Bird Flu Is Back in the US. No One Knows What Comes Next

The fast-moving pathogen, which has already invaded Europe, was found in East Coast ducks. The last outbreak that tore through the US killed 50 million birds.

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Is It OK to Listen to a Butt-Dial Message?

WIRED’s spiritual advice columnist explores the forgotten comfort of accidental surveillance.

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Wait, So Where Will Urbanites Charge Their EVs?

Homeowners with garages can easily charge their electric cars, but not apartment dwellers. Here's what it'll take to get plugs everywhere in cities.

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Dystopia Is All Too Plausible in The School for Good Mothers

Jessamine Chan's new novel makes a world full of surveillance android children seem very real.

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Everyone Wants to Be an Entrepreneur

Applications for new businesses rose 20 percent last year, after languishing for a decade. Many newly minted founders attribute it to the pandemic.

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Hard-Core Home Bakers, This Is the Mixer of Your Dreams

Committed bread aficionados will love the expert mixing and kneading skills of this Swedish countertop marvel.

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Euler’s 243-Year-Old ‘Impossible’ Puzzle Gets a Quantum Solution

A surprising new solution to the famous “36 officers puzzle” offers a novel way of encoding quantum information.

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The Autofocus on Sony’s A7 IV Makes This Camera Shine

The company’s latest full-frame is one of the best all-around mirrorless shooters available today.

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The Prisoner Who Revolutionized Chinese Language With a Teacup

While imprisoned for being a “reactionary,” physicist and engineer Zhi Bingyi began devising a system to help computing machines read Chinese characters.

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Now Is a Good Time to Update Your Recovery Email Addresses

You know those “emergency” email addresses you can use to get into your email and other accounts in case you're locked out? Make sure they're up-to-date.

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Crypto.com Finally Admits It Lost $30 Million in a Hack

Plus: Scammer arrests, the NSA plays defense, and more of the week's top security news.

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Got an Invasive Army of Crayfish Clones? Try Eating Them

The marbled crayfish is a threat to the native species, but the “Berlin lobster” may also offer a sustainable food source and help stop the spread of parasites.

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Should You Get a Mac With Apple’s New Chips—or Stick With Intel?

In 2020, we saw the first MacBooks powered by custom silicon. Here’s everything you need to know about this dramatic chip shift.

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The Best Ebook Subscription Services for Your Literary Needs

You can read countless ebooks, listen to audiobooks, or browse comics with one of these WIRED-tested digital reading subscriptions.

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TikTok Has Created a West Elm Caleb Cinematic Universe

The imaginative play that makes the platform so much fun also helps explain the controversy around the internet's new main character.

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What Happens If a Space Elevator Breaks

These structures are a sci-fi solution to the problem of getting objects into orbit without a rocket—but you don’t want to be under one if the cable snaps.

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The Cero One Is a Modern, Customizable Cargo Ebike

This all-in-one customizable cargo bike makes it much easier to haul stuff everywhere you need to go.

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10 Rapid At-Home Covid-19 Tests—and Where to Find Them

How accurate are rapid at-home tests? Does your insurance cover them? We have answers.

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Do You Know How to Get to the Self-Driving Future?

This week, we ask two autonomous vehicle experts what’s next for the tech.

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The Internet Is Failing Moms-to-Be

Even as a disinformation researcher, I was surprised and overwhelmed by the amount of manipulation in pregnancy apps.

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10 Good N95, KN95, and Surgical Face Masks to Buy Right Now

Here are the best disposable masks we've tested and researched so far—and where you can find them.

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Europe Is in the Middle of a Messy Nuclear Slowdown

Germany has almost finished phasing out nuclear plants, and aging infrastructure is leading neighbors down the same path. But will green energy goals suffer?

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The US Refuses to Fall in Love With Electric Cars

As China and Europe lead the race to make electric vehicles mainstream, America lags behind. This is a problem.

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Scientists Are Racing to Understand the Fury of Tonga’s Volcano

The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcanic eruption and tsunami that have devastated Tonga are unlike anything volcanologists have seen before.

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Are Rhythm Games Ready for a Comeback?

Big publishers stepped away from the genre that spawned Guitar Hero and Rock Band. But a few small studios—and hungry fans—are keeping the dream alive.

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Are You Sure You Know What a Photograph Is?

Once, I thought I had a definition of photography. Today, surrounded by thermal cameras, lidar, 3D printers, and AI software, I am not so sure.

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Why Big Tech Companies Have Been Quiet on Texas’ Abortion Law

As the anniversary of Roe v. Wade nears, pressure is building from advocacy groups and workers themselves.

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Grab a Snack—and Combat Food Waste—With This App

Too Good To Go's affordable Surprise Bags are filled with treats made from surplus food from local restaurants and grocery stores.

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Simulation Tech Can Help Predict the Biggest Threats

In the face of myriad global problems, Single Synthetic Environments will make life and death decisions easier to navigate.

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This 22-Year-Old Builds Chips in His Parents’ Garage

Sam Zeloof combines 1970s-era machines with homemade designs. His creations show what’s possible for small-scale silicon tinkerers.

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How Bloghouse’s Sweaty, Neon Reign United the Internet

For a brief, weird moment in the Myspace-fueled early 2000s, dance music felt truly alternative.

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The Best Webcams for Looking Brighter and Better

Whether you're videoconferencing or just hanging out with friends, you may as well look good on-screen with our favorite webcams.

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What the Black TV Viewer Is Owed

2021 was a banner year for Black TV. Still, progress can't be measured by representation alone—but by nuance, range, and more overlap.

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The Trouble With 'Encanto'? It Twerks Too Hard to Be Popular

With TikTok-optimized song and dance, Disney animated films have turned into multiplatform IP factories—and fall short as movies. Blame 'Frozen.'

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He Made a Covid-Zapping Video Game. Then He Fought Covid for Real

An indie developer made a shoot-em-up game where the player battles giant viruses. Shortly before the game's release, he wound up in the hospital.

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The 'Dune' NFT Copyright Fiasco Is the Least of Crypto's Legal Worries

Spice DAO's copyright misstep shows how many questions there are about the rules of cryptoart. This is an opportunity for transformation

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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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