by Brian Barrett on (#450VF)
In the latest in its long string of 2018 incidents, Facebook let developers access the private photos of millions of users.
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by Michael Hardy on (#450CV)
In her latest work of digital collage, artist Emily Allchurch takes on economic inequality and the real estate bubble.
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by Lauren Goode on (#45095)
So you forgot to cancel your Hulu subscription after the free trial ended. Here's how to get out of it.
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by Rhett Allain on (#45093)
The old-school way to navigate is with a clock and a sextant, but you can also hack together this alternative.
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by Julie Muncy on (#45091)
Plus Epic's Steam-killing online store goes live, and the rest of the week in gaming news.
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by Noam Cohen on (#45056)
Expanding the search algorithm beyond absolute areas like store hours, locations, and historical facts shifted a system designed to create order into chaos.
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by Matt Simon on (#4501J)
It seemed like 2018 was going to be the year when robots made a big leap toward the fabled Rosie from the Jetsons. Consumers, though, had other ideas.
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by Klint Finley on (#4501G)
Internet providers have refrained from blocking content or creating "fast lanes" while battles continue in the courts and among lawmakers.
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by Julie Muncy on (#4501E)
The game is Nintendo doing what Nintendo does best—but at times its deference to history threatens to overwhelm it.
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by Louise Matsakis on (#44Z8B)
The one-day pop-up kiosk is meant to show that Facebook takes users’ privacy concerns seriously. It also was an opportunity to gather more data.
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by Emily Dreyfuss on (#44Z5J)
Apparent bitcoin scammers caused chaos across the US Thursday, radically escalating longstanding tactics.
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by Jack Stewart on (#44Z5M)
Richard Branson's extra-planetary effort takes a giant leap toward realizing its dream of making space tourism a reality.
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by Lily Hay Newman on (#44YTZ)
Despite Cambridge Analytica and a damaging hack, Facebook's bug bounty program offers a bright spot.
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by Brian Raftery on (#44YPM)
Plus: Miley Cyrus will appear on the next season of *Black Mirror*.
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by Angela Watercutter on (#44Y82)
After umpteen versions of Peter Parker, the new animated feature gives fans the multidimensional hero they deserve.
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by Paris Martineau on (#44XXH)
Most startup founders think it’ll take more than a decade for the tech workforce to look like America; more than one-third think it will take more than two decades.
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by Arielle Pardes on (#44XRW)
The company has spent the past two years stealthily learning how to design and build its own delivery robots, coming soon to a city near you.
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by Megan Molteni on (#44XRT)
Indigo Ag, known for its microbe-coated seeds, is acquiring geospatial data startup TellusLabs to use satellites to learn every last thing about its farmers’ fields.
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by Jack Stewart on (#44XRR)
The forthcoming hypercar will draw more than 1,000 horsepower from the naturally aspirated engine, made with help from Formula 1 engineers.
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by Ellen Airhart on (#44XM9)
With hurricanes and wildfires becoming more frequent and intense, zoos are facing the staggering task of protecting animals while the world runs amok.
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by Michael Calore on (#44XM7)
From coasters and slippers to elegant lifestyle accoutrements, this collection of beautiful objects will keep their home looking perfect.
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by Emma Grey Ellis on (#44XGM)
The internet holds potential solutions to pernicious mental health issues. Harnessing that potential is proving complicated.
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by Klint Finley on (#44XGJ)
GraphQL is a widely used tool allowing applications written in different programming languages to talk to one another.
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by Adam Rogers on (#44XDQ)
Stan Lee, who died in November at the age of 95, turned comic books into art through his ability to empower others.
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by Charles Duhigg on (#44XDK)
Unfettered genius. Unpredictable rages. Here's what it was like to work at Tesla as Model 3 manufacturing ramped up and the company's leader melted down.
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by Garrett M. Graff on (#44WCQ)
After Michael Cohen's sentencing, plenty more people and entities in Trump's orbit potentially sit in the special counsel's crosshairs.
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by Eric Niiler on (#44W4A)
An analysis of 36 years of snowpack shows that the US's peaks are shrinking, and that means more wildfires, less drinking water ... and less skiing.
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by Lily Hay Newman on (#44VVG)
It increasingly appears that China was behind the Marriott hack, making 2014 a landmark year in cyberattacks against the US.
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by Tom Simonite on (#44VPS)
Google's top AI researcher, Geoff Hinton, discusses a controversial Pentagon contract, a shortage of radical ideas, and fears of an "AI winter."
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by Emma Grey Ellis on (#44VHW)
Making memes out of racist rants is not frivolous: It’s crafting a nuanced picture of American racism—and laughing at it.
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by Brian Barrett on (#44V7K)
Intel recently demonstrated Foveros, a method of stacking logic chips vertically that could reinvigorate Moore’s Law.
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by Sophia Chen on (#44V7H)
Come get your qubits! The builders of quantum computers want more coders to use their machines and figure out what they're actually good for.
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by Joe Ray on (#44V3X)
This countertop oven toasts, bakes, reheats, broils, and steams—but the concept doesn't quite succeed.
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by Aarian Marshall on (#44V08)
For tech that can struggle to understand how humans drive, the communication-heavy, high-speed highway merge is no easy thing.
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by Timothy McLaughlin on (#44V06)
The messaging app owned by Facebook has become a major channel for hate speech and false stories in India. The government is demanding changes.
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by Rose Eveleth on (#44V04)
With each new device, we open up a legal conversation about privacy standards. Google Glass was a rare example of people pushing back.
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by Brian Raftery on (#44V02)
As the gaps in streaming libraries become greater, so does physical media's comeback story.
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by Emily Dreyfuss on (#44T0H)
And some people are mad they didn't get one.
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by Paris Martineau on (#44SX8)
In an echo of the US in 2016, accounts linked to Russia and right-wing conspiracy theorists are spreading misinformation on Twitter.
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by Issie Lapowsky on (#44SXA)
The House Judiciary Committee spent more time on partisan squabbles than urgent questions around Google's data and privacy practices.
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by Alex Davies on (#44SSG)
With the spread of self-driving technology, gimmicks like the Whopper Detour will become much more pervasive—and a little bit creepy.
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by Laura Mallonee on (#44SHY)
Hashem Shakeri documents the loss of the Hamoun Wetlands in Sistan and Baluchestan Province*.
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by Angela Watercutter on (#44SD2)
The actor doesn't want to be the first one taken out for spoiling a secret too soon.
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by Issie Lapowsky on (#44QPB)
Google's CEO will testify before the House Judiciary Committee in a hearing focused on transparency and search practices.
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by Sarah Scoles on (#44RSV)
The latest efforts to corral space debris employ a wide-ranging bag of tricks including orbital fishing gear, tiny thrusters, and "space feathers."
by Eric Adams on (#44RST)
Want to get a rookie into off-roading? Let them ride Cake's $13,000, all-electric motorcycle.
by Joi Ito on (#44RNV)
Citizen collection of radiation information after Fukushima and of air quality information after California's wildfires should serve as a model.
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by Megan Molteni on (#44RJ4)
The scientific community is at a loss over how, and whether, to publish the controversial gene-editing work of He Jiankui.
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by Pia Ceres on (#44RJ2)
Siri Shortcuts might be the virtual assistant's most useful feature yet.
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by Jack Stewart on (#44QVK)
By ignoring his company's instructions, Musk risked making the public even more confused about how to safely use the semi-autonomous system.
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