Gogoro, the Taiwanese electric vehicle company, has announced its first manufacturing partners. Yamaha, Aeon Motor and PGO will all launch new scooters this summer that run on Gogoro’s swappable batteries…
The accuracy of facial-recognition algorithms has improved significantly in the past few years. That allows you to unlock an iPhone with your face. But the rapid adoption of the technology by government for uses such as airport security and policing has triggered a debate about the algorithms’ trustworthiness and how they are being used.Civil rights…
Why break into a company’s network when you can just walk right in — literally? Gone could be the days of having to find a zero-day vulnerability in a target’s…
Zendaya stars as Rue in HBO's hard-to-binge Euphoria.Eddy Chen/HBOAt some point in our evolution—morphing from curious observers to passive watchers to hyper-consumers—binge-watching became the preferred mode for TV consumption. In the beginning, the shift was celebrated. We ran free, moon-eyed with hope for a future we didn't yet know would hinder our health, social development,…
CEO Ted Livingston of Kik Kik Interactive has hit back at the Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit that claims a $100 million token sale was illegal. The company, which owns…
The behavior of magnets can be explained with Maxwell's equations, which also describe the behavior of light and everyday objects like electric motors.LAWRENCE LAWRY/Getty ImagesIf you hang around with physics people long enough, someone eventually will bring up Maxwell's equations. Maybe as part of a joke, or on a T-shirt or a tattoo. But they'll…
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 first-stage that had previously served two missions in July and November of 2018, today carrying its final payload, the AMOS-17 satellite for Spacecomm. SpaceX…
HBO's new site Recommended by Humans will offer viewers free episodes of shows like A Black Lady Sketch Show.HBOHey, you. Yes, you! Are you tired of Netflix's algorithm telling you what to watch? Does the streaming service think you enjoy Black Mirror and Friends reruns a lot more than you actually do? HBO hears you,…
Eleven million women in the U.S. live more than an hour from an abortion clinic, a number expected to increase as facilities close up shop following new restrictions on women’s…
Because Congress stifled gun violence research for years, many basic questions about the nature of mass shootings, such as the ones in El Paso (above) and Dayton, remain unanswered.JOEL ANGEL JUAREZ/Getty ImagesPresident Trump doesn’t often ask scientists for help, but on Monday he seemed to be breaking from tradition. In a speech Monday about the…
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