Urban heat islands are a solvable data problem: this piece shows how to combine free satellite imagery, standard ...

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump ruled out using nuclear weapons against Iran as a way to deliver a decisive blow in a war that's dragged for six months. Trump dismissed nuclear action as an option ...

Face ID and fingerprints are convenient, but law enforcement can bypass them much more easily than a passcode. Here's why you should go back to basics to improve your privacy and security. I review ...

When Dr. Jason Gibson began grading midterm exams for two summer history courses at Alcorn State University, he noticed a pattern that quickly became impossible to ignore. The assignment asked ...

A college instructor in Mississippi has gone viral for sharing how he caught students using AI chatbots to complete a midterm exam. Jason Gibson, an instructor at Alcorn State University, about 75 ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Flock cameras—solar-powered, automated license plate readers, weighing less than 3 ...

Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) – the digital displays people interact with daily – are commonplace in today’s world. But they are becoming increasingly detached from the traditional smartphone, ...

The internet is teeming with novel opportunities to get ripped off. Scams and flimflams have always been part of the consumer economy, but now they seem to be lurking everywhere. Between AI-generated ...

Android is oh-so-close to being a full-blown Linux desktop. There's just one problem with the feature. I’ve been waiting for this moment — and it makes perfect sense. After all, the Android kernel is ...

With Apple's discontinuation of the Pro Display XDR earlier this year, Mac users looking for a larger high-resolution display suddenly found themselves with fewer options on the market. Apple's ...

These days, a lot of embedded projects feature some sort of screen, and a screen often creates a desire for a nice user interface. [Geoffrey Wells] has created a tool for developing web interfaces for ...