Internal docs show the company plans to aggressively curtail human hiring. Retail giant Amazon sees more robots and fewer human employees in its future, according to a blockbuster report in the New York Times. Referencing employee interviews and internal documents, the Times found that the Seattle-based company hopes to replace more than a half million […]
Why is time travel forbidden by the universe?
The cosmos has its own rules — and limits.
Nothing's cool noise-cancelling headphones have hit a record-low price that makes them even more tempting
Nothing’s headphones are like no other, and now they’re an even better buy
Moon phase today: What the moon will look like on October 21
It's the New Moon. It’s the New Moon tonight, so there’s not anything for us to see in the sky. This also means its the start of a new lunar cycle. What is today’s moon phase? As of Tuesday, Oct. 21, the moon phase is New Moon. This means that 0% of the moon will […]
On a Saturn moon, chemicals can do things they can't on Earth
Rules were meant to be broken. Some substances that don’t mix on Earth can combine in ultra freezing conditions like those on Saturn’s largest moon, breaking one of the best-known rules of chemistry, new research shows. Titan, a hazy orange world about 880 million miles away in space, shares similarities with early Earth and …
Forget standard wireless speakers – KEF's new bookshelf stereo speakers are perfect for the digital age
KEF’s Coda bookshelf speakers return with serious oomph and lossless streaming
Waymo under investigation for school bus incident
Federal regulators are looking into the robotaxi's failure to fully stop for a bus full of children. Federal investigators are looking into a recent incident involving an autonomous driving Waymo that passed a fully stopped school bus, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The federal agency said that the Waymo initially yielded […]
I tested Sennheiser's first wireless headphones that bundle a USB-C dongle for higher-res streaming, and their detail-oriented sound bowled me over
The Sennheiser HDB 630 are a great-sounding pair of wireless headphones that bring on-the-go aptX audiophile sound to everyone – yes, even iPhone owners.
GOP leaders keep using AI deepfakes as political rebuttals
The posts stir concern over copyright and misinformation. On Saturday, Oct. 18, nearly 7 million Americans gathered in the streets to protest what they view as the machinations of a tyrannical government: The president’s deployment of national guard troops to patrol “dangerous” cities, the movement of masked immigration agents tasked with rounding up undocumented residents, […]
SpaceX has launched more than 10,000 satellites into Earth's orbit
That's just a third of the company's total plan, though. Elon Musk’s SpaceX keeps launching satellites into Earth’s orbit, and it just achieved a big milestone. On Sunday, two of the company’s Falcon 9 rockets lifted off from Florida and California hauling 28 Starlink satellites each, adding a total of …