Apple this week took the fairly unprecedented step of announcing that it was going back to…
Author: Brian Heater
Yahoo + AOL = Oath, for some reason
Verizon’s long-promised Yahoo acquisition has a name. And it, for some reason, is Oath. AOL CEO…
Google’s Project Loon head is getting into nuclear power
GoogleX’s raison d’etre is embracing far out ideas, so it’s no surprise, really that former Director…
Scientists use magnetic fields to remotely control biologically inspired soft robots
The field of soft robotics has been the subject of increasing interest in recent years for…
A UK entrepreneur takes flight by attaching miniature jet engines to his limbs
A YouTube collection of grainy video clips highlights the progress Gravity founder Richard Browning has made…
Embattled Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey leaves Facebook
Palmer Luckey is out at Facebook. The Oculus co-founder, who helped kick start the recent VR…
Samsung turned the Note 7 disaster into an S8 feature
The greatest trick Samsung ever pulled was spinning its biggest misfire into a feature. And it…
Your next smartphone is not going to be a revolution
Samsung promised a revolution today. The company opened today’s Unpacked event by contextualizing the history of…