A Brief History Of The US Trying To Add Backdoors Into Encrypted Data
The American government has been trying to slip through tech’s backdoor for a long time.

February 22, 2016 at 01:48PM
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This High-Speed Soldering Machine Is Mesmerizing
This little guy puts down over 1,600 little dots of solder per minute! What’s that word for people who are attracted to machines?

February 22, 2016 at 01:47PM
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Facebook’s AI maps will help bring the rest of the world online
Facebook’s Connectivity Lab is using AI to create high-resolution maps of 20 countries in order for it to understand how best it can deploy internet to the 10 percent of the world that isn’t connected.

February 22, 2016 at 10:41AM
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NASA invites public to send artwork to an asteroid
NASA is launching a spacecraft towards an asteroid to collect a sample of the space rock, and they’re inviting the public to send their art along with it.

February 22, 2016 at 10:41AM
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What’s Next in Computing?
The computing industry progresses in two mostly independent cycles: financial and product cycles. The product cycle by comparison gets relatively little attention, even though it is what actually drives the computing industry forward.

February 22, 2016 at 09:38AM
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Guy Discovers That His $700 Rechargeable Battery Is Just A $30 Battery In Disguise
To be fair, it also contains some very expensive foam.

February 22, 2016 at 09:25AM
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For $100, You Can Get An Antenna That Will Transmit Wi-Fi Up To 15 Miles Away*
Ubiquiti Networks’ Powerbeam AC claims to be able to link your home’s Wi-Fi to a receiving antenna up to 15 miles away. While topography got in the way of the ultimate test, initial long range results were pretty promising!

February 22, 2016 at 08:33AM
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Apple CEO Calls On Feds To Drop iPhone Unlock Order
In an all-hands memo to Apple employees and a public Q&A, Tim Cook asked the Justice Department to withdraw a court order that would force Apple to unlock the San Bernardino gunman’s iPhone, saying the company has already done everything within its power and the law to help in the case.

February 22, 2016 at 07:44AM
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We Could Not Look the Survivors in the Eye if We Did Not Follow this Lead
“The San Bernardino litigation isn’t about trying to set a precedent or send any kind of message. It is about the victims and justice. Fourteen people were slaughtered and many more had their lives and bodies ruined. We owe them a thorough and professional investigation under law.”

February 22, 2016 at 07:01AM
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Tiny, blurry pictures find the limits of computer image recognition
Computers have started to get really good at visual recognition. They can sometimes rival humans at recognizing the objects in a series of images. But does the similar end result mean that computers are mimicking the human visual system?

February 22, 2016 at 03:48AM
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