Enlarge / A Voyager-class sailing drone. Sailing drone Science fiction often paints a terrifying picture of the future – think of aliens decimating humanity, à… Read More »Drones take to the waves: Saildrones get data where humans can’t
Initially, Apple’s biggest challenge was that there was very little Atmos content available. In 2017, R.E.M.’s “Automatic for the People” became the first album to… Read More »Dolby Atmos wants you to listen. (And down. And sideways.)
It’s finally here, the metal Pixel Watch strap. Ron Amadeo A beautiful G logo is engraved in the closure. Ron Amadeo Bend the links 90… Read More »Google’s $200 metal Pixel Watch band is very premium, very expensive
Enlarge / A black labrador. A Tennessee doctor has lost his medical license after a local news investigation revealed he was selling fake COVID-19 vaccine… Read More »Doctor who sold fake COVID vaccine waiver to dog loses medical license
Getty Images Amid the increasing use of generative AI in music, the Recording Academy has updated its rules for the 66th Annual Grammy Awards regarding… Read More »Purely AI-generated songs that are not eligible for Grammy Awards
Enlarge / OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush shows David Pogue the 2010 game controller that powers the Titan sub during a CBS Sunday morning segment airing… Read More »Submarine missing from Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepad to steer
Enlarge / Some of the maps and decision trees mapped in the book 50 years of text games. Aaron Reed There is a quote in… Read More »50 Years of Text Games dissects the rich history of a fundamental genre
Enlarge / An artist’s rendering of the Parker Solar Probe, along with the subject. The solar wind teems with charged particles that can light up… Read More »Parker Solar Probe images the launch of the solar wind
On Capitol Hill and in the courts, Republican lawmakers and activists are waging an extensive legal campaign against universities, think tanks and private companies that… Read More »GOP targets researchers studying disinformation ahead of the 2024 election
Enlarge / Ezra Miller as Barry/The Flash unwittingly destroys the multiverse The flash. YouTube/Warner Bros. In the months leading up to the long-delayed theatrical release… Read More »Review: The Flash is not a terrible movie, but a forgettable movie
Google was accused on Wednesday of violating European Union antitrust laws by using its dominance in online advertising to undermine rivals, the latest in a… Read More »Google’s ads violate antitrust laws, EU says
Enlarge / A quasar ejects a jet of material into intergalactic space. There are recycling signs everywhere on Earth urging us to save our planet… Read More »Even galaxies recycle | Ars Technica
Many of us are desperate to travel this summer after a pandemic stifled our plans for years. But travelers—and I’m sorry to be a bummer—beware:… Read More »Beware of ‘junk’ fees when booking travel online
Enlarge / One of the medical clinics suspended by the Mexican health authorities on May 19, 2023 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The number of cases… Read More »Fatal cases of fungal meningitis nearly double as CDC scrambles to find exposed
There’s a new tech titan in town and he’s preparing to enter the pantheon. How do we know? Well, Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, has… Read More »Nvidia’s Jensen Huang is transforming AI, one leather jacket at a time
