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Boys, the wealthy, and Canadians (?) talk the most BS

The existence of what's colloquially known as "bullshit"—a combination of lies, exaggerations, and inaccuracies that makes it hard to figure out what the...

Fear the Man in the Middle? This company wants to sell quantum key distribution

When reviewing the WireGuard VPN last fall, one of the things that came up was WireGuard's support for an optional, additional PSK (Pre Shared...

The sim swap the US isn’t using

Around a year ago, André Tenreiro was called into a meeting between the chief technology officer of the phone carrier he worked for—one...

1,550 years ago, someone ate a rattlesnake whole—and we have poo to prove it

Sometime around 450 CE in the Chihuahuan Desert, one brave soul ate a whole rattlesnake raw. If you think that takes guts, imagine...

Some good news for far-future sea level rise

Glaciers are moody things with a myriad of personalities. Some are pretty stubborn, refusing to melt too much as Earth’s climate warms. But...

The antibiotics industry is broken—but there’s a fix

Last week, the biotech company Achaogen announced that it was filing for bankruptcy. That might not seem like much news: businesses crash and...

Elon Musk reaches settlement in SEC tweet battle

Elon Musk has reached a deal with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the two parties said in a legal filing on Friday. The...

Intel stockpiling 10nm chips, warns that 14nm shortages will continue

In its earnings conference call, Intel has warned that chip shortages are set to continue into the third quarter of the year, However,...

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