Complicated. Weird. Beautiful! The secret Google project to put an aquarium full of tiny, wiggly water bears inside your phone
As Google’s Project Ara drew to a close, designers started coming up with some truly out-there ideas.

February 26, 2017 at 06:34AM
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Google’s Adoption of RCS Will Save Messaging on Android
Over the last couple of years, Google has been working with hundreds of carriers and manufacturers around the world to bring the text message into the 21st century. And they’re finally starting to get somewhere.

February 26, 2017 at 06:34AM
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Instant Pot Review: Can It Really Cook Anything?
The one-pot cooker has become a home chef sensation. We put it through its paces.

February 26, 2017 at 06:34AM
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The Plan to Save the Most Important Piece of the Space Race
Columbia, the Apollo 11 command module, will get its first significant conservation effort in 40 years.

February 26, 2017 at 06:34AM
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Google and Uber Are Fighting Over Lidar Technology. What Is It?
As carmakers and technology entrants scramble to develop autonomous vehicles, lidar has become a highly coveted technology. And now it’s at the center of a lawsuit pitting Waymo against Uber.

February 24, 2017 at 02:15PM
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Uber Is Doomed
Recent troubles aside, it’s becoming more evident that Uber will collapse on its own.

February 24, 2017 at 01:10PM
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Listen To A Leaked Recording Of Uber CEO Responding To Women Of Uber About Harassment Claims
In a recording obtained by BuzzFeed, the CEO of Uber responds to an internal group of women asking him to address what they say is a systemic problem within the company of sexual harassment.

February 24, 2017 at 11:56AM
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How to Stick New Tech on an Old Car
The new era of aftermarket gadgetry.

February 24, 2017 at 11:17AM
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Audio engineering is making call center robots more ‘human’ and less annoying
There’s more to it than smarter AI.

February 24, 2017 at 10:14AM
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How the Quest to Build a Visual Wikipedia Started in the Slums of New Delhi
There’s a race on to map out the augmented reality universe, and Ambarish Mitra means to win it. Can his audacious startup, Blippar, stay ahead of Facebook and Google?

February 24, 2017 at 10:14AM
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