This Engine Is Powered By Evaporation
Scientists created simple devices made of bacterial spores, glue and plastic may allow us to capture energy from evaporating water.

June 17, 2015 at 12:46PM
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This Is The Best Fan, For Most People
After nearly sixty hours of research, The Sweethome has determined the best air circulation device.

June 17, 2015 at 11:52AM
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AT&T just got hit with a $100 million fine after slowing down its ‘unlimited’ data
The Federal Communications Commission slapped AT&T with a $100 million fine Wednesday, accusing the country’s second largest cellular carrier of improperly slowing down Internet speeds for customers who had signed up for “unlimited” data plans.

June 17, 2015 at 11:19AM
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Nobody’s talking about Apple’s biggest developer news: Bitcode
Bitcode “allows the App Store to re-optimize apps for each kind of device before they’re delivered to the user.”

This means that apps can automatically “take advantage of new processor capabilities we might be adding in the future, without you re-submitting to the store.”

June 17, 2015 at 10:40AM
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Uber drivers are employees, not contractors: California Labor Commission
A San Francisco-based driver for ride-hailing service Uber is an employee, according to a ruling by the California Labor Commission.

June 17, 2015 at 10:18AM
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The Taco Emoji Is Here!
Joining the taco in the latest update of Unicode are burrito, cheese wedge, hot dog, popcorn, and “bottle with a popping cork” emojis.

June 17, 2015 at 07:34AM
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Will Your Self-driving Car Be Programmed To Kill You If It Means Saving More Strangers?
The Trolley Problem is a standard topic in philosophy and ethics classes, because your answer says a lot about how you view the world. But in a very 21st-century take, several writers have adapted the scenario to a modern obsession: autonomous vehicles.

June 17, 2015 at 01:00AM
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Can An Algorithm Do The Job Of A Historian?
The Declassification Engine attempts to determine the most important events in American foreign policy.

June 17, 2015 at 12:00AM
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A New Theory of Distraction
Like typing, Googling, and driving, distraction is now a universal competency. We’re all experts. Still, for all our expertise, distraction retains an aura of mystery. It’s hard to define: it can be internal or external, habitual or surprising, annoying or pleasurable.

June 16, 2015 at 08:47PM
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How Sexually Confusing Moths Could Save Your Clothes From Holes
In the UK, moths have become increasingly difficult to control since a ban on pesticides, blamed for the decline of bees, was put in place. Now the National History Museum of London is fixing its moth problem by tricking male moths into same-sex attraction.

June 16, 2015 at 08:34PM
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