This story is adapted from Can’t Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation, by Anne Helen Petersen.The first thing I hear in the morning is my SleepCycle app, which is supposedly monitoring my movements in order to “gently” wake me as I emerge from sleep. I swipe it off and see the first alerts from…

Electric power only started making sense for land vehicles about ten years ago, but now the technology is ready to make the jump into the water. Pure Watercraft hopes that its electric outboard motor can replace a normal gas one for most boating needs under 50 HP — and it just raised $23.4M to hit…

New York (CNN Business)The pandemic delivered a serious scare to Ryan Williams and his technology real estate startup, Cadre.The investment platform hunkered down and braced for the worst in March, despite being backed by well-connected and well-heeled investors like Mark Cuban, George Soros and Jared Kushner. So Cadre, led by Williams, its 32-year-old co-founder and…

THE NEEDIEST CASES FUNDWith new technology in their homes, New Yorkers get a lifeline to pursuing their dreams.ImageAfter spending 17 years in prison, William McCollum hoped to become a substance abuse counselor. Credit…Hiroko Masuike/The New York TimesThe first time William McCollum was released from prison, his mother pleaded with him to stop selling drugs.But Mr. McCollum, who…

Today’s Facebook Connect kicked off with a two-hour keynote that detailed the company’s latest virtual and augmented reality developments. There were product announcements, new apps and games on display, and compelling peeks at some speculative technology. We’ll recap the highlights for those who couldn’t catch the presentation live.Oculus Quest 2 Everyone expected it, but the…

By Leo KelionTechnology desk editorPublishedduration2 hours agoimage copyrightGetty Images/ARMUK-based computer chip designer ARM Holdings is being sold to the American graphics chip specialist Nvidia.The deal values ARM at $40bn (£31.2bn), four years after it was bought by Japanese conglomerate Softbank for $32bn.ARM’s technology is at the heart of most smartphones, among many other devices.Nvidia has…

Dr. Patricia Scanlon Contributor Dr. Patricia Scanlon is founder and CEO of SoapBox Labs, a Dublin-based developer of safe and secure speech-recognition technology designed specifically for children. She was named one of Forbes Top 50 Women in Tech in 2018. Before the pandemic, more than 40% of new internet users were children. Estimates now suggest…

As Covid-19 spread across the United States this spring, Jodie Pond, the health director in Teton County, Wyoming, looked forward to deploying a new weapon against the pandemic. Technologists were racing to create apps that would quickly and quietly identify people who had been close to others who were infected. This process of “contact tracing”…

Western Digital’s G-Technology brand today announced the release of a new ArmorLock encrypted NVMe SSD, which is a 2TB SSD that uses G-Tech’s newly introduced ArmorLock Security Platform. ArmorLock is a data encryption platform designed with finance, government, healthcare, media, IT, and legal professions in mind, offering greater security than is available with standard SSDs.…

As US-China relations reach a boiling point, Washington has started to screen Chinese students at airports for technology theft.When Boston Logan International Airport’s announcement asked Keith Zhang to come to the boarding desk, he thought it was a regular boarding check.But when he saw two armed American officers expecting him there, his heart sank.”They questioned…

For decades, scientists have been tinkering with genes—cutting and pasting bits of DNA into organisms like plants, bacteria, and mice. So, of course, they thought about the possibility that one day someone might use such tools to alter human genes, even human germlines—making changes to people’s DNA that they’d pass on to future generations.In 2012…

New York (CNN Business)With spectators unable to fill stadiums, sports leagues have to get creative with new forms of digital engagement to keep fans entertained. During the US Open, which started Monday, the US Tennis Association is inviting fans to engage in online debates about some of the sport’s most contested questions, with the help…

Companies pay cloud computing providers like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google big money to avoid operating their own digital infrastructure. Google’s cloud division will soon invite customers to outsource something less tangible than CPUs and disk drives—the rights and wrongs of using artificial intelligence.The company plans to launch new AI ethics services before the end of…

Filed under: Entertainment “I think the key for the post-corona era is how real we can feel in a virtual world.” The only live music I’ve managed to see all year came from an unexpected place. I recently found myself on a Friday night after hours at teamLab Planets, a popular tourist spot in Tokyo,…

Like other accelerators, Brinc hasn’t let 2020 get in the way of its program for early-stage startups. The firm is known for focusing on food technology, health tech, clean energy, and hardware, and has a knack for finding some of the most interesting startups in those spaces. Today, we joined Brinc’s first online Demo Day…

Years ago, I fact-checked two memoirs by powerful men. Their books wised me up to an invisible poltergeist in world events: the feverish infatuation of one straight man for another. One of the authors was Michael Eisner, then the CEO of Disney. He offered insight into how powerful producers of the 80s and 90s used…

Accessory maker Nomad has a long history of delivering great accessories for iOS and Android devices, using great quality materials and craftsmanship. Now, the company is partnering with wireless charging technology startup Aira to debut the later’s premiere product: FreePower, a position-free wireless charging technology. Nomad’s new Base Station Pro ($229) is the first product…

Welcome to 2000s Week! We’re exploring the pop culture that shaped us at the turn of the millennium, and examining what the films, shows, and games from the era say about us then and now. It’s a little #tbt to the days before #tbt was a thing. It’s hard to think of a time before this…

An author reflects on her pre-pandemic pronouncements about children’s technology use and offers new advice, like focus on feelings, not screens.Credit…Michelle MildenbergPublished July 27, 2020Updated Aug. 9, 2020Before the pandemic, I was a parenting expert. It was a cushy gig. In 2019, I boarded 34 flights. I checked into nice hotels, put on makeup and…

A private technology company that gathers data for a coronavirus database said a nondisclosure agreement with the Trump administration blocks it from discussing its $10.2 million contract.A list of confirmed Covid-19 cases at the county health department in Salt Lake City. Hospitals were ordered abruptly to stop reporting coronavirus patient data to the Centers for…

In the world of technology, online learning has been one of the bigger beneficiaries of the last several months, with people staying home and away from their normal routines because of the coronavirus pandemic and using that time to expand their knowledge, or more critically, figure out what to do next if they want to change…

We have tracked down the best budget-friendly 4K TVs for streaming, gaming, and everything else in between. By Joseph Green2020-08-20 04:00:00 UTC 4K TVs have been around for a while now, but that doesn’t mean that everybody understands exactly what is going on with the technology. This is where we can help. Basically, a 4K…

Dogs are not very high tech. Dogs inspire us to put our phones down. They live perfectly and completely in the moment. Even so, as our lives have become more technologically advanced, so has our relationship with our dogs. Advances in technology have provided the opportunity to give our canine best friends longer and healthier…

Industries have seen many evolution in terms of growth and productivity. Technological advances have made their way easy towards achieving success with short-term as well as long-term objectives. Here is how technology is helping to improve small business growth. Innovation is turning into the main consideration in each new company. The most recent two decades…

The UK government is suspending the use of an algorithm used to stream visa applications after concerns were raised the technology bakes in unconscious bias and racism. The tool had been the target of a legal challenge. The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) and campaigning law firm Foxglove had asked a court…

Coronavirus pandemic has proven catastrophic and has shaken the world. But this viral infection has given rise to many new innovations as well. People are about to step into a new world that will be different from the world known pre-COVID-19. Here are the technology trends that are emerging post-pandemic. Grab hold of the innovation…

ByteDance is not backing down from its ambitions to become a global technology powerhouse, even as TikTok loses its largest market India and faces insurmountable challenges in the US. But some in China are blasting the Beijing-based company as too accommodating and yielding to US demands. ByteDance said it will “remain committed to our vision…

In late 2017, AB InBev, the Belgian giant behind Budweiser and other beers, began adding a little artificial intelligence to its brewing recipe. Using data collected from a brewery in Newark, New Jersey, the company developed an AI algorithm to predict potential problems with the filtration process used to remove impurities from beer.Paul Silverman, who…

Skip Article Header. Skip to: Start of Article. Photograph: Beate Sonnenberg/Getty Images Science fiction author Arkady Martine holds a PhD in Byzantine history, which she puts to good use in her first novel A Memory Called Empire. The story is inspired by the historical figure Petros Getadarj, who surrendered part of Armenia to the Byzantines.…

In March, Brooklynite Jeremy Cohen achieved minor internet fame when he launched an elaborate scheme to court Tori Cignarella, a cute stranger living in a nearby building. After spotting Cignarella across an air shaft, Cohen used drones, Venmo, texting and FaceTime to interact with his socially distanced crush. But it was on their second date…

(Updates with one month’s delay to launch of satellite, changes dateline) By Marcela Valente BUENOS AIRES, July 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Argentina plans to put into orbit a satellite with new precision technology in late August, to monitor felling of its native forests round the clock and accurately measure forest carbon stocks in a…

Debbie Pope (she/her) is senior manager of product at The Trevor Project, the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ youth. A 2019 Google AI Impact Grantee, the project is building an AI system to identify and prioritize high-risk contacts while simultaneously supporting more youth. As AI and machine-learning tools become more…

Al GorePhoto: Matthias Nareyek (Getty Images)For the first time ever, the world will have technology to track greenhouse gas emissions in near real-time. That’s the promise of Climate TRACE, a coalition of nine organizations led by former Vice President Al Gore. The group says it will use a combination of satellite data, artificial intelligence, and…

Text size Mladen Antonov/AFP/Getty Images As the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to rage across the U.S., people are yearning for a win after Washington’s spectacular failures to secure adequate supplies of testing kits and personal protective equipment. Success hinges on whether any of the fast-tracked Covid-19 vaccine candidates supported by the almost $10 billion federally…

Teaser images and leaked photos of the 2021 Mercedes-Benz S-Class suggested the automaker was moving toward a more digital-centric interior. That might have been an understatement. Mercedes-Benz revealed Monday its second-generation MBUX infotainment system, and it is loaded with new technology, including touchscreens, augmented reality heads-up display and improved voice and facial recognition. Gone are…

Illustration: Andrew Liszewski/GizmodoI MissI MissGizmodo staff fondly remembers the extinct gadgets of years past.A lifelong obsession with technology has left me with drawers full of gadgets, many of which I don’t even remember buying. But the very first? That memory remains crystal clear. It was a Sony, one of the company’s first truly pocket-friendly portable…

Photo: Eric Baradat (Getty)On Tuesday, Amazon rolled out a shiny new addition to its flawed climate plan: a $2 billion venture investment fund for low- and no-carbon technology. It is instantly one of, if not the, biggest climate venture funds out there. But it also shows a fatal flaw that runs through Amazon’s—and capital in…

Expressing excitement for his soon-to-arrive “new material,” a man shared with his online network of child sexual abusers an in-utero picture of his unborn child. This is just one of far too many horror stories I have heard from investigators at the Department of Justice’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section.Children as young as 8, 4,…

New York (CNN Business)For all its promise, the rollout of 5G has also been fraught with rumors and conspiracy theories — most recently, a narrative spread on social media that the wireless network technology fueled the coronavirus pandemic. It did not. While baseless, the theory gained such prominence that social media platforms were forced to…

This month, advertising giant WPP will send unusual corporate training videos to tens of thousands of employees worldwide. A presenter will speak in the recipient’s language and address them by name, while explaining some basic concepts in artificial intelligence. The videos themselves will be powerful demonstrations of what AI can do: The face, and the…

Illustration: Angelica Alzona (Gizmodo)Giz AsksGiz AsksIn this Gizmodo series, we ask questions about everything and get answers from a variety of experts.Show me a museum of important historical inventors and I will show you a gallery of deluded mass murderers. I’m not talking about machine gun manufacturers or nuclear scientists—those people, at least, have some…

Two decades ago, my drum teacher Marty told me how jealous he was of my (the millennial) generation. When he learned music, he repeated his favorite drummers’ licks on vinyl records. A sweaty, teenage Marty would wear out 10-second increments of the songs as he struggled to master various rolls, cymbal splashes, and fills. My…

Roger Duncan is a former Research Fellow at the Energy Institute at the University of Texas at Austin and the former General Manager of Austin Energy. He is the co-author of the upcoming book, “The Future of Buildings, Transportation and Power.” The economic lockdown resulting from the coronavirus pandemic has had an immediate negative impact…

To some in the tech industry, facial recognition increasingly looks like toxic technology. To law enforcement, it’s an almost irresistible crime-fighting tool.IBM is the latest company to declare facial recognition too troubling. CEO Arvind Krishna told members of Congress on Monday that IBM would no longer offer the technology, citing the potential for racial profiling…

Bone projectile points found at Fa-Hien Lena, and associated prey animals. Image: Langley et al., 2020Ancient bow-and-arrow technology dating back some 48,000 years has been discovered in a Sri Lankan cave, making it the oldest evidence of archery to be found in this part of the world.Ornamental beads, tools to fashion clothes, and projectile points…

Enlarge / The Uber vehicle after it struck Elaine Herzberg.As 2018 dawned, expectations for self-driving vehicles were sky-high: Waymo, Alphabet’s self-driving car company, was testing fully driverless cars and preparing for a commercial launch in the Phoenix area. Uber was racking up millions of test miles for its own cars. Tesla was selling a “full self-driving” upgrade…

Bob O’Donnell, Special for USA TODAY Published 5:14 a.m. ET Dec. 27, 2018 A monochromatic bird’s-eye view of a city with multiple connected wireless points(Photo: GETTY IMAGES)MAUI, Hawaii—After a relatively ho-hum 2018 for mobile phones, 2019 is looking to be gangbuster year for smartphones and the whole wireless industry.In addition to the launch of foldable…

Fitness trackers and heart-rate monitors are all well and good, but if you want to track activity inside the body, the solutions aren’t nearly as convenient. Iota Biosciences wants to change that with millimeter-wide sensors that can live more or less permanently in your body and transmit wirelessly what they detect, and a $15 million…

In her new book Crash Test Girl: An Unlikely Experiment in Using the Scientific Method to Answer Life’s Toughest Questions, MythBuster Kari Byron presents all facets of her background as science experiments, stepping bravely through her education, relationships, career, and more, analyzing the lessons learned in each part and giving smart advice to readers based on the results.…

Yes and no: there are reasonable arguments on both sides of the question Credit: Guido Mieth Getty Images We still haven’t grappled with the deep questions Nicholas Carr brought to public attention in his seminal book, The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains (2010). Is the internet making us dumb? Is the…

Want to read Slashdot from your mobile device? Point it at m.slashdot.org and keep reading! binspamdupenotthebestofftopicslownewsdaystalestupid freshfunnyinsightfulinterestingmaybe offtopicflamebaittrollredundantoverrated insightfulinterestinginformativefunnyunderrated descriptive typodupeerror 105377728 story NYPD Deploying Drone for First Time To Secure New Year’s Party (bloomberg.com) 47 Posted by msmash on Sunday December 30, 2018 @02:02PM from the up-next dept. New York City police will deploy…

For the crypto market to become attractive to institutional investors, companies and their investors need to ensure that tokenized securities — digital assets subject to federal security regulations — can be as easily tracked and traded and exchanged as traditional stock shares. Abacus, a young company that passed through Y Combinator this past summer, thinks…

At a time when cryptocurrency was synonymous with blockchain technology, IOTA proposed a modification. IOTA, as its name would suggest, aspired to be a cryptocurrency for the future of Internet of Things (IoT). But its founders thought that the blockchain had “too sluggish transaction times and skyrocketing fees” to be able to power the world of connected…

We’re entering an unprecedented era of advanced technology and behemoth tech companies driving its development. Earlier this year, Apple became the first company to reach a one-trillion-dollar valuation, and Amazon followed suit, reaching a one-trillion-dollar market cap in September. Alphabet (Google’s parent company), Facebook, and Netflix are similarly dominant over the S&P 500, together providing…

As this particularly trying year mercifully draws to a close, we have only one thing to say to 2018: Thank you, next.  To celebrate the conclusion of the year, we’re rounding up the 10 best Mashable Shop deals on gadgets from 2018, all of which you can still snag for the next few days only.…

Security flaws threaten our privacy and bank accounts. So why aren’t we fixing them?By Cooper QuintinMr. Quintin is a senior staff technologist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation.Dec. 26, 2018ImageCreditCreditAndrew DegraffAmerica’s cellular network is as vital to society as the highway system and power grids. Vulnerabilities in the mobile phone infrastructure threaten not only personal privacy…

When the internet first entered public consciousness in the early 1990s, a prominent media entrepreneur described it as a “sit up” rather than a “lean back” medium. What she meant was that it was quite different from TV, which encouraged passive consumption by a species of human known universally as the couch potato. The internet,…

Want to read Slashdot from your mobile device? Point it at m.slashdot.org and keep reading! binspamdupenotthebestofftopicslownewsdaystalestupid freshfunnyinsightfulinterestingmaybe offtopicflamebaittrollredundantoverrated insightfulinterestinginformativefunnyunderrated descriptive typodupeerror 105297482 story Some Chinese Companies Are Giving Employees Incentives For Buying Huawei Devices or Just Giving Them One and Boycotting Apple (nikkei.com) 118 Posted by msmash on Tuesday December 25, 2018 @07:30PM from the…

In many ways, AI and machine learning are already becoming apparent in our day-to-day lives, especially in commerce. Specifically, retailers are turning to facial recognition systems to help them better target, market and sell their products to an increasingly harried and distracted shopping public.”I see the recent advances such as deep learning technology for vision…

Few inventions affected our relationship with technology as much as push notifications have. Before modern-day notifications, most of us felt in charge of deciding when we want to use and interact with technology, but now, technology is largely making that decision for us. It’s easy to blame technology, but it’s important to note that it…

Year In ReviewWe look back at the best, worst, and most significant moments of the year, and look forward to next year.   2019 is the year that tech gets it together, we can feel it.Last year, we pegged our hopes for 2018 on ambitious technologies like mixed reality and alien alloys. We learned our lesson.…

When it comes to the stock market, America’s technology giants have become a harbinger of more pain to come.If Facebook, Apple or Google looked shaky this year — as investors worried about growth, regulation or mismanagement — the rest of the market felt it. In recent weeks, as these companies have succumbed to concerns about…

Text messaging has been around since the dawn of cellular technology, and sparked its own unique language. But it’s time to put sending regular SMS messages out to pasture. If you have an iPhone, you’re already on your way. iPhones (as well as iPads and Macs) use iMessage to send messages between Apple devices. It’s…

As we continue to wax nostalgic — or something like it — on 2018 and look ahead to the next year, we wanted to get a sense of how users feel about the past, present, and future of tech. We’ve covered our top news stories of 2018, and looked back on which predicted tech trends…

Artificial Intelligence If you’re an entrepreneur in the healthcare field, you need to prepare: AI is coming to your segment soon. Image credit: metamorworks | Getty Images Toby Nwazor Contributor Consumer Goods Entrepreneur, Freelance Writer December 18, 2018 6 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Technology is changing fast, and the…

So you want to browse the web securely and privately? Here’s a hard truth: it’s almost impossible. It’s not just your internet provider that knows which sites you visit, it’s also the government — and other governments! And when it’s not them, it’s social media sites, ad networks or apps tracking you across the web…

Emily Blunt makes Mary Poppins all her own in Mary Poppins Returns.Photo: Disneyio9 ReviewsReviews and critical analyses of fan-favorite movies, TV shows, comics, books, and more.  You’d be hard pressed to go into Mary Poppins Returns wanting to love it and not walk out that way. Director Rob Marshall, along with his stellar cast and crew,…

Very few people are afraid of traveling by car, while millions of Americans are afraid of flying. But would you be surprised to learn that air travel is actually far safer than driving down the interstate? Here’s What the Numbers Say You’ve seen plenty of movies with airplane crashes. Films like United 93, We Are…

Apple’s Tim Cook isn’t happyReuters Pictures Apple is one of the biggest, most valuable, and most beloved tech companies in the world. Still, not everything the company debuted in 2018 lived up to expectations. We highlighted the most disappointing moments from Apple in 2018. 1. Apple hiked prices on just about everything. Justin Sullivan / Staff…

In December 2017, Google quietly released a new feature on its Arts & Culture app. It was a neat little tool where you could upload a picture of yourself, facial recognition would analyze your features, and a machine learning algorithm would scan through the history of (mostly Western) art to find a painted person who…

This is a choose-your-own-adventure review of the brand new choose-your-own-adventure Netflix special, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch.  You can choose to remain entirely spoiler-free until you experience it for yourself. In which case: this is quite simply a brilliant, groundbreaking piece of interactive television. One that has cracked the code as to how you let the viewer…

After watching a CCC presentation that claimed that the MQA audiophile format has “stealth DRM,” I decided to investigate, and I’m pretty sure MQA is not DRM. But MQA is proprietary in several important ways that audiophiles should consider before they invest in the tech. Its overlapping patents, combined with extreme secrecy about the terms…

Every January, the Consumer Electronics Association hosts the annual (and potentially largest) Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada — where events often begin with a projection of the top tech trends to come that year. At the start of 2018, it was predicted that a handful of trends would dominate the year. And as…

It seems like everyone’s getting home security cameras these days. Here are your best options. DisclosureEvery product here is independently selected by Mashable journalists. If you buy something featured, we may earn an affiliate commission which helps support our work. By Kevin Billings2018-12-24 10:00:00 UTC Home security cameras used to be only for the rich…

The debates about screen time and kids are really confused: the studies have contradictory findings, and the ones that find negative outcomes in kids who spend a lot of time on their screens struggle to figure out the cause-and-effect relationship (are depressed kids using screens more because that’s how they get help, or do kids…

New iPads, Alexa laughing at us, and the FBI trying to get backdoors into iPhones —all of these things, and more, happened to Apple and technology in March 2018Apple invites the press to its education launch It’s peculiar how well the events and talking points of one year will usually divide into months but there…

Before the birth of modern technology, designers specialized in exquisite hand lettering. And designers today pay homage to the legacy of vintage signage with extraordinary retro typefaces.Curated from the font sections of GraphicRiver and Envato Elements, this collection features 25 nostalgic vintage typefaces that are sure to bring back amazing memories.Need a custom font for…

binspamdupenotthebestofftopicslownewsdaystalestupid freshfunnyinsightfulinterestingmaybe offtopicflamebaittrollredundantoverrated insightfulinterestinginformativefunnyunderrated descriptive typodupeerror 105293752 story UK Now Has Systems To Combat Drones (bbc.com) 128 Posted by msmash on Tuesday December 25, 2018 @11:02AM from the once-bitten-twice-shy dept. Detection systems are now able to be deployed throughout the UK to combat the threat of drones, ministers say. It follows three days of disruption…

Ascom / MCTICRobots, A.I. algorithms, and drone deliveries are increasingly found in just about every industry and profession. Why not the medical world, too? To that end, 2018 saw an impressive convergence of cutting-edge technology and groundbreaking medical research. It is, of course, crucial that any new technology is properly investigated before it finds its…

Desktop 3D printing is an incredible technology to be sure, but it’s not a cure-all. If you’re interested in making something in large numbers, or if production speed is a concern, 3D printing probably isn’t what you’re looking for. But on the flip side, if you want to make a few highly specialized or customized…

You probably use computer vision every day and don’t even think about it. Enjoy checking out the latest Snapchat filters? That’s computer vision. Unlock your iPhone with your face? That’s computer vision, too. Use your phone to deposit your latest paycheck and get some cash in your bank account? Well, that’s also computer vision. Computer vision as we…

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) today unsealed indictments against a pair of Chinese agents charged with hacking US computer systems from a period spanning 2006 – 2018. Among those successfully targeted was the US Navy. Personally identifiable information including, social security numbers, names, and phone numbers pertaining to at least 100,000 US Navy service…

As the late screenwriting legend William Goldman famously said; “nobody knows anything” so predictions – especially about technology – always run the risk of making people look silly in the not-so-distant-future. That said, I’m going to go out on a limb and say in the next few years we’re going to see more people becoming…

By Bärí a. Williams5 minute ReadThe road to hell is paved with good intentions. Often in a rush of excitement and eagerness to solve a problem, or to alleviate a particularly thorny issue, people will champion a solution without being aware of all of the possibilities and potential pitfalls, intentional or otherwise, or blatantly ignore…

By Bärí a. Williams5 minute ReadThe road to hell is paved with good intentions. Often in a rush of excitement and eagerness to solve a problem, or to alleviate a particularly thorny issue, people will champion a solution without being aware of all of the possibilities and potential pitfalls, intentional or otherwise, or blatantly ignore…

The launch of the latest Apple Watch in September was accompanied with the customary buzz that comes with every new Apple gadget. What really caught my eye and  generated extra curiosity this time was the watch’s new fall detection feature, aimed at both senior citizens and the general public. One news outlet even enlisted a…

Home Chemistry Analytical Chemistry December 18, 2018 December 18, 2018, Japan Science and Technology Agency Dots in the “Histogram Feature Quantities” correspond to each cell. Select and click the dots on the histogram to decide the cells for sucking. T based on the preset feature quantities range and area. Credit: Yokogawa Electric Corporation Single-cell mass…

VR is a polarizing technology in its current iteration. On the one hand, for some people it’s an uncomfortable, discombobulating experience. But, on the other, for those of us who thrill in the abyss it’s the closest we can get to living inside our dreams. If you’ve played the gorgeous little puzzle game Gnog or…

Year In ReviewWe look back at the best, worst, and most significant moments of the year, and look forward to next year.   No matter how jaded we become, each year the fine gadget purveyors of the world manage to find new ways to delight and surprise us with gear that’s inventive, exciting, and just plain…

Phone design got a little eccentric this past year. Reciting a mantra of “more screen is always better” under their breath, smartphone manufacturers did their utmost to kill the bezels around their displays, with most of them opting for the notch as the primary solution. Some copied the iPhone X’s wide notch, others boasted of…

A Huawei logo at CES 2018 in Las Vegas.Photo: David Becker (Getty Images)At a meeting in Canada in July 2018, espionage chiefs from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the U.K. and the U.S.—all signatories to a treaty on signals intelligence, and often referred to as the “Five Eyes”—agreed to do their best to contain the global…

“I tucked Joel in, but I feel so guilty I didn’t hold him longer,” Julie Rea said, her voice welling with emotion. That is all she can muster about the worst night of her life. As she tries to say more, she breaks down.The story remains, still, almost unspeakable. In the early morning hours of…

ImageA modified Tesla Model X before an event to unveil the Boring Company’s tunnel in Hawthorne, Calif., on Tuesday. It unveiled the first mile-long stretch of the company’s underground vision of a transit system.CreditCreditPool photo by Robyn BeckHAWTHORNE, Calif. — Fed up with Southern California vehicle snarls, Elon Musk set out to solve the persistent…

More of that weird quantum art that always comes with quantum computing press releases.Illustration: E. Edwards/JQI (NIST)Quantum computers that can crack our strongest encryption methods might be decades away—but a group of entrepreneurs and researchers think we better start talking ethics now. Perhaps one of the year’s biggest stories was our collective realization that our…

AT&T CTO Andre Fuetsch speaks of the company’s 5G plans in September. Stephen Shankland/CNET If you live in one of a dozen US cities, you can tap into AT&T’s 5G network this week.The carrier, locked in a race with Verizon and other network operators to move to the next-gen wireless technology as fast as possible,…

If you ever fly on airplanes, you probably need noise-canceling headphones. If you work in an open plan office, you probably need noise-canceling headphones. If you ever feel the world is attacking your ears, you probably need noise-canceling headphones. Therapy might help but try noise-canceling headphones first. They’re really good these days!The basic idea behind…

One of Beijing’s top goals is transforming China into a technology powerhouse, so what happens to Huawei matters beyond China’s own borders. Michael Schuman Dec 18, 2018 Visitors walk past a Huawei stand at the 2017 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.Eric Gaillard / Reuters As Ken Hu, the “rotating” chairman at Huawei Technologies, made…

Stuart Palley, a professional wildfire photographer here standing in the Angeles National Forest, believes mirrorless cameras will replace conventional SLRs. Stuart Palley Digital photography has changed a lot over the past two decades, with clunky DSLRs giving way to sleek smartphones. Over the next 10 years, expect a similar evolution as the science behind the…