Tossable robots aren’t exactly new. The scouting and surveillance tools have been used by law enforcement and military personnel for years. Now, they are in the hands of rescuers responding to the Miami-area building collapse. https://wapo.st/3ymo6K7
Researchers say a combination of the pandemic and the election radicalized people and enabled right-leaning groups that were not previously aligned to find one another online — creating a mega-network that was often fueled by outrage and misinformation. https://wapo.st/3jwjOeZ
The effort was led by a royalist activist who planned to report everyone on the maps to police for insulting the monarchy. He sees it as 'psychological' warfare against critics of the king. https://wapo.st/3joZADz
Three former lawmakers have registered as foreign agents for the U.S. branch of Hikvision, the maker of cameras used to monitor Uyghur Muslims inside China’s detention camps. The firm has been blacklisted in the U.S. due to security and human-rights concerns. https://wapo.st/3wWICRa
Now that several companies are signing up wealthy people for flights to space, some in Congress say it may be time for the FAA to more closely regulate the commercial space industry. https://wapo.st/3qkga9f
A trio of Chinese astronauts will spend three months in space testing equipment, conducting experiments and preparing the station for future expansions. https://wapo.st/3gFKkiL
Goodyear is among several tire makers including Continental, Bridgestone and Pirelli to work on smart tires with embedded sensors. https://wapo.st/3iMf7gI
Apple, Microsoft and Google receive tens of thousands of requests each year to provide data about their customers, and often the companies are barred from notifying them. https://wapo.st/3pTsJbt
Even if a Senate-passed bill providing $52 billion in subsidies for the chip industry is approved by the House and becomes law, the United States will continue facing stiff global competition to attract the factories that make the cutting-edge technology. https://wapo.st/3pT5RZB
Cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, dogecoin and ethereum have risen in popularity in recent years, bringing along new terminology and concepts that can be tough to visualize and troubling to understand. https://wapo.st/3giGUUi
How much would you pay to go to space with Jeff Bezos? For at least one person, the answer is $28 million, an astounding sum that won a live auction Saturday. https://wapo.st/35dx5QW
The rare cooperation between Republicans and Democrats underscores the mounting bipartisan interest in overhauling federal competition laws to address long-running allegations that Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google have engaged in monopoly-style tactics. https://wapo.st/3iBmibw
Tesla was set to deliver the world's quickest production car on Thursday, in an event just as notable for what it would not include. https://wapo.st/3wab6X4
The e-commerce giant is contributing $12 million to the National Safety Council to conduct research and develop technology to reduce musculoskeletal disorders, a frequent injury in its warehouses. https://wapo.st/3gcyuNW
Apple paid a sizeable settlement after iPhone repair techs posted explicit photos of a young Oregon woman, according to legal documents uncovered by the Telegraph. https://wapo.st/3gaF1ss
You have no control over what sort of data flows over Amazon’s new Sidewalk wireless network, which has been lying dormant in Echo smart speakers and Ring cameras... until now https://wapo.st/3gjyoTN
Apple claims its App Store is carefully curated so that only the best apps get through. The truth is, the App Store is littered with scams and "fleeceware," which uses fake user ratings to trick customers into paying for something they don't want. https://wapo.st/3clvBIG