Bugatti's $8.9 million Centodieci, an homage to the 1991 EB110, produces an excessive 1,600 horsepower.BugattiBugatti's $8.9 million Centodieci, an homage to the 1991 EB110, produces an excessive 1,600 horsepower.BugattiFaster, pricier, sandier: This week was an exercise in seeing how far the people building and driving vehicles might go. We took close looks at the new…

Cold-brewed coffee, if made right, is simply divine. Sadly, it almost always tastes better at the coffee shop or from a bottle. That's because brewing it at home can be incredibly tricky. I've read many guides that recommend different makers, methods, coffee grounds, water ratios, brew times, and temperatures.In my quest to make better coffee,…

Kyle Dent is a Research Area Manager for PARC, a Xerox Company, focused on the interplay between people and technology. He also leads the ethics review committee at PARC. Artificial intelligence is…

The battery is the most important component in your smartphone, because if the battery isn't working, nothing else can. With the right sort of care and attention, you can make sure your battery stays charged for longer—and lasts longer overall, as well.There is good news, which is the lithium-ion batteries inside today's phones are more…

Cryptocurrencies are a religion as much as they are a technology. They almost have to be, given their adherents’ gargantuan ambition of fundamentally changing how the world works. This means…

This pair of galaxies colliding together is called UGC 2369. The brown bridge of dust and gas that lock together like fingers show their gravitational interaction. Galaxy interminglings like this fundamentally reshape each object, and like it or not, it’s our turn next. The Milky Way are due for our own galactic interaction with nearby…

Hey. This is Week-in-Review, where I give a heavy amount of analysis and/or rambling thoughts on one story while scouring the rest of the hundreds of stories that emerged on…

It’s hard at times not to feel sorry for Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, given all that he inherited when he became the ride-share giant’s top boss back in April 2017.…

Editor’s note Due to bad travel logistics (thanks SFO), I wasn’t able to get the mid-week edition of the Extra Crunch roundup newsletter out. Sorry about that. Instead, here is…