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What Did Martin Shkreli Do to Make the Internet So Angry?
A short rundown of the what the "pharma bro" did to become an internet villain.
Google Drops the YouTube Video Review Firm ZeroChaos
Google ended its contract with ZeroChaos, which supplied human ad raters, leaving many unemployed.
Gadget Lab Podcast: Tesla's Model 3 Is the iPhone of Cars
We talk about the Tesla Model 3, the forthcoming iPhone, and how to spend that money burning a hole in your pocket.
MERS Virus Survivors May Help Target Treatments
Now, between major outbreaks of MERS, is the perfect time to develop treatments and vaccines for a virus that kills a third of the people it infects.
Boeing 787-8 Draws an America-Sized Self-Portrait In Test Flight
The Dreamliner followed an unusual flight path during an endurance test flight.
These Tasty, Waste-Gobbling Maggots Could Save the World
The black soldier fly maggot is a sustainability superhero.
Russia and China’s VPN Crackdown Leaves Few Places to Turn
As China and Russia crack down on VPN services, digital rights activists sound the alarm.
How Color Vision Came to the Animals
New technologies mean that the evolution of color vision is getting clearer than ever
Is 'The Dark Tower' Any Good? Depends How Much You've Read
Stephen King fans might like the film adaptation of his eight-book series. Everyone else? Eh, maybe not.
This Huge Sand Tiger Shark Ain’t Got No Time for Puny Fish
Tanya Houppermans dove headlong into a school of fish and came face-to-face with a shark.
I Spent the Night With Yelp’s Robot Security Guard, Cobalt
Cobalt is the latest member in a growing class of autonomous robots developed for commercial spaces.
Hosting the 2028 Summer Olympics Could Fix Los Angeles' Transportation Network
A rare opportunity to fulfill a long-standing goal of creating an exceptional mass transit system.
Wheat Nerds and Scientists Join Forces to Build a Better Bread
A group of bakers, millers, and scientists are working to make whole-grain foods delicious.
Do Not Mistake Orrin Hatch for #HipsterAntitrust
The senator is not radical enough to be part of the #hipsterantitrust.
'Confederate' and 'Black America': Is There a Right Way to Put Slavery Onscreen?
Two recently announced projects tackle the nation's most shameful legacy—with a speculative-fiction twist. Does it still matter who tells the story?
WannaCry-Stopping Hacker MalwareTech Charged With Helping Write Kronos Banking Trojan
Marcus Hutchins is under arrest in Las Vegas for allegedly writing Kronos, a banking trojan, three years ago.
Physicists Capture the Elusive Neutrino Smacking Into an Atom's Core
By measuring how a nucleus bounces off a neutrino, scientists crack a window into the personality of the shyest particle.
The VA’s New App Tries to Reach Vets Wherever They Live
The move is part of a broader trend toward telemedicine across America.
An Oral History of the 2004 Darpa Grand Challenge
The legendary competition created the self-­driving community as we know it, the men and women in too-big polo shirts who would dominate an automotive revolution.
The Perlan Project's Glider Aims for New Heights in Argentina Testing (Video)
The aircraft will ride 'stratospheric mountain waves' high above the Argentine Andes.
You’d Have to Click a Mouse 10 Million Times to Burn One Calorie
That'll only take 11.5 days. Get to work!
Gay Dating Simulator 'Dream Daddy' Might Just Be the Gaming Miracle of the Year
On its race to the top of the Steam charts, indie smash 'Dream Daddy' upended everything you thought you knew about game culture.
Argentinians Are So Sick of the Media, They’re Inventing Their Own
Don't like the news? Set up a radio or TV station and start broadcasting.
The US Press Freedom Tracker Follows Abuses of Journalists To Help Stop Them
The US Press Freedom Tracker catalogues the increasingly common abuses against American journalists.
Want a Look at Netflix’s Future? Follow the Anime
Netflix just picked up a dozen new anime shows, a move that showed off its blueprint for big-time growth.
Trump's Radical Immigration Crackdown Won't Help Tech
And it's ripped from the playbooks of anti-immigrant groups the SPLC considers hate groups.
New Details on the First Crispr-Edited Human Embryos in the US
Scientists are excited about how effectively Crispr removed mutations in embryos. But it didn't work the way they expected.
Apple's China VPN Crackdown Is Just the Latest in a Long Line of Companies Caving
By pulling VPN apps from the App Store in China, Apple joins a long list of tech companies that have given in to censorship.
What to Watch Before Your Next Getaway, From 'Chewing Gum' to the Entire Bourne Franchise
Going on vacation? Here's every film and show you should watch before you leave—broken down by destination.
The American Scientists Stepping Up to Run for Office
More than a dozen Democratic candidates with scientific backgrounds are running for Congress.
NASA Unleashes Two Vintage Warplanes to Chase the Eclipse
NASA airplanes chasing the solar eclipse will help discover why the solar atmosphere is hotter than the surface.
Bluesound Pulse 2 and Pulse Flex Review: Great Audio, But Tough to Set Up
We test two wireless speakers from Bluesound that offer lossless audio over Wi-Fi.
Hyperloop One Successfully Tests Its Pod for the First Time
Elon Musk's vision of high-speed transportation gets closer than ever to reality.
Self-Driving Cars Scare Insurance Companies Worried About 'Autonomous Ambiguity'
The Association of British Insurers argues that drivers don’t understand the limitations of these semi-autonomous systems.
Cosplay Won't Solve the Meme Gap Dooming the #Resistance
By seeing memes as a core metric of a movement’s success, progressives are tripping over their own message.
A Super-Expensive iPhone Would Be Good News For Us All
This year's kickass $1,200 phone looks just like next year's kickass $650 phone.
What Is Ray Kurzweil Up to at Google? Writing Your Emails
Ray Kurzweil popularized the singularity and is now at Google trying to make machines better with language
Companion Robots Are Here. Just Don't Fall in Love With Them
If we don’t learn how to manage relationships with robots that look and act more like humans, we're in for heartbreak.
Artificial Intelligence at Salesforce: An Inside Look
Let others build Skynet. With “Einstein,” the sales software giant will change the world one spreadsheet column at at time.
What Biotech CEOs (and Their Funders) Learned From the Theranos Debacle
Biotech investors are still stunned by the rise and fall of the one-drop blood testing startup. But they're hellbent on making sure they don’t all get burned again.
The Star Wars Video That Baffled YouTube's Copyright Cops
The Auralnauts removed the iconic John Williams score from the end of the original Star Wars. But the company that owned the missing music still wanted money.
Obama Alums Pour $1.5 Million Into Progressive Tech Startups
Investments aim at tools to bolster Democrats in coming elections.
Full Audio of Jared Kushner's Congressional Intern Address
From Trump rallies to Syria strikes, here's what Jared Kushner said to a crowd of congressional interns.
No, Facebook’s Chatbots Will Not Take Over the World
Bots programmed to swap balls, hats and books fell into a hype vortex.
Men Will Lose the Most Jobs to Robots, and That's OK
Automation is so much more than an economic issue. It's an identity, and—critically—a gender problem.
A Hack Can Turn an Amazon Echo Into a Wiretap
An Echo in every hotel room? Maybe think twice about that plan.
Lake Erie's Bottom-Dwelling Robot Fights Toxic Algae Blooms
Lake Erie gets a submerged sensor to keep track of its summertime carpet of cyanobacteria.
Jared Kushner Comments on Middle East Peace in Leaked Q&A: "What Do We Offer That's Unique? I Don't Know."
The White House senior adviser spoke to a group of congressional interns as part of an ongoing, off-the-record summer lecture series.
'Tacoma' Review: It's a Compelling Game, But You Can't 'Gone Home' Again
The Fullbright Company's latest game builds on the legacy of its smash hit—but can't quite hit the same highs.
US Scientists, *Please* Run for Office. The Planet Needs You
The country desperately needs more egghead lawmakers. Right now, Capitol Hill has almost none.
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