How a Bitcoin Trail Led to a Massive Dark Web Child-Porn Site Takedown
Federal investigators focused not on offensive hacking efforts or surveilling communications, but on the transactions using cryptocurrency.
DetailsA New Gene Helps Explain Why Some People Need Less Sleep
The lucky devils who thrive on just a few hours’ sleep may be benefiting from a gene mutation that increases wakefulness and keeps memory intact.
DetailsAnalogue Pocket Game Boy Player: Price, Specs, Release Date
Its upcoming portable console will play all Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance games.
DetailsGiphy Joins Netflix and Tinder on the Videogames Bandwagon
The GIF gold mine is just the latest platform to offer up microgames—strange, branded, trashy microgames.
DetailsCorporate America’s Second War With the Rule of Law
Opinion: Uber, Facebook, and Google are increasingly behaving like the law-flouting financial empires of the 1920s. We know how that turned out.
DetailsArchaeologists Found the World’s Oldest Leftovers
Unearthed Tupperware from the Stone Age shows that humans had “doggy bags” before we had dogs.
DetailsFacebook Portal (2019) Review: Mixed Feelings
In many ways, I like the Portal. But it’s difficult to separate this family of devices from the social network that makes them.
DetailsThe Death of Cars Was Greatly Exaggerated
The founders of Uber and Lyft, among others, declared that people would no longer need to own cars. Instead, car ownership is rising.
DetailsTired of Jet Lag? This App Will Help Reset Your Clock
Timeshifter cribs NASA-backed science to help you recalibrate your biorhythms after switching time zones.
DetailsThe Quiet, Intentional Fires of Northern California
How the Yurok nation and other indigenous communities use low-intensity burns to shape the landscape and the species that live there.
DetailsNew Google Devices, Mouse Mind Reading, and More News
Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less.
DetailsUC Berkeley Was About to Launch a Satellite. Then PG&E Said It Was Cutting Power
To lower the risk of fire during a wind event, the utility cut power across Northern California. Here’s how scientists launched a satellite at the same time.
DetailsThe 7 Must-Listen Songs for Autumn
Fall music may not have summer’s maximalism, but the power in these tracks will get you through the rest of 2019. Load up your playlist.
DetailsFacebook Sweetens Deal for Hackers to Catch Security Bugs
The company is turbocharging its bug bounty to try to stop the next data leak before it happens.
DetailsTips for Puking in Microgravity and Staying Healthy in Space
To avoid medical debacles in orbit, don’t forget your quarantine or daily trips to the zero-g gym aboard the ISS.
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