Flexion Robotics, a startup founded by ex-Nvidia engineers, has a clever way of training robots to do useful work.

Where to eat, stay, work, and eat some more while visiting Space City on business.

As the billionaire class gets richer, the growing online community is offering tips on how to survive with very little.

Sun hoodies are the greatest new garment since the original hoodie.

The Euclid space telescope’s stunning photo of our galaxy’s “crowded heart” captures more than 60 million stars.

An unadorned ebike is a blank canvas. Here, get tips for maximizing its cargo-hauling and person-carrying capabilities.

The Chinese supercomputer LineShine was ranked as the fastest in the world, despite not using any GPUs.

Prime Day is officially over, but many of our favorite, hand-picked deals are still available through the weekend.

Recordings of laughter from humans and other great apes suggest that the distinctive rhythm of “ha ha ha” emerged in a common ancestor that lived at least 15 million years ago.

It’s not often you can score discounts from the outdoor-coded Canadian company that makes understated and stylish performance clothing.

Everyone is sick of spam calls and creeper sites that show weirdos where you live—but can any service solve it?

Plus: Former national security advisor John Bolton pleads guilty in classified-materials case, Microsoft helps take down major infostealer infrastructure, and more.

Whether you need a tent, sleeping pad, rain jacket, or new pack, REI’s Independence Day sale has something for everyone.

This week, we discuss talking aloud to computers, Cannes, and “Engineering Creativity: Guac Is Extra.”

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Heat waves mess with your brain. Scientists are trying to figure out why. —Jessica Hamzelou It’s…

It’s been hot in London this week. Really hot. A dangerous heat wave has hit Western Europe. Yesterday, the UK recorded its highest ever June temperature at 36.1 °C (about 97 °F). But as the weather app on my phone…

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We spoke to Darren Blanchard, the man arrested while speaking out against data centers at a community meeting. He’s sharing the bodycam footage of his arrest for the first time with 404 Media.

Physicists have discovered that the dark matter structures that scaffold the universe—known as the “cosmic web”—are far larger and more persistent than expected, challenging a core assumption about the universe.

The new policy, which forbids “noise infusion” as a technique for anonymizing data, will “handcuff” the Census Bureau and limit what information becomes public, data experts say.

Snap’s AR Specs glasses are indeed very heavy, very dorky.