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The internet of old was a vibrant bazaar. It was noisy, chaotic, and offbeat. Every click brought you somewhere new, sometimes unpredictable, letting you uncover curiosities…

Across a Swiss meadow and into its forested edges, the drone dragged a jumbo-size cotton swab from a 13-foot tether. Along its path, the moistened swab…

A man photographs himself depositing his ballot in an official ballot drop box in Philadelphia on Oct. 27, 2020. Mark Makela/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption…

When Dave Yeager stumbled upon the chamber of shiny, casino-style slot machines, he felt an instant pull. It was his first night of deployment in Seoul,…

Steve Schleiker, the Republican county clerk in El Paso county, Colorado, got home from work on 16 July when he got a text message from a…

At this point, it’s becoming easier to say which AI startups Mark Zuckerberg hasn’t looked at acquiring.In addition to Ilya Sutskever’s Safe Superintelligence (SSI), sources tell…

Thinking Machines Lab, the secretive AI startup founded by OpenAI’s former chief technology officer Mira Murati, has closed a $2 billion seed round, according to The…

The drip coffee is meh, granted. But more than perhaps any semiautomatic machine in its price range, the Ninja Cafe Luxe Premier is geared to absolute…

What about bike thieves? The company has a suite of tools for theft prevention under the term Infinite Security. All Olto ebikes come with GPS and…

When it comes to something as earth-shatteringly important as coffee, everyone has an opinion. Some crave a single perfect shot of espresso, while others seek the…