Explaining Continuity: The tech tying iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite together
Handoff, AirDrop and more will bridge the device gap — if your hardware is up to it.

July 21, 2014 at 11:28AM
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How Israel’s “Iron Dome” works
The $1 billion system, subsidized by the United States, has struck down 87% of its targets. Here’s how it shoots other rockets from the sky.

July 21, 2014 at 9:16AM
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The most advanced police sketch ever might solve cold cases
Toronto’s new DNA tech could bring new light to old crimes.

July 21, 2014 at 9:16AM
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‘Startup Guy’ fashion is literally a style in Banana Republic’s Summer line
Do you want a look that says “work hard, play hard, disrupt hard?” Well, then, the Gap’s Banana Republic has all the business casual you can handle, lovingly called “The Startup Guy.”

July 21, 2014 at 9:16AM
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New phones aboard Air Force One
In a range of pictures showing president Barack Obama using a telephone aboard Air Force One, we can see that the new phones consist of a handset in a customized cradle.

July 21, 2014 at 6:59AM
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My Uber got pulled over by the Denver police – and then things got really weird
Colorado is the self-described “vanguard” of innovation. But that’s not really how it felt to me on Friday after the Denver police stopped the UberX I was riding in. Here’s the full story, with all of the bizarre twists and turns.

July 21, 2014 at 2:20AM
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Why the internet of things could destroy the welfare state
Tech pioneers in the US are advocating a new data-based approach to governance – ‘algorithmic regulation’. But if technology provides the answers to society’s problems, what happens to governments?

July 20, 2014 at 9:43PM
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Startup Makes a New Kind of Flexible, Printed Battery
A California startup is developing flexible, rechargeable batteries that can be printed cheaply on commonly used industrial screen printers.

July 20, 2014 at 8:37PM
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Edward Snowden Plans to Work on Privacy Tech
NSA leaker Edward Snowden says he plans to work on technology to preserve personal data privacy and called on programmers to join his efforts.

July 20, 2014 at 8:37PM
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The ‘Facebook Cop’ and the Implications of Privatized Policing
Is the law applied evenly when a company foots the bill?

July 20, 2014 at 7:35PM
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