Shock Therapy
While California started the electric revolution, Washington is on the brink of ending it.

September 13, 2015 at 02:42AM
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Apple’s Vision Of The Future Is Already Here
The world on evidence at Wednesday’s Apple event wasn’t all that flashy — but that’s the point.

September 12, 2015 at 12:55PM
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Google, Twitter Work on Open Source “Instant Articles” for Mobile
The plan, which is supposed to launch with a small group of publishers this fall, is an effort to make it easier for publishers to distribute their stuff on mobile devices. It is also a response to similar pushes from Facebook, Apple and Snapchat.

September 12, 2015 at 02:45AM
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Uber Would Like To Buy Your Robotics Department
When the company wanted a team of roboticists, it raided a university lab to get them. Can high-tech academia survive today’s Silicon Valley talent binge?

September 11, 2015 at 01:42PM
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The Penis on Page 602 of the 1975 Fall/Winter Sears Catalog
On the dizzying acceleration of the viral content.

September 11, 2015 at 01:01PM
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Facebook ‘Likes’ Mean a Computer Knows You Better Than Your Mother
A computer needs the data from only 10 Facebook ‘likes’ to beat the accuracy of a person’s coworker at judging his or her personality.

September 11, 2015 at 10:37AM
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How to Live With the 16GB iPhone’s Pitiful Storage
“Living happily with a 16GB iPhone is doable, I promise. It just takes a lot of active management.”

September 11, 2015 at 10:37AM
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Apparently ‘Low Ink’ In A Printer Cartridge Actually Means ‘20% Full’
Everyone knows ink cartridges are needlessly expensive, but as the enterprising folks at Bellevue Fine Art Repro discovered, the Epson 9900 outright lies about how much ink you’ve used.

September 11, 2015 at 10:22AM
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Watch Glen Keane, One Of The Animators Of ‘Beauty And The Beast’ Draw In Virtual Reality
Over nearly four decades at Disney, Glen Keane animated some the most compelling characters of our time: Ariel from The Little Mermaid, the titular beast in Beauty and the Beast, and Disney’s Tarzan. Keane has spent his career embracing new tools, from digital environments to 3D animation to today’s virtual reality, which finally enables him to step into his drawings.

September 11, 2015 at 09:22AM
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Kimmel Discovered That Apple Hasn’t Need To Make A New iPhone Since 2007
As with any of his man-on-the-street segments, Jimmy Kimmel discovered that people have no idea what they want.

September 11, 2015 at 08:18AM
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