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Thunderbolt 3 becomes USB4, as Intel’s interconnect goes royalty-free

Further ReadingIntel to make Thunderbolt 3 royalty-free in bid to spur adoption Fulfilling its 2017 promise to make Thunderbolt 3...

The perils of upgrading a particle detector buried in Antarctic ice

The IceCube neutrino detector was an audacious design. The Super Kamiokande detector had shown that a huge mass of water could act as...

Theranos: How a broken patent system sustained its decade-long deception

-USPTO Director Michelle Lee, May 25, 2015 When Patent Office Director Michelle Lee gave that speech, Theranos appeared to be one of...

There’s fresh evidence for what happened to people who survived Vesuvius

Modern visitors to the ruins of the two main cities destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD are usually enthralled...

JPL scientist analyzes pros and cons of the science in dystopian drama IO

Much of the human race has decamped to a distant colony, leaving behind an uninhabitable Earth, in , Netflix's modest follow-up to its...

Mini-review: 24 hours with Dell’s fanciest Chromebook yet

Dell is no stranger to Chromebooks. In fact, the Dell Chromebook 11 is our current favorite Chromebook for students with its simple, durable...

Infinite Detail review: The dystopia that awaits when the Internet goes out

Warning: Mild spoilers ahead. Cranky. Irritable. Anxious. That's how I feel when my home security-camera livestream goes black, when my bank's website goes...

An “exhilarating” start for Dragon, but the hard tests are still to come

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket blasted its brand-new Dragon spacecraft into orbit for the first time early Saturday morning, and so far everything...

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