*RuPaul's Drag Race*: How Drag Fueled Pop Culture's Slang Engine of the Moment

From face-beating to "yas, queen"-ing, drag slang has crossed all the way over—but is its past getting lost?

DJI is building 1,000 custom drones for a construction company

You might think of drones as consumer products, but DJI has unveiled a deal that shows where their future sales potential lies. Its commercial division is selling 1,000 custom Matrice 100 drones equipped with Skycatch imaging technology to Japanese c...

Binance denies it’s being shut down in Japan

Contrary to reports from Japanese news outlet Nikkei, Binance has denied rumors that Japan’s Financial Services Authority (JFSA) is planning to issue a warning requiring the cryptocurrency exchange desk to shut down its operation in the country. Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has taken to Twitter to refute claims made by Nikkei, deeming their coverage as a case of “irresponsible journalism.” “We are in constructive dialogs with [the JFSA], and have not received any mandates,” Zhao assured users. “It does not make sense for JFSA to tell a newspaper before telling us, while we have an active dialog going on with them,” he…

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UK data watchdog still waiting for warrant to raid Cambridge Analytica

The UK’s data watchdog, the Information Commission’s Office (ICO), has still not obtained a warrant to enter and search the servers of the London-based political consultancy, Cambridge Analytica — the company at the center of the data misuse scandal engulfing Facebook — three days on from beginning the process. The earliest a warrant could now […]

YouTube to follow Amazon by screening its movies inside theaters

Following YouTube's announcement last month that it intends to spend "hundreds of millions" on original content for Red, it's just unveiled plans for a YouTube-made movie that'll also be released in theaters. And unlike its previous effort, 2016's wi...

We’re looking for the best young digital talent in the Netherlands

Dutch entrepreneurs, digital designers, coders, and academic researchers: if your work is kick-ass, we want to hear from you. After last year’s incredible success, the T500 program is back. We want to continue recognising and celebrating young digital talent – so we’re once again looking for the 500 most exciting tech superstars under 26 in the Netherlands. Companies are always on the lookout for fresh minds, which is why the T500 is a great chance to connect with digital giants. No company recognises this better than Accenture, who joins us as co-hosts of our competition to shine a spotlight on…

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Ansarada gets $18M in Series A funding to help companies better prepare for major deals

Australian startup Ansarada, which provides tools for companies preparing for a major transaction, will expand in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Africa after raising an $18 million Series A. The funding was led by Ellerston Capital, with participation from Tempus Partners, Belay Capital and Australian Ethical Investments. A noteworthy detail about the […]

Swiss police order up Tesla Model X police cars for active duty

Tesla’s Model X has had some brushes with law enforcement – in a good way, as when police from Toronto demonstrated one in their patrol car colors to show what it might be like to actually use them. But police from Switzerland’s Basel-Stadt police force are going one further, and actually ordering Model X vehicles […]

UK launches the world’s first crypto assets task force

Britain has announced a plan to establish a special ‘task force’ for crypto assets, in a statement from the office of the Treasury of the UK. Philip Hammond, UK Finance Minister, said in the statement: I am committed to helping the sector grow and flourish, and our ambitious sector strategy sets out how we will ensure the U.K. remains at the cutting edge of the digital revolution. As part of that, a new task force will help the U.K. to manage the risks around crypto assets, as well as harnessing the potential benefits of the underlying technology. The initiative is…

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Research: Cryptocurrency exchanges have pretty weak password security

Paranoid cryptocurrency traders might want to go the extra mile and set up an even stronger password than their preferred exchange desk suggests. New research indicates that most exchanges in the blockchain space allow users to create accounts with poorly secured passphrases. Password manager app Dashlane examined the password protocols of 35 leading cryptocurrency exchange desks and discovered over 70 percent of these companies let users secure their accounts with inadequate passwords. “Signing up for a cryptocurrency exchange is akin to signing up for a bank account,” said Dashlane CEO Emmanuel Schalit. “With your bank account, credit cards, Bitcoin, and…

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The "Yelp Effect" of Patient Surveys Is Making Us Sick

WIRED Columnist Maryn McKenna on how online patient surveys are driving doctors to overprescribe antibiotics and driving up the number of drug-resistant infections.

Robot Microscopes Demystify Plankton, the Sea's Most Vital Residents

Researchers are developing clever robots that use AI to examine and classify plankton, the pivotal organisms at the base of our oceanic food chain.

See the Bike Cyclist Lael Wilcox Uses to Ride 20,000 Miles a Year

Lael Wilcox pedals a distance nearly equal to a trip around the globe every 12 months.

As Pedestrian Deaths Spike, Scientists Scramble for Answers

Researchers do have a culprit in mind—that thing in your hand.

Samsung's new Exynos chip boosts photo-taking in mid-tier phones

Samsung's latest application processor (AP) is set to significantly improve photo-taking in mid-tier phones. The Eyxnos 7 9610 has boosted deep learning image properties, so it'll recognize faces in pictures even if they're not facing the camera, or...

Mozilla suspends advertising on Facebook after Cambridge Analytica scandal

The Mozilla Foundation, maker of the Firefox web browser, has announced it plans to suspend all advertising activities on Facebook. The move comes in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, which has embroiled the popular social networking site. In a blog post announcing the move, Denelle Dixon, Mozilla’s chief business and legal officer, said: We understand that Facebook took steps to limit developer access to friends’ data beginning in 2014. This was after Facebook started its relationship with Cambridge University Professor Aleksandr Kogan, whose decision to share data he collected from Facebook with Cambridge Analytica is currently in the…

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YouTube's 'miniplayer-bar' keeps videos at the top as you scroll

It looks like YouTube is testing more than one multitasking feature on the web. Aside from giving select users access to its experimental picture-in-picture floating video panel on desktop, it's also testing a video bar that follows you as you scroll...

Tesla Model 3 Review: The Best Electric Car You Can't Buy

Elon Musk's car for the masses lives up to the hype. Now he just has to build the thing.

Where Could Bitcoin Succeed as a Currency? In a Failed State

Faced with runaway inflation and a weak national currency, Venezuelans are turning to cryptocurrencies to store savings and conduct some transactions.

Shatter, Batter, Wax: How Cannabis Extracts Come to Be

It's sticky, it's icky, it's cannabis-derived oleoresin!

Mozilla pulls ads off Facebook over data access concerns

Mozilla has announced it’s suspending its advertising on Facebook in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica privacy controversy — saying it has concerns the current default privacy settings remain risky, and having decided to take a fresh look at Facebook’s app permissions following the latest user data handling scandal. This week the New York Times […]