How Afrofuturism Can Help the World Mend
The most popular Afrofuturist authors write deftly at this margin, where they are just as future-obsessed as their peers, but with different takes on questions about who gets to play…
Don’t Talk About Covid-19’s ‘Waves’—This Isn’t the Spanish Flu
Since the pandemic began, the threat of a second, deadlier wave of coronavirus has captured the public imagination. The fear, which provokes viral Facebook posts and influences government strategy, is…
Amazon Fire HD 8 and 8 Plus Review: Unrivaled Value
I’ll confess. Despite having some serious reservations about the company, I am a fan of Amazon’s cheap, no-frills Fire tablets. Sure, they’re hamstrung by Amazon’s limited Appstore offerings, the slow…
‘DDoS-For-Hire’ Is Fueling a New Wave of Attacks
If someone wants to disrupt a website or online service—or take it down altogether—a popular method is to wallop it with a massive flood of junk traffic or bogus requests.…
Llamas—Yes, Llamas—Could Help Us Fight Covid-19
Millions of years ago, some unknown common ancestor of today’s llamas, camels, and alpacas underwent an unusual genetic mutation. This evolutionary happenstance gave llamas and their kin a strange type…
Will the Hydrogen Revolution Start in a Garbage Dump?
A sprawling ziggurat stuffed with 130 million tons of trash cuts into the hills above East Los Angeles, towering over the city like a monument to American excess. The Puente…
A New Map Shows the Inescapable Creep of Surveillance
As they expanded the project’s scope nationally, Maass says, they tried to set the research teams up for happier hunting. By perusing GovSpend, an third-party online repository of government contracts,…
9 Peacock originals to stream (or skip) on launch day
Behold! Another streaming service to light up your life and/or darken your doorway, depending on how you feel about the whole plethora of choice thing. On Wednesday, NBCUniversal launched streaming…
Revolut brings crypto trading to U.S. customers
Fintech startup Revolut is launching cryptocurrency trading in the U.S. The London-based company launched its debit card in the U.S. in March, but some of the advanced features, including cryptocurrency…
Elon Musk shares render of Berlin Gigafactory and yes, it’s very pretty
In case you didn’t know, there’s a massive Tesla factory currently being built on the outskirts of Berlin. And, judging from a render posted today by CEO Elon Musk, it’s…