The 13 Best Gifts for the PC Gamer in Your Life

It's dangerous to go alone, take this.

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Google Is Testing End-to-End Encryption in Android Messages

For now, the security measure will be available only to people using the beta version of the app.

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Physicists Pin Down the Nuclear Reaction After the Big Bang

The newly measured rate of a key nuclear fusion process that forged the first atomic nuclei matches the picture of the universe 380,000 years later.

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Here's Every Good Black Friday Deal on Amazon Devices—So Far

Get your Prime on with our favorite deals on Fire tablets, Echo speakers, Kindles, and more.

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Nintendo Has One Decent Switch Deal for Black Friday

The sometimes elusive console is back in stock and bundled with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and three months of Switch Online.

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Secret Service Investigates 700 Cases of Covid Relief Fraud

Ransomware as a service, exposed SMS photos, and more of the week's top security news.

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13 Smart STEM Toys for the Techie Kids in Your Life

We found more than a dozen math-filled and science-rich toys for tiny nerds to disassemble, set on fire, and then rebuild.

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Overcoming Vaccine Skepticism Starts in the Community

Many of the communities most vulnerable to Covid-19 are the ones least willing to get a vaccine. Convincing them may require a peer-to-peer approach.

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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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