Windows on the Deep
Robotic subs can stay down for days and reach extraordinary depths, instantly relaying their finds to scientists and an Internet-connected global audience. But they cannot go everywhere, and many scientists argue that studying the deep without direct human observation yields at best an incomplete understanding.
September 15, 2015 at 11:28AM
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How Healthcare.gov Botched $600 Million Worth of Contracts
The public employees responsible for overseeing $600 million in contracts to build healthcare.gov were inadequately trained, kept sloppy records, and failed to identify delays and problems that contributed to millions in cost overruns.
September 15, 2015 at 09:20AM
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This Self-Filling Water Bottle Mimics a Desert Beetle
A US startup is developing a self-filling water bottle that sucks moisture from the atmosphere to create condensation, in the same way the humble Namib desert beetle does.
September 15, 2015 at 09:20AM
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Don’t Mess With Encryption
Big technology companies, worried about hackers and government surveillance, are starting to encrypt their devices and services more aggressively, often by default.
September 15, 2015 at 08:09AM
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A Day in the Life of NYC’s Hottest iPhone Doctor
There’s a story behind every broken phone, and Michel Lavache (the iPhone Doctor) has heard them all.
September 15, 2015 at 08:06AM
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Converting Twitter Posts Into Campaign Donations
A campaign’s Twitter strategy during a debate has usually been focused on bending public opinion. But starting now, it could also help bolster their bank accounts. Twitter and Square have teamed up to build a seamless donation system for political campaigns to use on Twitter’s mobile app, pegged this week to the inevitable increase in chatter that will accompany Wednesday’s Republican debate.
September 15, 2015 at 07:03AM
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How the NFL-not the NSA-is impacting data gathering well beyond the gridiron
Corporations are taking notice of the NFL using RFID tags to track players’ movements.
September 15, 2015 at 04:54AM
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Can rice actually save your wet phone?
In an era of Genius Bars, man-on-robot assault, and do-it-yourself handgun drones, the so-called rice trick feels like a kernel of ancient wisdom, passed down from one generation to the next.
September 15, 2015 at 01:51AM
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The top 100 passwords on Ashley Madison
You might think that people seeking to cheat on their spouses would use strong passwords. But no, no they do not, according to the Ashley Madison data.
September 14, 2015 at 08:06PM
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How the Military Sifts Through All the Data on Earth
It’s pretty much a no-brainer that the military is also taking advantage of big data, but exactly what data is it using, and how? It turns out the military is using pretty much any kind of big dataset you can imagine, for everything from the most basic daily tasks to the most complicated long-term planning.
September 14, 2015 at 08:06PM
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