We Said We’d Be Transparent … WIRED’s First Big HTTPS Snag
Today WIRED is acknowledging a delay in our HTTPS rollout—but we’ve got good news too. The post We Said We’d…
Google Has Open Sourced SyntaxNet, Its AI for Understanding Language
Step aside, Siri: Google’s system for parsing the meaning of the sentences humans speak is now free for anyone to…
Cape Watch: One of the New Mutants Isn’t Exactly New
This week’s superhero movie news: We now know at least one character potentially in the next X-Men movie. Also, Ryan…
The Tale of an Epic Coast-to-Coast Road Trip … in 1903
In 1903, two men spent 71 days driving a Packard Model F across the US—before most of the West even…
Peek Inside London’s Epic New Train System Before It Opens
A $21 billion infrastructure project is starting to look real. The post Peek Inside London’s Epic New Train System Before…
Google Puts Powerful Search and GIFs Into a Keyboard—For iOS
Gboard is the most feature-packed iOS keyboard yet, and you can’t get it on Android. The post Google Puts Powerful…
You Can Use Your Phone to Check This Smart Luggage In
An electronic ink display and a mobile app lets you skip some of the airport lines with this luggage. The…
You Know What’s Nice on the Eyes? High-Frequency Stock Trading
Two artists turned high-frequency data trading into art. The post You Know What’s Nice on the Eyes? High-Frequency Stock Trading…
The Dark Web Has Its Own Lit Magazine
More sonnets, less Silk Road: “The Torist” is hoping to bring new people into the cybersecure fold while giving dark…
Geology Is Breaking Apart Over When the Americas Came Together
3.5 million years ago, Panama collided with South America, cutting off ocean circulation between the Pacific and the Caribbean. Or…