The ‘Chilling Effect’ of Trump’s Loose Talk With Russia
Reports that President Trump shared highly classified intelligence with Russian officials could make US spy agencies’ jobs that much harder.…
Waymo and Lyft Join Forces in the Obsessive Pursuit of Data
Their complementary sets of information on people and cars will benefit both companies. The post Waymo and Lyft Join Forces…
The WannaCry Ransomware Has a Link to Suspected North Korean Hackers
A Google researcher has identified a telltale chunk of code shared between the ransomware and malware used by suspected DPRK…
Scientists Found Sperm’s Power Switch—And a Way to Turn It Off
Sperm need calcium ions to drill into an egg and fertilize it. Compounds that muck up ion transport could create…
How LAX Is Pulling Off a Massive, Frenzied Terminal Reshuffle
Delta and 20 other airlines are swapping spots at LAX—simultaneously. The post How LAX Is Pulling Off a Massive, Frenzied…
The WannaCry Ransomware Hackers Made Some Real Amateur Mistakes
Researchers say the worst ransomware epidemic ever is also poorly run, shoddily coded, and barely profitable. The post The WannaCry…
Inside Facebook’s Training Ground for Making Chatbots Chattier
Chatbots aren’t very good at chatting. But Facebook’s new software framework will give them lots more to talk about. The…
Silicon Valley Rebrands Itself as Good for the Rest of America
Hello, heartland, the tech industry is here to help! The post Silicon Valley Rebrands Itself as Good for the Rest…
Uber Scores a Win, But Its Brawl With Waymo Ain’t Over Yet
But the court orders former Google engineer Anthony Levandowski, accused of stealing self-driving trade secrets, to stop working on lidar…
Watch SpaceX Sacrifice a Falcon 9 in the Name of Better Internet
Didn’t SpaceX already figure out this whole reusable rocket thing? Not when it comes to massive, fuel-gobbling payloads. The post…