Dyson just released a — wait for it — laser vacuum
If Yoda wielded a vacuum cleaner instead of a lightsaber, it would be this one. Launching Wednesday, Dyson’s new vacuum is its most futuristic yet. The Dyson V15 Detect is…
12 people are behind most of the anti-vaxxer disinformation you see on social media
If you catch your old college roommate sharing COVID-19 vaccine misinformation on Facebook, the odds are that these falsehoods are coming from one of twelve people. That’s right. Just twelve…
GameStop Decided Now Is a Good Time to Start Selling Graphics Cards
Photo: Frederic J. Brown (Getty Images) Given the state of the current GPU market and, well, the PC hardware market as a whole, it would be an interesting business decision…
What Will It Take to Get a Cargo Ship Unstuck From the Suez?
Every day, some 50 ships pass through the Suez Canal, the waterway slashed between the Mediteranean and the Red Sea. These are big ships: Some 10 percent of the world’s…
Twitch’s Latest Sensation Is A Stop Sign Where No One Stops
Image: Twitch / Stopsigncam A blue car pulls up to a stop sign. Against all odds, it briefly, miraculously comes to a halt. Twitch chat goes ballistic. Numerous people spam…
Intel Wants to Revive US Chipmaking. It Has to Catch Up First
Intel’s plans, announced Tuesday, to spend $20 billion to build new chip-making factories aimed to show that the company, and the US, are serious about regaining global leadership in a…
Where Are All the Aliens? Maybe Trapped in Underground Oceans
Saturn’s moon Enceladus.Image: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute A planetary scientist says subterranean water worlds are likely common in the galaxy and probably even better for life than Earth-like environments. Should an…
Slack Now Lets You DM Anyone. So Long, Work-Life Balance
“When someone opens up their phone,” Frank told Protocol, “if they’re connecting with their friends, they click on Facebook or WhatsApp. If they’re connecting with someone they work with, regardless…
India’s new idea for tracing WhatsApp messages is deeply flawed
It’s no secret by now that India wants to trace the origin of messages on apps such as WhatsApp and Signal. In its new social media policing rule, the government…
Why Tesla’s in-car monitoring camera is a major privacy risk
A consumer advice magazine from the US is raising fresh concerns over how electric carmaker Tesla uses cameras on its vehicles. This time, it’t the driver and passenger monitoring (in-cabin)…