The platinum-iridium cylinder has been scrapped, and the kilogram will now be determined by the Planck constant.

Our in-house Know-It-Alls answer questions about your interactions with technology.

When we're being watched, we conform. We don't speak freely or try new things. But social progress happens in the gap between what’s legal and what’s moral.

Also, an indie gem makes a surprising showing on the Game Awards' shortlist.

Make somebody's trip a little easier with these suitcases, headphones, cameras—even a Land Cruiser.

Crime investigators are gleaning a host of personal information from a recovered drone, such as where its owner lives, credit card numbers, and email addresses.

Get a little more art-house in your house with a final binge of the streaming platform’s gems.

Two different marketplaces for genetic data, Nebula and EncrypGen, recently launched with the promise of better protections for their users.

The FDA proposed restrictions on the sale of e-cigarettes that are similar to policies that Juul adopted earlier this week.

Mark Zuckerberg announced a series of major changes to Facebook while defending his company against a scathing New York Times report.

Privacy researchers raise concerns about the planned transfer of a DeepMind project in the UK to corporate sister Google.

Intelligence Squared U.S., the long-running debate show, took on the Valley in a recent episode.

From Aatrox to Zyra, no one knows more about the multiplayer juggernaut than the folks at Riot Games—and they’re here to help.

Plus: Guillermo del Toro's Bleak House is fine, directors are rallying to save FilmStruck, and a *Dumbo* trailer dropped.

Facebook has a lot of explaining to do: For starters, there's Sheryl Sandberg’s next steps and the accusations about George Soros.

Perth-based photographer Leah Kennedy captures the duality of Australia's salinization crisis in a series of extraordinary images.

In a scene from season one, Jim Holden shows exquisite command of high school physics as he maneuvers himself onto a spaceship gangway.

Microsoft's new workstation has everything you ever wanted in a creative desktop, and costs more than you probably ever wanted to spend.

The feature, available in select cities, turns Tinder into a real time dating experience.

Microsoft's first wireless headphones look, feel, and sound as premium as their price tag.

Before the Colorado-based plane maker can launch its airliner, it has to see its 1/3-scale "Baby Boom" take off.

The New York house artist creates a succulent, danceable space where tongues and nations intersect.

The Golden State is burning for very good reasons, like climate change and population growth. But it doesn't have to be this way.

Published in Ms. magazine, "The Tyranny of Structurelessness" observes that organizations built to avoid hierarchy develop leaders with pernicious power.

Strategy guides have been doomed for a while. But I'm going to miss them anyway.

Smoke from wildfires in Northern California blanket the city of San Francisco. Is it safe for the workers outside breathing the air all day?

You may not be an erotic webcam model with legions of unsettling fans, but you’ll find Cam’s dark and risky world more relatable than you’d expect.

Amazon’s year-long pursuit of new office space highlighted just how much billion-dollar companies can get from taxpayers.

Amazon's voice assistant can do many things. Just don't ask it to defrost sausage.

Smoke from the Camp, Hill, and Woolsey fires has forced Californians to don air masks. But measuring air quality is more complex than you might think.

The literal shape of cities appears to exacerbate hurricanes' rainfall, according to new research on Hurricane Harvey.

Robert Mueller's work as special counsel may seem imperiled by the acting attorney general, but there's plenty of reason for optimism.

In its second annual “Privacy Not Included” guide, the nonprofit highlights internet-connected items that value your privacy—and the ones that may not.

Our in-house Know-It-Alls answer questions about your interactions with technology.

Rack up enough points and a real life human will answer your customer support call.

Resiniferatoxin is 10,000 times hotter than the hottest pepper, and has features that make it promising as a painkiller of last resort.

The EV Drive Coalition will push Congress to extend the $7,500 federal tax credit for electric cars, but advocates say it could do much more.

Thoughtful design puts the Yoga C930 in a class of its own.

On tiny Plum Island, DARPA stages a real-life blackout to put its grid recovery tools to the test.

The owner of Bikini.com is using open source software to create artificial-intelligence image-recognition systems for Chinese companies and authorities.

You can buy the $60 sensor exclusively at the Apple Store.

The e-cigarette maker says it will discontinue some flavors at retail outlets and shut down social media accounts ahead of an expected FDA crackdown.

The Internet Association is taking its case to Whitehall, where members like Facebook, Twitter, and Google face increasing scrutiny.

As Samy Kamkar points out in this episode of 'Technique Critique,' it's certainly not the worst depiction of hacking we've seen in pop culture.

The world is getting warmer, the weather is getting worse. Here's everything you need to know about what humans can do to stop wrecking the planet.

After 238 cities vied to be home to Amazon's new "headquarters," the company chose the obvious: New York City and Arlington, Virginia.

For two hours Monday, Google internet traffic rerouted through China, Russia, and elsewhere. Here's why.

The buoyancy force gives you the boost that helps you float and do cool maneuvers in water. This experiment lets you see it in action.

The company hopes to do for podcasts what its Music Genome Project did for streaming songs.

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