
This Week in Tech and Science: December 2, 2015
Nest makes it easy to add smarts to your home, Razer teams up with Lenovo, the numbers from Black Friday, the NSA to shut down bulk phone snooping and more.

Nest makes it easy to add smarts to your home, Razer teams up with Lenovo, the numbers from Black Friday, the NSA to shut down bulk phone snooping and more.
By Darren Murph

Will this gigantic, 13-inch tablet simultaneously kill the laptop and fulfill all our dreams?
By Eric Adams

Facebook’s M, PS2 emulation on the PS4, Samsung’s Gear VR and more.
By Darren Murph

Fossil buys Misfit, Spotify offers concert recommendations, Amazon delivers takeout and more.
By Darren Murph

Facebook lurking on the rise, streaming Star Trek, VR filmmaking and more.
By Darren Murph

Gaelan Connell celebrated his 25th birthday on the set of Blood, Sand and Gold, an action/adventure film he financed almost entirely with his life savings.

In a Brooklyn basement, a group of wargamers breathe life into tabletop games played with models, miniatures, dice and intense strategy.
By Chris Wright

A 10-player game breaks all the rules of arcade gaming, and may be coming soon to a city near you.
By Chris Wright

Esports are a multimillion-dollar industry, but remain a mystery to most Americans.
By Nick Milanes

What do Pac-Man, Halo, Limbo and Minecraft have in common?
By Chris Wright

Facebook rethinks real names, free roaming in Europe, Twitch beyond gaming and more.
By Darren Murph

Will serious photographers want to make gifs? Or do millennials want to make better gifs?
By Tucker Bowe

Before the Polaroid, there was tintype photography.
By AJ Powell

Can the new crop of smartpens save the world from emojis and truncated, thumb-tapped anachronisms?

Tesla’s autopilot, the growth of YouTube Gaming, Dropbox’s foray into productivity and more.
By Darren Murph

Household chores take a lot of time.
By Tucker Bowe

From Boston Dynamics to Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab, these are the laboratories shaping our robotic future.
By Darren Murph

Technically, RX1R II has a lot to offer.
By Jack Seemer

Amazon rates itself, AT&T misses the mark, Microsoft’s first laptop and more.
By Darren Murph

For these athletes and photographers, alpine wonderlands are both office and playground.
By Tucker Bowe