A Heroic AI Will Let You Spy on Your Lawmakers’ Every Word
A new platform uses artificial intelligence to let voters keep track of every official word uttered by state legislators. The…
Tech Giants Have the Legal Clout to Help Stop Trump’s Refugee Ban
In the face of the outcry against the ban, tech’s friend-of-the-court brief is good optics. But legal experts say it’s…
Congress Wants a New Email Privacy Act—But the Next Attorney General Won’t
With surveillance hawk Jeff Sessions about to head up Trump’s DOJ, privacy advocates push for a long-overdue bill to lock…
How to Keep Amazon Echo and Google Home From Responding to Your TV
Voice assistants are smart, but they’re not yet sharp enough to understand the difference between TV and reality. The post…
The Badass Mouse That Turns Scorpion Venom Into a Painkiller
The scorpion venom that might kill a lesser mouse will only make the grasshopper mouse stronger. The post The Badass…
Airbus Is Serious About Planes With Swappable Spas—Seriously
They even ran an experiment at San Francisco’s legendary Crissy Field. The post Airbus Is Serious About Planes With Swappable…
All Gaming PCs Should Look as Gorgeous as the Wooden Volta V
Finally a desktop that’s both beauty and beast. The post All Gaming PCs Should Look as Gorgeous as the Wooden…
Tour Simone Giertz’s Mad Laboratory of Hilariously Awful Robots
Bad robot inventor Simone Giertz shows us around her San Francisco workshop. The post Tour Simone Giertz’s Mad Laboratory of…
Cantina Talk: That Rogue One Spin-Off Novel We Wanted? Oh, It’s Happening
Get ready for the adventures of Chirrut and Baze! The post Cantina Talk: That Rogue One Spin-Off Novel We Wanted?…
EPA Scientists Worry Their New Boss Doesn’t Want Science
As Oklahoma’s attorney general, Scott Pruitt fought environmental regulations. Now EPA scientists wonder how he can run their agency. The…