Category : Technology

Westworld’s season 2 cliffhanger is simultaneously awesome and obnoxious

Heading into the second season finale of Westworld, audiences had already been treated to a subreddit’s worth of twists, reveals, and switcheroos. Dr. Robert Ford (Anthony Hopkins), it turned out, was still alive(ish), his consciousness...

The biggest questions left behind after the season 2 Westworld finale

Spoiler warning: this piece discusses the biggest reveals from the Westworld season 2 finale. Proceed at your own risk. The finale of season 2 of HBO’s science fiction series Westworld debuted on Sunday, June 24th, and it answered some o...

Volkswagen’s EV racecar just broke records during this year’s Pikes Peak Hill Climb

The Pikes Peak Hill Climb is a racing event that’s been going on since 1916 — a 12.42 mile run that climbs 4,720 feet, and serves as a proving ground for car makers to test the speed and agility of their new vehicles. Last October, Volks...

TanaCon: How a convention thrown in retaliation led to mass chaos, cancellation

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Supreme Court surveillance opinion nudges us to think nationally, act locally

Enlarge / The Supreme Court of the United States, as seen in 2017. (credit: Phil Roeder / Flickr) Christmas came on Friday, June 22 this year—that is, if you’re a privacy and surveillance law nerd. After deliberating the decision for months, the S...

Season 3 of Preacher takes an unusual approach to horror and humor

Spoilers for seasons 1 and 2 of Preacher ahead. Early in season 3 of the AMC series Preacher, Tulip (Ruth Negga) has a vision. She’s running down the road to the rural town of Angelville when she sees a man in a black-and-white spotted d...

India eyeing a new monster 100GW solar-capacity goal

Enlarge / Solar panels in Bangalore, India. (credit: Getty Images) Earlier this week, India's energy minister R.K. Singh suggested that the country is considering issuing a tender for 100 gigawatts of solar energy. PV Tech confirmed the report, wh...

God of War’s violent world comes to life in these stunning art prints

This year’s reboot of God of War on the PlayStation 4 was a wonderful surprise. It imbued the long-running series with an emotional core, turned Kratos into a likable character, and still managed to include some very satisfying action...

Sphero bought a crowdfunded music tech company to expand its unlicensed toys

Sphero, the maker of connected toys like BB-8, announced this week that it’s acquired Specdrums, a company that makes rings that produce music through taps on different colors. We don’t know how much Sphero spent to acquire the company’s...

The Shadows That Run Alongside Our Car feels like playing your own low-budget horror movie

It can be difficult to find time to finish a video game, especially if you only have a few hours a week to play. In our biweekly column Short Play we suggest video games that can be started and finished in a weekend. There is a certain t...

Tom Holland revealed the title for Spider-Man: Homecoming’s sequel

The sequel to Spider-Man: Homecoming is just over a year out from hitting theaters, but its star Tom Holland seems to have revealed the title in an Instagram post: Spider-Man: Far From Home. Holland is at Ace Comic-Con in Seattle this w...

A pilot fights to become the first female astronaut in alternate history novel The Calculating Stars

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Read an excerpt from alternate history novel The Calculating Stars

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One in three American drivers can’t tell if their tires are bald

Whether you know it or not, driving a car is probably one of the riskiest things you’ll ever do. Substantially increasing that risk is the prospect of worn-down, bald tires with little to no tread. Unfortunately, a worrisome segment of t...

Walmart will begin selling an exclusive monthly DC comic anthology in July

DC will begin releasing an exclusive, monthly anthology comic series in Walmarts across the United States next month. The comics will be more than your typical single-issue comic: these will be 100-page books, featuring a mix of new and...