How Seattle’s The Stranger Became a Progressive Kingmaker
Endorsements from The Stranger have become a must-have for some politicians, who know to bring snacks to their meetings with the paper’s writers.
Category: Tech
What’s a Digital Passport and How Does It Work?
Apple joined Google this week in allowing travelers to add their passports to their cellphone “wallets.” As the holiday travel season nears, here’s what you
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket came back home after taking aim at Mars
The rocket company founded a quarter-century ago by billionaire Jeff Bezos made history Thursday with the pinpoint landing of an 18-story-tall rocket on a floating
Researchers question Anthropic claim that AI-assisted attack was 90% autonomous
Researchers from Anthropic said they recently observed the “first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign” after detecting China-state hackers using the company’s Claude AI tool in
Apple’s iPhone Pocket by Issey Miyake Is Confusing by Design
Decades after their founders connected, Apple and Issey Miyake released a collection of phone pouches that have some people baffled. They hope it will inspire
Data Centers in Space + A.I. Policy on the Right + A Gemini History Mystery
“As you may have noticed, it is not easy to build data centers here on Earth.”
Salesforce to acquire Doti to boost AI-based enterprise search via Slack
Salesforce has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Israeli startup, Doti, aiming to enhance AI-based enterprise search capabilities offered via Slack. The demand for
Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates: Keeping up with the latest fixes
Long before Taco Tuesday became part of the pop-culture vernacular, Tuesdays were synonymous with security — and for anyone in the tech world, they still
Almost Everything About NASA’s ESCAPADE Mission to Mars Is Unusual
The ESCAPADE mission, which launched to space on a Blue Origin rocket on Thursday, breaks the mold of how planetary science missions typically come together.
Are you ready for a $1,000 Steam Machine? Some analysts think you should be.
If you ask random gamers what price they think Valve will charge for its newly announced Steam Machine hardware, you’ll get a wide range of
Tiny chips hitch a ride on immune cells to sites of inflammation
Standard brain implants use electrodes that penetrate the gray matter to stimulate and record the activity of neurons. These typically need to be put in
Ready for the ‘torment nexus’?
A Silicon Valley-based company called Uare.ai this week announced that it raised $10.3 million in initial funding, led by Mayfield and Boldstart Ventures, with other investors joining in. The company’s
Windows 10: A guide to the updates
Editor’s note: Windows 10 has reached the end of mainstream support and will no longer receive new features, bug fixes, or security updates. Microsoft encourages
This flu season looks grim as H3N2 emerges with mutations
Health officials in the United Kingdom are warning that this year’s flu season for the Northern Hemisphere is looking like it will be particularly rough—and