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The Pixel 4’s face unlock works on sleeping, unconscious people

Google's recently announced Pixel 4 has a new biometric feature—well, new for Google, at least—face unlock. Like most new biometric systems, that...

Should all connected cars have a physical network kill switch?

Connected cars should come with a kill switch. That's the take-home message—and the title—of a report by the group Consumer Watchdog. Software increasingly...

Report: More than half of all US doctors get money from pharma each year

Drug makers and medical device makers are still spending between $2.1 billion and $2.2 billion a year to woo doctors into prescribing and...

Explaining how fighting games use delay-based and rollback netcode

Ricky "Infil" Pusch is a long-time fighting game fan and content creator. He wrote The Complete Killer Instinct Guide, an interactive and comprehensive...

Air Force finally retires 8-inch floppies from missile launch control system

Five years ago, a CBS report publicized a bit of technology trivia many in the defense community were aware of: the fact that...

A new pesticide is all the buzz

Bees’ fuzzy yellow bodies and hairy legs are custom-built for picking up pollen. Nothing can distribute the yellow powder more efficiently—something farmers that...

Clone Rudd: Living with Yourself is great sci-fi in the Orphan Black mold

It's easy to criticize long-running sci-fi series for losing their way after a few seasons. The initial spark might fade; ridiculous plot twists...

Google defends its use of Wi-Fi 5 in Nest Wifi

Google's new Nest Wifi is notable largely for two things—having a built-in smart speaker and digital assistant in every node and not using the...

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