The ISS’s New Space Module Fails Its First Inflation Attempt
The BEAM inflatable habitat project will wait another day, as NASA tries to figure out what went wrong. The post…
Watch Edward Snowden Teach Vice How to Make a Phone ‘Go Black’
Shane Smith interviewed the whistleblower in Moscow and got the details on how to hack into smartphones so they can’t…
Why You’ll Soon Buy Consoles the Way You Upgrade iPhones
If we see Microsofot and Sony announce new(ish) console upgrades at E3, here’s why The post Why You’ll Soon Buy…
Inside the London School Where Cabbies Learn the Fabled Knowledge
London cabbies spend 3.5 years memorizing the city’s 25,000 streets. Photographer Alexander Wilson documents the day in the life of…
Hopscotch Teaches Kids to Code Without That Pesky Command Line
Hopscotch, the maker of the popular coding app for iPad, is now helping kids code on the iPhone. The post…
Cape Watch: Joss Whedon Is Considering a Return to Marvel Movies
Surprisingly, this week’s superhero movie news is light on X-Men. But it does have Joss Whedon talking about making Marvel…
The Woeful TSA Doesn’t Need More Staff. It Needs This Tech
Incorporating the latest technology and a better understanding of human behavior could eliminate the worst parts of passing through airport…
This Map Tracks Where Governments Hack Activists and Reporters
A new collaborative software project maps cases of state-sponsored malware campaigns targeting civil society victims. The post This Map Tracks…
The Smartest Thing a Tech Company Can Do? Don’t Make a Phone
Microsoft’s days as a smartphone company are coming to an end. And that’s a really smart move by Microsoft. The…
How Chilling With Brian Eno Changed the Way I Study Physics
At the annual Imperial College quantum gravity cocktail hour, a young theoretical physicist met an unlikely inspiration. The post How…