Go Home Robot, You’re Drunk
Instead of a claw grabber, this prize machine in Japan has a little controllable robot. And cute as it may be, it’s horrible at its job.

September 10, 2015 at 01:00PM
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How to Build a Better Internet
It’s not that our pipes can’t handle higher speeds. (They can.) The reason we end up getting stuck with slower internet for a higher price is simple: we don’t have a choice.

September 10, 2015 at 12:54PM
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A No-Bullshit Review Of The iPad Pro
Marques Brownlee says some glowing things about the iPad Pro’s specs but also the thing we’re all thinking: who exactly is the audience for this gigantic tablet?

September 10, 2015 at 09:19AM
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The Mathematical Equations That Could Decide the Fate of Refugees
On Wednesday, shortly after European Commission President announced a new plan to distribute 120,000 asylum-seekers currently in Greece, Hungary, and Italy among the EU’s 28 member states, Duncan Robinson of the Financial Times tweeted a series of grainy equations from the annex of a proposed European regulation, which establishes a mechanism for relocating asylum-seekers during emergency situations beyond today’s acute crisis.

September 10, 2015 at 08:46AM
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We Need the Right to Repair Our Gadgets
People can fight back against planned obsolescence by fixing the tech we already own, but the consumer electronics industry isn’t making it easy.

September 10, 2015 at 05:33AM
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The Restaurant Of The Future? Service With An Impersonal Touch
There’s a new quinoa restaurant in San Francisco — yes, quinoa restaurants are a thing in San Francisco, so that’s not what’s noteworthy. At this restaurant, customers order, pay and receive their food and never interact with a person.

September 10, 2015 at 03:30AM
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The Tricky Business Of Guarding Our Computers From Their Future Selves
In the drive to safeguard data from future quantum computers, cryptographers have stumbled upon a thin red line between security and efficiency.

September 10, 2015 at 12:27AM
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How Bill Gates Predicted the iPad Pro
Should a tablet do everything your laptop does? Microsoft always said yes. Apple disagreed. Until now.

September 9, 2015 at 10:18PM
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How Apple Built 3D Touch
The grinding work behind a single iPhone feature.

September 9, 2015 at 07:51PM
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The Website That Visualizes Human Activity in Cities Across the World
Mobile phone data reveals large-scale human activity that is otherwise hidden from view. Now one website visualizes and compares the activity in different cities.

September 9, 2015 at 07:51PM
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