While American lawmakers are still mostly talking about regulating the tech industry, their counterparts in Europe have been far more active. From consumer privacy protections and content moderation to antitrust enforcement, the European Union has introduced a host of new rules aimed at Silicon Valley’s biggest companies, and at the business practices that enabled them…

I wish I’d seen Joakim Rydholm take the new Polestar 2 electric sedan around the test track in Sweden before my drive, rather than after.The engineer, who designed the chassis and happens to be the program’s chief test driver, hammered the handsome, unassuming sedan through every turn, seeming to squeeze every pound-foot of torque from…

Mark Zuckerberg didn’t mince words on a call with reporters Monday: “The bottom line here is that elections have changed significantly since 2016, and Facebook has changed too.”It’s true, the days of Zuckerberg arguing that filter bubbles are worse in the real world than on Facebook, and dismissing the notion that social media could influence…

The solvent, a mixture of ethanol and water, keeps the fibers from falling apart as they fling out of the supercharged cotton candy machine. The fibers themselves are made of pig-derived gelatin, which is a product of broken-down collagen. In a regular steak, collagen forms what’s known as the extracellular matrix, or the scaffolding that…

Laugh at Neil Young first and get it out of the way. With a new Crazy Horse album, a new book, and his very own high-resolution streaming platform, the 73-year-old rock legend has set himself the modest goals of reuniting his beloved band, reinventing the wheel, and rescuing music for all humanity. That’s what rock…

Google’s Pixel phones always seem to top our lists. My colleague Lauren Goode loved the Pixel 3. It was our favorite Android phone last year. Its cheaper sibling, the Pixel 3A tops our list of the best Android phones this year. That’s why I was excited to get “Googley” with a new Pixel 4 this…

Drones may not be ready to plop a stack of pepperoni pizzas into your backyard, but they’re gearing up to do something potentially better: deliver the antacids to help you manage the resulting heartburn.On Monday, subsidiaries of CVS and UPS said they’re exploring ways to move the drugstore’s products with the logistics giant’s drones. The…

Today, dear reader, is October 21. Fall is here; and on this year, the year of the Jedi 2019, there will be a new Star Wars film. It’s not just any Star Wars film. It is The Rise of Skywalker, the final film in the new trilogy and the final film of the Skywalker era.…

LabGenius, a London-based startup applying AI and “robotic automation” to protein drug discovery, has raised $10 million in Series A funding. The round is led by Lux Capital and Obvious…

EV Connect, the Los Angeles-based company that sells software to manage electric vehicle charging, has raised $12 million in a Series B round led by investors Mitsui & Co. and…