Sennheiser’s New AirPods Rival Has the Best Sound You Can Buy for $130
Photo: Andrew Liszewski/Gizmodo If you’re in the market for a pair of wireless earbuds with excellent sound but don’t want to blow your entire budget on Master & Dynamic’s amazing…
Boston Dynamics, BTS, and Ballet: The Next Act for Robotics
There’s a scene in Swan Lake where the hunky, crossbow-toting protagonist, Prince Siegfried, loses his swan princess, Odette, in an enchanted forest. Suddenly, he finds himself confronted by dozens of…
Inmates, Doctors, and the Battle Over Trans Medical Care
Stephen Levine was born in 1942 in Pittsburgh. He wanted to be a doctor from the time he was a little boy; he saw how much his parents and people…
Our 10 Favorite PlayStation 4 Accessories
The PS4 and PS4 Pro may be on their way out the door, but they were among the best-selling game consoles in recent memory. There are still plenty of new…
OnePlus has a lame-ass reason for secretly throttling top apps on latest flagships
OnePlus raves on about the smooth performance of its phones every year… but the company was caught red-handed throttling the performance of over 300 apps on the OnePlus 9 and…
At last, a possible explanation for the Milky Way’s heavy elements from 13 billion years ago
Until recently it was thought neutron star mergers were the only way heavy elements (heavier than Zinc) could be produced. These mergers involve the mashup of the remnants of two…
Mystery Solved: How Plant Cells Know When to Stop Growing
It’s been a longstanding enigma in biology: How do cells know how big they are? The answer, it turns out, was hidden inside Robert Sablowski’s computer files, collecting virtual dust…
Amazon’s Hollywood Ambitions Are Very Old-School
Out of everything Jeff Bezos has ever said, one quote may best sum up just how, exactly, Amazon will impact Hollywood: “When we win a Golden Globe, it helps us…
Polestar made a more powerful version of its electric sedan for the Goodwood Festival
Swedish electric performance automaker Polestar made a more powerful version of its electric fastback sedan for the Goodwood Festival of Speed in the UK, which kicks off today, July 8th.…
This inexpensive backlight makes your big TV even more immersive
I’ve been intrigued by Philips’ Ambilight televisions for almost two decades. Watching those displays bleed onto the wall in radiant synchronicity is something to behold. I just couldn’t justify the…