How Did We Miss This Week’s Shockingly Close Asteroid Flyby?
This week, an asteroid flew by the Earth, coming as close as 44342 miles away. No, you shouldn’t worry about this specific asteroid (anymore, at least), but...
Emergence’s Jason Green joins TC Sessions: Enterprise this September
Picking winners from the herd of early-stage enterprise startups is challenging — so much competition, so many disruptive technologies, including mobile, cloud and AI. One investor...
Using the same tactics as ‘Big Tobacco,’ Juul may have intentionally targeted teens
After a hearing this week, members of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform said that Juul, the ultra-popular e-cigarette brand, may have intentionally targeted...
Windows 10 Will Let You Load a Custom Linux Kernel
Larry Ewing Microsoft is adding a Linux kernel to Windows 10 to power the Windows Subsystem for Linux. But, guess what: You don’t have to use...
Marcus Hutchins, malware researcher and ‘WannaCry hero,’ sentenced to supervised release
Marcus Hutchins, the malware researcher who became known as an “accidental hero” for stopping the WannaCry ransomware attack in 2017, has been sentenced to supervised release...
Teens in Wisconsin Are Being Diagnosed With Severe Lung Damage That May Be Linked to Vaping
Health officials in Wisconsin are looking into a scary-sounding cluster of cases that could be linked to vaping. Doctors in the state have reported eight cases...
DOJ Approves T-Mobile and Sprint Megamerger, Says Dish Network Will Somehow Compete
T-Mobile’s planned takeover of Sprint took a sizable step forward on Friday after a deal negotiated with the U.S. Justice Department behind closed doors was announced....
In the key of G: Meet June Wu, Googler and concert pianist
June Wu loved classical music from an early age. A very early age. “There are home videos of me as a baby, conducting to big symphonies...
DoorDash Is Proof of How Easy It Is to Exploit Workers When Their Boss Is an Algorithm
We’re getting quite used to our algorithmic overlords. We’ve ceded, for the most part, that complex and invisible rulesets determine who will see our missives, travel...
Making our tech spill-proof, crash-proof—thank you, IT
They keep our laptops humming and our work flowing, and they’re often the first people we contact when there’s a problem: I’m talking about IT. Google...
