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  • The Devil is in the Details

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    We haven’t quite reached the terrifying sci-fi hellscape described by the Terminator franchise, but researchers at Facebook have brought us just a bit closer to the age of the machines. Recently, they pulled the plug on an artificial intelligence system… Read More ›

  • Steer

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    Steer helps curb micro-sleep. Just strap it on to verify resting heart rate, then wear it while driving to determine potentially harmful changes. If your pulse decreases by ten units, for instance, the arm band sends out a strong vibration… Read More ›

  • The next eleMMent

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    This latest manufactured vehicle has a 500-hp diesel engine with the latest emission technology, is painted in luminous white and went to a private buyer from Turkey. But the eleMMent viva features more than just technology and exterior design. What… Read More ›

  • Foster Care as Punishment

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    Maisha Joefield thought she was getting by pretty well as a young single mother in Brooklyn, splurging on her daughter, Deja, even though money was tight. When Deja was a baby, she bought her Luvs instead of generic diapers when… Read More ›

  • The world’s best amateur photographs

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    Since its first edition back in 2010, the EyeEm Photography Festival and Awards has been quietly establishing itself in the industry calendar, attracting tens of thousands of applicants every year and revolutionizing the concept of a photography competition in the… Read More ›

  • How can I trust TomTom?

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    I’ve been getting warnings about TomTom going off support for a while now, and encouraging me to get my free 3 year subscription to TomTom GO. I’ve tested both on the same drive and I much prefer the old TomTom’s… Read More ›

  • Scaramucci

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    “Who leaked that to you?” he asked. I said I couldn’t give him that information. He responded by threatening to fire the entire White House communications staff. “What I’m going to do is, I will eliminate everyone in the comms… Read More ›

  • Microsoft Paint to be killed off

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    First released with the very first version of Windows 1.0 in 1985, Paint in its various guises would be one of the first graphics editors used by many and became a core part of Windows. Starting life as a 1-bit… Read More ›

  • The iPod Shuffle and iPod Nano Are Dead

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    Today, we are simplifying our iPod lineup with two models of iPod touch now with double the capacity starting at just $199 and we are discontinuing the iPod shuffle and iPod nano. And with that one line they are gone…. Read More ›

  • Mail Rail

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    Before the Mail Rail, there was that popular Victorian device, a pneumatic tube. The London Pneumatic Dispatch Company opened a postal railway under Euston Station in 1863 that could carry 35 bags of mail one-third of a mile in a… Read More ›