How real books have trumped ebooks
The digital revolution was expected to kill traditional publishing. But print books are ever more beautifully designed and lovingly cherished, while ebook and e-reader sales are flagging.

May 16, 2017 at 11:24AM
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What Happened To Supersonic Air Travel (And How It Might Come Back)
Is it worth getting your hopes up about a start-up, especially one following the legacy of the Concorde? If we could return to the days of a 3-hour flight between New York and London, maybe so.

May 16, 2017 at 09:13AM
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Playing The Original ‘Super Mario Bros.’ In VR Seems Like A Good Way To Get Sick
A while back, someone made a Nintendo emulator that converted 2D art to 3D objects. Now, someone’s combined that to make first-person VR Mario, and… we’re feeling a little queasy.

May 15, 2017 at 09:41PM
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Uber And Google Are Fighting Over Very Old “Lidar” Technology. Here’s Why.
Lidar, a 54-year-old technology used by most self-driving cars, is now at the center of the Uber-Waymo lawsuit. Here’s how it works.

May 15, 2017 at 04:04PM
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How To Protect Yourself From Ransomware, According To The Experts
If you weren’t affected by the WannaCry attack, you’re probably wondering what you can do to prevent future ransomware attacks from infecting your computer.

May 15, 2017 at 02:01PM
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Friendship Ended With CHROME Now OPERA Is My Best Friend
It’s time to break up with Chrome and all the RAM it eats up.

May 15, 2017 at 01:23PM
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An Ode To Google’s Weirdest Feature — ‘I’m Feeling Lucky’
Google’s marquee product has always been its search engine. But Google.com has always had a bunch of little bells and whistles, and the “I’m Feeling Lucky” add-on might be the most interesting.

May 15, 2017 at 12:51PM
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The hot dog-identifying app from HBO’s Silicon Valley is real, and you can download it now
“In our brief testing, it managed to correctly identify a bowl of pistachios as not being a hot dog, while it decided that an image of a hot dog on a computer monitor was, in fact, a hot dog.”

May 15, 2017 at 10:56AM
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Why We Need To Start Making Copies Of Every Classic Artwork And Heritage Site
At Factum Arte, whole tombs are being recreated in painstaking detail. Why? Because while our high-tech scans can last forever, the real deals are rapidly decaying.

May 15, 2017 at 09:08AM
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A Virus Expert Shows How That Massive Ransomware Attack Worked
Want to know what it would be like to be one of the thousands affected in last week’s global ransomware attack? Just watch this video — it won’t encrypt your files.

May 15, 2017 at 08:37AM
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