On Saturday, Elon Musk’s space company will attempt its last big test before it can begin launching humans from US soil.
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Nature Will Triumph—and Reclaim All Our Gadgets
A new art exhibit, “The World After Us,” shows the power and ingenuity of nature to make use of machines in a world without humans.
Read moreFitbit activates new feature, Microsoft aims to go carbon negative video
In today’s top stories, some Fitbit wearables are gaining the ability to monitor blood oxygen. Meanwhile, Microsoft pledges to undo its carbon footprint within decades.
Read moreApple’s Latest Deal Shows How AI Is Moving Right Onto Devices
The iPhone maker’s purchase of startup Xnor.ai is the latest move toward a trend of computing on the “edge,” rather than in the cloud.
Read moreGadget Lab Podcast: One Wheel, Zero Buttons
This week, the hosts debate whether one wheel is better than two, and whether having a few buttons on a smartphone is better than having none at all.
Read moreSeriously, It’s Time to Lean Into Monowheels
Call them fanciful, or a faceplant waiting to happen. But one-wheeled vehicles are how we’ll roll into the future.
Read more5G in the UK: Two networks offer the fastest speed and best coverage
We tested 5G on EE, Vodafone and O2 in five major cities across the UK.
Read moreUber Wins Dubious Honor Of Being First Big Tech Company To Bully A Small Nation Using Corporate Sovereignty
Six years ago, when Techdirt first started writing about the investor-state dispute system (ISDS) — or corporate sovereignty as we prefer to call it — it was largely unknown outside specialist circles. Since then, more people have woken up to the …
Read moreIndependent panel says process for certifying 737 Max was safe
While it suggested some changes to the process, the committee dismissed criticism that Boeing had too much authority in inspecting its own planes.
Read moreA Windows 10 Vulnerability Was Used to Rickroll the NSA and Github
A researcher demonstrated the attack less than a day after Microsoft disclosed one of the most critical Windows vulnerabilities ever.
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