Sponsors Are Playing Moneyball to Snag Unsung Olympians
It turns out you don’t have to be the most popular Olympian to help sponsors make a splash with their…
Mathematicians Are Building a Unified Theory of Geometric Randomness
Researchers have uncovered deep connections among different types of random objects, illuminating hidden geometric structures. The post Mathematicians Are Building…
What's in your food? Tech will tell!
People are getting more interested in what they’re eating, but reading a food label will tell you only so much.…
Recognize: NBC Invented the Modern Olympics Telecast
The nightly telecast of the Olympic Games feels entirely natural. But it is a rigorously artificial product, born of a…
This week on AI: $200M Turi takeover, wireless 'AirPods,' a working 'iPhone 7' & more
A steady stream of news provided yet more glimpses of Apple’s "iPhone 7," including possible wireless earbuds. We also heard…
Buy a Galaxy on T-Mobile this Saturday and get one for free
Shutterstock If you buy one of the newer Galaxy devices on T-Mobile, the self-proclaimed Un-carrier is giving you a second…
Wait, Did The Wright Brothers Just Get Dissed at the Olympics?
The Olympics opening ceremony seemed to claim that Brazil was instrumental in the invention of flight. Twitter: “#actually…” The post…
A bug fix bake-off
Installing bug fixes is a big part of Defensive Computing. When I recently updated devices running five different operating systems,…
Space Photos of the Week: This Globular Cluster’s Over the Hill
Space photos of the week, July 31—August 6, 2016. The post Space Photos of the Week: This Globular Cluster’s Over…
Milton Glaser Rated Every Olympics Logo Ever. This Was His Favorite
Glaser grants a strikingly simple design from the 1964 Tokyo summer Olympics his highest score. The post Milton Glaser Rated…