The Roomba Now Sees and Maps a Home
iRobot is adding vision and mapping to its robot vacuum cleaners, and says its devices could eventually recognize and manipulate objects.

September 18, 2015 at 03:09AM
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With Virtual Machines, Getting Hacked Doesn’t Have To Be That Bad
Using virtualization software, the same technology that powers much of so-called “cloud computing,” it’s possible for you to protect your system even as you visit websites that you’re not too sure about.

September 18, 2015 at 01:06AM
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How Playing the Long Game Made Elizabeth Holmes a Billionaire
Inside the 31-year-old’s fight to disrupt a $75 billion industry, and grow it by another $125 billion.

September 18, 2015 at 12:06AM
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A Guide to Ransomware, The Scary Hack That Makes You Pay
Ransomware is malware that locks your keyboard or computer to prevent you from accessing your data until you pay a ransom, usually demanded in Bitcoin. The popular hack yields a 3% success rate, but nets millions of dollars per year. Here’s your guide to the dark world of ware.

September 17, 2015 at 10:01PM
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Nature, Pixelated
With our brains plugged into virtual worlds all day, what is real?

September 17, 2015 at 06:50PM
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Inside USC’s crazy experimental VR lab
Even by virtual reality’s usual standards, the University of Southern California’s Institute for Creative Technologies is taking things a little over the top.

September 17, 2015 at 04:47PM
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The Navy Is Still Making Dolphins Deaf
Whales are still not safe from a deafening barrage of noise created by the US Navy. Conservationists are celebrating this week after the Navy agreed to limit its use of sonar and other harmful training activities in critical marine habitats, but the areas covered in the ruling are only a small slice in the (very loud) pie.

September 17, 2015 at 01:56PM
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What Do The Reviews Have To Say About iOS 9?
After many months of waiting and many beta releases, Apple finally freed the next iteration of its iPhone and iPad operating system, iOS 9. Is it good? Should you download it onto your personal cellular device? Here’s what the reviews are saying.

September 17, 2015 at 12:40PM
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An Introductory Video From Hyperloop
Though the video is currently unlisted and there’s no footage of the Hyperloop in action, these employees all proclaim “Hyperloop is here.” But when will this thing be a reality?

September 17, 2015 at 12:22PM
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Callisto, a New App That Makes It Easier to Report Campus Sexual Assault
A new app gives college students the option to only report a sexual assault if someone else is raped by the same person.

September 17, 2015 at 11:00AM
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