Used electric cars are becoming cheaper and cheaper. Should you buy one?

Prices for electric vehicles have fallen since 2008, when Tesla sold its first model, the Roadster, for $109,000. But for many Americans, they are still too high. a recent survey…

GameSir's new Bluetooth Android controller has Hall Effect sticks

GameSir announced the launch of a new Android controller this week, the X4 Aileron, and it's not like most of GameSir's previous mobile controllers. At least not the last few…

IndieBio's SF incubator series is making some wild biotech promises

IndieBio's Bay Area incubator is about to debut its 15th class of biotech startups. We have taken special note of a few who made some grand, bordering on ridiculous, claims…

There’s little science behind ‘No Mow May’

This article was originally featured on Undark. In 2020, the Wisconsin city of Appleton brought No Mow May to the United States. Each spring, by temporarily forgoing mowing and letting residential…

Google Maps gets a simplified bottom bar with a new 'You' tab

Some Google Maps users will see a new, simplified bottom bar with fewer tabs. The company announced in March that they were working on a redesign of the Android app.…

Startups Weekly: It’s the dawn of the age of AI – and Musk is raging against the machineStartups WeeklyStartups Weekly: It’s the dawn of the age of AI – and Musk is raging against the machine

Welcome to Startups Weekly — Hey's weekly roundup of everything you can't miss in the world of startups. To register here to receive it in your inbox every Friday. We…

Neural network trained on 'Friends' can recognize sarcasm

In 2019, with AI safely in the realm of science fiction and GPT-2 still months away from release, a group of researchers submitted a paper to that summer annual meeting…

Soon you'll be able to hide all backed up memes in Google Photos

Google Photos could soon roll out a new feature that lets you hide all backed up GIFs and memes from other apps to make the main view of the app…

Meta's latest experiment borrows from the core ideas of BeReal and Snapchat

Meta is once again taking on its competitors by developing a feature that borrows concepts from others – in this case BeReal and Snapchat. The company is developing a feature…

TikTok says it is testing letting users post 60-minute videos

TikTok is testing allowing users to upload 60-minute videos, while experimenting with longer content. The feature is in a pilot phase and only a small number of randomly selected users…