A few years ago, it looked like the bizarre but imaginative Turing Phone was just feasible enough to become a reality. Then, Turing Robotic Industries (TRI) started saying and doing some incredibly strange things. The company filed for bankruptcy without shipping any phones, but it’s not gone. No, TRI has …

Photo: chaptersindigo on Instagram   Are you looking for an easy beach read? We’ve got you covered. This list includes some old classics as well as some fresh releases and all promise to entertain you as you soak up the rays or sit sipping mojitos in the shade. Whether you’re …

10 Affordable Ways to Improve Energy Efficiency at Home for $50 or Less Posted on August 1, 2018 by Audry Black “Work smarter, not harder.” We’ve all heard the phrase before, but likely not in regards to your home’s energy consumption. What is energy efficiency? It’s is your home’s version …

Back in June, we rounded up the history of Intel’s 8086 architecture, both before and after the industry-changing Pentium Pro. For this retrospective, we’ve decided to revisit some of the worst CPUs ever built, from multiple vendors. To make it on to this list, a CPU needed to be fundamentally …

One of the fascinating things about watching an emerging startup ecosystem is that it isn’t just companies that are scaling, the very VC firms that feed them are growing, too. That’s perhaps best embodied by Golden Gate Ventures, a Singapore-based firm founded by three Silicon Valley entrepreneurs in 2011 which is …

Marcus Smart will be the most unique sixth man in the NBA for the Boston Celtics The Boston Celtics have long known that Marcus Smart is one of the most unique players in the NBA. The Celtics are able to put Smart out there when the defense is falling off …

For the last few months, there have been rumors about Intel’s upcoming 9th Generation family and its upcoming changes to Intel’s product line. We’ve known for a few months that Intel was prepping a new high-end desktop chipset, the X390, and recent leaks have pointed to a new Core i9, as …

It’s common practice for companies to offer security researchers and “white hat” hackers monetary compensation for finding bugs in their products. So-called “bug bounties” allow the company to patch its products before the flaw becomes a target of nefarious hackers. Google, Apple, and many other companies use such programs. Now, …

Mars has long been seen as a potential second home for humanity, but it won’t be a comfortable place to hang your hat until we’ve addressed the lack of breathable air. According to NASA, fantasies about terraforming the red planet are premature. A new analysis of Mars and its composition …

The dream of a startup founder can often be summarized by the following well-intentioned, and mostly delusional, quote: “We’ll raise a few rounds and in a few years we’ll IPO on Nasdaq.” But a more likely scenario looks something like this: You invest a few years of hard work to build …