In the future, Bosch says, the X-Spect will also be able to scan foods, which may come in handy during those times when you’re trying to find out if you’re fruits or vegetables are ripe. Or if you could pair it with a smart oven, and as soon as you scanned a pizza, it would …

In November of 2015, Will Caput worked for a security firm assigned to a penetration test of a major Mexican restaurant chain, scouring its websites for hackable vulnerabilities. So when 40-year-old Caput took a lunch break, he had beans and guacamole on his mind. He decided to drive to the local branch of the restaurant …

This week was all about bold behavior: fake robots slinging pizzas, dignified statues wearing wearing wigs to celebrate crap cars, startups taking bald-faced swipes at Tesla and its electric dominance. But no move was so naked and downright nutsy as Uber investor Shervin Pishevar’s public call-to-arms, a statement that addressed (in mind-boggling grandiosity) the legal …

The blobs first appeared in the spring of 2013. They were roundly amorphous, like cookie dough plopped onto a baking sheet. Their faces, a rainbow of emotions, had mouths that turned up and down in imprecise dashes. For years, the blobs sat on the keyboards of Android phones and Google Hangouts as the goofy counterparts …