[S]cientists at JILA, a joint operation between the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado Boulder, have measured time dilation at the smallest scale ever using the most accurate clocks in the world. The team showed that clocks located just a millimeter apart — about the Read more…
Investment banking giant JPMorgan Chase has set up shop in the Metajuku mall. The bank’s lounge features a spiral staircase, a live tiger, and an illuminated portrait of CEO Jamie Dimon. The catch? JPMorgan’s newest digs aren’t located in the real world, but in Decentraland — one of the world’s Read more…
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is finally poised to legalize adaptive beam headlights in the US. The NHTSA announced that it has issued a final rule that will update the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, which currently only allow for “dumb” high- and low-beam lights. Adaptive beam lights use Read more…
Underneath the gaming platform worth $68 billion and used by over half of all children in America is a ballooning and highly profitable ecosystem of hackers and traders. Motherboard spoke to 11 people connected to Roblox beaming (Roblox slang for getting hacked and your items stolen), including victims, the people Read more…
The newest entrant in the fight for EV market share is going back to the future with an all-electric DeLorean. The infamous gull-winged car is being resurrected in Texas by a group of executives who most recently spent time at China-backed EV startup Karma Automotive. They’re working with Stephen Wynne, Read more…
Google has announced a new version of Chrome OS called Chrome OS Flex, which is designed to run on old PCs and Macs. The operating system can be installed “within minutes,” according to Google’s blog post. Google told me that Chrome OS Flex will look and feel identical to Chrome Read more…
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense website suffered from what appeared to be a distributed denial of service attack Tuesday, according to the government’s Facebook account. The military’s website remained unavailable as of 12 p.m. PT Tuesday, with the Ukrainian military’s Facebook account saying work is currently underway to restore regular functioning Read more…