Juicero may be the absurd avatar of Silicon Valley hubris, but boy is it well-engineered

 The Juicero story is a funny one in some ways and a sad one in others,…

FCC Chairman will address the future of net neutrality on Wednesday

 So it begins: FCC Chairman Ajit Pai appears to be showing his cards regarding his promised…

Creepy facial projections, 3D hair capture, digital creepers and more from Eurographics 2017

 The Eurographics conference is underway in Lyon and among the more technical offerings from computer graphics…

‘Scanner Sombre’ arms you with lidar for a gorgeous, creepy explore-’em-up

 Something about the polychromatic pointillism of lidar imagery has always intrigued me, but as a writer…

Ambient noise could be your next multi-factor authentication token

 We’re all pretty used to two-factor authentication now, and it isn’t much of an inconvenience to…

This phishing technique is more interesting than dangerous

 There’s no shortage of ways adversaries will employ to get you to click through to a…

FTC tells ‘influencers’ to quit trying to hide the fact that they’re shilling for brands

 The Federal Trade Commission has put dozens of so-called influencers on notice for failing to adequately…

Scientists are racing nanocars on a solid gold track

 Scientists are set to engage in a frivolous race of single-molecule “nanocars” on, if you can…