Facebook Announces Live Audio Rooms, Its Clubhouse Clone
Clubhouse is the latest startup to get cloned by Facebook, as the social media giant announces a suite of new audio features. Who will use them?
DetailsA Firmware Issue Threatens to Make PS4 Games Unplayable
Without a fix to older PlayStations, it’s only a matter of time before older games are rendered obsolete.
DetailsHackers Used to Be Humans. Soon, AIs Will Hack Humanity
Like crafty genies, AIs will grant our wishes, and then hack them, exploiting our social, political, and economic systems like never before.
DetailsUnion Says Amazon Violated Labor Law in the Alabama Election
Amazon defeated the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union’s bid to represent workers at one warehouse. The union claims the company fought dirty.
DetailsLet Lonely Mountains: Downhill Take Your Breath Away
Unspoiled wilderness meets high-speed thrills in a meditative mountain biking game that’s still picking up new fans.
DetailsCrush the Dance Floor With These Colorful Retro Beat Machines
The Polish company Polyend has collaborated with a trio of electronic music artists to infuse its audio creation hardware with blasts of color.
DetailsNations Need Ambassadors to Big Tech
Governments see that companies have country-like powers, but they can’t figure out how to deal with their un-country-like structures. Diplomats could help.
DetailsNASA Lands Ingenuity, the First-Ever Mars Helicopter
The copter safely whirled its way up and back down, demonstrating the first powered, controlled flight on another planet.
DetailsWant to Get Along With Robots? Pretend They’re Animals
Robotics ethicist Kate Darling surveys our history with animals—in work, war, and companionship—to show how we might develop similar relationships with robots.
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