Two and a half years ago, I fell in love with a mechanical keyboard. It was comfortable to use but profoundly loud, to the point of being obnoxious. It was audible across rooms and through walls and ...

Would you type in millions of lines of codes so you can use expensive software like Adobe Photoshop or games like "Call of Duty: Black Ops 3" for free? Probably not. It would take so long that a new ...

Debilitating hand pain is always bad news, but Harold Pimentel’s was especially unwelcome. As a computational-biology PhD student, his work involved constant typing — and he was born with only one arm ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. A lot of companies are ...