Should Children Form Emotional Bonds With Robots?
When I brought the robot home from the Apple Store, I knew I was inviting a new kind of strangeness into our lives.

November 8, 2017 at 09:03AM
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A Wall Of Lava Lamps Is Used To Keep The Internet Secure
Computers are not good at generating random numbers so encryption company Cloudflare has to find a physical manifestation of chaos.

November 8, 2017 at 08:10AM
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This Man Pranked Eric Trump And Harvey Weinstein — Now He Just Wants A Job.
The man behind @Sinon_Reborn has email pranked a who’s who of 2017 notable figures including Harvey Weinstein, Anthony Scaramucci, Eric Trump and Ann Coulter.

November 8, 2017 at 07:30AM
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Twitter trolls itself on new 280 character limit
People both criticize and celebrate the new tweet length.

November 8, 2017 at 06:34AM
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Terrorism Is Faster Than Twitter
Before the recent attack in Lower Manhattan, an ISIS online publication offered tips on how to use a truck for “reaping large numbers of casualties.”

November 7, 2017 at 01:43PM
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This Circular Version Of ‘Breakout’ Is Drawn With Audio On An Oscilloscope
“Plonat Atek” by sol bekic is a neat looking version of a classic that becomes downright mind-blowing when you realize that what you’re seeing is also what you’re hearing.

November 7, 2017 at 12:24PM
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What the Hell Is a Quantum Computer and How Excited Should I Be?
They will never sit on your desk, and they will most certainly never fit in your pocket. Today, they’re fragile, and need to be kept at temperatures close to absolute zero.

November 7, 2017 at 10:30AM
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The iPhone X Is A User Experience Nightmare
The X is a UX disaster, the result of eliminating what is probably the simplest, most intuitive form of navigation ever implemented in consumer electronics: the iPhone’s home button.

November 7, 2017 at 10:30AM
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Listen To A Bunch of Floppy Drives Play The Tetris Theme
Sometimes life is just about lining everything up and waiting for one of those long skinny blocks to come your way.

November 7, 2017 at 09:14AM
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This Augmented Reality F1 Car Is Staggeringly Realistic
The future may not have flying cars, but it does have compelling videos of ones that don’t actually exist.

November 7, 2017 at 08:17AM
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