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What It'll Take to Get Power Back in New Orleans After Ida

Facebook Quietly Makes a Big Admission

Funimation’s Crunchyroll Acquisition Means Big Anime Is Here

The Best Wireless Earbuds for Working Out

Windows 11 arrives on October 5, Android apps will come later

Dell's New Laptop-Tablet Hybrid Is Great—but Pricey

So … What If Aliens’ Quantum Computers Explain Dark Energy?

Mass Effect  Is Kind of a Utopia for the Chronically Ill

Should Kids Get Covid Shots Through Off-Label Prescriptions?

Meet the Little-Known Genius Who Helped Make Pixar Possible

Coinbase erroneously reported 2FA changes to 125,000 customers

Only 60% of AT&T’s network in Louisiana is working as Ida pummels state

Zoom Dysmorphia Is Following People Into the Real World

These Are the 9 Android Phones Worth Buying

Our Favorite Paper Planners for Crossing Tasks off Your List

An Experimental Birth Control Attacks Sperm Like a Virus

How to Prepare for Your Eventual Return to the Office

The $150 Million Machine Keeping Moore’s Law Alive

The Delta Variant Is Making Covid a Pandemic of the Young

Nothing Can Eat Australia’s Cane Toads—So They Eat Each Other

6 Things You Need to Do to Prevent Getting Hacked

Which Google Pixel Phone (and Gear) Should You Buy?

Computer Scientists Find a Key Research Algorithm's Limits

The Best Fitness Trackers and Watches for Everyone

11 Ways to Upgrade Your Wi-Fi and Make Your Internet Faster

How to Save Money on Your Digital Subscriptions

A bad solar storm could cause an “Internet apocalypse”

California Man Stole 610,000 iCloud Photos in Search of Nudes

The 8 Best Smart Speakers With Alexa or Google Assistant

‘Prebunking’ Health Misinformation Tropes Can Stop Their Spread

The Samsung Galaxy Watch4 Is Almost Android's Apple Watch

Radioactive Rat Snakes Could Help Monitor Fukushima Fallout

Last Stop Is a Playable Love Letter to London

17 Early Labor Day Deals on Laptops, Headlamps, and TVs

Explosion in Geofence Warrants Threatens Privacy Nationwide

“Worst cloud vulnerability you can imagine” discovered in Microsoft Azure

Why Florida’s Covid Surge Is Screwing With the Water Supply

New Vaccine Decisions, an Influx of Mandates, and More News

Making Diablo II Was Pure Hell

The Architects of the Metaverse Need to Read the Virtual Room

You Should Have Waited for the Official 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Trailer

The 5 Best Portable Espresso Makers for a Shot on the Go

Would the Free Guy Inflatable Bubble Protect a Real Person?

Can the Metaverse Thrive if It’s Fully Owned by Facebook?

The Joy of Walking in Games

Titan's Strange Chemical World Gets Simulated in Tiny Tubes

This Rice Cooker Also Slow Cooks, But in Teensy Batches

A Bad Solar Storm Could Cause an 'Internet Apocalypse'

Vaccine Mandates Work—but Only If They’re Done Right

Pokimane Has Done Enough—and Has So Much Left to Do

Need to get root on a Windows box? Plug in a Razer gaming mouse

The Best Cheap Phones for (Almost) Every Budget

Now Isn't the Time to Abandon Contact Tracing

Samsung's Galaxy Buds2 Are Perfect Everyday Earbuds

The Poop About Your Gut Health and Personalized Nutrition

The OnlyFans Porn Ban Reversal Does Not Reassure Creators

The Stealthy iPhone Hacks That Apple Still Can't Stop

Nude hunt: LA phisherman accessed 4,700 iCloud accounts, 620K photos

GM Recalls Every Chevy Bolt Ever Made Over Faulty Batteries

Our Favorite High-Tech Bassinets for Cantankerous Tots

Social Media Algorithms Are Controlling How I Grieve

Which Microsoft Surface Laptop or Tablet Should You Buy?

Samsung's Latest Folding Phones Finally Feel Ready

Afghanistan Almost Beat Polio. Now the Future Is Uncertain

President Biden to host infosec roundtable with tech giant CEOs

A New Chip Cluster Will Make Massive AI Models Possible

Gavin Newsom’s Recall Election Divides Silicon Valley’s Elite

38 million records exposed online—including contact-tracing info

Which Amazon Echo or Alexa Speaker Is Best for You?

Hackers Could Up Medication Doses Through Infusion Pump Flaws

Social Media Helped These Chefs Branch Out of the Kitchen

The Hisense U8G Is the Best Affordable Android TV

How Hub Worlds Shape Video Game Design

This Barnacle-Inspired Glue Seals Bleeding Organs in Seconds

Can Robots Evolve Into Machines of Loving Grace?

Would It Be Fair to Treat Vaccinated Covid Patients First?

So Hey Here’s a Tortoise Hunting and Eating a Baby Bird

38M Records Exposed Online—Including Contact-Tracing Info

This Tracker Uses Helium Hot Spots to Locate Your Valuables

These Are the Best Dyson Vacuums You Can Buy

Data Brokers Know Where You Are—and Want to Sell That Intel

How to Prepare for a Disaster, Emotionally and Mentally

AI Can Write in English. Now It's Learning Other Languages

Are These the Hidden Deepfakes in the Anthony Bourdain Movie?

Can This Sun-Reflecting Fabric Help Fight Climate Change?

20 Amazingly Addictive Couch Co-Op Games

How the Cuttlefish’s Robust Memory System Defies Old Age

Is Your Name Ruining Your Life?

How Big Data Carried Graph Theory Into New Dimensions

Monoprice's $250 Planar Magnetic Headphones Sound Awesome

Looking for a new job in tech? It may be your lucky day

You Should Be Using TweetDeck

The 12 Best Electric Bikes for Every Kind of Ride

Hackers Stole Over $90M From Japan's Liquid Crypto Exchange

Sleepio Conquered My Insomnia Where Quick-Fix Gadgets Failed

A Plan to Slow the Creep of the Sahara—by Planting Gardens

15 Best Weekend Deals on iPads, Fitness Trackers, and More

Now that machines can learn, can they unlearn?

Tesla Bot Takes Tech Demos to Their Logical Conclusion

The US Is Getting Covid Booster Shots. The World Is Furious

Google Docs Scams Still Pose a Threat

OnlyFans’ Explicit Content Ban Betrays Its Creators

Apple’s Photo-Scanning Plan Sparks Outcry From Policy Groups

Biden Pushes Boosters, Schools Mandate Shots, and More News

Tesla Promised a Robot. Was It Just a Recruiting Pitch?

Galactic Empires Are Getting a Little Old

Can Tech Ethics Be Learned—or Is Society Doomed?

Eternals and the Movies That Can Save All Movies

How to Ace Physics Class (Even if You Don’t Ace Physics)

The New Pixel Is Raising the Bar for Cheap Phones

Looking for a New Job in Tech? It’s Your Lucky Day

The SteelSeries Arctis Prime Makes Gaming Comfy and Affordable

Lina Khan’s Theory of the Facebook Antitrust Case Takes Shape

On Roblox, Kids Learn It’s Hard to Earn Money Making Games

Rhianna Pratchett on the Art of Writing Video Game Characters

20 Killer Xbox One Games Every Player Should Try

The Case Against Music Curation

Apple's Newest 4K TV Has an Even Smarter Remote

The Next Big Challenge for Lunar Astronauts? Moon Dust

Horizon Workrooms: Facebook’s Metaverse Is a VR Meetaverse

Now That Machines Can Learn, Can They Unlearn?

How an Obscure Green Bay Packers Site Conquered Facebook

China Aims Its Propaganda Firehose at the BBC

The T-Mobile Data Breach Is Much Worse Than It Had to Be

Hackers who breached T-Mobile stole personal data for ~49 million accounts

Twelve Minutes Is a Diabolical Dive Into the Human Psyche

Big Tech Is Bending to the Indian Government’s Will

It's Time to Bring Back Cargo Pants

Why I’ll Never Finish The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Slinger’s Tennis Ball Launcher Is Cheaper Than a Coach

The Push for Ad Agencies to Ditch Big Oil Clients

Wildfires Used to Be Helpful. How Did They Get So Hellish?

Here’s Where to Get Discounts With a Student Email Address

iPhone keyboard for blind to shut down as maker cites Apple “abuse” of developers

New Regulation Could Cause a Split in the Crypto Community

WhatsApp shuts down Taliban helpline in Kabul

Google’s Pixel 5A Is the Best Android Phone for Most People

The Feds Are Investigating Tesla Over Autopilot Crashes

Virtual Reality Lets You Travel Anywhere—New or Old

Millions of Web Camera and Baby Monitor Feeds Are Exposed

Handhelds Still Aren't Designed for Disabled Gamers

NASA’s Lucy Mission Gets Ready to Fly by the Trojan Asteroids

T-Mobile has been hacked yet again—but still doesn’t know what was taken

The T-Mobile Data Breach Is One You Can’t Ignore

Hospitals hamstrung by ransomware are turning away patients

Ryan Reynolds Called In a Favor for That Big Free Guy Cameo

Cannondale's Adventure Quick Neo 3 Is a Great Everyday Ebike

Is the Robot-Filled Future of Farming a Nightmare or Utopia?

Shopping for a Router Sucks. Here’s What You Need to Know

This AI Helps Detect Wildlife Health Issues in Real Time

Deepfakes Are Now Making Business Pitches

The Coros Pace 2 Is My New Favorite GPS Running Watch

Animals Can Count. How Far Does Their Number Sense Go?

The Vitamix Made Me a Blender Person—No Kale Required

Score Some Sweet Deals With Your Student Email

How to Send Messages That Automatically Disappear

Samsung has its own AI-designed chip. Soon, others will too

Hacker Steals $610M of Cryptocurrency—and Returns Most of It

Want to Slash Carbon Emissions? Start With These Power Plants

Move Over, Topo Chico: How to Make Your Own Sparkling Water

Apple and Google Are Gearing Up to Fight a New App Store Bill

Eastern Hemlocks Face Extinction. A Tiny Fly Could Save Them

iPads, MacBooks, and More Apple Gadgets Are on Sale Right Now

The 17 Best Weekend Deals on Laptops and Smart Home Gadgets

A simple software fix could limit location data sharing

The FDA OKs an Extra Vaccine Dose for Immunosuppressed People

What Airbnb's Summer Boost Reveals About Covid-19 Recovery

Cases Among Kids, New Mandates, and More Coronavirus News

Augmented Reality Has Already Arrived—In Our Ears

Time Travelers Should Be a Lot More Worried About Viruses

The New Delta Variant Meme Is Onto Something

The Physics of Johnny Knoxville, Human Cannonball

OpenAI's Codex Makes Coding As Easy As Talking to a Smart Speaker

Apple’s iCloud Photo-Scanning Tech Explained

Excerpt: How Google bought Android—according to folks in the room

How to Get Free Kindle Books With Your Library Card

Free Guy Sees the Metaverse Through Rose-Colored Glasses

Samsung Has Its Own AI-Designed Chip. Soon, Others Will Too

Why Perseverance's First Mars Drilling Attempt Came Up Empty

A Mammoth Tusk Reveals a Woolly (and Unprecedented) Tale

How the Far Right Exploded on Steam and Discord

A Simple Software Fix Could Limit Location Data Sharing

This Game Set in the Gaza Strip Doesn’t Let You Win

Piepacker Gives Retro Games an Online Co-Op Upgrade

How to Scan a QR Code

Folding Phones Are the New 3D TV

This Device Helps Paralyzed People Breathe—and Sing

Without Code for DeepMind’s Protein AI, One Lab Wrote Its Own

I Think an AI Is Flirting With Me. Is It OK If I Flirt Back?

The Unbearable Cuteness of Instagram Hedgehogs

Leaked voting machine BIOS passwords implicate Q-friendly county clerk

Hackers siphon $600 million in digital tokens, crypto network says

AT&T delays 500,000 fiber-to-the-home builds due to severe fiber shortage

Everything Samsung Announced at Its Unpacked Event

Apple's Privacy Mythology Doesn't Match Reality

The 23 Best Back-to-School Deals on Laptops and Dorm Gear

How to Make Remote Learning Work for Your Children

The IPCC Report's Silver Lining: We Can Tackle Methane Now

The Pain Was Unbearable. So Why Did Doctors Turn Her Away?

A 5G Shortcut Leaves Most Phones Exposed to Stingray

Here’s How to Try All the Top New iOS 15 Features Now

Gymnasts Make the Wolf Turn Look Easy. Physics Shows It’s Not

22 Dorm-Friendly Picks for Heading Back to College

Pac-Man 99 Is a Battle Royale Game That's Actually Accessible

Robots, Microscopes, and Other Fun Ways to Help Kids Learn

Smart Cities, Bad Metaphors, and a Better Urban Future

Biden Wants More EVs on Roads. What About Charging Stations?

Pokémon Unite Is the Perfect, Simple Game We Need Right Now

The NYPD Had a Secret Fund for Surveillance Tools

How to Use Running Apps to Hit the Road

New “Glowworm attack” recovers audio from devices’ power LEDs

Dualtron's New E-Scooter Eats Steep Hills for Breakfast

TikTok Smells Like Gen X Spirit

Twitter's Photo-Cropping Algorithm Favors Young, Thin Females

The Squishy, Far-Out New Experiments Headed to the ISS

The 7 Best Laptops and Tablets for College Students

The UN Climate Report: All Is Not Well—but All Is Not Lost

The Best Chromebooks for Every Budget

Watch Out, Beyond Burgers—the Fungi Renaissance Is Here

If YouTube Algorithms Radicalize Users, Data Doesn’t Show It

How to turn Online Friends Into IRL Ones

A Failed Star Called 'The Accident' Puzzles Astronomers

What You Should Know About the Google Play Store Changes

Our Favorite Products to Use Over and Over Again

The Delta Variant Has Warped Our Risk Perception

With Kate, Netflix Is Still Looking for Its Own John Wick

Considering a MacBook? Here are Our Favorites

Microsoft Edge’s ‘Super Duper Secure Mode’ Does What It Says

Our Favorite Sun Protection Clothes for Everyday Wear

Can You Recycle a Hard Drive? Google Is Trying to Find Out

AI Wrote Better Phishing Emails Than Humans in a Recent Test

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

The 13 Best Weekend Deals on TVs, Laptops, and Vibrators

He-Man Gets a New Twist in Masters of the Universe: Revelation

It’s the Perfect Time to Switch to a Cheaper Phone Plan

Putin Is Crushing Biden’s Room to Negotiate on Ransomware

Even Snoop Can’t Save the Olympics

These Great Hearing Aids Look Just Like Regular Earbuds

The SMART Health Card Is Not a Vaccine Passport—Kinda

How Memes Became Weapons in the Culture Wars

Where to Get a Covid-19 Vaccine, and What to Expect

A Field Guide for Nature-Resistant Nerds

Paragon is working to get its ntfs3 filesystem into the Linux kernel

Even Small Volcanic Eruptions Could Create Global Chaos

Apple explains how iPhones will scan photos for child-sexual-abuse images

Messaging Apps Have an Eavesdropping Problem

Apple Walks a Privacy Tightrope to Spot Child Abuse in iCloud

John Deere Doubles Down on Silicon Valley and Robots

Apple plans to scan US iPhones for child abuse imagery

SpaceX previews ruggedized Starlink dish for vehicles, ships, and aircraft

Protecting the Immune-Compromised Keeps Everyone Safe

Amazon's Massive GDPR Fine Shows the Law's Power—and Limits

Get the Most Out of Your iPad With These Accessories

These Games Taught Me to Love the Fremium Grind

Dyson’s Omni-glide Stick Vac Leaves Your Broom in the Dust

These Algorithms Look at X-Rays—and Somehow Detect Your Race

What Rat Empathy May Reveal About Human Compassion

11 Face Masks Your Kids May Actually Wear

Critical Cobalt Strike bug leaves botnet servers vulnerable to takedown

Facebook’s Reason for Banning Researchers Doesn’t Hold Up

CenturyLink selling copper network in 20 states instead of installing fiber

Watch a Hacker Hijack a Hotel Room’s Lights, Fans, and Beds

Exactly How Many People Have Long Covid?

Stop Complaining About Mass Effect: Andromeda

The Pandemic Drives Cofounders to Couples Therapy

Struggling to Recruit, Police Turn to Targeted Ads

How to Cut Your Hair at Home

Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse Already Sucks

This New Way to Train AI Could Curb Online Harassment

How to Build a Solar Oven