LIGO Ain’t a Gravitational Wave Detector—It’s an Observatory
In order to use LIGO for astronomy, you need to know the location of the source of the gravitational waves.…
Tim Cook Teases Apple Car: 'It's Going to Be Christmas Eve for a While'
Apple CEO Tim Cook has remained tight lipped about the so-called “Apple Car,” but today he dropped a hint about…
Microsoft mandates feedback questions in Windows 10 previews
In a Windows 10 preview update issued this week, Microsoft mandated that the feedback functionality built into the beta be…
Review: You Won't Lose Your Apple Pencil Cap With the PencilCozy
If you own an Apple Pencil, you’ve probably already misplaced its cap once or twice when charging it. The cap,…
Twitter Goes Crazy Over Christie’s “Yuge” Trump Endorsement
Today, Donald Trump made an announcement at a press conference in Forth Worth, Texas, and it was yuuuuge: Chris Christie…
The Internet's routing security needs an urgent fix, but it'll require collaboration
The Internet is fragile. Many of its protocols were designed at a time when the goal was rapid network expansion…
Samsung gets a win: US Appeals Court overturns $120 million ruling in Apple’s favor
Today, a unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the Federal Circuit ruled that Samsung, in fact, had not infringed…
Amid FBI row, Apple hires developer behind secure messaging app Signal
Apple is hiring Frederic Jacobs — a developer responsible for the secure chat app Signal — to work on the…
When the call to management comes
Most of us who choose a career in IT do so because we love the hands-on work. We start out…
Neural networks can be used to make some wild art
Neural networks are often used for image recognition, but it turns out they can create some pretty incredible images as…