AI Has Flooded All the Weather Apps

Weather forecasting has gotten a big boost from machine learning. How that translates into what users see can vary.

A School District Tried to Help Train Waymos to Stop for School Buses. It Didn’t Work

The incidents in Austin raise questions about how self-driving cars “learn” and adapt to their surroundings.

The Deceptively Tricky Art of Designing a Steering Wheel

Veteran designers in the auto industry—and Jony Ive—tell us how hard it is to make a functional yet beautiful steering wheel.

Your Vape Wants to Know How Old You Are

Companies hope that biometric age-verification tech in cartridges could put flavored vapes back in business. But it’s unlikely to solve the real problems.

10 Things You Can Do While Waiting in the TSA Line

As Washington wrangles over the future of federal employees’ pay, here are some ideas for passing the time.

Skip the TSA Line: Where to Find Travel by Bus, Train, and Boat

These apps and websites find bus, train, and ferry tickets when you want more options than flying to your destination.

I Asked ChatGPT 500 Questions. Here Are the Ads I Saw Most Often

Ads are rolling out across the US on ChatGPT’s free tier. I asked OpenAI’s bot 500 questions to see what these ads were like and how they related to my prompts.

This Groundbreaking Omega Watch’s Accuracy Is Calibrated Using Sound

Thanks to a novel way of testing precision using acoustics, the Constellation Observatory is the first watch with no seconds hand to achieve Master Chronometer status.

The Comedy Club at the End of the Metaverse

“This is my home”: At a VR comedy club in Horizon Worlds, users mourn Meta’s plans for the platform.