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Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Apple Stuffs the iPad Pro With a New Display and Its Mac M1 Chip

The new high-end tablet uses Mini-LED display technology, supports Thunderbolt, and has the powerful new Mac processor.

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Everything Apple Announced Today: New iMacs, iPads, AirTags

Say hello to new iMacs, new iPads Pro, an updated Apple TV, and some little wireless trackers that keep tabs on your tchotchkes.

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Could Bad Guys Actually Escape Falcon in a Wingsuit for Two?

In The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, a villain straps a hostage to his wingsuit and leaps off a plane. Cue the action—and the fun physics.

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IKEA's Revamped AR App Lets You Design Entire Rooms

The furniture company is going beyond its Place app with IKEA Studio, a much-needed overhaul of its augmented reality offering.

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How to Rank Up In Overwatch, According to the Pros

Whether you are brand new to the game or have played every season, these strategies are worth trying.

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NFTs and AI Are Unsettling the Very Concept of History

Non-fungible tokens and artificial intelligence make tracing the origins of a digital object more fragile. What are the world’s archivists to do?

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How Face Recognition Can Destroy Anonymity

Cameras are everywhere, and increasingly powerful software can pick an individual out of a crowd. Except sometimes algorithms get it wrong.

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After a Year Vaping With the Pax Era Pro, It’s All I Want

Pax’s portable weed pen is the perfect accessory for the BYO world.

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Hungry, Hungry Microbes in Tree Bark Gobble Up Methane

Bad news: Trees emit methane, a greenhouse gas. Good news: Some are home to bacteria that can't get enough of it.

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A Fatal Crash Renews Concerns Over Tesla’s ‘Autopilot’ Claim

The company offers a feature called “Full Self-Driving Capability.” But it remains far from a self-driving car.

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They Hacked McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines—and Started a Cold War

Secret codes. Legal threats. Betrayal. How one couple built a device to fix McDonald’s notoriously broken soft-serve machines—and how the fast-food giant froze them out.

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Monday, April 19, 2021

Facebook Announces Live Audio Rooms, Its Clubhouse Clone

Clubhouse is the latest startup to get cloned by Facebook, as the social media giant announces a suite of new audio features. Who will use them?

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A Firmware Issue Threatens to Make PS4 Games Unplayable

Without a fix to older PlayStations, it’s only a matter of time before older games are rendered obsolete.

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Hackers Used to Be Humans. Soon, AIs Will Hack Humanity

Like crafty genies, AIs will grant our wishes, and then hack them, exploiting our social, political, and economic systems like never before.

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Union Says Amazon Violated Labor Law in the Alabama Election

Amazon defeated the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union’s bid to represent workers at one warehouse. The union claims the company fought dirty.

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Let Lonely Mountains: Downhill Take Your Breath Away

Unspoiled wilderness meets high-speed thrills in a meditative mountain biking game that's still picking up new fans.

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Crush the Dance Floor With These Colorful Retro Beat Machines

The Polish company Polyend has collaborated with a trio of electronic music artists to infuse its audio creation hardware with blasts of color.

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Nations Need Ambassadors to Big Tech

Governments see that companies have country-like powers, but they can’t figure out how to deal with their un-country-like structures. Diplomats could help.

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NASA Lands Ingenuity, the First Ever Mars Helicopter

The copter safely whirled its way up and back down, demonstrating the first powered, controlled flight on another planet.

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Want to Get Along With Robots? Pretend They’re Animals

Robotics ethicist Kate Darling surveys our history with animals—in work, war, and companionship—to show how we might develop similar relationships with robots.

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How to Watch Tomorrow’s Apple Event

The company is expected to unveil some new hardware Tuesday. Here’s how to stream the big show.

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Sunday, April 18, 2021

These Are Our Favorite Hair Straighteners

Curls and waves are beautiful. But when you want to smooth them out, these hot tools (including irons, a brush, and a comb) work wonders.

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Mathematicians Settle the Erdős Coloring Conjecture

Fifty years ago, three mathematicians came up with a graph theory problem that they thought they might solve on the spot. A team has finally settled it.

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Ecobee’s Ecosystem Is an Easy Way to Embrace the Smart Home

For the past six months, this Alexa-integrated security and thermostat platform made my house feel safer and more comfortable.

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The Pandemic Proved That Our Toilets Are Crap

The core technologies for sewage systems were developed over a hundred years ago. It's time to get better, healthier updates in the pipeline.

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How the Smart Remote Lost Its Way

Once, we dreamed of one controller to rule them all. But when Logitech killed off the Harmony line, it ended an era.

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How to Schedule Emails and Texts to Send Anytime You Want

Your messages don’t have to go out right away. Be strategic about when your recipient gets them.

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Saturday, April 17, 2021

The Best Accessories for Your New PlayStation 5

From backup controllers to full-on sound systems, here are our favorite complements to your PS5.

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How the FBI Got Into the San Bernardino Shooter’s iPhone

Plus: Russian sanctions, Europe’s SolarWinds fallout, and more of this week’s top security news.

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Everyone On Facebook’s Oversight Board Should Resign

The committee's coming decision on banning Donald Trump from the platform is meaningless. Its existence only gets in the way of actually fixing Facebook.

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What Is Hi-Fi Audio, and Should You Pay More for It?

A number of streaming services offer "high-quality" options, from Amazon Music to Spotify's upcoming tier. Here's how to demystify them.

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We’re Starting to See How Covid PPE Litter Affects Wildlife

More than a year into the pandemic, scientists and environmentalists have the first data on where disposable gloves and masks are turning up in ecosystems.

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15 Best Weekend Deals on TVs, Smart Speakers, and PC Gear

It’s a laid-back, put-your-feet-up kind of weekend. These discounts might help get your zen on.

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Friday, April 16, 2021

A Pause on J&J, Preparation for Booster Shots, and More News

Catch up on the most important updates from this week.

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Turns Out, Spock Is Kinda Bad at Logic

For her new book, Julia Galef cataloged the Vulcan's predictions and found events he describes as "impossible" actually happened 83 percent of the time.

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Tips to Make Recovering From Surgery or Illness Easier

Embracing the tools that let us live and work in a pandemic made a recent recovery much easier. Here's what I learned.

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Archaeologists Unearth a ‘Lost Golden City’ in Egypt

The Luxor finding has been called "the second most important archaeological discovery" since King Tut's tomb.

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Microsoft Is Big Tech’s Fifth Horseman

Plus: Bill Gates’ departure, post-jab symptoms, and a new era for cryptocurrency.

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Can the ArcLight Cinema in Hollywood Be Saved?

Cinephiles have been mourning the news that the iconic movie theater won’t reopen. But there might still be hope for the Cinerama Dome.

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The FDA’s Decision to Pause J&J Could Help Defeat Covid-19

A slower vaccine rollout isn’t ideal, but it’s more important that Americans know they can trust officials to address health concerns when they arise.

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

Whether you’re into esports or casual fragging, these are the greatest gaming mice we’ve tested.

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People Are Playing a Guessing Game in Google Maps

For most people, GeoGuessr is a fun way to pass the time. For others, it’s a way into the record books.

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What Octopus Dreams Tell Us About the Evolution of Sleep

Understanding how other animals dream could help us figure out why it’s so important to the human brain, and why it may have been preserved throughout history.

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Come Cry With Us on Gadget Lab’s 500th Episode Extravaganza

This week, we mark a major milestone by inviting our podcast’s past co-hosts to share their memories of working on the show. It’s equal parts lulz and tears.

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Cord-Cutting Isn't About Saving Money. It's About Control

Making the switch to streaming used to be a way to pay only for what you watched. Those days are long gone.

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Thursday, April 15, 2021

Pausing the J&J Vaccine Was Easy. Unpausing Will Be Hard

Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine was supposed to be the uncomplicated one. But even with new data, getting people to trust it again will be tricky.

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US Sanctions on Russia Rewrite Cyberespionage's Rules

The US has sent a loud message to Moscow—though what it's saying isn’t exactly clear.

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Google Earth Now Shows You Our Planet’s Slow Deterioration

A new time-lapse video feature in Google Earth lets users see how humans have reshaped the globe over the decades.

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DJI's New Drone Makes Aerial Cinematography a Breeze

A better image sensor and more AI-powered video smarts make the Air 2S one of the best drones you can buy.

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How to Use Smart Lighting to Transform Your Kid’s Bedroom

Is your child scared of the dark? These tech tips can help vanquish the monsters in the closet—or create good vibes for teens.

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Sorry, but ‘I Missed the Meeting’ Is No Longer an Excuse

AI audio transcription is getting smarter—and it's taking notes on your work meetings.

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Respawn’s Apex Legends Is Just Getting Started

From a surprise launch to a diverse cast, the Titanfall developer's live service game has a lot going for it, and even more coming.

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This Coffee Brewer Uses a Vacuum to Make a Delicious Cup

This innovative brewer uses a vacuum pump to filter your coffee, resulting in a cleaner, less bitter cup.

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The Humble Shrub That’s Predicting a Terrible Fire Season

Chamise may not look (or smell) like much, but it's actually a kind of crystal ball for understanding how badly California might burn.

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Wednesday, April 14, 2021

The Biggest Security Threats to the US Are the Hardest to Define

In a Senate briefing, the heads of the major intelligence agencies warned the public about dangers that offer no easy solutions.

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The FBI Takes a Drastic Step to Fight China’s Hacking Spree

The agency's approach to protecting vulnerable victims of the recent Hafnium attack manages to be at once controversial and refreshingly restrained.

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Help! Am I Oversharing With My Colleagues?

How does a manager strike the balance between honesty and spilling too many secrets?

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This WIRED-Approved Heated Massage Gun Is on Sale Now

The SKG F5 is a much more affordable Theragun alternative, and it even adds heat to help relax your tight muscles. It's 40 percent off.

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These Are the 9 Android Phones Worth Buying

Shopping for a new phone can be an ordeal. Let us take some of the pain out of it with these picks and tips.

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Choices Was the Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Escape I Needed

In the mobile game, I could be anyone I wanted—and my decisions reflected the bolder, braver person I aspired to be.

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Tonal's Home Gym Is Made for Folks Who Want to Get Ripped

In a market dominated by home cardio workout machines, Tonal concentrates on strength-building and muscle toning.

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Will Future Electric Vehicles Be Powered by Deep-Sea Metals?

Mining companies and marine scientists want to know whether harvesting blobs of useful materials from the seafloor harms ocean life.

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Brompton’s Folding Ebike Is Stylish but Sluggish

The weak, inefficient electric assist on the company’s classic and compact bike is just dead weight.

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Who Let the Doge Out? The Cryptocurrency Is As Nutty As Ever

The much wow Dogecoin has had its notable influencers—including, for a brief moment, me.

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Coinbase Makes Its Debut—and Bitcoin Arrives on Wall Street

The largest cryptocurrency exchange goes public through a direct listing, and it could make a bigger debut than Facebook.

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The Sonos Roam Is a Fun-Sized Speaker That Boasts Bold Sound

This super-portable gadget is easy to use, supports Alexa or Google Assistant, and works flawlessly at home or anywhere else.

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5 New Family-Friendly Movies and 1 Actually Good One

This year’s Oscar-nominated animated films have a uniformly safe, childish approach to death. But The Willoughbys—not nominated—will mess you up.

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Did This Scorching-Hot Planet Lose—and Regain—an Atmosphere?

A veritable hellscape of an exoplanet is challenging researchers’ assumptions about what types of worlds host atmospheres.

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Is Silicon Valley Dead? Not According to Venture Dollars

In a record quarter for VC funding, California still takes the cake—further evidence that reports of the region’s demise are greatly exaggerated.

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Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Data Brokers Are a Threat to Democracy

Unless the federal government steps up, the unchecked middlemen of surveillance capitalism will continue to harm our civil rights and national security.

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Master & Dynamic Is Having a Big Sale on Audio Gear Now

You can get 25 percent off sitewide through April 19. That includes discounts on some of our favorite headphones, earbuds, and speakers.

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How Many Homes Could You Power With Free Doughnuts?

Should you get a COVID vaccine? Yes, it will protect you AND protect others to help us move past this pandemic so we can get back to a more normal life. But wait! If you get vaccinated, you can also get a doughnut! At least that's the deal that Krispy Kreme Doughnuts is offering. Once you get your vaccine, you get a doughnut. Oh, it's not just one doughnut—it's one doughnut every day. That's a lot of doughnuts. OK, so how about some physics estimations to go along with your tasty doughnut? Let's say that all the Americans that have a COVID vaccine get (and eat) one doughnut a day. Of course eating food gives you energy to do stuff—that's how food works. So, suppose that all these humans eat their doughnut and then use the extra energy to peddle a stationary bike. All of these bikes are then connected to generators so that they feed into the power grid. What kind of power output would this produce? The first thing we need is the number of doughnuts a day. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) 63 million Americans have been fully vaccinated so far (as of April 7 2021). Oh, don't worry too much about the numbers—I'm going to do all my calculations in python so that you can change the values if that makes you happy. I'm also going to assume that all these people get their doughnut—every day. Next, I need to know the amount of energy per doughnut. According to Krispy Kreme's site, a plain glazed doughnut is 190 Calories. But what the heck is a Calorie? Well, [the original calorie was created to describe changes in thermal energy for different substance](https://ift.tt/2cI7QMj. Then, later people used it to measure the amount of chemical energy your body can get from eating food. However, there is a problem. For some reason, all food labels list stuff in Calories—but these are really kilocalories. So, that doughnut has 190,000 calories. I guess it just sounds like it's too big of a number for people to consider eating. There is another unit of energy—the joule. Since this is the preferred unit of energy for physicists, I'm going to use it. To convert between units, 1 calorie is equal to 4.184 joules. But what does this have to do with your everyday life? Let's consider something you might do without too much effort. Suppose you have a textbook on the floor and you pick it up to put it on a table. Since you are exerting a force on the book over some distance, you have to change the gravitational potential energy of that book. The change in gravitational potential energy is equal to the mass of the book (about 1 kilogram) multiplied by the local gravitational field (g = 9.8 N/kg) and then multiplied by the change in height (about 1 meter). This will give a change in energy of about 10 joules. So that gives you a rough feeling for the amount of energy in a joule. But what about power? Power is the rate of energy change. It tells you how fast you use energy. As an equation, it looks like this: defpower In this expression, if ΔE is the change in energy in units of joules and Δt is the time interval in seconds then the power will be in units of watts. We are almost ready to calculate the vaccine doughnut power. We just need one more estimation—the efficiency. When a human eats a doughnut, only some of the chemical energy goes all the way into useful energy. Also, with a stationary bike generator some of the energy the human uses to push the pedals also goes into heating up some of the moving parts. In the end, only a percentage of the energy goes into electrical energy. This percentage is the efficiency. I'm just going to make a rough guess that the process of doughnut eating to electrical energy is 25 percent efficient. That's it. I just need to take the number of doughnuts per day and convert that energy to joules and then divide by the length of a day (in seconds). Oh, and multiply by the efficiency. Here's what I get. Note: this is actual python code. You can see my calculations and even change them if you like. pythonpower You can see that for each human, it's just a measly 2 watts of power. That's around the power output for a smart phone (power values vary based on use). However, once you include all the vaccinated people we get up to 144 Megawatts. In 2019, the average household power was about 1200 watts. That means that you could use all these doughnuts to run 120 thousand homes. Oh, AND you get vaccinated—that's a win. More Great WIRED Stories 📩 The latest on tech, science, and more: Get our newsletters! When the boss of all dating apps met the pandemic Get moving with our favorite fitness apps and services Why covering canals with solar panels is a power move How to keep nearby strangers from sending you files Help! 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The Most Surprising Gaming Upgrade I've Made? Surround Sound

New mouse? New monitor? New keyboard? Maybe consider some new speakers, instead.

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Microsoft Makes a $16 Billion Entry Into Health Care AI

The company plans to buy Nuance, a speech-recognition firm that grasps the specialized language of medicine—tech that won’t be easy for others to replicate.

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How to Find a Covid-19 Vaccine Appointment in Your Area

Vaccination rollout has been a challenge across the US. These tips should help you figure out when you’re eligible, where to go, and what to expect.

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Plastic Is Falling From the Sky. But Where’s It Coming From?

At any given time, 1,100 tons of microplastic are floating over the western US. New modeling shows the surprising sources of the nefarious pollutant.

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AI Comes to Car Repair, and Body Shop Owners Aren’t Happy

During the pandemic, insurers accelerated the use of automated tools to estimate repair costs. Garage operators say the numbers can be wildly inaccurate.

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Here’s What It Takes to Fly a Drone on Mount Everest

If you're heading to the top of the iconic mountain to look for a dead man and a 100-year-old camera, you want to start by running some tests on your device.

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The OnePlus Watch Is Buggy—and That’s Not the Worst of It

Inconsistent tracking is just about the worst problem for a fitness tracker. Here, that issue is compounded by myriad other bugs.

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Monday, April 12, 2021

100M More IoT Devices Are Exposed—and They Won't Be the Last

The Name:Wreck flaws in TCP/IP are the latest in a series of vulnerabilities with global implications.

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BMW’s Virtual Factory Uses AI to Hone the Assembly Line

The German automaker uses new software from chipmaker Nvidia to simulate train robots and human workers.

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The Best Chromebooks for Every Budget

All in on Google services? Then check out our favorite Chrome OS laptops and 2-in-1 tablets for school, work, or home.

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Vizio's M-Series Quantum Is Our Favorite TV for Under $500

The gorgeous quantum dot display makes Vizio's M-Series the best cheap TV you'll find.

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Scary Video Games Help Me Cope With My Fears About Reality

From jump scares to terrifying monsters, games like Amnesia and Little Nightmares prepare me to handle a world filled with anxiety triggers.

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This AI Could Help Wipe Out Colon Cancer

Medtronic's GI Genius, awaiting clearance from the FDA, will help doctors identify precancerous polyps.

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TikTok Duets Are Reviving the Exquisite Corpse

Dances, duets, and other challenges differ greatly from the work of the Surrealists. But that doesn’t mean they’re not creating a new art form all their own.

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Antitrust and Privacy Are on a Collision Course

Facebook is being sued for weakening data protections. Google is being sued for strengthening them. Can that paradox be resolved?

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Pandemic Lockdowns Did Cut Air Pollution—but With a Catch

Studies from all over the globe show short-term improvements in urban air quality, but experts are skeptical about how long they’ll last.

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Sunday, April 11, 2021

New Vaccine Conspiracy Theories Are Going Viral in Arabic

Facebook has been criticized for failing to curb misinformation in English. But little attention has been paid to the scale of the problem in Arabic.

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The 8 Best Smart Speakers With Alexa or Google Assistant

Chatty assistants from Google, Amazon, and Apple are popular. But which one is right for you?

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What’s Making You So Gassy? This Gadget Aims to Find Out

The FoodMarble measures the level of hydrogen in your breath, which can tell you which foods are causing your digestion woes.

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A ‘Last Hope’ Experiment Finds Evidence for Unknown Particles

Long-awaited news from Fermilab’s Muon g-2 team may resolve a tantalizing conflict between nature and theory. But a separate calculation clouds the picture.

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How to Layer Clothes for Your Next Outdoor Adventure

Whether you’re hiking, climbing, or backpacking, here’s how to build a layering system that can handle all that Mother Nature will throw at you.

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How to Log In to Your Devices Without Passwords

You can use your face, fingerprint, or a wearable to get access to your gadgets. It saves you some typing—and makes you feel like a spy.

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Saturday, April 10, 2021

Oh Look, LinkedIn Also Has a 500M User Data Leak

Plus: A bad Zoom bug, a billion-dollar cocaine bust, and more of the week's top security news.

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16 Mother's Day Gift Ideas for the Mom You've Been Missing

Brunch may still be out of the question, but you can send your ma the best sweatpants ever made.

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In Europe, Backlash Heats Up Over Garbage Incinerators

Trash-burning facilities once seemed like a useful way to minimize pollution and generate power. But the EU is withdrawing support over emissions concerns.

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The Best Controllers for ‘Microsoft Flight Simulator’

We may all still be trapped at home for a while, but we can at least take flight. Virtually, that is.

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Outriders Is Grinning Through the Apocalypse

The game bounces wildly between violence and wry humor, with some dark and harrowing commentary. And it's certainly worth your time.

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The 17 Best Weekend Deals on Stand Mixers, PC Gear, and More

Springtime is here, and so are some surprisingly good deals on kitchen appliances and computer components.

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