13 Creepy Games to Get Your Fright on for Halloween

Seeking thrills for the spookiest holiday of the year? These horror titles will haunt you.

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The ‘Broadband Gap’ Is Now a Housing Problem

Many people eligible for Covid-era rent assistance have trouble navigating a “tangled web” of agencies because they don't have reliable internet access.

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Live D&D Shows Are Inviting More Players to the Table

Actual play, or livestreams of tabletop RPG games, is exploding in popularity. It's also helping make the hobby more welcoming and inclusive.

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Dune Is an Exercise in Delayed Gratification

Denis Villeneuve’s take on Frank Herbert’s classic novel is a long time coming—and also incomplete.

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Facebook's Name Change Won’t Fix Anything

Can rebranding the company herald a fresh start? Experts, as you might guess, are skeptical.

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Microplastics May Be Cooling—and Heating—Earth’s Climate

Tiny bits of plastic are swirling in the sky, and a new model suggests they could be subtly affecting the climate.

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How Hackers Hijacked Thousands of YouTube Accounts

Google has shed light on a spate of attacks that turned creator channels into cryptocurrency scam livestreams.

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The Mathematics of Cancel Culture

To add fractions, you find the least common denominator—a term that has a certain resonance in our age of mass cancellation.

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13 Face Masks Your Kids May Actually Wear

Your child still needs a face mask for school or play. These are the styles my little ones will tolerate.

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I Never Want to Stop Riding the LeMond Prolog

I don’t need it, but I could ride this ebike all day, every day, forever.

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7 Early Black Friday TV Deals to Help You Cozy Up This Fall

From LG OLEDs to affordable TCL screens, a ton of our favorite models are steeply discounted.

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19 Delightful Gifts for Music Lovers and Audiophiles

From headphones and speakers to accessories for their vinyl LPs, these gift ideas will appeal to any audio lover.

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More Covid Vaccine Boosters Are Coming. Who Should Get Them?

Federal advisers meet again this week to discuss third shots, but it’s still not clear what the best timing is—or what the US owes the world.

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Google's Much-Hyped Pixel 6 Undercuts Its Peers at Just $599

Joined by the Pixel 6 Pro at $899, these two new Android phones reinforce how important it is to optimize hardware and software.

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The 12 Best Features in Android 12—and How to Install It

The latest version of Google's mobile operating system has some handy new improvements, and Pixel owners can download it now.

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Sony's WH-1000XM4 Noise-Canceling Headphones Are $100 Off

We've never seen the price so low on the best-in-class noise-canceling wireless headphones.

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The FAA Weighs the SpaceX Launch Site's Environmental Effects

The Federal Aviation Administration is conducting a review and public hearings involving the space company's expanded site in Boca Chica, Texas.

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With Dune, Frank Herbert Designed the Maxi Pad of the Future

Don’t tell him, but the legendary sci-fi writer came up with a pretty creative way to pull moisture away from you.

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The Best Theragun (and Other Great Massage Guns)

Therabody’s percussive therapy devices help soothe achy muscles. Here’s our guide to its lineup—and some cheaper alternatives.

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Games Can Show Us How to Enact Justice in the Metaverse

To build healthy communities in virtual reality, we must move beyond automated penalties toward proactive forms of governance.

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