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Cramped Apartment? Try Ori's Transforming, Robotic Furniture
A new concept from startup Ori makes shape-shifting furniture transforms your living space on demand.
An Insane View of the Milky Way From the Edge of New Zealand
New Zealand is beautiful, but its' night sky is just as stunning.
Facebook’s Hate Speech Policies Censor Marginalized Users
Opinion: Facebook needs to fix its policies to keep the platform open to the LGBTQ community and people of color.
SpaceX Launches Its 12th Resupply Mission to the ISS
On board: more than 6,400 pounds of supplies.
Free Stingray-Detector Apps Could Be Outsmarted
Researchers tested their own stingray against five free Android apps. It beat them all.
Instagram’s Kevin Systrom Wants to Clean Up the Internet
A CEO's quest to make Instagram a really nice place to be. Luckily, he's got a little help from artificial intelligence.
The Alt-Right Can't Disown Charlottesville
For years, inflammatory rhetoric consumed backwater internet message boards. They can’t take it back now.
DeLorean Aerospace Is Making a Flying Car
Paul DeLorean's DR-7 VTOL aircraft is the latest entry in an increasingly crowded field.
A Guide to Russia’s High Tech Tool Box for Subverting US Democracy
Russia's government draws on a century of espionage tradecraft to influence and undermine Western society. Now it’s updated for the digital age.
The Inflatable Trump-Chicken, Return of the Mooch, and the Week's Biggest Online News
As our journey toward global chaos continues, take a moment to smell the flowers—the rotting, morally bankrupt, online flowers.
How to Stay in the Moment: Take a Picture
When people take photos of things they’re interested in, they tend to focus on those things more intently.
Why Hypoxia Is So Terrifying—And So Hard to Stop
A problem that has hit the F-35 fighter jet.
Is Mindfulness Meditation BS or Not? Yes
Buddhist practice has been co-opted as a capitalist tool. That can be the first step to enlightenment.
The Guy Who Made Up All Those Password Rules Is Sorry
North Korea tensions, password regrets, Shadow Brokers, and more of the week's top security news.
Admit It, 'The Dark Tower' is Film's Biggest Letdown in Years
Stephen King fans have been looking forward to an adaptation of the novels, but this isn't really what they had in mind.
Lego-Like Brain Balls Could Build a Living Replica of Your Noggin
To create a good living replica of the human brain, your best hope may be to let “organoid” components assemble it for you.
Review: Aer Fit Pack 2
Aer's upgraded backpack can accommodate your essentials plus your gym stuff.
Space Photos of the Week: Black Holes Drink Massive Stars' Milkshake!
Greedy black holes, glittering dwarf galaxies, and one last look at the moon before the total solar eclipse.
Catching Up With Dawn, the Massive Spacecraft Exploring the Asteroid Belt
Ten years after the Dawn spacecraft left the comfort of Earth, we’re checking in on the righteous, ion-powered machine.
Gadget Lab Podcast: Disney, Netflix, and Facebook
This week: Disney ditches Netflix, bundles await, and Facebook makes TV now.
GM's Cruise Starts Self-Driving Pilot, Mazda Launches New Engine, and More Car News This Week
Plus: what's up with that guy dressed as a car seat in a not-so-self-driving car.
Buy This Song Now. It's the Best 99 Cents You'll Spend All Week
This song will jump to the top of your iPhone's library. It's just 10 minutes of silence.
Here's How Much Food an iPhone Charger Is Worth
Stefen Chow and Hui-Yi show you just how far the cost of that charger or knock-off handbag could go.
When Someone Melts Down in Public, Can I Record It? (Please?)
There might be a civic duty you're fulfilling—or you might just be a voyeur.
Defense Secretary James Mattis Envies Silicon Valley’s AI Ascent
The academic and commercial spheres are seeing rapid advances in AI technology. And the Pentagon wants in.
Russia's 'Fancy Bear' Hackers Used Leaked NSA Tool 'Eternal Blue" to Target Hotel Guests
The same hackers who hit the DNC and the Clinton campaign are now apparently spying on high-value travelers via Wi-Fi
The US Won't Pay For the World's Best Climate Science
Historically, the biggest chunk of money for the IPCC climate report has come from the US. Or rather, it used to.
'Hellblade' Review: This Game Isn’t Just Metal—It’s a Horror Treasure
'Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice' doesn't look like anything special, but it's a raw, vital take on cruelty and trauma.
Photo of the Week: Trimming the World’s Biggest Yew Hedge Is a Righteous Pain
The 300-year hedge at Bathurst Estate in England is 40 feet tall, 30 feet across, and 450 feet long. And every August, it gets a great big haircut.
You Must Buy One of These 6 Laptops and Tablets for School
Buried in a Gold Mine, a Particle Accelerator Searches for Stellar Secrets
First built in 1958, Caspar will mimic the fusion that goes on inside stars to learn how they make heavy elements
Ethereum Is Coding's New Wild West
Ethereum is more than just digital cash. It's also a decentralized computing platform—and developers are all over it.
Benchmark Capital Just Sued Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick For Fraud
Venture-capital firm claims former CEO duped board into approving expansion plant to retain control of company.
Facebook Watch Muscles Into Online Video
Data on what videos users watch and for how long makes new offering a formidable player.
Elon Musk's New Plan to Tunnel Under Los Angeles
The Boring Company wants to dig a 2-mile test tunnel, starting at the SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne.
Google Abruptly Cancels Town Hall About Jame's Damore's Memo
"TL;DR Sorry for the late notice but we are going to cancel today’s Town Hall"
Elon Musk Wants Tesla to Build a Self-Driving, Electric Semi Truck
Here's how he could make that happen.
Google's CEO Must Answer These Questions About That Memo
More than 5,400 Google employees have weighed in on queries Sundar Pichai should tackle related to controversial diversity memo.
Maxine Waters Is More Than the Sum of Her Memes
By projecting loose cultural sentiments onto Waters’ public-facing persona, the internet has occluded the gravity of her work.
Disney’s Building Its Own Netflix. Everyone Else Might, Too
Get ready for Phase Three of the great streaming-video evolution.
Tesla Is Turning Kauai Into a Renewable Energy Paradise
The power grid of the future will require sunny skies above and energy storage below. Thanks to Tesla, Kauai has both.
Mobileye Joins Waymo and Uber in Testing Self-Driving Cars in Arizona
A nice place to settle down and get some testing done.
Trump's North Korea Nuclear Riffing Creates a Real Danger
Donald Trump's loose rhetoric toward nuclear weapons and North Korea could spell major trouble.
How Your Phone Number Became the Only Username That Matters
Guard it with your life, because it is your life.
Biohackers Encoded Malware in a Strand of DNA
Researchers planted a working hacker "exploit" in a physical strand of DNA.
Want a Diagnosis Tomorrow, Not Next Year? Turn to AI
By collecting medical knowledge in a superintelligent AI, your GP can order tests or prescribe medications they’d normally outsource.
GM's Cruise Launches Self-Driving Car Service for Employees
The San Francisco-based outfit will see how its autonomous vehicles handle real live customers.
What a Mouse’s Mixed-Up Taste Buds Say About the Brain
A special class of proteins helps to make sure sweet receptors ping the right neurons when mice eat sugar.
Google DeepMind AI Declares Galactic War on StarCraft
An artificial intelligence bot that beat StarCraft would be much more impressive than mastering the board game Go.
Google Memo Author James Damore Offended Fellow Students in Grad School Skit
The Google memo author performed in an off-color skit during a class retreat and used suggestive phrases that one attendee said "crossed the line."
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