Smartphone security: Law enforcement to issue call for help from tech companies – In the U.S., one-third of robberies involve the theft of a mobile device. Top law enforcement officials from New York and San Francisco will ask for help on Thursday from the companies that make those devices. They want smartphone makers to be smarter about security.

The Future of Train Travel: Life in Hyper-Speed – The “Hyperloop” would, according to Musk, “never crash, be immune to weather, go twice as fast as an airplane, four times as fast as a bullet train, and – to top it off – run completely on solar power.” While this sounds like a too-good-to-be-true idea straight out of a science fiction novel, our friends at Business Insider believe that there’s no reason the Hyperloop couldn’t become reality with enough political and financial backing – but that’s quite the caveat.