When the Next Animal Plague Hits, Can This Lab Stop It?

A new federal facility in Kansas will house the deadliest agricultural pathogens in the world—and researchers working tirelessly to contain them.

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Amazon Echo Dots Store a Wealth of Data—Even After a Reset

Thinking about selling your smart speaker? Be aware that you can't completely delete personal content from the device.

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Mendel's Quest, aka Angry Jew, Helped Me Embrace My Heritage

Growing up Jewish was a challenge, but who knew an over-the-top game like this one would help me come to terms with who I am, and what my own culture meant to me.

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This Lamp Is 3D-Printed From Orange Peels

And yes, the Ohmie is completely compostable.

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The Best Noise-Canceling Headphones to Escape Reality

These over-ears and earbuds will add some serenity to your day.

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The Pandemic Changed Sleep Habits. Maybe That’s a Good Thing

A growing body of research shows that to optimize health and productivity, workers should adjust their workdays to their sleep schedules.

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How REvil Ransomware Took Out Thousands of Business at Once

More details have come to light as to how the notorious hacking group pulled off its unprecedented attack.

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Mathematicians Prove a 2D Version of Quantum Gravity Works

In three towering papers, a team of mathematicians has worked out the details of Liouville quantum field theory, forging a bridge between math and physics.

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How to Work Out More—Using Your Phone's Default Apps

You don't need a new wearable to get moving or meet your health goals. Turn to the smartphone you already have.

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How to Travel Safely During Your Pandemic Summer

Whether you want to fly internationally or cross state lines by car or train, here’s what you should know.

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Returnal and Why Games Need More Badass Middle-Aged Women

Women in video games are either young and sexy or old and wise. But a character who’s built up the strength and confidence of experience? Sign me up.

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Do Not Stare Into the Crypto Orb

A PrintNightmare exploit, a VPN takedown, and more of the week's top security news.

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The Quest to Tally Alaska’s Wild ‘Warm-Blooded’ Bumblebees

Extreme environments offer them an unexpected paradise. Now researchers and conservationists want to get a head count.

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The 39 Best Fourth of July Deals on Home and Outdoor Goods

Celebrate Independence Day by saving on grilling accessories, tablets, phones, espresso machines, hair tools, and of course, mattresses.

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A Global Smart-City Competition Highlights China’s Rise in AI

Chinese entrants swept all five categories, featuring technologies to improve civic life. But the advances could also be tools for surveillance.

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I Tried 5 Sleep Gadgets for My Nagging Insomnia

From a co-sleeping robot bean to a brain-sensing headband, I searched high and low for a solution to my nightmare.

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The Case for Orc Wizards—and Why You Should Play RPGs 'Wrong'

Breaking the conventions of tabletop roleplaying is great for everyone.

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A New Kind of Ransomware Tsunami Hits Hundreds of Companies

An apparent supply chain attack exploited Kaseya's IT management software to encrypt a "monumental" number of victims all at once.

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The Delta Variant's Rise, New Vaccine Tactics, and More News

Catch up on the most important updates from this week.

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The Best Sci-Fi Comedy Is Existential

Though you might expect Tom Gerencer’s stories to be light-hearted, they contain a dark streak of angst.

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You’ll Be Shocked by What’s in My Twitter Feed

Plus: The Twitternomics of promoted posts, Google’s updated code of conduct, and North America’s changing climate.

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Which Crops Can Survive Drought? Nanosensors May Offer Clues

The technique can be used to track how water flows through plants—which could be key to breeding more resilient crops in an increasingly hot, dry climate.

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Florida’s Condo Collapse Foreshadows the Concrete Crack-Up

Overreliance on the world’s favorite building material will lead to more crumbling towers, dams, bridges, and roads. And way more greenhouse gases.

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What If Regulating Facebook Fails?

It seems increasingly likely that antitrust and content moderation tools aren’t up to the task. Here’s what we do next.

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How to Take Awesome Photos of Fireworks With Your Phone

Use these battle-tested tips and camera settings to capture dramatic shots of those aerial explosions.

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The Games Done Quick Marathon Is More Important Than Ever

For years, GDQ has brought together gamers to speedrun for charity. After a year of loss and loneliness, the event means so much more.

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Do These Gadgets Actually Protect You? We Asked the Experts

From cell phone radiation and RFID blockers to UVC sanitizers, we investigated whether popular products are truly keeping you safe—or just scaremongering.

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The Miami Tower Collapse and Humanity's Fight for the Future

From the fallen Champlain Tower to climate change, humans haven’t yet learned to avoid catastrophes they know are coming.

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Six-Word Sci-Fi: Stories Written By You

Here's this month's prompt, how to submit, and an illustrated archive of past favorites.

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Fancy Bear Is Trying to Brute-Force Hundreds of Networks

While SolarWinds rightly drew attention earlier this year, Moscow's Fancy Bear group has been on a password-guessing spree this whole time.

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Help! How Do I Accept That I’m Burned Out?

In her final column, Megan lays down some hard truths about work exhaustion.

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How Fringe Stem Cell Treatments Won Allies on the Far Right

Advocates for dubious therapies (fight Covid with your own fat!) have latched on to conservative grievances—and formed an unholy alliance.

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Reagan-Era Gen X Dogma Has No Place in Silicon Valley

The Gen X investors and CEOs who run the industry are stuck on the idea that private money will protect them from a promised hellscape.

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Biologists Mask Up to Protect Bats (Yes, Bats) From Covid-19

New federal guidelines ask scientists to wear protective gear to keep the virus from jumping back into animal species.

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Ooni's Latest Oven Makes Wood-Fired Pizza as Easy as Pie

The practically perfect Karu 16 inspires summer pizza madness in anyone who sees it.

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Windows 11's Security Push Leaves Scores of PCs Behind

The minimum hardware requirements for Microsoft’s next operating system will leave plenty of PCs stranded.

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The Gear and Tips You Need to Make Studio-Grade Home Videos

We tested microphones, tripods, lights, teleprompters, and other tools for more than a year. These are our favorites.

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What You Need to Edit Sizzling Special Effects on Your PC

Want to make the next Avatar at home? Here are some tips on how to beef up your personal F/X rig.

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Oregon’s Buckled Roads and Melted Cables Are Warning Signs

Highways and rail lines in the Pacific Northwest were built for a cooler climate. But the heat wave proved that extreme weather is becoming more common.

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

The author of the code that built the WWW will donate the proceeds to charity. But the auction raises questions about the transformative impact of non-fungible tokens.

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Crucial Tech Like Email Is Still Failing Trans Employees

If companies truly want to support their LGBTQ+ colleagues, they'd make inclusivity the default setting.

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

After China’s crackdown, the cryptocurrency crowd is looking for a new haven. The Central American nation thinks it’s the answer.

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Perk Up With the Best Latte and Cappuccino Makers

Tired of plain espresso and pour-over? Add some milk to your mornings with one of these barista-worthy makers.

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

The Nord N200 5G has many features you don't often find in a cheap phone, but should you settle for lackluster photos?

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The Experimental African Houses That Outsmart Malaria

A field test of custom-designed homes proves that when carbon dioxide can flow out, mosquitoes stay out too.

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How to Stay Cool Without Air-Conditioning

Whether you’re sweltering outdoors or in, we’ve got tips on what to wear, how to hydrate, and which cooling gadgets can help.

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Black Scientists Find Community—and Plan for the Road Ahead

The Black in X network mobilized last summer to bring attention to racism in STEM. This week, they’re holding their first conference to talk about what’s next.

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The Antitrust Case Against Facebook Is Very Much Alive

A judge dealt the Federal Trade Commission a setback this week in its quest to break the company up—but also provided a roadmap for how to proceed.

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

For almost as long as the popular chat app has been around, volunteer devs have been adding their own features and customizations.

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A Space Laser Shows How Catastrophic Sea Level Rise Will Be

Scientists calculate that by 2100, over 400 million people could live in low-lying, at-risk areas—and that's a conservative estimate.

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Mario Golf: Super Rush Takes Way Too Big a Swing

The sport probably needs some reinvention. But not this much.

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A New Type of Supernova Unlocks Old Stellar Mysteries

The discovery of a rare “electron-capture” supernova provides crucial insight for understanding the Crab Nebula.

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Lakes Are Losing Oxygen—and Their Inhabitants Are in Danger

Hundreds of temperate lakes around the world are showing trends toward anoxia, becoming warmer, murkier, and less hospitable to cold-water species.

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

The newest game in the trilogy immerses you in the nostalgia of poke wars and Nyan Cat.

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After Years of Searching, I Found the Perfect Camera Bag

The updated Wandrd Prvke is burly, comes in a lot of sizes, has a lot of pockets and compartments, and most importantly—it's pretty!

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Alondra Nelson Wants to Make Science and Tech More Just

The deputy director of the White House science office plans to tackle algorithmic bias and start candid conversations about the past.

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

A handful of free apps and downloads can bring some of the biggest perks of the new operating system to your Windows 10 PC—no waiting required.

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SolarWinds Hackers Continue Assault With New Microsoft Breach

The company says the Nobelium hacking group compromised a support agent's computer and levied brute-force attacks against some of its customers.

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How Underground Fiber Optics Spy on Humans Moving Above

Vibrations from cars and pedestrians create unique signals in cables. Now scientists have used the trick to show how Covid-19 brought life to a halt.

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The Wild Spread of Drug Wars, From Calculators to Phones

Originally a DOS game, it found a secret life on Texas Instruments calculators everywhere in the '90s, Now the game is available for a whole new generation.

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The Science and Spirituality of Looking for Life on Mars

Pamela Conrad is a NASA scientist working on the Perseverance mission—and a priest. She spoke to WIRED about how her two worlds help her make sense of the universe.

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The Race to Put Silk in Nearly Everything

The fiber has been considered a “miracle material” for anything from body parts to food. Has the revolution finally arrived?

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

Columbus, Ohio, won a $50 million grant five years ago to use tech to solve old problems. But technical hurdles, bureaucracy, and the pandemic dashed many plans.

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

The hardy rotifer can live through all manner of conditions, but this is a historic feat even for this tiny creature.

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The Secret Workings of Smell Receptors, Revealed At Last

Researchers have finally seen how some of them bind to odor molecules—yielding new insights into one of the most mysterious and versatile senses.

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Gaming With My Husband Made Our Marriage Stronger

All it took was buying a Nintendo Switch.

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The Best Wireless Earbuds for Every Mood

Ready to cut the cord? We've tested the best buds that will never, ever get tangled.

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How to Make Sure Your Browser Extensions Are Safe

As useful as all those add-ons can be, don't get complacent when it comes to making sure they're also secure.

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Hackers Are Erasing Western Digital Hard Drives Remotely

Amazon acquires Wickr, the Senate holds up CISA, and more of the week’s top security news.

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

Virtual worlds are more accessible than ever. These three headsets can take you there.

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

Lawmakers are poised to decide the fate of a massive project to protect the Texas coast from surging seawater.

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

Here are some ways to think about addiction, improved neurological function, and your overall relationship with video games on a better, more intuitive level.

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What the Pentagon’s New UFO Report Reveals About Humankind

The document says less about the search for life in the universe, and more about our current cultural climate and distrust of expertise.

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US Vaccinations Slow, Americans Venture Out, and More News

Catch up on the most important updates from this week.

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Bubble Is a Sci-Fi Comedy About Monsters and Hipsters

The popular podcast dares to ask the question: How far would you go to live in a cool neighborhood?

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US Takedown of Iranian Media Sites Extends a Thorny Precedent

Free speech advocates raised concerns after the Justice Department seized more than 30 domains this week.

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In Africa, Content Moderation Is a Dangerous Game

Platforms are finally taking action in African countries, but in Uganda and Nigeria's case, it’s led to an even worse outcome: citizens losing access.

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The Enduring Power of #FreeBritney

The hashtag kept Britney Spears’ conservatorship in the public eye—even when she wasn’t.

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The Unfortunate Punkonomics of Cryptocurrency

Plus: The early days of digital cash, the slow death of IPv4, and social distancing in the Black Sea.

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

Want to safely pass through the radiation field surrounding the town of Westview? You're going to need some lead—and some handy equations.

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The Alarming Blind Spots in Healthcare AI

Artificial intelligence promises to make medicine smarter. But what happens when these software systems don't work as advertised?

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How to Return and Exchange Your Unwanted Gifts or Purchases

You can’t always get what you want. But there are smarter, more sustainable ways to get cash (or store credit) instead.

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These Retro Gaming Consoles Deliver a Dose of Nostalgia

From the stylish Evercade to the old-school Sega Genesis Mini, these machines will have you bleeping and blooping and blasting back to the good old days.

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Tiny Satellites Could Help Warn of the Next Big Hurricane

A constellation of nanosats could improve our understanding of the world’s most dangerous storms.

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The Most Important Things Microsoft Announced Today

After leaks and rumors, we got our first look at Windows 11, and the future of Windows as a platform, today. Here's what you have to look forward to this fall.

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The Biggest Windows 11 News Is an App Store Overhaul

By playing nice with Android and letting developers use their own payments system, Microsoft has fashioned itself as the anti-Apple for developers.

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NFC Flaws Let Researchers Hack ATMs by Waving a Phone

Flaws in card reader technology let a security firm consultant wreak havoc with point-of-sale systems and more.

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Before Guitar Hero, Gamers Rocked Out to Gitaroo Man

Sure, you can play the guitar and be a star, but what if you could play the guitar, be a star, and save the universe? Twenty years ago, you could.

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

The two variants are threatening Alpha’s reign—and country's path out of the pandemic.

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The World Needs Deepfake Experts to Stem This Chaos

A crisis over a suspicious confession video in Myanmar underscores why we need a coordinated response to discern fact from fiction.

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Trick Out Your iPhone 12 With These Cases and Accessories

Whichever new model you get, we’ve rounded up the cases, chargers, and other extras you’ll want to snag.

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Volunteers Digitized Centuries of Handwritten Rain Data

As the UK went into lockdown, 16,000 volunteers put their spare time to good use, transcribing 350 years of archival records for use by modern climate scientists.

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

After its wildly successful Coinbase exit, the VC firm signals its commitment to cryptocurrencies with a third fund.

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

The game's creator and the teen who voiced the character talk to WIRED about bringing Lev to life and the importance of trans voices in video games.

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How to Survive the Worst Tornado in US History

It blew an entire town to pieces, flipping trains and flattening banks. But there’s one place you might try to hide.

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A Well-Meaning Feature Leaves Millions of Dell PCs Vulnerable

Flaws in a firmware security tool affect as many as 30 million desktops, laptops, and tablets.

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

The next version of Windows will finally be unveiled—officially, at least. Here's how to watch live, and the features that will be on their way to your PC soon.

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John McAfee Dies in Spanish Prison After Extradition Order

The antivirus pioneer and alleged cryptocurrency scammer was 75 years old.

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French Spyware Executives Are Indicted for Aiding Torture

The managers are accused of selling tech to Libya and Egypt that was used to to identify activists, read private messages, and kidnap, torture, or kill them.

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

A few of our favorite things are still on sale, like laptops, soundbars, air purifiers, and more.

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