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Colorado Schools Pay Students to Work With Local Tech Firms
Colorado's St. Vrain school district pays students to work with local technology firms.
Are Audiences Too Lazy to Appreciate 'Blade Runner 2049'?
The new movie might be set in 2049, but is it too slow and contemplative for audiences in 2017?
The 'Rick and Morty' Szechuan Sauce Fiasco and Harvey Weinstein Top This Week's Internet News
Last week the Internet spent a lot of time talking about a 'Rick and Morty' marketing tie-in gone awry.
How Air France Will Rescue Its A380 With a Shattered Engine
The plane will need an engine swap at the remote Canadian airport where it's stranded.
Tote Your Tots Safely With These Feature-Rich Car Seats: Clek and Cybex
Your child’s car seat can be as technologically advanced as your luxe Euro sedan.
Ultra-Powerful Radio Bursts May Be Getting a Cosmic Boost
Repeating radio bursts are among the most mysterious phenomena in the universe. A new theory explores how some of their puzzling properties can be explained by galactic lenses made of plasma.
Trump Decertifying the Iran Deal Could Have Unseen Cyberattack Consequences
By decertifying the nuclear deal with Iran, President Trump could risk provoking hacks from a country that hasn't focused on US cyberattacks in years.
5 Toys to Teach Your Kids the Basics of Engineering: Lego, Kano, Cubetto, Tech Will Save Us, XYZprinting
Today, learning about science and tech is all play. Well, and maybe just a little work.
Windows 10 Fall Creators Update: What It Is and How to Get It
Make your old PC feel new again with this update.
An Equifax Goof, an iOS Phish, and More Security News This Week
Another Equifax goof, an easy iOS phish, and more of the week's top security news.
Space Photos of the Week: For a Red Planet, Mars Has Some Pretty Blue Craters
This week, Mars rules the space photos.
Uber and Lyft Haven't Solved the American Traffic Crisis—Yet
New research suggests ride-hail companies have put more cars on the road.
Have a High-Tech Halloween With Your Own Haunted Smart Home
Let Google and Alexa bring digital grim grinning ghosts to your graveyard
Nathan Myhrvold's *Modernist Bread* Reveals the Secrets of Gluten
Nathan Myhrvold's second food manifesto, *Modernist Bread*, is a $625, five-volume labor of loaves.
It's the 70th Anniversary of the First Supersonic Flight
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in the Bell X-1 on October 14th 1947.
Weekend Tech Deals To Brighten Your Day (Literally)
Deals on a sunrise alarm clock to wake you up right, affordable LG 4K TV, and more!
How the Napa Fires Could Hurt 2017's Wine Grapes
Smoke from California's fires could make grapes left on the vines taste like ash—if the vines survive at all
Review: Amazon Fire HD 8 (2017)
Amazon's 8-inch tablet is a bargain Goldilocks would love.
Napa Fire Photo of the Week: Hell Descends on California Wine Country
The fires in northern California have consumed more than 200,000 acres since Sunday.
How Power Grid Hacks Work, and When You Should Panic
After months of reports of energy grid breaches, time to distinguish the elite intrusions from just another spearphishing attack.
What's Up With All That Fabric On Your Gadgets?
As more gadgets show up in our bedrooms and kitchens, thoughtful design makes them feel less threatening.
Meet the Geek Who Tracks Rogue Satellites With Coat Hangers
Since 2012, Mike Coletta has been eavesdropping on the sky, picking up signals from satellites that were never meant for him.
General Motors' New Lidar, the Postal Service's Self-Driving Van, and More Car News From This Week
Driverless cars approach.
The Crowdsourced Maps Guiding Puerto Rico's Recovery
Volunteers across the globe are filling in maps of Puerto Rico. How do humanitarian workers use them?
Harvey Weinstein is Hollywood’s Silicon Valley Moment
Both industries have had to face the problem of endemic sexual harassment—and they won't be the last ones.
FCC Chair Ajit Pai's Silence on Trump Tweets Speaks Volumes
President Trump suggested challenging or revoking broadcasting licenses, and the chair of the FCC has been silent.
Google's Learning Software Learns to Write Learning Software
Google’s researchers have taught machine-learning software to build machine-learning software, in a project dubbed AutoML.
Q&A: Angela Robinson, the Director Behind This Year’s Other Must-See Wonder Woman Movie
'Professor Marston and the Wonder Women,' Robinson's prescient new film, isn't the PG-13 capes-and-tights adventure you're used to.
How To Fix the Broken Social Security Number Sytem
The Social Security number system is broken. And while fixing it will take a lot of work, there are ways to keep your identity more secure.
Google Offers Help to Industries It Helps to Destroy
Google offers $1 billion for training, coaching for people displaced by digitizing economy that Google is creating.
What Tech Backlash? Google, Facebook Still Rank High in Polls
Tech giants Google, Facebook and Amazon still viewed favorably by US public, despite concerns they're too big and powerful.
Memo to Facebook: How to Tell If You’re a Media Company
Sheryl Sandberg insists, again, that Facebook is not a media company, despite ample evidence to the contrary.
NASA's CO2-Tracking Satellite Deconstructs Earth's Carbon Cycle
Five new studies show how rising temperatures could push the planet's carbon sinks to their limits.
Photos Reveal the Nefarious Power of TV News
If it bleeds, it leads—and then it gets piped into wherever you are.
Review: Amazon Fire HD 10 (2017)
This cheap 10-inch tablet serves up the best of Amazon.
You Aren't Ready for the Weirdness of Working With Robots
Welcome to the world of human-robot interaction, in which people have to adapt to the machines as much as the machines have to adapt to us.
No One Knows How to Define 'Self-Driving Car' — And It's Becoming a Problem
A new study shows consumers have no clue about how different autonomous features work.
Turn Your $20s Into Tubmans With This DIY 3-D Printed Stamp
Limor Fried and Phillip Torrone have published a tutorial that lets you change the faces on your money.
Can a New Political Talk Show Be Relevant Anymore?
The polarizing effects of the Trump administration have raised the stakes for political talk shows, many of which find themselves at a crossroads.
Movies Anywhere Lets You Watch All Your Films in One Place—Finally
Movies Anywhere collects all your purchased flicks into one player—and puts them in all your other libraries, too.
At Oculus Connect, VR Progress Is a Game of Inches
Mark Zuckerberg wants to get a billion people into VR—and at Oculus Connect, that goal depends on incremental improvements.
Kaspersky's Alleged Russia Ties Highlight the Risks of Antivirus
Reports that Russia used Kaspersky antivirus to probe US targets highlight the inherent risks of software that millions rely on for protection.
Need an Upgrade? Deals on LG OLED 4K TV, Nintendo Switch, and More
Top notch TVs, game consoles, and laptops are all on sale this week!
Raytheon Unveils a Drone-Killing, Laser-Firing Dune Buggy
Raytheon's latest, craziest invention could keep troops safe from drone attacks.
'Crypto Anchors' Might Stop the Next Equifax-Style Megabreach
There's no foolproof system to keep hackers out. Instead, this increasingly popular security design keeps them in.
AI Sumo Wrestlers Could Make Future Robots More Nimble
Forcing AI agents to wrestle led them to learn skills like balancing—and deceiving opponents.
Men's Stylers Reviewed: Philips Norelco, Braun, Gilette, and Conair.
We review men's "stylers," a hybrid mini-trimmer for shaving in tough spots.
Could Spider-Man Actually Pass Physics?
Turns out, superheroes don't just illustrate physics—they *do* physics, too!
'Valor,' 'Seal Team,' and 'The Brave': The Tropes and Triggers of TV's New Breed of Military Drama
A crop of new shows re-tell the cultural myth that that the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.
Amazon Finally Made a Kindle You Can Take in the Tub
The new Kindle Oasis can play audiobooks and makes reading easier with a 7-inch screen. Oh, and it's waterproof.
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