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Russia Blames a Bad Sensor for Its Failed Soyuz Rocket Launch
An investigation into the crewed Soyuz rocket that aborted mid-flight blamed the incident on a handling error.
The Sea May Be Absorbing Way More Heat Than We Thought
Scientists have developed a radical new method for measuring global warming-induced rising ocean temperatures: They aren't sampling water, but air.
It's Now Easier to Use Uber Eats on Your Company’s Dime
Integrating Uber Eats into Uber for Business locks ever more customers into the ride-hailing's ecosystem in advance of an IPO.
The Privacy Battle to Save Google From Itself
Interviews with over a dozen current and former Google employees highlight a commitment to privacy—and the inherent tensions that creates.
LG V40 ThinQ Review: The Five-Camera Phone
LG's latest flagship phone has a camera for every finger on your hand.
'Prospect': A Lo-Fi, DIY Sci-Fi Film That's Better Than Its Big-Budget Brethren
The indie presents an alternative universe and an alternate Hollywood, one where directors make visual effects in their basements.
Quantum Physicists Found a New, Safer Way to Navigate
GPS can be hacked, so airplanes and ships need a backup system. These quantum physicists think they have an answer.
Will 'Deepfakes' Disrupt the Midterm Election?
Advances in machine learning allow almost anyone to create plausible imitations of candidates in video and audio, potentially sowing confusion.
Apple's Heart Study Is the Biggest Ever, But With a Catch
The study enrolled a whopping 400,000 people, but it still won't answer researchers' biggest question: whether mass screening does more good than harm.
Glamour Duck and the Internet's Rabid Love of Wild Animals
Every once in a while, the internet has a good day. Usually it's because a cute animal is acting strange.
Why Is Steve Bannon a Keynote Speaker for a Gaming Conference?
From sex robots to a failed IndieGoGo campaign to the Unabomber, ACE 2018 had a lot going on even before Bannon was invited.
With Netflix Show 'Salt Fat Acid Heat,' the Food TV Renaissance Continues
TV about eating isn't what it used to be—now it's much more appetizing.
How to Make Fake Blood: Try This Medically Inspired Recipe
To make realistic fake blood for Halloween, it helps to understand why actual blood looks and flows the way it does.
Swift Stone Skippers Could in Theory Skip 100s of Skips
Kurt Steiner holds the record for the most consecutive skips of a stone—but physics suggests the upper limit is actually much higher.
These Images Are Not a Horror Movie Gone Wrong
They're photographs meant to deconstruct how we look at bodies.
After 10 Years, Bitcoin Has Changed Everything—and Nothing
It all started when the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto published a white paper outlining a digital currency, secured by something called the blockchain.
Things We Loved This Month: The Pixel 3, Surface Pro 6, and New iPad
Plus: wireless headphones, a sweet Specialized bike, and a pair of magical sunglasses.
Top Stories in October: 'Next Generation' Voting Machines Have Alarming Vulnerabilities
Plus: The carousing Texan who won a Nobel, a brain-eating amoeba claims another victim, and Netflix finally cancels some shows.
Just How Fast Is the Parker Solar Probe? Astonishingly Fast
The probe just broke the record to become the fastest human-made object, relative to the sun. Here's what that record really means.
YouTube’s Push to Counter Toxic Videos With ‘Good’ Creators
Through Creators for Change, YouTube gives a small group of tolerance-building filmmakers funding, training, and publicity. The hope? That an influx of meaningful content will help drown out the more nefarious crap on the streaming-site.
Inside Death Café, The Place People Go to Talk About Dying
Mortality is inevitable. Death Cafés just give you a safe space to talk about it.
Los Angeles Must Pay Billions to Adapt—or Slip Into the Sea
It’ll take LA as much as $6.4 billion to fortify itself against an impending increase in coastal flooding, with moves such as nourishing its beaches with extra sand and elevating its ports.
Apple's iPads Are Officially More Interesting Than Its MacBooks
The MacBook Air looks like a great computer. But it's not what a great computer will look like in the future.
Calling the Caravan's Migrants "Diseased" Is a Classic Xenophobic Move
The migrants almost certainly do not have smallpox or leprosy, a claim that is just the latest attempt to dehumanize foreigners.
China's Five Steps for Recruiting Spies in the US
A series of high-profile cases involving alleged Chinese recruits shows how the country identifies and develops potential spies stateside.
Facebook Sketches a Future With a Diminished News Feed
The social media giant expects growth from its Stories platform, plus Messenger and WhatsApp, as it confronts big challenges.
A Florida Man Is Suing Tesla for a Scary Autopilot Crash
The latest lawsuit over Elon Musk's semi-autonomous driving feature claims Tesla sales reps oversold the system's capabilities.
Waymo Can Finally Bring Truly Driverless Cars to California
The company born as Google's self-driving car project is the first with the right to test human-free cars on public roads in the Golden State.
Chevy's Electric eCOPO Camaro Is Made to Rule the Drag Strip
Buy into the heresy of the eCOPO Camaro and you get more than 700 horsepower, 600 pound-feet of torque, and a quarter-mile time in the 9-second range.
Apple's T2 Security Chip Makes It Harder to Tap MacBook Mics
By cutting off the microphone at the hardware level, recent MacBook devices minimize the chance that someone can eavesdrop
The Spooky Evolution of Text Message-Based Horror Stories
It's like creepypasta—but with more teens on smartphones.
Here’s How Much Bots Drive Conversation During News Events
About 60 percent of Twitter activity related to the caravan late last week was driven by bots, according to a new tool aimed at news organizations.
How to Get New Emoji on Your iPhone: Upgrade to iOS 12.1
Redhead emoji! Bagel emoji! Moon cake emoji!
Everything Apple Announced October 30: MacBook Air, iPad Pro, Mac Mini
Rejoice! New iPads, plus a much-needed refresh to the MacBook Air and Mac Mini.
Apple iPad Pro 2018: Specs, Features, Price
Apple's iPad Pro is undergoing some major renovations, starting with a home button excavation.
New Apple MacBook Air (2018): Price, Specs, Release Date
It's the update the Mac faithful have been waiting for.
New Mac Mini 2018: Specs, Features, Price
Apple has neglected its hockey puck Mac Mini desktop computer for years. Not anymore.
This Tiny Drone Uses Friction to Pull More Than Its Own Weight
New flying robots can pull loads that appear far too heavy for their tiny size. Here's the physics of how they cheat friction with their tiny claws and gecko-like grippers.
The Science of the Sniff: Why Dogs Are Great Disease Detectors
Dogs have been trained to detect a dozen human diseases—most recently, malaria—but even these pups may ultimately find their jobs replaced by machines.
How to Watch Apple's (Second!) Fall Hardware Show
We're expecting new iPads and a new MacBook. Here’s how you can watch all the action, from wherever you are.
What to Expect from Apple's October 30 iPad Pro and Macbook Event
Apple just plain refuses to give your wallet some rest.
(Pseudo) Scientific Strategies for Trick-or-Treating Like a Beast
You want all the Halloween candy. A bit of data crunching will help you get it.
Does Climate Change Mean You Should Fly Less? Yeah, Maybe
Individual acts like eating less meat or adopting solar power won't on their own save the planet, but they can inspire new social norms that lead to policy change.
How Boston Dynamics' Robot Videos Became Internet Gold
CEO Marc Raibert shares the backstory of his company's viral videos and how the internet's favorite robot dog, SpotMini, came to be.
Apple iPad Pro Announcement 2018 Liveblog
Follow Apple’s October 30 iPad Pro event in New York with our live news updates.
IBM’s Call for Code Prize Goes to a Team With ‘Clusterducks’
The Winning IBM Call for Code Team Wants to Provide Internet After Hurricanes
Signal's "Sealed Sender" Is a Clever New Way to Shield Your Identity
"Sealed sender" gives the leading encrypted messaging app an important boost, hiding metadata around who sent a given message.
Goodbye Gab, a Haven for the Far Right
After the Squirrel Hill massacre, the tech industry needs to grapple with a major question: Do platforms like Gab radicalize attackers?
The Singular Joy of the Dumb, Fun Slasher-Movie Threequel, From 'Halloween III' to 'A Nightmare on Elm Street 3'
The threequel is often the most interesting installment of a long-running horror series, an attempt to break away from its predecessors—no matter how ridiculously.
We've Been Talking About Self-Driving Car Safety All Wrong
Forget miles driven and disengagements. It's time for a new framework. We just need to figure out what that looks like.
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