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Computers

Best hotspot plans

By Curtis Silver

google hangouts mobile app
Internet

Google Hangouts is dead. Long live Google’s mess of chat apps.

By Harry Guinness

A laptop computer with Wikipedia on its screen.
DIY

‘Adopting typos’ and other ways to edit Wikipedia

By David Nield

How computer-aided engineering shaped Cadillac’s first EV to a tee
Electric Vehicles

How computer-aided engineering shaped Cadillac’s first EV to a tee

By Dan Carney

A woman with red hair wearing sunglasses and a black-and-white-striped shirt, laying on the concrete edge of a tiled swimming pool, looking at her phone, which she's holding above her face.
DIY

All you need to know to add closed captions to video calls, Netflix, and more

By David Nield

Two black-haired women, from the back, using their iPhones with each other.
DIY

How to grab and move multiple iPhone apps at once

By John Kennedy

Meet the ID Aero, Volkswagen’s new electric sedan concept
Concept Cars

Meet the ID Aero, Volkswagen’s new electric sedan concept

By Rob Verger

A white iPhone on a yellow background with the Snapchat ghost icon on the screen in landscape mode.
DIY

7 apps that will let you send disappearing messages

By David Nield

Dodge Challenger
Technology

A week behind the wheel of the most powerful muscle car you can buy

By Bradley Iger

Carbon offsets such as credits have problems that critics wonder if crypto companies can actually solve.
Cryptocurrency

Crypto companies are getting into carbon credits. But can they actually help the climate?

By Kristine Liao

voice recording
AI

Do we want Alexa mimicking anyone’s voice? Yes, and no.

By Corinne Iozzio

What to know about the Caesars, the gigantic truck-mounted artillery units France sent Ukraine
Military

What to know about the Caesars, the gigantic truck-mounted artillery units France sent Ukraine

By Christina Mackenzie

Why the US Army wants an ‘aerial tier network’ for better communications
Army

Why the US Army wants an ‘aerial tier network’ for better communications

By Kelsey D. Atherton

a blurry crowd of people
AI

Why Microsoft is rolling back its AI-powered facial analysis tech

By Harry Guinness

a ship at sea
Energy

The world’s largest hybrid ship will set sail in 2024

By Colleen Hagerty

A locked iPhone displaying its lock screen.
DIY

Smartphone security starts with the lock screen. Here’s how to protect it.

By David Nield

a crosswalk
Internet

How Apple wants to kill those annoying CAPTCHA tests

By Harry Guinness

gloves, pills, thermometers, masks
COVID-19

This outbreak simulator predicted the strange twists in our pandemic behavior

By Charlotte Hu

The Craiyon interface, showing a courtroom sketch of a sperm whale vs. a giant squid
AI

5 ways to get Craiyon, formerly Dall-E mini, to bend to your will

By John Kennedy

A next-gen tank will be revealed in October. Here’s what we know about it so far.
Army

A next-gen tank will be revealed in October. Here’s what we know about it so far.

By Kelsey D. Atherton

an illustration of a robotic sensor that detects if a baseball thrown is a ball or strike. in the background is a purple filtered image of baseball articles and images
Robots

Will baseball ever replace umpires with robots?

By Bill Gourgey

Website UX design on an iPad
DIY

Best web hosting services

By Stacey L. Nash

The firefly robot made by MIT engineers.
Robots

MIT engineers have created tiny robot lightning bugs

By Colleen Hagerty

Why are there so many cryptocurrency scams?
Cryptocurrency

Why are there so many cryptocurrency scams?

By Yaniv Hanoch and Stacey Wood / The Conversation

FedEx is charging up its electric vehicle fleet
Climate Change

FedEx is charging up its electric vehicle fleet

By Rob Verger

A person talking on a phone.
Computers

How to make voice calls from any device

By David Nield

The Pritzker Nanofabrication Facility at the University of Chicago
Internet

Chicago now has a 124-mile quantum network. This is what it’s for.

By Charlotte Hu

Here’s what it’s like to drive on the moon
Electric Vehicles

Here’s what it’s like to drive on the moon

By Dan Carney

a 747 in flight
Military

The UK’s military wishlist includes hypersonic weapons and small satellites

By Kelsey D. Atherton

container ship in the ocean
Technology

A new law takes aim at shipping costs and congested ports

By Colleen Hagerty

Microsoft's internet browser, Microsoft Edge.
DIY

10 reasons to try Microsoft Edge now that Internet Explorer is dead

By David Nield

an electric chevy blazer
Electric Vehicles

What to expect from the Blazer, Chevy’s new EV

By Bradley Brownell

American flag suspended from an alien pole to signify recent UAP investigations by NASA and the DOD
Military

UFO research is stigmatized. NASA wants to change that.

By Tatyana Woodall

How the massive ‘flow battery’ coming to an Army facility in Colorado will work
Army

How the massive ‘flow battery’ coming to an Army facility in Colorado will work

By Rob Verger

firefox browser on phone
Security

With site-specific ‘cookie jars,’ Firefox hopes to curb user tracking

By Harry Guinness

An Apple computer screen showing the macOS Finder, Safari, Google Chrome, and other applications.
Computers

7 tricks for making files easier to find on your Mac

By David Nield

A grid of 12 images depict the Star Wars character Chewbacca performing office job tasks.
AI

The Dall-E Mini image generator’s ridiculousness might be its main appeal

By Maria Parazo Rose

internet explorer logo on laptop
Internet

RIP Internet Explorer, and thanks for all the memes

By Charlotte Hu

A brunette woman wearing a light pink shirt and light blue jeans sitting on a white carpet in front of a white couch and typing on her new silver laptop.
Computers

The quickest way to set up a new PC

By Whitson Gordon

Your connected car could be putting your privacy at risk
Technology

Your connected car could be putting your privacy at risk

By Victoria Scott/The Drive

a robotic military dog
Military

A new tail accessory propels this robot dog across streams

By Kelsey D. Atherton

MIT stackable chip
AI

MIT’s new computer chip design lets you clip on parts like LEGOs

By Charlotte Hu

nearly finished submarine in large building
Military

An exclusive look inside where nuclear subs are born

By Christopher Payne, Rob Verger

person texting on phone
AI

Unpacking Google’s ‘sentient’ AI controversy

By Colleen Hagerty

Understanding PACMAN, the security vulnerability in Apple’s M1 chips
Computers

Understanding PACMAN, the security vulnerability in Apple’s M1 chips

By Harry Guinness

A Google Home Mini on a white table.
DIY

5 quick fixes for your connectivity problems

By David Nield

Offshore wind turbine against cloudy sky
Energy

Offshore wind has been slow to take off in the US. Here’s what could change that.

By Thor Benson

The main page of Netflix on a web browser.
DIY

Watch anything you want without signing up for every streaming service

By David Nield

These drones can avoid midair collisions by listening for other aircraft
AI

These drones can avoid midair collisions by listening for other aircraft

By Rob Verger

Fabric carbon filter
Energy

A protein-filled cotton sheet can filter carbon emissions

By Sara Kiley Watson

Russia’s mine-clearing robot has its safety limitations
Military

Russia’s mine-clearing robot has its safety limitations

By Kelsey D. Atherton

air pollution over a city
DIY

You can now use Google Maps to find fresh air

By Colleen Hagerty

This new electric motorcycle is built for long-range adventures
Electric Vehicles

This new electric motorcycle is built for long-range adventures

By Bradley Brownell

A giant Hyundai cargo ship’s long haul in the Pacific was at least partly autonomous
Self Driving

A giant Hyundai cargo ship’s long haul in the Pacific was at least partly autonomous

By James Gilboy / The Drive

a key on a black background
Internet

Apple’s passkeys could be better than passwords. Here’s how they’ll work.

By Harry Guinness

A hand with magenta painted nails reaches out from the darkness to tap on a phone lying on a shiny black table.
DIY

How to juggle multiple accounts within individual smartphone apps

By David Nield

Iceland topography from above
AI

Google Earth Engine is taking its closest look yet at how landscapes are changing

By Charlotte Hu

Tidal turbine against cloudy sky.
Energy

Tidal turbines put a new spin on the power of the ocean

By Sara Kiley Watson

A person sitting at a light wooden desk in front of an Apple desktop computer, scrolling through Instagram on their iPhone.
DIY

How to craft an exquisite Instagram story collage

By David Nield

A dog in a sushi house
AI

Why you can’t use Google’s impressive text-to-image generator Imagen yet

By Marissa Wu / Popular Photography

$500 banknote from Bank of Jamaica
Cryptocurrency

Jamaica is the latest nation to dive into digital currencies

By Colleen Hagerty

a lightning and usb-c cable
Gear

What the EU’s ruling on USB-C chargers could mean for devices everywhere

By Harry Guinness

Ocean simulator in giant saltwater tank at the Scripps Institute in San Diego, California. A Scripps researcher in a checkered shirt adjusts the settings on a computer with a COVID mask around his elbow.
Conservation

A 120-foot-long ocean simulator is now making waves across the seven seas

By Avery Schluyer Nunn

A Roblox character standing in the middle of a street in a virtual city.
Console Gaming

A parent’s guide to the vast world of Roblox

By Jean Levasseur

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