What Would It Take to Run a City on 100 Percent Clean Energy?

Most claims of running on “clean” electricity come with caveats, and many technologies required for round-the-clock renewable energy aren’t quite ready yet.

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Amazon's Fitness Tracker Teaches You How to Be Nicer (Kinda)

The Halo is one quirky wearable. But its biofeedback can help your relationships … up to a certain point.

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The Mystery of the World’s Loneliest Penguins

A small group of king penguins have appeared on Martillo Island in Argentina. How they got there, and whether they will stay, is unknown.

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How Long Would It Take for a 747 to Stop, Like in Tenet?

The airplane in the movie is stripped down and doesn't have all of its brakes installed, making the calculations even more fun.

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The 14 Best Weekend Deals on Home Goods, Tech, and TVs

Start the new year right with a new Apple Watch Series 6 or a cast-iron skillet at a discounted price.

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The Capitol Attack Doesn’t Justify Expanding Surveillance

The security state that failed to keep DC safe doesn't need invasive technology to meet this moment—it needs more civilian oversight.

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The 2 Tweets That Got Trump Banned Were Far From His Worst

The offending tweets cited in Twitter's statement seem tame compared to what the president has blasted from the platform in the past four years.

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The DC Insurrection Lays Bare the Fiction of America

The actions of rioters showed a need to hold on to a vision of the country that’s at odds with reality.

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A Virus Variant Spreads, Vaccine Efforts Accelerate, and More

Catch up on the most important updates from this week.

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WhatsApp Has Shared Your Data With Facebook for Years

A pop-up notification has alerted the messaging app's users to a practice that's been in place since 2016.

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Your Media Diet Will Never Be the Same

We have a glut of streaming options. But if recent events show us anything, it's that live TV news is far from obsolete.

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The Mandalorian Is Way Better in Season 2

The first season of the Star Wars series was good. But in the second, the visuals and writing make the jump to lightspeed.

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A Trump Ban Is Easy. Fixing Facebook and Twitter Will Be Hard

Plus: Dorsey in the Trump administration's early days, how to define privacy, and chaos in the Capitol.

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Get the Most Out of Your iPad With These Accessories

These are some of our favorite stands, cases, keyboards, and Pencils no matter which iPad you have.

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Trump Gets Suspended, but CES Does Not

This week, we analyze how the social media platforms reacted to the events of January 6. We also offer our preview of what to expect next week at CES.

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The Rise of Sierra Online Wasn’t Exactly a Fairytale

Founder Ken Williams opens up about his new book, video game design in the late 80s—and his regrets about selling the company.

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New York City Proposes Regulating Algorithms Used in Hiring

A bill would require firms to disclose when they use software to assess candidates, and vendors would have to ensure that their tech doesn’t discriminate.

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The DC Mobs Could Become a Mythologized Recruitment Tool

Wednesday’s riot in Washington was the result of conspiracy theories, anti-government sentiment, and online extremism—and it could start a movement.

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What to Expect From the First-Ever Virtual CES

The show must go on.

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How Fast Can Scientists Find the New Coronavirus Strains?

The discovery of more contagious variants of SARS-CoV-2 in the US sparks a push for a long-overdue national genomic surveillance network.

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