Google’s AI Invents Sounds Humans Have Never Heard Before
Using math to create thousands of new musical instruments.

May 18, 2017 at 06:36AM
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Google’s 18 Month Quest To Redesign Its Terrible Emoji
Google is notorious for having some of the worst emoji on the planet. Now it’s righting its wrongs — and taking on gender stereotypes, too.

May 17, 2017 at 07:09PM
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Rebuilding—and Recording With—the 1920s Technology That Changed American Music Forever
For a PBS documentary, contemporary artists recorded music on a re-assembled 1920s lathe.

May 17, 2017 at 02:00PM
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The Steps Being Taken To Make Nuclear Power Safer
We have better materials and methods now, so why isn’t nuclear making a big comeback? Well, think of how it took root in the world’s memory.

May 17, 2017 at 01:05PM
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The Best Way To Transmit Satellite Data? In Trucks. Really
When you have nearly unfathomable depths of information, the quickest way to move it is still the actual highway, not the information-super-one.

May 17, 2017 at 12:57PM
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Just The Good Stuff From Wednesday’s Google I/O Keynote
We’re posting the highlights from Google’s annual keynote as they happen.

May 17, 2017 at 11:49AM
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We Tested a Bunch of Fidget-Spinner Apps, So You Don’t Have To
Fidget spinners are everywhere these days. Classrooms. Subways. And … the app store. Which seems a little odd, given that the whole point of a fidget spinner is to offer a tactile diversion that can help focus and calm you. But if you do go the app route, here are the best ones to take for a spin.

May 16, 2017 at 10:17PM
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The Big Questions Google Needs To Answer At I/O This Week
Last year, I/O was a product blitz: It brought us the Google Assistant, the Google Home speaker, Google’s first phone, the Pixel, and an AI-driven messenger called Allo. This year, expect iteration.

May 16, 2017 at 10:17PM
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People With Strong Accents Put Alexa, Siri And Google Home To The Test
Turns out, these home assistants are all Cumberbitches at heart.

May 16, 2017 at 02:56PM
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A BROKEN RECORD Say goodbye to the iconic MP3 Written by Amy X. Wang 5 hours ago
After nearly two decades, the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits, the German research body that owns the rights to MP3, has decided to no longer renew its patents on the technology — effectively killing the format for good.

May 16, 2017 at 12:24PM
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