Facebook explains why it enabled Safety Check for Paris but not other recent attacks
After the recent attacks on Paris, Facebook activated a feature that allowed individuals to check in as safe. The company has faced criticism since, for not activating the feature for other non-Western attacks. Yesterday, the company explained its decision.
November 15, 2015 at 05:33PM
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The new kings of YouTube botting
One journalist explores the seedy world of buying YouTube views, and tries to blow up his awful video in the process.
November 15, 2015 at 01:56PM
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Will These Robots Save the World?
Could the planet’s next catastrophe be averted by R2-D2? That’s the idea behind the DARPA Robotics Challenge.
November 15, 2015 at 01:01PM
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The Mexico City hackers using social gaming as a tool for good
A recent hackathon in Mexico City highlighted a quiet revolution taking place across the capital, where collaborative digital making may be a spur for social change
November 15, 2015 at 11:56AM
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I Can’t Stop Looking at Photos of Poop and Garbage on Government 311 Apps
That the government has effectively offered an Instagram full of only terrible, gross stuff is purely unintentional.
November 15, 2015 at 01:54AM
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The Uncertain World of Crowdfunding Your Day in Court
Crowdfunding — once the province of people trying to raise money for things like trendy coffee makers, classroom supplies, or medical treatments — has become a tool for dealing with the criminal justice system.
November 14, 2015 at 10:03PM
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To infinity: How Pixar brought computers to the movies
“Toy Story,” the first full-length computer-animated movie, turns 20 this month. And behind Woody and Buzz are a bunch of computer graphics geeks who, with help from Steve Jobs, changed movies forever.
November 14, 2015 at 08:00PM
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This Tree Cutting Machine Is Monstrous (And Monstrously Satisfying)
It’s like Optimus Prime, if Optimus Prime was bent on deforesting the Earth, rather than saving it.
November 14, 2015 at 11:09AM
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Bosch’s Giant Robot Can Punch Weeds to Death
The most organic and eco-friendly way of dealing with weeds is the old-fashioned way: physically removing them. And the best way to do that might just be to just smash the weeds way down into the ground, which is faster, easier, and something a robot can do excellently.
November 13, 2015 at 03:49PM
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Microsoft’s Terraserver Was Google Earth Before There Was Google Earth
Terraserver could have, should have been a product that ensured Microsoft would remain the world’s most important Internet company well into the 21st century. So what happened?
November 13, 2015 at 02:23PM
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