“Even when you yearn for the ideal of a trustless web of incorruptible cryptography, sometimes you still have to rely on your fellow human beings.”

How I became my own data broker—and sold my digital soul in the process.

We have an insatiable demand for the universe's physical resources, but we thrive most on the intangibles we've created together on our home planet.

Researchers in Australia have invented a new typeface with features designed to boost focus and learning.

Counterintuitively, the best way to prolong the lifespans of these giant computers is to submerge them in water.

Your talent—and Instagram following—has outgrown your phone­cam. Start the new year by getting serious about your ­photography with one of these small shooters.

Superhero movies are awesome, but they all tell mostly the same story. Films like M. Night Shyamalan's 'Glass' are more inspiring, especially in 2019.

The headlines might blare “robots are coming for our jobs!” but what if the outlook for tomorrow is much more nuanced—much more human?

“Once, _The Daily Argus_ had fact-checkers, copy editors, legal advisers. Those people are gone now, and in their place there’s the Farm.”

You probably know that ditching meat from your diet is healthier and better for the planet. But what if it were better for your wallet? Or schedule?

“You’ve come to the library as usual out of desperation, shock, yearning, boredom.”

A Dutch couple is traversing Antarctica in their Solar Voyager, which they 3-D printed from upcycled plastic and power with 10 solar panels.

“Brad is part of the show. A human placebo.”

The discovery that metabolic rate affects the longevity of not just organisms but also species is intriguing. Could this work for humans too?

I needed a getaway. But I couldn't get away from Airbnb's stress-inducing pop-ups.

The investigation in to Russian interference and Donald Trump has sprung so many offshoots, it's hard to keep track. Here's a comprehensive list. It's long.

He Jiankui was broadly condemned for editing the DNA of twins. But more widely used forms of gene editing, like IVF, perpetuate inequality by design.

President Trump misspells smoking. Plus: The Washington Post adds a "Bottomless Pinocchio" rating, Theresa May cancels a Brexit vote, and more.

We go deep into the Tesla CEO’s very difficult past few years, hop aboard a self-driving truck, ogle Aston Martin’s hypercar, and more.

Two independent papers vanquish lingering doubts about LIGO’s historic discovery of gravitational waves.

A rash on my wrist made me consider why I've been wearing a wearable for so long.

Binary stars have a sort of relationship, but not one you’d want to be in.

Chinese hackers targeting the Navy, charity scammers, and more security news this week.

The latest from Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead is everything studio movies are not.

With his new feature, 'If Beale Street Could Talk,' already prompting award predictions, the writer-director discusses his approach and what comes next.

Game consoles, controllers, and critically acclaimed games like ‘God of War’ are on sale at multiple retailers for Christmas.

The startup is just one of many self-driving developers looking for the best way to approach the tricky question of safety.

For more than 20 years, Amazon has successfully quashed efforts to unionize its American workers, but a new wave of labor organizing is under way.

Makes sense. Slytherin are known for their resourcefulness and ambition.

Climate change is real, and it’s impacting us right now. How much of it can be fixed by personal responsibility versus policy?

In the latest in its long string of 2018 incidents, Facebook let developers access the private photos of millions of users.

In her latest work of digital collage, artist Emily Allchurch takes on economic inequality and the real estate bubble.

So you forgot to cancel your Hulu subscription after the free trial ended. Here's how to get out of it.

The old-school way to navigate is with a clock and a sextant, but you can also hack together this alternative.

Plus Epic's Steam-killing online store goes live, and the rest of the week in gaming news.

Expanding the search algorithm beyond absolute areas like store hours, locations, and historical facts shifted a system designed to create order into chaos.

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.

Internet providers have refrained from blocking content or creating "fast lanes" while battles continue in the courts and among lawmakers.

The game is Nintendo doing what Nintendo does best—but at times its deference to history threatens to overwhelm it.

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.

Apparent bitcoin scammers caused chaos across the US Thursday, radically escalating longstanding tactics.

Richard Branson's extra-planetary effort takes a giant leap toward realizing its dream of making space tourism a reality.

Despite Cambridge Analytica and a damaging hack, Facebook's bug bounty program offers a bright spot.

Plus: Miley Cyrus will appear on the next season of *Black Mirror*.

After umpteen versions of Peter Parker, the new animated feature gives fans the multidimensional hero they deserve.

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.

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.

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.

The forthcoming hypercar will draw more than 1,000 horsepower from the naturally aspirated engine, made with help from Formula 1 engineers.

With hurricanes and wildfires becoming more frequent and intense, zoos are facing the staggering task of protecting animals while the world runs amok.