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Robinhood ordered to pay $70m penalty to US regulator

Musk aims to cut Starlink user terminal price from $500 to as low as $250

What Tim Berners-Lee's $5M NFT Sale Means for Web History

Crucial Tech Like Email Is Still Failing Trans Employees

El Salvador’s Race to Be the Bitcoin Capital of the World

Perk Up With the Best Latte and Cappuccino Makers

This OnePlus Phone Is a Good Deal—Except for the Cameras

The Experimental African Houses That Outsmart Malaria

How to Stay Cool Without Air-Conditioning

Black Scientists Find Community—and Plan for the Road Ahead

The Antitrust Case Against Facebook Is Very Much Alive

Microsoft digitally signs malicious rootkit driver

BetterDiscord Lets Users Mod the App to Their Heart’s Content

A Space Laser Shows How Catastrophic Sea Level Rise Will Be

Hackers exploited 0-day, not 2018 bug, to mass-wipe My Book Live devices

Mario Golf: Super Rush Takes Way Too Big a Swing

A New Type of Supernova Unlocks Old Stellar Mysteries

Lakes Are Losing Oxygen—and Their Inhabitants Are in Danger

Emily Is Away Re-Creates Social Media's Awkward, Early Days

After Years of Searching, I Found the Perfect Camera Bag

Alondra Nelson Wants to Make Science and Tech More Just

How to Get Windows 11’s Best New Features Right Now

SolarWinds Hackers Continue Assault With New Microsoft Breach

How Underground Fiber Optics Spy on Humans Moving Above

The Wild Spread of Drug Wars, From Calculators to Phones

The Science and Spirituality of Looking for Life on Mars

The Race to Put Silk in Nearly Everything

America’s ‘Smart City’ Didn’t Get Much Smarter

24,000 Years in Ice Still Didn’t Kill These Ancient Critters

The Secret Workings of Smell Receptors, Revealed At Last

Gaming With My Husband Made Our Marriage Stronger

The Best Wireless Earbuds for Every Mood

How to Make Sure Your Browser Extensions Are Safe

SolarWinds hackers breach new victims, including a Microsoft support agent

Hackers Are Erasing Western Digital Hard Drives Remotely

The Best VR Headsets to Try (and Some to Avoid)

A $26 Billion Plan to Save the Houston Area From Rising Seas

What Gaming Does to Your Brain—and How You Might Benefit

A well-meaning feature leaves millions of Dell PCs vulnerable

What the Pentagon’s New UFO Report Reveals About Humankind

NFC flaws let researchers hack an ATM by waving a phone

US Vaccinations Slow, Americans Venture Out, and More News

Bubble Is a Sci-Fi Comedy About Monsters and Hipsters

US Takedown of Iranian Media Sites Extends a Thorny Precedent

In Africa, Content Moderation Is a Dangerous Game

The Enduring Power of #FreeBritney

The Unfortunate Punkonomics of Cryptocurrency

How to Break Into the Hex From 'WandaVision'—With Physics!

The Alarming Blind Spots in Healthcare AI

How to Return and Exchange Your Unwanted Gifts or Purchases

These Retro Gaming Consoles Deliver a Dose of Nostalgia

Tiny Satellites Could Help Warn of the Next Big Hurricane

The Most Important Things Microsoft Announced Today

“I’m totally screwed.” WD My Book users wake up to find their data deleted

The Biggest Windows 11 News Is an App Store Overhaul

Hackers are using unknown user accounts to target Zyxel firewalls and VPNs

NFC Flaws Let Researchers Hack ATMs by Waving a Phone

Before Guitar Hero, Gamers Rocked Out to Gitaroo Man

The Delta and Gamma Covid-19 Variants Are Taking Over the US

The World Needs Deepfake Experts to Stem This Chaos

Trick Out Your iPhone 12 With These Cases and Accessories

Volunteers Digitized Centuries of Handwritten Rain Data

Andreessen Horowitz Goes Ham on Crypto with a New $2.2B Fund

The Untold Story Behind Lev's Voice in The Last of Us Part II

How to Survive the Worst Tornado in US History

A Well-Meaning Feature Leaves Millions of Dell PCs Vulnerable

How to Watch Microsoft's Windows 11 Event—and What to Expect

John McAfee Dies in Spanish Prison After Extradition Order

John McAfee found dead by apparent suicide in Spanish prison cell

Cable ISP Altice slashes upload speeds from 35Mbps to as low as 5Mbps

French Spyware Executives Are Indicted for Aiding Torture

Prime Day 2021 Is Over: Here Are the 48 Best Remaining Deals

Ahoy, there’s malice in your repos—PyPI is the latest to be abused

Stop Putting Pressure on Developers to Rush Games to Market

Help! How Do I Make My Workplace More Diverse?

Can Some Classy Cookware Zap the Microwave's Bad Rap?

Google Launches a New Medical App—Outside the US

The Coelacanth May Live for a Century. That’s Not Great News

These Startups Are Betting on a Remote-First World

What if Shopping on Amazon Was Just … Better?

A week after arrests, Cl0p ransomware group dumps new tranche of stolen data

Why Utilities Want to Control Your Smart Thermostat

12 Best Coffee Maker Deals for Amazon Prime Day (2021)

The Best Electric Toothbrush is Half Off ($25) for Prime Day

Monero emerges as crypto of choice for cybercriminals

All the Ways Amazon Tracks You—and How to Stop It

This Agency Wants to Figure Out Exactly How Much You Trust AI

Zoom Nearly Broke My Body. Here’s How to Protect Yours

An Observatory Spied on LA’s Carbon Emissions—From Space

How to Safely Stay Connected When You Travel

Changes Are Coming to Google Chat and Meet. Here's What's New

The Joy and Liberation of Customizing Your Avatar

Ranked Choice Voting Reveals the Weird Math of Elections

He Thought He Could Outfox the Gig Economy. He Was Wrong

Connecting to malicious Wi-Fi networks can mess with your iPhone

25 Prime Day Deals for Your Post-Vax Summer Adventures

Amazon Prime Day 2021 Phone Deal: The OnePlus 8 Is Only $350

11 Prime Day PC Parts Deals to Build Your Own PC (2021)

An Algorithm That Predicts Deadly Infections Is Often Flawed

Amazon Prime Day 2021: 25 Best Outdoor and Fitness Deals (Camping, Hiking, and More)

A New Wave of Dating Apps Takes Cues From TikTok and Gen Z

20 Best Gaming Gear Deals for Prime Day 2021: PC, Switch, PlayStation, Xbox

Transit Agencies Are Trying Everything to Lure You Back

20 Best Prime Day Deals on Amazon Devices: Kindle, Echo, Fire (2021)

Northern Farms Are Releasing Massive Amounts of Carbon

Amazon Prime Day 2021: 37 Best Kitchen, Home, Kids Deals

Loki Has Always Been Marvel’s Most Queer Character

No, Covid-19 Vaccines Won't Make You Magnetic. Here's Why

On Prime Day, Organizers Want You to Think of the Workers

The 47 Best Prime Day Deals if You Work From Home

35 Awesome Prime Day Deals for $50 or Less

The 51 Absolute Best Prime Day Deals

Walmart 'Deals for Days' 2021: The 18 Best Deals We've Found

Target 'Deal Days' Sale: The 22 Best Deals So Far (2021)

Your Favorite Mobile Apps That Can Also Run in a Web Browser

The Mystery at the Heart of Physics—That Only Math Can Solve

Tech Companies Want to Tackle Harassment in Gaming

Catch Some Shut-Eye With Our 7 Favorite Sleep Sounds

A Bug in the Android Google App Put Privacy at Risk

Your TV Sounds Terrible. A Soundbar Can Fix That

Let Users Own the Tech Companies They Help Build

M.O.D.O.K. Is How Marvel Can Master the Multiverse

Samsung’s New Galaxy A52 5G Is a Reliable Droid

What's With All This Ooey, Gooey Sea Snot?

These Are Our Favorite Smart Displays Right Now

Games Don't Just Let You Escape. They Also Help You Remember

The US Government Is Finally Moving at the Speed of Tech

This Low-Tech Habit Kept Me Connected in the Lonely Pandemic

Some Practical Advice for Living With a Writer

The 9 Best Turntables for Your Vinyl Collection

The Mystery of Betelgeuse's Dimming Has Finally Been Solved

A New Tool Wants to Save Open Source from Supply Chain Hacks

A Quick and Dirty Agenda for Congress to Curb Big Tech

The Sex Lives of Superheroes

Beware Smokescreen Trolling, Trump Followers' Favorite Tactic

As the Nation Reopens, Americans Are on the Road Again

Which Amazon Echo or Alexa Speaker Is Best for You?

How to Practice Emergency Preparedness as Self-Care

Baltimore May Soon Ban Face Recognition for Everyone but Cops

Ukraine arrests ransomware gang in global cybercriminal crackdown

Newly discovered Vigilante malware outs software pirates and blocks them

The Cl0p Bust Shows Exactly Why Ransomware Isn't Going Away

Real Diplomacy is a Start, but the US Needs to Make Putin Pay

GPS III’s Long Journey Is Picking Up Speed

The Best Kindles to Take Your Library Anywhere

Test Out Next-Gen Space Tech in Kerbal Space Program

On Microphones, Music, and Our Long Year of Screen Time

The Lithium Mine Versus the Wildflower

18 Last-Minute Father's Day Gifts on Sale Now

The Efforts to Make Text-Based AI Less Racist and Terrible

The Delta Variant and Low Vaccine Rates Could Spell Trouble

This Robot Spies on Creatures in the Ocean's ‘Twilight Zone’

The Best Games (and Trailers) From E3

Nintendo Has Been Stuck in a Creative Rut

Become a Prime Day Pro With These Tips and 10 Early Deals

Help! What Should I Do About My Cliquey Coworkers?

Sweat Gives Influencers Something They’ve Never Had: Depth

How to Pick the Right Roku for Your TV

The Unwitting Covid Allegory in A Quiet Place Part II

A Tentacle-Headed Robot Amuses Your Pets While You're Away

Why Do I Like Waiting for My Smartphone Photos to 'Develop'?

Apple and Google’s New AI Wizardry Promises Privacy—at a Cost

DuckDuckGo’s Quest to Prove Online Privacy Is Possible

The Challenge of Covid-19 Vaccines for the Immunosuppressed

Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit 122° Fahrenheit

Apple Says It's Time to Digitize Your ID, Ready or Not

NASA Might Put a Huge Telescope on the Far Side of the Moon

Zillow Taps AI to Improve Its Home Value Estimates

The Best iPad to Buy (and the Ones to Avoid)

Streaming Games to Your TV Actually Started in the '80s

Ghosts ‘n Goblins Is Back—Pain, Laughs, and All

WIRED's Ultimate Summer Reading List 2021: Books for Kids and Teens

What If Doctors Are Always Watching, but Never There?

How Humans Think When They Think As Part of a Group

I Treated My Unhealthy Gaming Obsession ... With More Games

From Tamagotchi to Nintendogs: Why People Love Digital Pets

How Do You Make a Robot Walk on Mars? It's a Steep Challenge

How Some Americans Are Breaking Out of Political Bubbles

18 Amazon Prime Perks You Might Not Be Using

Pokémon Cards Are Surging. So Is Hate Toward Graders

The Biktrix Kutty X Is a Refined Fat-Tire Ebike That Folds

What Makes Quantum Computing So Hard to Explain?

The Best E3 Deals on Top Games and Gear

All the New Privacy Features Coming to iOS and macOS

Which Amazon Fire Tablet Is Best for You?

Google Won't Kill the URL After All

We Asked Giant Robot Experts to Critique Video Game Mecha

What You Should Know About Voilá, the Latest Viral Selfie App

When the Bison Come Back, Will the Ecosystem Follow?

Here's Why Gadgets Are So Hard to Get Right Now

Which iPhone Should You Buy (or Avoid) Right Now?

The 17 Best Weekend Deals on Headphones, Webcams, and More

As Ransomware Demands Boom, Insurance Keeps Paying Out

CD Project Red does an about-face, says ransomware crooks are leaking data

The FBI's Anom Stunt Rattles the Encryption Debate

Why Do People Love UFOs So Much?

To Fight Online Misinformation, Criminalize Voter Suppression

The Best Mouse (and Mousepads) for Every Kind of Gamer

A Mystery Malware Stole 26 Million Passwords From Windows PCs

Loki and the Return of Appointment Television

Jeff Bezos Risks It All for His Space Dream

You're Probably Not Using the Web's Best Browser

Amazon's Fire HD 10 Is Still the Best Cheap Tablet Around

MacOS Monterey Is When Apple Starts Leaving Intel Macs Behind

Apple Wants to Control Your Universe

Games Are Reimagining the Road Trip for a Modern Era

A New Way to Understand the Brain's Intricate Rhythm

Hackers Stole a Ton of EA Data—Including Valuable Source Code

EA source code stolen by hacker claiming to sell it online

How Risky Is It to Send Jeff Bezos to the Edge of Space?

Political and Urban-Rural Divides Prolong The Digital Divide

The Joy and Misery of Hunting for Video Game Trophies

Remember When Multiplayer Gaming Needed Envelopes and Stamps?

How to Protect Species and Save the Planet—at Once

Amazon's New Buds Make It Easier to Summon Alexa Than Ever

How to Celebrate LGBTQ Pride Month—IRL or Online

VC Pledged to 'Do Better' on Diversity. It's Barely Changed

The Best Made-Up Worlds Are Made Up of Real Parts

They Role-Played Fascism in Roblox. Were They Fashies IRL?

Mystery malware steals 26M passwords from 3M PCs. Are you affected?

Facial Verification Won't Fight Fraud

The Case for Putting Down the Video Game Controller

Help! How Do I Make Work Friends When Everyone's Remote?

Meowza! Spoil Your Kitty With Deals on Cat Gear

Hackers can mess with HTTPS connections by sending data to your email server

What It Takes to Turn a Video Game Into a Tabletop One

Want OLED and Speed for Under $1,000? Get This Asus Laptop

Watch Drones Fly Through a Fake Forest Without Crashing

The Pandemic Put an End to Rush Hour. What Happens Now?

If You Want to Live in Apple World, Gather All Your iDevices

Want to Write Better? Here Are Some Tools to Help You Improve

Crypto Isn’t About Money. It’s About Fandom

Our Favorite Cheap Earbuds Are an Unbelievable $16 Right Now

How an Obscure Company Took Down Big Chunks of the Internet

How to Turn Off Amazon Sidewalk

Weber’s New Smoker Makes Some Mighty Tasty Meats

Could Brain Training Help Address Police Brutality?

Deathloop and the Radical Necessity of 2 Black Leads

The Colorful, Costly World of Custom Keyboard Enthusiasts

Going Medieval Is a Great Entry Point Into Colony Sims

This Plastic Phone Case Could Biodegrade Within 2 Years

Your Clothes Spew Microfibers Before They’re Even Clothes

What Really Happened When Google Ousted Timnit Gebru

US seizes $2.3 million Colonial Pipeline paid to ransomware attackers

All the Top Features Coming to Your iPhone This Fall

Everything Apple Announced Today: New iOS, Privacy Updates

Ransomware Hit Another Pipeline Firm—and 70GB of Data Leaked

The Incredible, Absurd World of Disco Elysium: The Final Cut

The 15 Best Wireless Headphones for Everyone

China's Quiet Ecommerce Giant Thrives on Fresh Produce

A New Way to Shape Metal Nanoparticles—With a Magnetic Field

Why Are Writers Fleeing Substack for Ghost?

Google Hopes AI Can Turn Search Into a Conversation

4 Tips to Send (and Receive) Better Texts

Covid Brings Automation to the Workplace, Killing Some Jobs

How to Watch Today's Apple WWDC Keynote

China Has Triggered a Bitcoin Mining Exodus

RevAir's Hair Dryer Is a One-Stop Blow Out Shop

Hacker lexicon: What is a supply chain attack?

10 Essential Accessories to Up Your Backyard Grilling Game

Will a Volcanic Eruption Be a Burp or a Blast?

A Love Letter to Grand Theft Auto's Best Side Stories

Google's $99 A-Series Earbuds Are AirPods for Android

Twitch Turns 10, and the Creator Economy Is in Its Debt

How to Protect Your Files From Ransomware

The FBI’s Director Compares Ransomware Threat to 9/11

The Safest Way to Store and Share Your Nudes

Trump's Failed Blog Proves He Was Just Howling Into the Void

Black Barbecue Gets Its Due in an Inspiring New Cookbook

The 9 Best TVs We've Tested (and Helpful Buying Tips)

Our Favorite Audiophile-Grade Gear for Serious Listening

The Drought Is Making the Klamath River’s Baby Salmon Sick

This Kids Speaker Is Adorable, Screen-Free Fun

14 Best Weekend Deals on Video Games, TVs, and Home Appliances

Why Are There So Few Women in Wargaming?

This is not a drill: VMware vuln with 9.8 severity rating is under attack

Trump's Ban Shows the Facebook Oversight Board Is Kind of Working

New Vaccine Incentives, Surplus Dose Shipments, and More News

Love, Death & Robots Is Growing Up

Apple's WWDC 2021 Starts Monday. Here's What to Expect

The Avengers Campus at Disneyland Kinda Weirds Me Out

You Need to Weigh Some Water. All You’ve Got Is a Paper Clip

A Google Alum Wants to Make Search Pure Again

How a Smartphone Can Help You Cope With Epilepsy

Oximeters Used to Be Designed for Equity. What Happened?

Ransomware will now get priority treatment at the Justice Department

Get Your Covid Vaccine, Win a Million Dollars

This Electric Kick Scooter Is Lightweight and Folds Fast

I Revisited SaGa Frontier—and My Bisexual Video Game Crush

Microsoft’s Vote Tracking Software Clears a Major Hurdle

Google's New Nest Hub Beats Wearing a Sleep Tracker to Bed

Attack on meat supplier came from REvil, ransomware’s most cut-throat gang

Our Favorite Hair Dryers and Diffusers

Don't End Up on This Artificial Intelligence Hall of Shame

One of Our Favorite Standing Desks Just Got Cheaper

The Sneaky, Lying Flower That Pretends to Be a Rotting Beetle

Changing Minds About Why Doctors Change Their Minds

How an Adaptive Game Controller Helps My Family Bond

They Rage-Quit the School System—and They're Not Going Back

Get Ready for Summer With These Nature-Themed Board Games

Wait, Vaccine Lotteries Actually Work?

The All-Seeing Eyes of New York’s 15,000 Surveillance Cameras

Six-Word Sci-Fi: Stories Written By You

Lyft’s Revamped Bike-Share Ebike Is Sleek—and Beefy

Help! Must We With the Virtual Meeting Small Talk?

How Apps and VR Therapy Can Help OCD Patients

More Content Moderation Is Not Always Better

45 Father’s Day Gifts for the Dependable Dad in Your Life

The UK Has a Plan for a New ‘Pandemic Radar’ System

Welcome to Planet Egirl

Ransomware Hits a Food Supply Giant—and Underscores Dire Risk

Shortages loom as ransomware hamstrings the world’s biggest meat producer

There’s Hope for American Movie Theaters After All

New to Vinyl Records? Here’s What You Need to Know

Inside Silicon Valley’s Mayo Marketing Madness

The Mayor of Reno Is Betting Big on the Blockchain

This Arcane Manual Could Lead to More Human-Friendly Cities