The New App Gem Takes a Unique Approach to News Recommendations
The internet is a revolving door of recommendations. We see you recently watched Chernobyl; may we recommend another bleak television...
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Caroline Criado Perez Explains the ‘Gender Data Gap’
Caroline Criado Perez is a social activist and journalist who, in 2017, successfully campaigned for British banknotes to feature the...
The Second Coming of the Robot Pet
Mita Yun didn’t get into robotics to save the world. The lunar rovers she built as a student at Carnegie...
How the iPhone Helped Save the Planet
The more than 2 billion iPhones sold since Apple first launched it exactly 12 years ago have done a lot...
Steven Levy on Jony Ive’s Design Legacy
“I want to buy from somebody who’s fanatic, not indifferent. You know they’re going to put that amount of care...
Google’s Matías Duarte on the History of Smartphone Notifications
Notifications are, at the most basic level, a method of alerting people to some piece of information, often with some...
The Big Business of ASMR Apps, Videos, and Gadgets
It was time to prepare my body for a peaceful, relaxing sleep. So said the voice, in a lilting British...
‘Sign In With Apple’ Earns Mixed Reactions From App Makers
Apple isn’t always the first company to introduce a particular product or service. But when it does finally decide to...
What Is Ray Tracing? The Latest Gaming Buzzword Explained
Do you like games? Do you like jargon? Well then you’ll love ambient occlusion, morphological anti-aliasing, adaptive vertical synchronization, and...
Apple’s ‘Noise’ App Is Designed to Save You From Yourself
If a tree falls in the forest, and the sound registers above 90 decibels, will your Apple Watch send you...
Dark Mode Was the Star of WWDC. Do You Really Need It?
Our eyes are very tired. Or so it would seem by efforts of tech companies to liberate our gaze from...
Generative Music Apps: Endel, Mubert, Hear
In the 1950s, the experimental composer John Cage began to explore what would happen if some parts of a musical...
Grilling Over Charcoal Is Objectively, Scientifically Better Than Grilling Over Gas
It’s a beautiful day. The family’s in attendance, side dishes and beer in tow. Your sister-in-law brought a trunk full...
Grilling Over Gas Is Objectively, Scientifically Better Than Grilling Over Charcoal
Grilling on a holiday, when you've got the day off, is easy. You can take your time; pull out your...
Cannondale Treadwell 2019: Price, Details, Release Date
The bicycle manufacturer Cannondale is well known for its high-performance bikes—pricey chariots that are ridden by some of the world's...
The Quiet Power of Sound Design
If you use social media, you've probably come across Will Littlejohn's work. Not that you'd know it—as director of sound...
Boosted Rev Scooter: Price, Specs, Details
With cities growing ever denser, both scooters and bikes (and other forms of electric transportation) are competing more intensely to...
Microsoft’s Satya Nadella Throws the Doors Open Ahead of Build
Microsoft hasn’t always had a reputation for being “open,” but CEO Satya Nadella and the rest of his executive team...
