Sources: Sony Is Working On A ‘PS4.5’
Sony is currently planning a new version of the PS4 with increased graphical power and games running at 4K resolution, developer sources tell Kotaku.

March 18, 2016 at 11:53AM
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MIT’s Not-So-Crazy Quest To Get Rid Of Stoplights
The intersection of the future has no stoplight — just a very, very intelligent algorithm.

March 18, 2016 at 11:41AM
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Engineers Create Drone That Can Go Underwater, Probably Unaware Of What They Wrought
The fine folks at the Applied Physics Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University know how to make a drone. They know how to make a drone so well they went and made one that can also go underwater. Which is great. Until the machines revolt and there is no escaping the drones.

March 18, 2016 at 10:10AM
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Coming at Apple’s March 21st event: 4-inch iPhone SE, 9.7-inch iPad Pro & new Apple Watch models
If Apple’s most recent hardware events were about going bigger (larger iPhones, a jumbo iPad, and a new Apple TV), Apple’s March 21st event is about going smaller.

March 18, 2016 at 10:05AM
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5 Big Questions About Instagram’s Contgroversial Algorithm
On Tuesday, Instagram announced that the photo- and video-sharing app is developing an algorithm that will choose what content you see first instead of coming up in the order they were posted, begging the question: why are social media platforms so obsessed with making decisions for us?

March 18, 2016 at 09:51AM
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Apple Encryption Engineers, if Ordered to Unlock iPhone, Might Resist
Some say they may balk at the work, while others may even quit their high-paying jobs rather than undermine the security of the software they have already created, according to more than a half-dozen current and former Apple employees.

March 18, 2016 at 06:28AM
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A Computer With a Great Eye Is About to Transform Botany
Reading leaves is very hard. How is anyone, even an expert botanist, supposed to remember and identify very minute changes in vein patterns? Luckily, a computer can.

March 18, 2016 at 05:03AM
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How GE Exorcised the Ghost of Jack Welch to Become a 124-Year-Old Startup
A decade after taking over, Jeff Immelt’s long bet on the Internet of Really Big Things seems to be paying off.

March 17, 2016 at 08:41PM
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Not a Black Chair.
As a young black woman in the tech industry, by virtue of my existence, I am bound to face discrimination. I’ve wanted to share this story for two years, but I’ve been scared. I recently decided that speaking up is far more important than remaining silent.

March 17, 2016 at 05:32PM
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Nokia Phone Doesn’t Stand A Chance Against A Hydraulic Press
The crunching sound is very satisfying.

March 17, 2016 at 04:31PM
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