This Recyclable Boat Is Made From Wool

By adding unwanted wool to the manufacturing chain, this forward-thinking New Zealand firm hopes to save farmers and the planet.

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75 Years On, the Doomsday Clock Keeps Ticking

The iconic graphic of a timepiece originated as a nuclear warning. It updates its time on Thursday amid threats like climate change and pandemics.

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A Project to Count Climate Crisis Deaths Has Surprising Results

Climate change is already killing people, but countries don’t have an easy way to count those deaths. A new project might change that.

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Humanity Has Turned Land Itself Into a Menace

All of our meddling has primed Earth to collapse under cities and belch greenhouse gases, a nasty feedback loop that’s accelerating global warming.

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Gaming Giant Unity Wants to Digitally Clone the World

The company is leveraging its technology to help clients make “digital twins”—virtual copies of real-life objects, environments, and even people.

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Now You Can Rent a Robot Worker—for Less Than Paying a Human

Automation is reaching more companies, imperiling some jobs and changing the nature of others.

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Your Medical History Might Someday Include ‘Climate Change’

Last summer, a doctor wrote “climate change” in his patient’s chart. But is medicine really ready to address systemic health impacts?

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Global Ship Traffic Could Imperil the Antarctic's Biosecurity

Vessels from more than 1,500 ports have visited the region since 2014. Each one is a threat to introduce invasive species.

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Tabletop RPG Rule Books Can Be Beautiful and Accessible

Role-playing rule books are being designed to be more experimental and unique. Here’s how they can be designed for accessibility, too.

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China’s ‘People’s Courts’ Resolve Online Disputes at Tech Firms

No garlic on the oysters? Soup stained a blanket? Panels of users hear the complaints and can order refunds or removal of critical reviews.

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Is There Really Such a Thing as Low-Carbon Beef?

The USDA is making it easier for farmers to market their meat as “low-carbon.” Not everyone is happy about it.

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Gig Workers Were Promised a Better Deal. Then They Were Outsourced

A new subcontractor industry in Europe is benefiting from platforms’ efforts to clean up their image and comply with stricter employment rules.

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Inside the Student-Led Covid Walkouts

US high school students are demanding safer classrooms, and they’re mobilizing through group chats, Google Docs, and homespun social media campaigns.

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An Injection of Chaos Solves a Decades-Old Fluid Mystery

In the 1960s, drillers noticed that certain fluids would firm up if they flowed too fast. Researchers have finally explained why.

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The Mega-Guide to Fixing Your Own iPhone

Battery not holding a charge? Wi-Fi woes? We break down ways to solve almost any issue you can think of.

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Meet Our New Favorite Travel Mug

The Oxo Good Grips Thermal Mug keeps your coffee nice and hot—and it's dishwasher-safe!

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Home Cooks, You Should Be Pre-Salting Your Vegetables

Brining veggies or tossing them with salt before cooking is a simple and foolproof way to unleash more flavor.

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When It Comes to Health Care, AI Has a Long Way to Go

Medical information is more complex and less available than the web data that many algorithms were trained on, so results can be misleading.

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Games Bring Space Exploration Home. But They Omit the Full Risks

There’s something trickier than teaching players to design rockets and navigate radiation.

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A Teen Took Control of Teslas by Hacking a Third-Party App

Plus: Open source sabotage, Ukrainian website hacks, and more of the week's top security news.

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Old Climate Clues Shed New Light on History

Historians are reexamining eras of social turmoil and linking them to volcanic eruptions, prolonged droughts, and other disturbances in the natural world.

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Our Favorite Period Products

Try a subscription service—or opt for budget- and eco-friendly gear like a menstrual cup, period underwear, or reusable pads.

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16 Great Deals on Laptops, Cameras, and Video Games

Whether you're headed out in the cold this long weekend or curling up on the couch at home, we've rounded up the web's best sales for you.

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Galloping Ghost Gives Arcade Gaming an Extra Life

One of the world's largest arcades is still making history, preserving video games for posterity and inviting anyone who wants to play to the table.

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15 Great Chinese Dramas to Binge

There's really no excuse to miss out on C-dramas' epic fight scenes and time travel romances—especially since you can find a lot on YouTube or for free.

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The Matrix Resurrections Is a Movie for Grown-Ups

The subtle beauty of Lana Wachowski's long-awaited sequel is that it doesn't care what people think.

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How to Reboot Your Gadgets and How Often to Do It

Your IT department is right. Turning your electronics off and on again is so helpful that you might want to schedule regular reboots.

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Apple Booted the Wordle Copycat Apps, But More Will Come

The simple premise of the wildly popular word guessing game is difficult to protect under US law.

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Put In a Dollar, Get $100 Back: A True Bitcoin Story

Plus: Early digital cash, the Corbevax vaccine, and adventures in Cryptoland.

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Maybe the Internet Shouldn’t Pick an Oscars Host

Though having Elmo run the show would be fun.

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A Pandemic Historian Warns Us All to Stop Looking at the Past

Being trapped in my own quarantine reminded me of how little we’ve learned.

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The Science Behind Dry January’s Zero-Alcohol Hooch

This week, we discuss the techniques used to create alcohol-free liquor, beer, and wine.

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The Gritty, Underground Network Bringing Japan’s Arcades to the US

After falling in love with an obscure anime rhythm game, I became obsessed with obtaining a machine of my own—or finding the people who could.

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Ultra-Long Battery Life Is Coming … Eventually

Consumer electronics companies are boasting about unprecedented leaps in battery tech. How legit are the claims?

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Cities Want Ebikes to Stay in Their Lane—but Which One?

From New York to Moab, Utah, bicyclists and municipal officials are divided over whether ebikes should be permitted on bicycle trails.

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Pregnant People Are Still Not Getting Vaccinated Against Covid

Misinformation and muddled public health messaging have failed expectant parents. Now Omicron's surge is putting both carriers and babies at risk.

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The Mercedes EQS Might Just Have Too Much Tech

Can the top-end, tech-heavy electric Merc rival the likes of the Audi e-tron GT, Tesla Model S, and Porsche Taycan?

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The World Was Cooler in 2021 Than 2020. That’s Not Good News

The global temperature was down, thanks to La Niña, but it was still the sixth-hottest year on record. And 2 billion people had their warmest year yet.

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Astrophysicists Release the Biggest Map of the Universe Yet

A powerful astronomy instrument called DESI charts millions of galaxies in the night sky. Can it help scientists finally figure out what dark energy is?

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Who Do Young Entrepreneurs Look Up To? Elon Musk

Steve Jobs is dead, Mark Zuckerberg is tarnished. For the next generation of startup founders, the contributions of Bill Gates feel like ancient history.

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Game Studios Are Turning Play Into Work

Video games are being split into titles geared toward fun and those that beguile us into productivity with points, rewards, and even NFTs.

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The Best Starting Words to Win at Wordle

Want a leg up at the word game that everyone's talking about? These tips can help you dive in more easily.

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NSO Group Spyware Targeted Dozens of Reporters in El Salvador

The newly disclosed campaign shows how little the company has done to curb abuses of its powerful surveillance tools.

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The Best iPad to Buy (and a Few to Avoid)

With several new iPads on the market, choosing the right one is more complicated than ever. We’re here to help.

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The Search for ET Has an X-Factor: the Evolution of Stars

To support life, a planet has to stay in its star’s “habitable zone.” But research on a nearby star shows that life-friendly zones won’t stay that way forever.

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As Omicron Surges, Parents of the Youngest Kids Wait for Vaccines

With vaccine authorization months away and schools in chaos now, families fret over how best to protect their children.

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The Humanities Can't Save Big Tech From Itself

Hiring sociocultural workers to correct bias overlooks the limitations of these underappreciated fields.

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Omega's New Speedmaster Is the Latest to Cash In on Vintage Vogue

Watch brands are plundering their archives to produce pieces that combine both past and present, hoping to deliver innovation with added authenticity.

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As Kazakhstan Descends into Chaos, Crypto Miners Are at a Loss

The central Asian country became No. 2 in the world for Bitcoin mining. But political turmoil and power cuts have hit hard, and the future looks bleak.

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US-China Trade Tensions Threaten Europe's Biggest Tech Company

ASML quietly built a chip machine manufacturing empire but a sales ban on its most advanced tech in China may hinder its growth plans.

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Feeling Overwhelmed? Start a Someday-Maybe-Later List

Replace that endless to-do list with a system that helps you prioritize your goals and dreams.

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This AI Software Nearly Predicted Omicron’s Tricky Structure

New algorithms that decipher complex sequences of amino acids offered an early view of the coronavirus variant. They could point the way to future drugs.

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Scientists Capture Airborne Animal DNA for the First Time

Researchers filtered the air around two zoos and identified genetic material from dozens of species, a technique that could help track and conserve wildlife.

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Tropical Futurism Envisions the Climate of Our Fate

Futurism has failed. It’s time for an alternative. In the era of climate change, tropical futurism reimagines a different relationship to the earth.

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How to Read Your iOS 15 App Privacy Report

Your iPhone now gives you lots of transparency into what your downloads are up to. Here's what to look out for.

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How to Watch Movies in Virtual Reality

Setting up a VR cinema is simple and proves your headset is more than just a Beat Saber machine.

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Can Synthetic Palm Oil Help Save the World’s Tropical Forests?

Harvesting this vegetable oil is a huge driver of deforestation. Numerous startups are taking up the daunting task of engineering it instead.

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You May Be Able to Own a Self-Driving Car After All

For years, automakers focused on using autonomous technology for “robotaxis,” akin to a shared Uber. A GM announcement this week shows that’s changing.

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Audi's EV Dakar Rally Car Is Resurrecting the Range Extender

To compete in the punishing desert race, the auto company has turned to discarded hybrid tech. It could change how electric cars are made.

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Distance Wireless Charging Made a Minor Comeback at CES 2022

The potential of truly wire-free power is exciting, but tangible products remain elusive.

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Sonos’ Patent Win Will Change Google’s Smart Speakers—for Now

Your Google speakers will lose some of their features in an upcoming software update. Here's what that means.

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The Next Wave of Extremist Cults Will Make QAnon Look Tame

And they’ve already taken root.

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Astronomers Discover a Strange Galaxy Without Dark Matter

New, high-resolution observations of a faint, fluffy galaxy suggest that dark matter’s not as ubiquitous as scientists thought.

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Facebook’s Data Center Plans Rile Residents in the Netherlands

The country has become a magnet for Big Tech facilities, but locals say they will syphon away all their green energy.

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Self-Driving Vehicles Are Here—If You Know Where to Look

Glossy visions of an autonomous future always seem just out of reach. But two insiders say the technology is available on farms, and on clear, dry streets.

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Signal's Cryptocurrency Feature Has Gone Worldwide

A beta “payments” feature now lets users of the popular encrypted messaging app send MobileCoin around the globe.

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Indie City-Building Games Finally Reckon With Climate Change

City- and empire-builders like Cities: Skylines totally simplify the climate crisis, if they address it at all. A new wave of titles are far more complex.

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I Spent Hundreds of Hours Working in VR. Here’s What I Learned

This is how it feels in the future Mark Zuckerberg promised—disembodied and unaware of my surroundings.

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The Build Back Better Bill Needs to Do Better for Bikes

If the US is serious about solving climate change, it needs to treat bikes like car replacements and not toys.

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Can Being Reminded of My Death Improve My Life?

WIRED’s spiritual advice columnist on whether apps that send reminders of your mortality can help you live a better life.

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The Best of CES 2022

These are the products, prototypes, and ideas that did the best job of signaling the future at this year’s consumer tech showcase.

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CES 2022 Liveblog: Even More Gadgets From Tech’s Big Show

Day three of CES is underway in Las Vegas as more ebikes, drones, and metaverse machines roll out onto the (virtual) stage.

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Natural History, Not Technology, Will Dictate Our Destiny

Humans—convinced of our own power and control—tend to ignore the laws of nature. But that is a mistake.

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How Explosives, a Robot, and a Sled Expose a Doomsday Glacier

Thwaites Glacier is crumbling, and fast—if it melts entirely, it could add 10 feet to sea levels. Now Antarctic scientists are racing to survey the damage.

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This Is the Year of the Shadow Pandemic

The long-tail consequences of fighting Covid-19 must be mitigated—in education, women’s rights, climate, and more.

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CES 2022 Liveblog: The Gadgets Keep Coming at Tech’s Big Show

Day two of CES is underway in Las Vegas as more headphones, smartwatches, and wacky concept EVs roll out onto the (virtual) stage.

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How Do You Practice Responsible Astrology?

For millennia, rulers and ordinary people alike have used the method to predict the future. Translating celestial movements requires great care—and compassion.

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How Do You Design a Better Hospital? Start With the Light

A new trend in patient-centered design focuses on making environments more comfortable and less scary.

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Hackers Are Exploiting a Flaw Microsoft Fixed 9 Years Ago

Unless you go out of your way to install the patch, your system could be exposed.

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The Best Apps for Sticking to Your New Year’s Resolutions

New year, new chance to get off the emotional roller coaster of the past two years.

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To Study the Next Earth, NASA May Need to Throw Some Shade

The agency wants to hunt exoplanets, so it’s designing star shades and coronagraphs that block out starlight and give telescopes a clear view.

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The End of BlackBerry Phones Is Finally, Truly Here

The company is pulling support for its devices, meaning that at some point they will no longer be able to connect to cellular networks.

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The Global Economy Ignores Developing Nations at Its Own Peril

Rebooting after two years of the pandemic is difficult—but leaving emerging economies behind only makes things worse.

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Gravity Could Solve Clean Energy’s One Major Drawback

Finding green energy when the winds are calm and the skies are cloudy has been a challenge. Storing it in giant concrete blocks could be the answer.

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The Danger of Leaving Weather Prediction to AI

When it comes to forecasting the elements, many seem ready to welcome the machine. But humans still outperform the algorithms—especially in bad conditions.

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The Best Movies You Missed in 2021—and Where to Stream Them

From Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar to Test Pattern, now is the perfect time to catch up on these indie darlings you probably didn't see last year.

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Wildfires Are Digging Carbon-Spewing Holes in the Arctic

Soaring temperatures are rapidly thawing permafrost, leading to huge sinkholes called thermokarst. Northern fires are making the situation even worse.

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To Fight Climate Change, First You Need to Measure It

Scientists at the UK’s National Physical Laboratory are using monitoring equipment to track our impact on the planet more accurately than ever before.

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The Creepy TikTok Algorithm Doesn’t Know You

The uncanny, addictive AI has turned math into a mystical force—and flattened humanity into a series of codes.

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At the Dawn of Life, Heat May Have Driven Cell Division

A mathematical model shows how a thermodynamic mechanism could have made protocells split in two.

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Yup, CES Is Happening. Here’s What to Expect

Things couldn’t be weirder—at the premier consumer tech conference, or in general.

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Crime Prediction Keeps Society Stuck in the Past

So long as algorithms are trained on racist historical data and outdated values, there will be no opportunities for change.

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How to Send Messages That Automatically Disappear

Need to be discreet? Here's how to set up vanishing texts, photos, or videos in most popular chat apps.

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Why Paleontologists Are Getting Into Florida’s Oyster Business

Conservationists are teaming up with fossil experts to help the bivalves—and the state’s oyster economy—survive.

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How to Start (and Keep) a Healthy Habit

Whether you want to run a marathon or learn to play the guitar, here's how to set yourself up for success.

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The 18 Best EVs Coming in 2022

The electric car’s time has come. Here are the EVs to keep an eye out for in the new year.

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Where Parents Can Get Help with Climate Anxiety

If you're looking to the future and wondering exactly how to prepare your children for a changing world, these resources can help.

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How to Delete Your Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok

Breaking up is hard to do, especially when it's with one of those oh-so-clingy social networks. Harder yet when there's a deactivation period.

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Is 5G Available for You? Here's How to Find Out

Before you jump on that new iPhone or Google Pixel, maybe make sure 5G is worthwhile or even offered where you live.

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Save Money on Subscriptions Thanks to This iOS Loophole

This is one weird trick, but when it works, it works well and can save you cash on apps.

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