The X Prize Is Now Backing Sci-Fi Like It Backs IRL Science

To envision what humanity will need in the future, Peter Diamandis is turning to Neil Gaiman and Margaret Atwood.

Inside Apple's 6-Month Race to Make the First iPhone a Reality

This story of the 24 weeks, three days, and three hours leading up to the launch of the iPhone is excerpted from Fred Vogelstein's 2013 book, "Dogfight"

Researchers Found They Could Hack Entire Wind Farms

Hackers built proof-of-concept malware that can spread from turbine to turbine to paralyze or damage them.

Meet Penny, an AI That Predicts a Neighborhood’s Wealth From Space

Penny highlights the power and limitations of machine learning.

Y Combinator Has Gone Supernova

It may have started as an incubator, but under Sam Altman, Y Combinator is now trying to make the whole world think like a startup.

How the Kairos Society Is Elevating Young Techies

Ankur Jain is Silicon Valley's rising power broker, using his Kairos Society to elevate the youngest founders.

The Startup Incubator Was Born on This 1950s Egg Farm

The first-ever startup incubator wasn't trying to build unicorns—its goal was to bring jobs to the rust belt.

Silicon Valley Can't Be Replicated

Cities pitching themselves as the "next Silicon Valley" are missing the truth about tech jobs. The cliché has got to go.

Rural America's Future Is Riding on a Cell Signal

Rural areas can and should benefit from the tech boom—but first, they need basic internet connectivity and cell service.

Petya Ransomware Hackers Didn't Make WannaCry's Mistakes

The ransomware epidemic that's sweeping Europe and beyond didn't make the same mistakes WannaCry did. That's bad news.

A Murder in Kansas Shatters the New American Dream

When Indian tech worker Srinivas Kuchibhotla is fatally shot in Kansas, the immigrant community grieves—and reconsiders its place in America.

The Real Impact of Google's Big EU Fine

What the EU's $2.7 billion record-setting fine really means for the future of the search giant.

Petya Ransomware Outbreak Sweeps Europe

Using the same EternalBlue NSA tool as WannaCry, Petya ransomware is taking over the world.

4 Analog Smartwatches Reviewed: Nokia, Mondaine, Fossil, Timex

These smartwatches display the time with analog hands, but they have digital guts to track your activity.

Baby Driver Brings Your Badass Playlist Fantasies to Life

Ever made a playlist that makes you feel like an action hero? That's basically Edgar Wright's new movie.

How to Use an iPhone and Physics to Measure the Height of a Building With an ... Accelerometer?

The iPhone makes it easy to do all kinds of cool physics. Like, say, use the change in velocity in an elevator to measure the height of a building.

Imagining the iPhone in 2027

This week marks the 10th anniversary of the iPhone. But what about the next 10 years?

The Clue to Next Year's Flu Strain Could Be Inside You

Decade-old snot from cancer patients revealed a new technique to forecast how flu evolves.

Cancer Research's Reproducibility Problem Faces a Second Test

TrumpBlocks.me Automates Checks for Trump's Twitter Blocks

As @realdonaldtrump continues to block users on Twitter, a new site tries to collect 'em all.

Avis Partners With Google's Waymo on Self-Driving Cars

Car rental companies won't be the only aging businesses that prove their merit in the age of the robocar.