Future Tense ASU | NEW AMERICA | SLATE Learn more about Future Tense » Out of Nowhere, Amazon Is Releasing a Speaker That’s Also an Always-On Personal Assistant Lily Hay Newman Nov. 6 2014 1:20 PMAstronauts Play With Blobs of Water in Zero Gravity. Yes.Lily Hay NewmanNov. 6 2014 11:12 AMThe FCC Floats a Net Neutrality Trial BalloonIt should never fly.Marvin AmmoriNov. 5 2014 5:16 PMDating Site Has to Pay Up After Sharing Users’ STI StatusesTyler LopezNov. 5 2014 2:01 PMFormer NSA Lawyer Says BlackBerry Declined Because Encryption Isn’t a Good Business ModelLily Hay NewmanNov. 5 2014 11:35 AMThe Future of Action Movies Might Look Like First-Person Shooter Video GamesA.J. McCarthyNov. 4 2014 7:46 PMFacebook Reports Uptick in Government Requests for User DataLily Hay NewmanNov. 4 2014 12:51 PMExpanded Skin Colors Are Coming to Emojis As Diversity Effort ContinuesLily Hay NewmanNov. 4 2014 8:55 AMWhat Will Amazon Look Like When It Grows Up?Shareholders are tired of losing money. Andrés MartinezNov. 3 2014 4:29 PMThere Should Be No More International Reports on Climate ScienceEric HolthausNov. 3 2014 2:07 PMMac Users’ Unsaved Files and Screenshots Are Automatically Stored on iCloudYael GrauerNov. 3 2014 12:33 PM“It’s Not Debatable”Michigan State University’s perfect response to a creationist conference on campus.Mark Joseph SternOct. 31 2014 5:26 PMLaw Enforcement Can Make You Unlock Devices With Your Fingerprint in VirginiaLily Hay NewmanOct. 31 2014 11:53 AMUnidentified Drones Keep Flying Over French Nuclear PlantsLily Hay NewmanOct. 31 2014 10:48 AMEarly Season Snowstorm Zeroes In on the Carolinas and New EnglandEric HolthausOct. 30 2014 5:47 PMWill Amazon Lead Us to the Golden Age of Books?Ariel Bogle Nov. 6 2014 11:55 AMWill the Family Survive the Revolution in Reproductive Technology? A Future Tense Event.Nov. 5 2014 6:52 PMRehabbing Abandoned Video Games Should Be LegalLily Hay NewmanNov. 5 2014 2:07 PMNetizen Report: Attacks on Media Peak as Mexico Reaches Boiling PointNov. 5 2014 1:08 PMBundle Up: November Is Going to Be Really Cold in the Eastern United StatesEric HolthausNov. 5 2014 10:22 AMYellowstone and Grand Teton National Park Could Get Fiber Optic ConnectionsFilipa IoannouNov. 4 2014 3:38 PMNew Neill Blomkamp Movie Suggests First Sentient Robot Will Face Struggles, May Become EvilLily Hay NewmanNov. 4 2014 9:51 AMBad SamaritansWhy is a helpful new suicide prevention app causing so much backlash?Katy WaldmanNov. 3 2014 5:15 PMGoogle Is Moving Away From Its Original Mission StatementLily Hay NewmanNov. 3 2014 3:40 PMTinder for Dogs Is the Best TinderLaura BradleyNov. 3 2014 12:36 PMJohn Oliver Warns About the New Lowe’s Robot Sales AssistantsLily Hay NewmanOct. 31 2014 6:44 PMIntel Owes You $15 If Your Computer 14 Years Ago Had a Pentium 4 ProcessorLily Hay NewmanOct. 31 2014 5:06 PMFinally, a Drone That Saves Lives Rather Than Take Them A.J. McCarthyOct. 31 2014 10:51 AMDon’t Fear Artificial IntelligenceElon Musk calls AI “our biggest existential threat.” He’s wrong.Adam ElkusOct. 30 2014 6:47 PMGoogle Has to Pay Up for Showing a Woman’s Cleavage on Street ViewLily Hay NewmanOct. 30 2014 4:07 PMNintendo Is Expanding into “Non-Wearable” Health-Tracking DevicesLily Hay Newman READ MORE STORIES