California's Rain Slows Construction for Its High-Speed Bullet Train

The Fresno Bee newspaper reports that flooding in parts of California "have also ground work to a halt at several key construction site...

With Easy AI-Generated Deepfakes, Is Every Day April Fool's Day Now?

"Every day is April Fool's Day now, requiring a low but constant effort," argues Motherboard's senior editor, in a post sh...

This is what a plant sounds like when it’s stressed

A gardener facing water shortages checks his tomato plants in southern France in August 2022. | Image: PASCAL GUYOT/AFP via Getty Images ...

The ‘Truckla’ DIY Tesla pickup truck is still trucking

Simone Giertz pulls up in her freshly detailed and upgraded Truckla. | Image: Simone Giertz Remember that Tesla Model 3 that was chopped...

Groupon, Which Has Lost 99.4% of Its Value Since Its IPO, Names a New CEO

An anonymous reader shares a report: A dozen years ago, Groupon shot to fame popularizing the online group buying format, confidently reject...

Audible is Testing Ad-Supported Access To Select Titles For Non-Members

Audible is testing ad-supported access to select titles for non-members, the Amazon-owned audiobook company revealed on a help page on its w...

Twitter takes its algorithm ‘open-source,’ as Elon Musk promised

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter has released the code that chooses which tweets show up on your timeline to GitHub and h...