December 20, 2019 Native Hawaiians Scored a Major Victory in the Fight Over the Thirty Meter Telescope Many Native Hawaiians have been protesting the construction of the proposed Thirty Meter Telescope atop sacred Mauna Kea for months. They scored a victory…
December 20, 2019 VW teases a smaller, more affordable EV in a holiday card Once again, Volkswagen is using a Christmas card to tease a new vehicle. The automaker sent the card, which appears to show a smaller…
December 20, 2019 The best fast chargers for every device By Nick Guy This post was done in partnership with Wirecutter. When readers choose to buy Wirecutter's independently chosen editorial picks, Wirecutter and Engadget…
December 20, 2019 MIT Engineers Create Laser Ultrasounds That Can Look Inside Your Body Without You Even Feeling It Engineers at MIT have come up with a new approach to medical imaging that is both non-invasive and hands-off the patient. Using lasers, they…
December 20, 2019 London’s electric buses are getting fake noise, and it’s positively psychedelic Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images From next year, some of London’s electric buses will play artificial noise while traveling at low speeds,…
December 20, 2019 Apple Arcade’s newest game is like Monument Valley with Lego Apple Arcade managed to squeeze its latest game in just before the holiday break — and it’s yet another very welcome surprise. Called Builder’s…
December 20, 2019 Friday’s Best Deals: Warner Bros. 4K Film Collections, Fanatics, Gift Cards, Car Mounts, and More A Warner Bros. 4K Film Collections Sale, up to 70% Off Sitewide at Fanatics, and a WizGear Car Mount Gold Box lead off Friday’s…
December 20, 2019 Apple’s Secret Satellites Could Mean Trouble for ISPs It’s no surprise that Apple has secret teams working on secret projects. Over the years, we’ve heard of Apple Cars, Apple AR Headsets—you name…
December 20, 2019 In Memoriam: The Apps and Services We Lost in 2019 The Wii Shopping Channel will never see another update day. iTunes was stripped for parts. MoviePass has been snuffed out like a candle in…
December 20, 2019 Uber’s plan to launch an air taxi service in 2023 just got a boost from a secretive startup An older rendering of Joby Aviation’s aircraft; the company has not revealed its latest prototype yet Uber’s ambitious plans to launch an urban air…