Dark Web Drug Seller Sinmed Goes Down—Thanks to ATM Withdrawals

Investigators from the New York district attorney's office stumbled across dark web drug vendor "sinmed" thanks to suspicious ATM transactions.

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Crispr Gene Editing Is Coming for the Womb

When an unborn baby is diagnosed with a life-threatening defect, it can be devastating. So some scientists hope to treat the fetus in the uterus using gene editing.

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With 'Homecoming', Beyoncé Fully Leverages Her Internet Dominance

The megastar has always been able to command the internet's attention. And yet she's managed to exceed her reach once again.

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Cyberspies Hijacked the Internet Domains of Entire Countries

A mysterious new group called Sea Turtle targeted 40 organizations in a DNS hijacking spree.

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Hollywood Tackles Blockchain—With Not-Disastrous Results

The showbiz take on bitcoin wasn’t expected to be nuanced, yet the movie *Crypto* actually gets a few things right.

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Offshore Wind Farms Are Spinning Up in the US—At Last

Bigger turbines, taller towers, and longer cables are making offshore wind farms more attractive than ever before.

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Helvetica Now: The World's Most Popular Font Gets a Facelift

The 62-year-old typeface that's used everywhere from subway signs to corporate branding has been updated for the 21st century.

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Injuries Force Lyft to Hit the Brakes on Its E-Bike Ambitions

Lyft's Motivate subsidiary pulled its e-bikes from New York, Washington, and San Francisco after riders reported injuries resulting from unexpectedly strong front brakes.

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After Boeing Crashes, More People Want Help Taming Fear Of Flying

If you're scared of flying, the news of two recent airline crashes might have you in jitters. Instructors who help people overcome that fear say enrollments have doubled since the incidents.

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Want To Know How Far Artificial Intelligence Has Come? Just Look At CAPTCHA

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with researcher Jason Polakis about CAPTCHA, the program that tests to see if you are really human, and how far artificial intelligence has come.

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First U.S. Patients Treated With CRISPR As Human Gene-Editing Trials Get Underway

This could be a crucial year for the powerful gene-editing technique CRISPR as researchers start testing it in patients to treat diseases such as cancer, blindness and sickle cell disease.

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Tax Troubles, Tax Triumphs

We talk about the other certain thing — you know, the one that's not death.

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A Guardian of Global Capitalism Warns Capitalism Has A Problem

The IMF finds companies are getting increasingly powerful. Here's why that's bad for consumers and for the whole economy.

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My New Diet Is An App: Weight Loss Goes Digital

The popularity of weight loss apps, especially among younger people, has forced the traditional weight loss programs to revamp their models to include online, on-demand support.

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How Can We Be Sure Artificial Intelligence Is Safe For Medical Use?

Software that can replace doctors for certain tasks has a big responsibility. The Food and Drug Administration is now figuring out how to determine when computer algorithms are safe and effective.

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Under Employers' Gaze, Gen Z Is Biting Its Tongue On Social Media

The post-millennial generation, known as Generation Z, is entering the workforce at a time when 70 percent of employers check social media during the hiring process.

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As China Hacked, U.S. Businesses Turned A Blind Eye

The U.S. has largely failed to stop Chinese cybertheft of U.S. companies, but the companies themselves led the charge in keeping it under wraps.

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Jeremy Heimans: How Can We Harness Technology To Fuel Social Change?

In the digital age, the power of the collective has led to movements such as #MeToo and Black Lives Matter. Jeremy Heimans discusses how we can continue to use "new power" to drive activism.

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Friday News Roundup - Domestic

A shakeup at the Department of Homeland Security has left some wondering about the direction of President Trump's immigration policy.

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One Doctor’s Answer to Drug Deaths: Opioid Vending Machines

Across North America, tainted opioids are killing people who use drugs. Vancouver’s Mark Tyndall says we should start dispensing safer pills using high-tech machines.

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An iPhone 8 body with updated specs could be a hit, but it’s no iPhone SE

Best smart speakers: Which deliver the best combination of digital assistant and audio performance?

With models based on Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri, Cortana, and others to come, we’ll help you find just the right model for you.

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Report: Apple to combine Find My Friends and Find My iPhone apps, develop Tile-like like tracker

The new iPad Air gets its first big price drop at Amazon

You can get a 43-inch 4K smart Fire TV for a ridiculously low price of $180 today

Anker's Roav Bolt brings Google Assistant to your car's 12V socket, even with an iPhone

Anker's new Roav Bolt brings Google Assistant and a pair of USB ports to your car for $50.

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How to disable Live Photos on your iPhone or iPad

Why iOS apps will make the Mac a better place... eventually

What the Apple-Qualcomm settlement means for a 5G iPhone

Cavalier Audio Maverick wireless smart speaker review: This Alexa-powered Wi-Fi speaker speaks Bluetooth, too

It’s fabricated from high-end materials, including aluminum and genuine leather, but this speaker’s sound quality left me saying "meh."

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Why you should get an Apple Pencil even if you don’t draw

Apple and Qualcomm surprisingly settle their legal differences, and it’s pretty clear who won

Vivint's Outdoor Camera Pro can detect someone casing your home

The AI-powered Vivint Outdoor Camera Pro has a 4K image sensor and issues warnings to anyone lurking around your property.

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Amazon is slashing up to $200 off the prices of the new iPad Pros

Beat the average price to earn this 10-course Complete Learn to Design Bundle

Convert your DVD collection to video files for $15 with MacX DVD Ripper Pro

Master social media marketing with this $29 training bundle

Report: macOS 10.15 could allow Mac users to use iPads as an external display

Best universal remote control

Which remote control is the best companion for your smart TV and the rest of your entertainment system.

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Amazon is selling an Anker USB-C car charger that can power your laptop for just $17 today

By the book: Why Apple makes the headline

What we might expect from Apple’s A13 chip

How to find and clean what’s eating up your Mac’s disk storage

Logitech Harmony Express universal remote control review: Practical, but not perfect

It's not the be-all, end-all of universal remote controls, but it's plenty powerful for most people's needs—and Alexa is onboard.

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Facebook Asked Some Users for Their Email Passwords, Then 'Unintentionally Uploaded' 1.5 Million Contact Lists Without Consent

Earlier this month, Facebook admitted that it was asking some users who signed up on desktop while using email addresses not supporting the OAuth open standard to give them the passwords to their email accounts—with options to avoid doing so hidden in a “Need Help?” sub-menu. Now the social media giant has admitted…

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The Magicians' Showrunners Explain That 'Deliberate,' and Very Permanent, Finale Decision

Did my office suddenly fill up with onions, or am I still bawling my eyes out? The season finale of The Magicians pulled one of its biggest, and most shocking, surprises to date. You might think (or hope) it’ll lead to another epic quest, like the one to bring back magic in season three. But according to the…

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What We Do in the Shadows Spotlights a Frighteningly Accurate Modern Monster

Three episodes in, it’s now confirmed that the What We Do in the Shadows series is every bit as wonderful as the film that spawned it. While the show taps into many of the elements that made the movie a success, it also brings some unique additions to the material—in particular, a new vampire that’s one of the most…

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Chicago Police Bust Alleged Car2Go Theft Ring, With Up to 100 Vehicles Believed Stolen

Thieves have stolen an astonishing number of Car2Go vehicles in the city of Chicago, Motherboard reported on Wednesday, with up to 100 cars reported missing. According to the Verge, the Chicago Police Department said in a statement that 16 people have been detained for questioning.

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Five Products You Need To Deep Clean Your Grill

The dirty secret of grills is that they don’t require a whole lot to keep them clean! Mostly as long as you brush the grates well before and after each use you’ll be good to go. But from time to time — once or twice a year for average grillers, more often for people who grill regularly — doing a thorough deep clean of…

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YouTube's CEO Responds to Its Bad Content Problem, Exposes the Core of Its Platform Problem

Seemingly with each passing week, YouTube faces another content moderation problem. And despite the company’s own efforts at moderating its platform, it can’t seem to get its hands around the problem.

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