What Silicon Valley Can Learn From Seoul
South Korean companies are building software for smartphones that’s chaotic, multifunctional and exciting — everything that American apps aren’t.

June 2, 2015 at 06:45PM
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Technology You Didn’t Know Still Existed: The Telegram
Yes, it is still possible to send a personal, hand-delivered telegram.

June 2, 2015 at 03:04PM
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Google wants to count the calories in your Instagram food porn
Artificial intelligence technology Im2Calories aims to identify pictures of food posted to Instagram, and tell users the calorie count of their meals

June 2, 2015 at 02:01PM
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The Air Force wants its new hypersonic aircraft ready by 2023
In May of 2013, the Air Force successfully tested the X-51 WaveRider — an uncrewed, hypersonic “scramjet” capable of reaching Mach 5.1, or more than five times the speed of sound — by flying it at hypersonic speeds over the Pacific Ocean. Now, the Air Force is looking ahead to its next aircraft.

June 2, 2015 at 02:01PM
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Silicon Valley Is the Best and Worst Thing That Ever Happened to Art
When tech workers are considered the true “creative class,” artists don’t appear to win.

June 2, 2015 at 11:44AM
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The World’s Smallest Cassette Tape
In the late ’90s Sony made a few experimental products. This is one of them. There are some interesting innovations in this little thing, but it never quite caught on.

June 2, 2015 at 10:55AM
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​China developing ATM with face recognition
Engineers are developing the first ATM in China with facial recognition technology to identify users of bank cards.

June 2, 2015 at 10:46AM
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USB-C has already won
One reversible cable to rule them all.

June 2, 2015 at 09:24AM
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The reason Google Glass failed is why Cardboard will change VR forever
When a new gadget is first unveiled to the public, it has to answer one seemingly simple but actually rather complicated question: How will anyone use it?

June 2, 2015 at 06:27AM
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Rare Apple I computer put into recycling
A San Francisco recycling centre is seeking a woman who may have handed over a rare Apple I computer by mistake.

June 2, 2015 at 06:27AM
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