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Get Ready to Robo-Rumble With This Giant Fightin' MegaBot Mech
Sixteen feet tall. Twelve tons of steel. Tank treads for feet, and an interchangeable arsenal. It's MegaBot time!
The Overlooked Heroes Who Lead Climbers Up Everest
Meet the Sherpas, porters and other workers of the tallest mountain in the world.
Crispr Fans Dream of a Populist Future for Gene Editing
Over two days in Berkeley, scientists, CEOs, farmers, conservationists, and citizens gathered to talk about the promise and peril of Crispr.
FCC Pledges Openness -- Just Don't Ask To See Complaints
Agency shielding complaints about internet providers, analysis of website outage
What a Border Collie Taught a Linguist About Language
The whistles that a shepherd uses to command her dog sound a whole lot like human language.
Proposed California Law Targets Sexual Harassment in Venture Capital
Bill is a direct response to the deluge of sexual-harassment allegations from female startup founders.
*Sonic Mania* Review: Sega Makes Sonic Super Again By Trusting the Hits (and the Fans)
It's the best Sonic in years. Maybe ever.
How Will California's Solar Grid React to the Eclipse?
Making up the difference will be a balancing act of high-tension electricity choreography.
The Best Cars Up for Auction at Pebble Beach 2017
Every year, some of the best cars in the world change hands at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.
Review: Miggö Pictar One iPhone Camera Grip
A $100 accessory that aims to improve your iPhoneography.
MoviePass Wants to Save Moviegoing—If Theaters Will Let It
For $10 per month, you can go to 365 movies a year. Yes, you read that right.
Trick Out Your Dorm With Cool Gear Even Students Can Afford
Upgrade your dorm with a Roku Express, Aeropress, smart light bulbs, and more without going broke.
Doxing Is a Perilous Form of Justice—Even When It's Outing Nazis
While the extreme right and the far left use different logic to justify their actions, the end result is often the same.
NASA's Rocket to Nowhere Finally Has a Destination
With a lunar orbit mission on the docket, NASA's contractors for the Space Launch System continue testing with new focus.
Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom on Free Speech, Artificial Intelligence, and Internet Addiction.
Watch London Crossrail Workers Install 54 Escalators in 2 Minutes
A look inside the latest stage of London's Crossrail project.
When Government Rules by Software, Citizens Are Left in the Dark
Agencies decline to release information about algorithms used for criminal justice, social welfare, and education.
Cloudflare Pulls Support For The Daily Stormer, a White Supremacist Site
Cloudflare pulls the plug on a white supremacist site, after years of declaring neutrality.
The Artist Who Made Zuckerberg Out of Poop Has a New Muse: Elon Musk
You've noticed Katsu's work before—now, the street artist has a new target for his satirical treatment.
A Deep Flaw in Your Car Lets Hackers Shut Down Safety Features
A new wrinkle in auto-hacking research points to a fundamental vulnerability in the CAN protocol cars' innards use to communicate.
Nokia’s New Phone Ushers In the Unfortunate Era of the ‘Bothie’
You like taking selfies and regular photos. Get you a phone that can do both... at the same time.
Plankton 'Mucus Houses' Could Pull Microplastics From the Sea
A larvacean can capture tiny floating bits of plastic, enabling the pinkie-sized critter to eliminate the plastic as waste that falls to the seafloor.
Ditch That Landline and Use Google Home Instead
Now you can call any person or business from your Google Home, like the world's smartest speakerphone.
What Is the 'Alt-Left'? For Starters, Not a Thing
Stop trying to make fetch happen.
Verizon Takes Fourth Amendment Stand in Carpenter V. United States
By fighting against the collection of warrantless location information, Verizon bucks a trend of telecom cooperation with the feds.
The Best Way to Test Students? Make Them Explain It On Video
You will be surprised how quickly a short video conveys just what students know about the subject.
Nikola's $35,000 Zero Electric UTV Offers More Torque Than a Tank
Plus more power than a Mustang GT.
My Instagram Hacker Changed My Life
An Instagram hacker from my Iranian homeland stole my account. Then, against all odds, we became friends.
How Solar Eclipses Illuminate the Marvel of Science
Opinion: Solar eclipses helped foster early scientific discoveries. What will the next one bring?
This Stress-Free Fish Tank Lets Plants Do the Cleaning
Startup Back to the Roots makes a self-cleaning, plant-growing aquaponic fish tank.
Uber Can't Keep Driving Itself
Without a CEO, COO, CMO, or CFO, Uber can't grow. The company needs to hire someone, and do it soon—or risk dimming its future prospects.
Why Bill Joy Is Investing in Solid-State Batteries
Bill Joy, the green-tech guru who co-founded Sun Microsystems, is backing an energy storage breakthrough that could power the future.
Everybody Chill: Robots Won't Take All Our Jobs
Everyone thinks automation will take all our jobs. The evidence disagrees.
Donald Trump's Charlottesville Press Conference Has Roots in Fox News and Twitter
Nothing Donald Trump said Tuesday about Charlottesville hadn't already been said on conservative media, or by the Twitter figures he follows.
New Media and the Messy Nature of Reporting on the Alt-Right
The press is grappling with a conundrum: how much coverage of the so-called alt-right is too much coverage?
Uber Settles with FTC Again, This Time over 2014 Privacy Breach
Agreement is ride-hailing company's second FTC settlement this year.
Ford's GT ’67 Heritage Is Yet Another Tribute to Its 1960s Racing Dominance
Time for another victory lap.
Meet Hexa, a Six-Legged Insectile Robot That's Just As Creepy As It Sounds
It’s not designed to remind you of an insect, though. It’s meant to bring robot hacking to the masses.
What Is Quantum Internet?
A Chinese physicist hopes that quantum communications will span multiple countries by 2030. So ... what's it for?
After Charlottesville, Dark Humor Helps Twitter Grieve
Processing the horror of the weekend involved heavy hearts and gallows humor, in nearly equal measure.
James Damore’s Google Memo Gets Science All Wrong
The science in Damore’s memo is still very much in play. His analysis of its implications is at best politically naive, and at worst dangerous.
Want to Look Famous? Just Photoshop Yourself With Marilyn Monroe and Andy Warhol
A photographer proves that in with a little digital trickery, you can be whoever you want.
One Year Later, 'No Man's Sky' Is Still Worth Exploring
Though it was released to controversy and anger, Hello Games' exploratory opus offers a space worth meditating on.
9 Cool Notebooks to Help You Write Right
Upgrade from the basic spiral bound with one of these stylish notebooks.
Sex, Drugs, and the Inside Lane: Recapping the 2017 World Championships of Track
Sir Mo Farah's big win—and big loss. Usain Bolt's final meet. And Wayde van Niekerk racing to become the next track superstar.
Tech Companies Have the Tools to Confront White Supremacy
After Charlottesville, companies like Facebook, Twitter, and the rest of Silicon Valley should take a firmer stand against white supremacy on their platforms.
'Game of Thrones' Recap, Season 7 Episode 5: The Sins of the Father Persist
Dead fathers loom large in "Eastwatch," but it feels a little strange at a time when the old ways are changing so drastically.
The Plan to Put a 3-D Printer With Robot Arms Into Orbit
Made in Space wants to launch a 3-D printer with robot arms into orbit to build too-big-to-launch satellites and telescopes.
Star Wars Rumor Round-up: A Firehose of Clues From the 'Last Jedi' Cast
Starting to think that we wouldn't get any new information about 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' until December? Not so fast.
Ikea's Home Smart Line Could Shake Up the Smart Home Industry
Only one product line. Not many features. And a blueprint for every smart home company out there.
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