This Lower-Cost Roomba Needs Some Navigation Help

This is iRobot’s cheapest robot vacuum with automatic dirt disposal. But it also sacrifices some key navigational features.

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Climate Change Is Intensifying the Tsunami Threat in Alaska

As glaciers retreat and permafrost thaws, massive landslides threaten coastal communities. Those, in turn, could trigger giant sea waves.

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Masks Help, but We May Never Know How Much

The impact of face coverings is not just unknown, it’s unknowable. Still, uncertainty should be no impediment to action.

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What the EU Gets Right—and the US Gets Wrong—About Antitrust

European regulators focus on how Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google use—and abuse–their vast stores of data to maintain advantages over rivals.

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Pfizer Seeks Approval, the CDC Urges Restraint, and More News

Catch up on the most important updates from this week.

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Why Aren't There More Sci-Fi Movies About Dreams?

Classics like Inception and The Cell are at least a decade old.

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How Video Game Historians Resurrected Sega's Lost VR Headset

In 1993, the console maker's big plans for virtual reality fizzled. Now a team of preservationists is using emulation to bring them back.

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The Tenuous Promise of the Substack Dream

Plus: The threat of blogs, the balkanization of social media, and a new record for America’s mayor.

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In Defense of Rockefeller Center’s Ugly, Perfect Tree

The internet called it a metaphor for 2020. If that’s true, then maybe it should be a beacon of hope for everyone.

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Pokémon Go Is Finally Raising Its Level Cap

The upcoming “Beyond” update will bring 10 additional levels plus new Pokémon and a seasons system.

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The Best iPhone 12 Deals (and Which Model to Pick)

From the Mini to the Pro, we explain how Apple’s latest phones differ, and where you can score the best deals.

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A Solar-Powered Rocket Might Be Our Interstellar Ticket

The idea for solar thermal propulsion has been around for decades, but researchers tapped by NASA just conducted a first test.

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Google Photos Storage Is Changing. Here Are Your Best Options

Google's unlimited free storage is going away, but that doesn't mean you're stuck. Here are alternatives for fast, flexible photo storage on all of your devices.

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Facebook Is Going After Its Critics in the Name of Privacy

The company wants to shut down an academic study of political ad targeting, just as it prepares to reinstate targeted political ads.

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All Hail the Electric Bicycle

This week, we talk about ebikes' recent upgrades, and we offer tips for those curious about riding one.

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This Pandemic Must Be Seen

If we could watch what’s really going on in hospitals, there would be no more complacency.

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Iowa’s Covid Wave and the Limits of Personal Responsibility

Until Monday, the governor urged Iowans to “do the right thing” but kept businesses open and masks optional. Now cases are surging and hospitals are filling up.

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Robots Invade the Construction Site

Boosted by advances in sensors and artificial intelligence, a new generation of machines is automating a tech-averse industry.

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The Future of Work: ‘Remembrance,’ by Lexi Pandell

“Having no consciousness at all, surrendering to the dark nothingness of death, was better than existing with a partial one.”

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The US Could Soon Ban the Selling of Carrier-Locked Phones

Carrier lock-in was recently prohibited in the UK. If it finally happens here next year too, consumer advocates say the move would give users more flexibility and choice.

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