsk, Russia, a town of 200,000 built on permafrost.
The Perfect Pair of Pants Is Just a 3D Body Scan Away
A new startup can generate a piece of custom clothing using smartphone photos you snap of your body. And that's just the beginning of the bespoke clothing future.
'Devotion' Is a Brilliant Videogame—Too Bad You Can't Play It
Following a controversy involving Winnie the Pooh memes, the game is no longer on Steam.
A Second Life for the 'Do Not Track' Setting—With Teeth
In recent years, the setting has been criticized as being essentially meaningless. But it might have a crucial role to play in enforcing privacy regulations.
Post-Apocalyptic Insurers Try Out a New 'Make it Rain' Strategy
These disaster insurers don't want to hear your story. They just want to drop a flat cash payout, no matter how much—or little—you suffered.
How to Make YouTube Kids Safer for Your Kids
YouTube's filters won't catch every disturbing video, but it does offer settings to better control what kids watch online. Here’s how to use them.
Michael Cohen's Credibility Has Never Been More Certain
In his testimony before Congress Wednesday, Trump's former fixer gave the most convincing narrative yet about Trump's presidential run.
Electric Polestar 2 Is a Mass-Market Tesla Model 3 Fighter
Volvo's electric- and performance-focused brand eschews the SUV trend with the fastback Polestar 2.
FTC Hits TikTok With Record $5.7 Million Fine Over Children’s Privacy
The social media app will pay $5.7 million to settle the allegations, and be required to delete videos uploaded by anyone under 13.
How'd the Cohen Hearing Go? That Depends on Your Filter Bubble
On social media and on partisan sites, the talk of Michael Cohen's hearing in the House Oversight Committee split into like-minded echo chambers.
Watch Michael Cohen Testify Before Congress Right Here
On Wednesday morning, the former Trump fixer will appear before the House Oversight Committee to share everything he knows about Trump's business practices.
What Is an Atmospheric River?
The so-called Pineapple Express is dumping rain down all over California, for one thing. An explanation in the form of a song. (With apologies to Talking Heads.)
Forget Growing Weed—Make Yeast Spit Out CBD and THC Instead
Yeast gives us beer and bread. Now researchers have engineered it to do something more improbable: manufacturing the cannabis compounds CBD and THC.
Email Scammers Ditch Wire Transfers for iTunes Gift Cards
Business email compromise attacks are increasingly targeting nonprofits, and bilking them for iTunes gift cards.
How Chris Evans Became Twitter's Avatar of Male Decency
The actor helped Regina King up some stairs at the Oscars. Why is the internet praising him for doing the bare minimum?
Michael Cohen's House Testimony: 5 Key Takeaways from the Prepared Statement
Michael Cohen's testimony before the House Oversight committee tells a new story about Trump and Russia.
US Hackers' Strike on Russian Trolls Sends a Message—but What Kind?
US Cyber Command's takedown of the Internet Research Agency's network may be more about signaling than immediate effects.
No Amount of Patches Could Make 'Anthem' Fun to Play
Despite coming from a great developer, the game is a big disappointment.
Since China’s Ban, Recycling in the US Has Gone Up in Flames
All that neatly sorted plastic, paper, and glass used to go to China. Now a lot of it is just getting burned instead.
Review: Jiobit's Location Monitor Tracks Your Kids and Pets
This simple and attractive GPS-enabled tracker is the best way to keep tabs on your pets and kids.
How Data Helps Deliver Your Dinner On Time—and Warm
Uber Eats, GrubHub, and DoorDash are battling to be the delivery service of choice for restaurant meals. Knowing the cooking time of pad thai could make the difference.
Etsy Crafts a Plan for Carbon-Neutral Online Shopping
Etsy is pledging to completely offset its shipping emissions, and its CEO says that the rest of the industry can afford to follow Etsy's lead.
Former FCC Chair Tom Wheeler Says the Internet Needs Regulation
Big telecom networks and platforms such as Google and Facebook are centralizing the internet, former FCC Chair Tom Wheeler says.
Chris Hadfield: Astronaut Life Is Much More Than a Spacewalk
The astronaut shares the moments that changed his life, from his boyhood adventures to the rattling spacewalk during which he found himself going blind.
The Best Photo of Birds Fighting Over Food (and Other Sony World Winners)
Do not get between gannets and their fish.
Rotten Tomatoes' Revamp Could Save 'Captain Marvel'
But the movie may not need it.
Critics Are Wary of the FTC’s New Tech Antitrust Task Force
The regulator launches a new task force to monitor competition in the tech industry, but some antitrust advocates say it's just window dressing.
Holes in 4G and 5G Networks Could Let Hackers Track Your Location
New research shows how nearby attackers can see where you are, send you spoofed carrier messages, and more.
Folding Screens, 5G Phones, and AR Advances Unveiled at MWC 2019
The mobile showcase in Spain set the table for this year's biggest phone trends.
Hackers Can Slip Invisible Malware into 'Bare Metal' Cloud Computers
Researchers point a tough-to-fix in some cloud computing setups: hackable firmware.
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