September 25, 2018 Watch Europe’s Ariane 5 rocket launch on its 100th mission to space This afternoon, Europe will launch its 100th Ariane 5 rocket, a historic achievement for the nearly 20-year-old vehicle design. Launching from Europe’s South American…
September 25, 2018 Can Google make the web faster without taking over the web? Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages project has been controversial since it first rolled out in 2015. AMP is an open-source standard for a specialized type…
September 25, 2018 Uber is overhauling the way it responds to emergencies and natural disasters Uber is overhauling its disaster response procedures so it doesn’t get caught flat-footed during major events like a hurricane or terrorist attack. In the…
September 25, 2018 Twitter releases new policy to ban dehumanizing speech Twitter has released a new moderation policy explicitly banning dehumanizing speech. In a post on Tuesday morning, Twitter executives Del Harvey and Vijaya Gadde…
September 25, 2018 Marsha Blackburn fought to end net neutrality, but will it matter to voters? In March of last year, Stephen Colbert stepped out onto the Late Show stage and kicked off a monologue over the twinkle of a…
September 25, 2018 How science could save the diamond industry from itself Diamonds, we’re told, are a girl’s best friend. They’re rare, they’re valuable, they’re unique. So what happens now that we can make artificial ones…
September 25, 2018 Snapchat is letting users register to vote from its app Ahead of the US midterm elections, Snapchat is using its app to encourage users to register to vote. The functionality will be available to…
September 25, 2018 Fujifilm’s latest hybrid instant camera can record video Fujifilm is introducing its second hybrid instant camera, and it comes with a feature that might sound very out of place on its Instax…
September 25, 2018 Firefox Monitor will let you know if your data has been stolen Firefox Monitor is a new service from Mozilla that you can use to check whether your personal information has been compromised by any of…
September 25, 2018 August’s auto-unlock tech is coming to other smart locks A year after being purchased by the world’s largest lock company, August is starting to share the smart tech that made its original lock…