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Border Control Agencies May One Day Use AI to Detect Travelers’ Lies

If you lie about that fruit you’ve brought back from another country, AVATAR will call you out on it.

LEGO BOOST Brings Toys to Life by Teaching Kids How to Code

LEGO is teaching kids to program their own movable, talking toys.

Ridesharing Apps Could Easily Replace Taxis in New York City

A new study shows that it wouldn’t be hard for companies like Uber or Lyft to take over taxi rides with carpooling services.

Watch Computer Experts Discuss the Y2K Problem in 1999

"The Windows 98 Y2K Patch fixes all these issues." -Don Jones, Microsoft

This Tiny PC Runs Windows 10, Costs Less Than $250, and Fits in Your Pocket

The Ockel Sirius B Windows 10 pocket PC is small in size but big on power.

A young girl receives an eye test in Hyderabad. Image credit: NOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images

Doctors in India Are Using AI to Combat Blindness

Machine learning is being used to better understand the spread of blindness and predict the success rates of eye surgeries.

You can ask Alexa all kinds of strange, silly questions.

45 Fun Questions to Ask Amazon Alexa

While you’ve likely used your Amazon Echo to play music, listen to podcasts, or order stuff online, you can also use the technology to ask Alexa some silly questions.

The Most Famous Teapot in Computing History

Even if you don't recognize this teapot, you've probably seen it.

Watch How Computers Sort Lists (It's Complicated)

How fast can you alphabetize 1,280 books? See how computer scientists can make the process much faster.

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15 Old Computer Sounds That Will Take You Back to the '90s

Modems screeching, ham(p)sters dancing, floppies grinding, AIM buddies leaving, ICQ messages coming in....

WordArt Generator Transports Your Text Back to the '90s

The perfect way to say whatever's on your mind.

Watch Computer Pros Get Excited About Windows 95...in 1995

"Is Windows 95 worth the 89 bucks?"

Missing from the New MacBook Pro: Apple's Iconic Startup Chime

Take a moment of silence for the now-obsolete tech noises of yesteryear.

Forget Mavis Beacon: Self-Taught Typists Are Nearly as Fast as Touch Typists

A study of trained and self-taught typists found comparable speed and efficacy in practical tasks like emailing.

The Ideal Charge Amount for Prolonging Your Laptop's Battery Life

One simple trick for keeping your laptop power source in good health.

Up for Auction: One of Steve Jobs's Iconic Black Turtlenecks

It's valued anywhere from $1000 to $3000.

Watch How USC Digitizes Human Actors

Here's one way to get a 3D scan of a person.

Why You Shouldn't Trust Password Strength Meters

They're not always a good test of password quality.

A Recruiter's Top 3 Tips for Getting Hired as a Google Engineer

Ditch the GPA on your resume, for one.

On This Date in 1997, Microsoft Invested in Apple

"We have to let go of the notion that for Apple to win, Microsoft needs to lose." -Steve Jobs, 19 years ago

Does Safely Ejecting From a USB Port Actually Do Anything?

Is your computer just being overly dramatic when it warns you not to just yank out your flash drive?

8 Things That Could Be Slowing Your Computer Down

Your sluggish laptop might just need a good cleaning.

Artificial Intelligence System Learns to Realistically Mimic Sounds

When researchers presented human volunteers with the computer-generated sounds, they were, for the most part, unable to distinguish them from real sounds

You Can Now Use Any Website as a Screensaver

See what's happening on your favorite site, even while your computer sleeps.

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