Month: January 2023

Yes, they’re problematic. They can also reflect an alternate reality that feels eerily close to the truth.

Sure, every influencer owns these buds. They’re still pretty great.

Audacious plans to resurrect the long-extinct bird could be lucrative. But the moonshot raises thorny philosophical questions.

January saw a slew of security patches for iOS, Chrome, Windows, and more.

Biological amino acids could have celestial or terrestrial roots. An experiment simulated their formation in deep space—but the mystery isn’t solved yet.

A tiny Scottish village is betting its future on rocket launches. But the plan may threaten the fragile landscape—and a tenacious billionaire’s ambitions.

Students and professors can’t decide whether the AI chatbot is a research tool—or a cheating engine.

You can now use select Alexa speakers to expand the Wi-Fi coverage of your routers. Let us walk you through how.

More than two years ago, criminals crippled the systems of London’s Hackney Council. It’s still fighting to recover.

Scientists kept the rodents’ immune T cells active four times longer than mice can live—with huge implications for cancer, vaccination, and aging research.

The cash-strapped company recently auctioned off USB dongles but has left some corporate computers in the custody of laid-off staff.

Complex signals and subliminal signs underpin all human verbal communication—and a real-time translation is on the horizon.

Tread lightly on our planet with toys and accessories made from repurposed plastic, and many other Earth-friendly picks.

Schneider Electric’s app-controlled electricity management hardware gives you more control over your power consumption. Are the utilities savings worth it?

Mathematicians predicted that if they imposed enough restrictions on how a shape might tile space, they could force a periodic pattern to emerge. They were wrong.

Garmin’s latest wearable for runners and triathletes adds a new Morning Report to track your daily fitness.

Plus: Microsoft stops selling Windows 10, Substack gets a supersecret Finsta mode, and TikTok tweaks its DMs.

Plus: Hive ransomware gang gets knocked offline, FBI confirms North Korea stole $100 million, and more.

A new research and monitoring program aims to conserve threatened but overlooked saline ecosystems.

The show’s got cred and lots of viewers, yet it’s still in the social media crosshairs. Blame the character’s legacy.

Hospitals have begun using machine learning to help analyze and collect images, and the medical applications are endless.

Now is the time to grab a big screen for the Super Bowl.

It used to be someone who stepped into the fray. Now, it can be anyone.

Fans have spent years trying to comprehend his books, and many still don’t have answers.

For Tonga and other nations disproportionately impacted by the environmental crisis, cash is only a band-aid for a spiraling disaster.

After a long crusade by Fox News’ Tucker Carlson, the brand put its spokescandies on hiatus. It’s a savvy move that seems designed for social media.

The Galaxy A14 5G is easily the best phone you can buy for $200.

The company’s founders pioneered putting employees first and said they’d never bow down to Wall Street. How things have changed.

The power to fight human diseases put genome editing on the map. But similar technology could help crops withstand the stress of climate change.