September 15, 2018 Google brings its AI song recognition to Sound Search Google's Now Playing song recognition was clever when it premiered late in 2017, but it had its limits. When it premiered on the Pixel…
September 15, 2018 BMW unveils its vision for the ‘iFuture’ of luxury vehicles Our Demolition Man future is going to arrive just a bit sooner than we figured. Your next car may not be able to drive…
September 15, 2018 ‘Fortnite’ on Switch won’t require an online subscription When Nintendo set a launch date for its Switch Online service, there was an overriding question for many gamers: would you have to pay…
September 15, 2018 Get a grip on the natural world with this beautiful manual for the planet Without functioning ecosystems, “everybody’s poop would be everywhere,” says Rachel Ignotofsky, the author and artist behind the new book The Wondrous Workings of Planet…
September 15, 2018 Facebook is hiring a human rights policy director Facebook has faced criticism for its slow response to the Myanmar government's use of its social network to fuel atrocities, and it's determined to…
September 15, 2018 Ball Lightning is a gripping tale of obsession from the biggest name in Chinese sci-fi In 2015, Liu Cixin’s The Three-Body Problem (translated into English by Ken Liu), earned science fiction’s highest honor: the Hugo Award for Best Novel….
September 15, 2018 Swedish regulator says contraceptive app works as advertised The Swedish Medical Products Agency has decided that Natural Cycles, the first app to be certified for contraceptive use, works like it says it…
September 15, 2018 The Apple Watch stole the show from this year’s new iPhones The most exciting announcement from Apple’s annual iPhone event on Tuesday was not a set of three new smartphones, but a smartwatch. The Apple…
September 15, 2018 9 new trailers you should watch this week The Deuce started up again last week, which means I’m subscribed to HBO again. But mostly, it means I’m back to being continually puzzled…
September 15, 2018 FEMA will test mobile ‘Presidential Alert’ on September 20th Don't be surprised if your phone (and everybody else's) goes into a panic in the near future — that's on purpose. FEMA and the…