A New Chip Makes Voice Control More Efficient, Less Creepy
Voice assistants suck down a lot of battery power. MIT found a way of making them much thriftier. The post…
Forget Mario: The Nintendo Switch Will Live or Die With Indie Games
NIntendo is making a big push for the Switch as a destination for indie games. It makes sense: the Switch…
Wintel Is Going. But It’s Not Dead Yet
They called it Wintel. It made Microsoft rich. Now it’s a drag. The post Wintel Is Going. But It’s Not…
That Encrypted Chat App the White House Liked? Full of Holes
Confide has become a favorite among political staffers looking for secrecy. Unfortunately, it lacked plenty of basic security features. The…
An Artist Makes the Universe From Sand—And Then Destroys It
The piece required two weeks to create, and seconds to sweep away. The post An Artist Makes the Universe From…
FCC Chair on Trump’s War on the Press: ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Why is it so hard for the FCC chairman to say he’ll stand up to Trump? The post FCC Chair…
I Am Your Samsung Smart TV, and I Am Positively Not Spying On You
Why would I pay attention to your increasingly worrisome ideological leanings? I’m a TV! The post I Am Your Samsung…
Looking for New Headphones? Try a Set From Across the Pond
When asked to point out the hotbeds of audio innovation on a map, the casual headphone buyer probably wouldn’t finger…
It Takes More Than a Shovel to Decode Colorado’s Snowpack (Like Lasers)
A day in the field as researchers wring water data from Colorado’s snowpack. The post It Takes More Than a…
The CIA Leak Exposes Tech’s Vulnerable Future
With its Vault 7 dump, WikiLeaks underscores the fragility beneath the tech industry’s unassailable veneer. The post The CIA Leak…