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Can a downvote feature improve the conversations we have on Twitter?

Twitter Expands Testing of Reddit-Style Downvote Feature Globally

According to the social media company, the feature is helping users filter out the types of replies they find offensive or not relevant to their interests

An attendee demonstrates the Owo vest, which allows users to feel physical sensations during metaverse experiences such as virtual reality games, including wind, gunfire or punching, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on January 5, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. - The CES tech show threw open its doors Wednesday in Las Vegas despite surging Covid-19 cases in the United States, as one of the world's largest trade fairs tried to get back to business. Despite some obvious gaps on the showfloor -- after high-profile companies like Amazon and Google cancelled over climbing virus risk -- crowds of badge-wearing tech entrepreneurs, reporters and aficionados poured through venues.

The 5 Things We Learned From This Year’s CES

Screens are better than ever. The metaverse wants to give you all the feels. Plus, robot biting cats.

Can Uber’s New, Long-Overdue Safety Features Help Curb Its Disturbing History of Assault?

Can Uber’s New, Long-Overdue Safety Features Help Curb Its Disturbing History of Assault?
If you experience a problem on the social media app, say stories aren't loading or audio isn't working on a video, you can simply shake the living hell out of your phone and report the problem.

You Can Now “Rage Shake” Your Phone to Report a Problem to Instagram
A magnifying glass looking at the Instagram icon on a pink and red background with computer code.

Your Private Instagram Account Might Not Be as Private as You Think

Here, Have a Thing That Can Charge Your Phone From 3 Feet Away

The FCC just approved WattUp. Later, wires.

Jim Beam Made a Voice-Activated Bottle That Pours Shots

Too bad it only serves Jim Beam

About That Time Uber Paid Off Hackers to Conceal a Major Data Breach

The app is facing several potential class-action lawsuits

There’s Something Ominous About Watching a Robot Do Backflips

Aaaaaaand we're dead

Who Let the Terrifying Robotic Dog Out?

Sweet dreams, Mr. Postman

MIT-Designed E-Supercar Is Suspiciously Smart, Devilishly Handsome

The self-healing concept car is basically a battery on wheels

Call It a CEO Coach. Your Own, Personal CEO Coach.

Got 10 minutes? Because that’s how long these courses are.

Here’s a Drone, Serving a Cocktail

Does this mean we have to tip in Bitcoin?

Sony’s AI Dog Won’t Pee on Your Floor, Hopefully

It can learn new tricks. From the Cloud.

If You’re Booking Rewards Travel Without This Plug-In, Stop It

30K speed-reads the fine print; you get upgrades. Easy.

Elon Musk Really Is Building a Giant Tunnel Underneath LA

The Boring Company’s first bore is already 500 feet

The Solution to Harsh Lighting Is These Smart Switches

Instant ambience for whatever you've got planned

Did Honda Just Invent the Robotic Backseat Driver?

No one asked for this.

Here, Have Some Robot Arms That Can Lift 500 Lbs. Each

Feel free to skip arm day

Amazon Now Offers In-Home Delivery If You Give Them a Key

Or buy a lock from them, as it were

Wanna See a Picture of Your Unborn Child?

A new app claims it can profile your kids before they're born

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This Tiny Benevolent Robot Just Wants to Keep Your Plants Alive

HEXA is an agile, programmable sunlight chaser

Flying Trains Are Either the Best or Worst Idea of All Time

This company wants to bring the Link & Fly to life

Can Toyota’s Hydrogen Ship Really Last for 6 Years at Sea?

Checking in on the world’s first hydrogen ship

Lumen Wants to Bring You Augmented Reality Without the Headset

Here's to a future we can see with our own eyes

What Good Can Come of an Umbrella Drone? We’ll Find Out Next Year.

Does your rain-gear budget have $275 to spare?

Boston Dynamics’ Evil Robot Dog Will Hit Stores as Soon as Next Year

I, for one, welcome my demise at the paws of this little demon

Stand in Awe as This Smartwatch Projects a Touchscreen on Your Arm

(Screen) size matters.

Three VR Arcades Have Arrived in NYC. Here’s What to Expect.

You’re now a pilot, a pirate and … an auto mechanic?

Conserve the Sound

Treat Your Ears to This Archive of Forgotten Tech Sounds

Relive the beautiful noise of modems, typewriters, boomboxes

12 Ways to Protect Your Identity on the Wild, Wild Web

#DeleteFacebook is barely a start

An Algorithm Is Turning Nude Paintings Into Museum-Worthy Surreal Art

Can't spell ‘artificial intelligence’ without ‘art’

Upside to Toys ‘R’ Us Closing? Discounted Apple Products.

Related: Apparently iPods still exist. And you can buy one.

This Strength-Enchancing Cyborg Suit Just Got Cleared for U.S. Use

Now every day is #legday

On ‘Mech Racing,’ and Three Other Futuristic Sports You Should Know

Because football probably won’t be around forever

The ABCs of CES

The 26 coolest gadgets and gizmos that debuted in Vegas

LG’s New Portable 4K Projector Beams a 150-Inch Screen Anywhere

The hardest part? Finding a wall big enough to contain it.