I Let IBM’s Robot Chef Tell Me What to Cook for a Week
While some of the world’s foremost tech luminaries and conspiracy theorists are a bit skeptical about the wiseness of A.I., if it’s going to be used at all, allowing it to tell you what to make out of a fridge full of unloved leftovers seems like an inoffensive enough place to start.
May 24, 2015 at 05:31PM
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Hundreds of people who want to hire hackers just got outed
Hacker’s List is like a Craigslist job board, but for hackers. Since it launched in October, thousands of people have put in requests — some of which were probably for legal hacking tasks, but many of which probably weren’t.
May 24, 2015 at 04:36PM
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The New York Times
“Late one afternoon in April, I watched Walter Scott die. The footage of his death, taken by a passer-by, had just been published online on the front page of The New York Times. I watched it, sitting at my desk in Brooklyn, and was stunned by it.”
May 24, 2015 at 12:07PM
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Tech in Cuba, before the thaw
A vibrant culture that’s stagnated economically for decades is about to be opened to our modern communications era, one of ubiquitous connectivity and constant contact.
May 24, 2015 at 11:04AM
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How 3D Printers Are Made
What came first: the 3D printer, or the 3D printed part used to make the 3D printer?
May 24, 2015 at 08:52AM
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Farming in the Sky
Why agriculture may someday take place in towers, not fields.
May 23, 2015 at 11:48PM
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The Body Cam Hacker Who Schooled the Police
This activist demanded millions of surveillance videos from the Seattle police. They handed him the data — and a job.
May 23, 2015 at 02:42PM
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The selfie stick that reminds you that you’re going to die
We talk to artist Pablo Garcia about his new project “Memento Mori, and other Selfie Stick Add-ons” that uses anamorphic illusions of emojis and a skull by Hans Holbein.
May 23, 2015 at 12:39PM
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Save All Your Photos-Especially the ‘Bad’ Ones
“Grief is a weak spring; if there’s not enough time between blows, you don’t bounce back. You just keep getting pushed down. Soon even a minor bummer could conjure deep sadness. I took comfort in photos: some dug out of boxes but most unearthed online.”
May 23, 2015 at 11:04AM
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How my girlfriend and I tried to fit the Apple Watch into our relationship
I convinced my significant other, a pair of Apple Watches in tow, to see if we could move all our digital communication (or at least all our phone-based chatting) to the Watch. After a few weeks of frustration and experimentation, here’s what we concluded.
May 23, 2015 at 10:06AM
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