How one Bangui entrepreneur traded in a global currency to become a local mobility powerhouse. | Continue reading
The many subtle differences across languages might actually change the way we experience the world. | Continue reading
The popular social sharing platform closed up shop on Saturday. | Continue reading
A controversial billion-dollar citizenship-for-sale business led the elections firm to conduct clandestine campaigns across the Caribbean, insiders say. | Continue reading
At least two Facebook patents describe listening to users’ TVs. Facebook says it will “never” deploy the technique, but other firms are using similar methods. | Continue reading
Artificial Intelligence will rule the jobs of the future, so learning how to work with it will be key. But the skills needed might not be what you expect. | Continue reading
For Google to catch up to Amazon, the company should just give away Google Home Minis “to every U.S. (arguably global) household.” | Continue reading
Such a service could go toe-to-toe against Amazon, Netflix, YouTube, and Spotify. | Continue reading
Devices like the Amazon Echo and Google Home, along with other AI devices, could be affecting the way kids grow. | Continue reading
In a large rebranding, Google is doing away with the name of one of its biggest acquisitions. | Continue reading
Researchers built an algorithm that could spot a love match from public social media data. | Continue reading
Amazon Prime members shopping at all Whole Foods markets will now receive 10% off hundreds of select items. | Continue reading
The researchers behind Wildbook are using AI and new backing from Microsoft to turn even your whale-watching photos into weapons against extinction. | Continue reading
Creator, a new restaurant in San Francisco, is home to the world’s first entirely robot-made burger. It costs $6–and it’s actually really good. | Continue reading
Live Nation unveiled the results of a first-of-its-kind experiment involving music fans, brain waves, and the power of St. Vincent. | Continue reading
Microsoft’s cloud is far more energy-efficient and carbon-efficient than traditional on-site data centers, according to a study commissioned by the company. | Continue reading
Major tech companies, including Apple, fear the looming trade war. | Continue reading
An online system called LAANC is cutting FAA permitting time for commercial drone missions from months to seconds. | Continue reading
The AI-powered trivia game When in Rome shows that, despite a few kinks, Alexa can be a terrific board game host. Bonus: written instructions not required. | Continue reading
Accenture’s new Fairness Tool is a way to quickly evaluate whether your data is creating fair outcomes. | Continue reading
And also: how it doesn’t work. | Continue reading
From billionaires to students, engineers around the world are racing to close the gap between humans and birds. A million-dollar prize adds incentive. | Continue reading
Black Lives Matter protesters suffered hearing damage after the NYPD used a long-range acoustic device, or what critics call a “sound cannon.” | Continue reading
Make your inbox more efficient and effective with these easily overlooked options. | Continue reading
As IQs slip, do you want to be Beavis or Butthead? | Continue reading
NASA’s plan to make the sky safe for large drones just took to new heights. | Continue reading
Your physical and even mental health is a growing focus for Fitbit as it tries to fill the revenue gap left by a stalled business in fitness trackers. | Continue reading
Brain scientists have confirmed what we already know: Racial bias is rooted in fear. | Continue reading
Apple is turning its oft-expressed stance on privacy into features that are bad news for everyone from other tech companies to government agencies. | Continue reading
As logging and palm oil industries continue to decimate the Amazonian rainforest, the people who live in it are taking tech into their own hands to fight back. | Continue reading
Foci will measure your breathing and learn when you get into a state of focus, and help remind you to not scroll through Instagram when your attention shifts. | Continue reading
Researchers say the technology can spot stabbings, shootings, and brawls but civil libertarians have warned that software like it is error-prone and could lead to mass surveillance. | Continue reading
As the DNA testing market has exploded—worth approximately $99 million in 2017 and expected to increase to $310 million by 2022—concerns have also grown about the use of genetic data. | Continue reading
You might think of it as a car company, but from Australia to Puerto Rico the company is also changing the world’s power grids–and making renewable energy more reliable. | Continue reading
Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson has charged Facebook and Google with violating decades-old state campaign finance laws that require disclosures for political ads. | Continue reading
Manafort and an associate allegedly used WhatsApp and Telegram to suggest to witnesses that they should deny allegations of illegal lobbying work in the US. | Continue reading
Bayer is shedding the name of the controversial agri-chemical giant, which still faces over 300 lawsuits in U.S. federal courts. | Continue reading
Today, Rue La La acquires Gilt, creating the newly formed Rue Gilt Groupe. | Continue reading
After two years, third-party Siri commands are still spotty, even for apps that can technically support them. | Continue reading
While the rest of the auto industry increasingly uses robots in manufacturing, Toyota has taken a contrarian stance by accentuating human craftsmanship. | Continue reading
Researchers say their tool can often spot when Wikipedia discussions will degenerate into personal attacks by watching for a few familiar linguistic cues. | Continue reading
The U.S. government recently defined the term for the stuff between you and distant servers. | Continue reading
As companies like Uber and Handy flail, they’ve cleared a path for worker-owned digital platforms to replace them–and now, there’s a new toolkit to help them get started. | Continue reading
Conservatives claim that Facebook’s algorithm changes have censored their content. The data says something different. | Continue reading
This $2,500 drone could be a boon to filmmakers–and, in the wrong places, a risk to public safety. | Continue reading
The iPhone giant has apparently bowed to pressure from the Russian government over its insistence that the company removes Telegram from the App Store. | Continue reading
Workplace app Blind asked over 11,000 tech workers if they were burnt out on the job. Here’s what they said. | Continue reading
Microsoft’s stock price has more than doubled since Satya Nadella took over as CEO. | Continue reading