Rooftop Solar Panels Are Great for the Planet—But Terrible for Firefighters
New training and fire codes are supposed to make firefighters safer when they run into solar panels, but they’re inconsistently…
Andy Rubin's Essential Products Announces Modular Smartphone and Amazon Echo Rival
New company Essential Products announced its debut products today, including a modular titanium smartphone with an edge-to-edge display and an…
Latest Apple Park Drone Video Catches a Glimpse of Historic Glendenning Barn
This morning Matthew Roberts shared a new drone video of Apple Park on his YouTube channel, representing the latest addition…
Meet Essential Home: an alternative to Amazon Echo and Google Home
Andy Rubin’s Essential Products has revealed a new device that goes head to head with Amazon’s Alexa-powered speakers and the…
Get Ready for Skyscrapers Made of Wood. (Yes, Wood)
Wood is architecture’s hottest new (old) material. The post Get Ready for Skyscrapers Made of Wood. (Yes, Wood) appeared first…
Samsung’s stretchable display is great, the video demo not so much
It was set to be a revolutionary moment. Samsung was going to give us a glimpse at the future, its…
Answering the WannaCry wake-up call
The widespread WannaCry attack demonstrated the acute vulnerability of computer systems to ransomware attacks. There is no reason to think…
Andy Rubin’s Essential phone revealed: launching for $699 with modular functionality
The Essential phone, the new handset from Android creator Andy Rubin, is finally here. The smartphone was unveiled on the…
Who Will Pay for the Future if Not the Robots?
If robots take over humans’ jobs, people will lose their incomes—and governments won’t have incomes to tax. The post Who…
One Man’s Quest to Make 20-Year-Old Rum in Just Six Days
Obsessive distiller Bryan Davis invented a contraption for aging booze—fast. His goal: to create highly engineered spirits unlike any you’ve…