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Industrial shot of an oil refinery plant

How Google Search is helping ‘greenwash’ oil companies

Close up of Twitter homepage search bar and "What's Happening?" prompt

Elon Musk is axing entire departments at Twitter—here’s how that could affect users

How social media companies can benefit from election misinformation

How social media companies can benefit from election misinformation

Quadrupedal robot with arm attachment walking across grass

AI can teach robot dogs tricks for cheap

Crash test dummy in driver's seat of car with airbag deployed

The first crash dummy modeled after women is here

Phone with Amazon Music homepage displayed on screen

If you have Amazon Prime, you can now listen to 100 million songs for free

Close up of chess player with head in hand playing game

A simple rule variation could move chess out of a stalemate

Vine could be next on the list for Musk to remake

Vine could be next on the list for Musk to remake

Instagram is down for some users—here’s what we know so far

Instagram is down for some users—here’s what we know so far

Elon Musk completes purchase of Twitter, fires CEO

Elon Musk completes purchase of Twitter, fires CEO

Twitter logos outside the New York Stock Exchange

Internal documents reveal how Twitter is losing its ‘heavy tweeters’

Scientist's gloved hands using syringe to fill vaccine shot

AI moderators can’t keep up with vaccine disinformation’s newest language: emojis

Venmo Amazon payment integration phone screen illustration

Venmo payments will be available to all Amazon shoppers by Black Friday

night sky stars and Milky Way above mountain background

NASA’s new investigation seeks to explain unusual phenomena in the sky

Close up of solar panel in green field at sunrise

Global CO2 emissions grew by less than a percent this year thanks to renewables

Two armed laundry folding robot folding a t-shirt

Meet the world’s speediest laundry-folding robot

Underground doomsday bunker entrance

Why the tech billionaires can’t save themselves

Close up of Amazon Ring security camera mounted outside building

Ring camera surveillance puts new pressure on Amazon gig workers

Woman Holding a touch pad and switching channels on France Netflix HomePage. with TV set on background

The toll to scroll: Netflix introduces new fees for ‘extra users’

Amazon package on wooden floor

Amazon’s employee retention is not prime, according to leaked data

Kanye West plans to buy so-called ‘free speech’ social media platform, Parler

Kanye West plans to buy so-called ‘free speech’ social media platform, Parler

The constellation Orion, centered on the three bright stars of a belt.

Why we turn stars into constellations

By Eva Botkin-Kowacki

Multiple sets of footprints on desert sand dunes as sun sets on horizon

Moderators ban AI-generated artwork from ‘Dune’ subreddit

Stranger Things playing on smartphone screen draped with Christmas lights against dark background

Netflix to join Hulu and Disney+ with a cheaper ad-supported streaming tier

Woman walking across college campus using exoskeleton robotic mobility boots

These robotic exoskeleton boots will make you feel 30 pounds lighter

a beautiful desert canyon landscape basked in the glow of the setting sun

How tribal co-managing movements are transforming the conservation of public lands

Close up on wooden chess board with chess pieces in play

Chess.com investigation finds that teen grandmaster ‘likely cheated’ in more than 100 online matches

Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter (again)

Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter (again)

Walgreens Retail Store Exterior at night

Your upcoming Walgreens prescription may be refilled by a machine

Kim Kardashian official instagram account on smartphone screen on paper instagram banner

SEC fines Kim Kardashian $1.27 million for ‘unlawfully touting’ a cryptocurrency

Cassie bipedal robot running on relay track

This robot broke a Guinness World Record for the 100-meter dash

Screenshot of Walmart Land metaverse setting in Roblox video game

Welcome to Walmart Land, the retail giant’s attempt at entering the metaverse

Amazon associate on laptop in breakroom

Amazon to offer instant pay to workers and more loans to sellers

Man holding iphone 6 showing Vkontakte app

Apple removes VKontakte, Russia’s largest social network, from the App Store

Backlit screen of smartphone home page displaying apps

App privacy depends a lot on where you were when you downloaded it

Amazon’s Ring Nation quietly premieres on cable TV in 35 states

Russian protestors holding signs and demonstrating against war with Ukraine

Meta says it’s shut down a giant Russian misinformation network

AI generated comic book artwork of alien planet's blue forest

Graphic novel with AI-generated art gets unprecedented copyright

The US government is inching closer to a deal to secure TikTok in the US

Amazon’s new warehouse employee training exec used to manage private prisons

Amazon’s new warehouse employee training exec used to manage private prisons

Close up of library books on shelf

In school districts that ban books, e-readers offer a workaround

Iran cracks down on citizens’ internet access following spreading protests

Iran cracks down on citizens’ internet access following spreading protests

screenshots of the letterboxd mobile app

7 ways movie lovers can make the underrated Letterboxd feel like home

The latest movie pirating tool: Spotify’s ‘video podcast’

Traveller walking down conveyor belt walkway with luggage in airport

Your phone data isn’t safe from Customs and Border Protection

Chinese man wearing COVID-19 mask walking down city street in China with national flags behind him

China’s DNA policing program targeted Tibetans and other minorities, reports reveal

Hand typing on keyboard in dark room

Hacker gains ‘full access’ to Uber’s networks using one of oldest tricks in the book

Sketch drawing of web of Ethereum logos

Ethereum finally completed ‘The Merge’

Thumbs up Facebook buttons reflected in water droplets in front of blurry thumbs down symbol

Facebook’s automated image removal system is flawed, says Oversight Board

Photo of wildfires covering mountains with residential area below it

New federal mapping tool brings climate resiliency to everyday Americans

Stocked aisles in a Walmart store

Walmart wants to combine big box and big bank

AI voice filters can make you sound like anyone—and make anyone sound like you

AI voice filters can make you sound like anyone—and make anyone sound like you

Amazon robotics working working on assembly line

Amazon’s tech empire is expanding into mechatronics

Close-up of hand holding smartphone displaying Facebook login screen

Websites are dropping Facebook’s third-party login button

Serving Turkish coffee cup

How to enjoy the flavor, history, and science of Turkish coffee

By Alisha McDarris

Hand resting on car stick shift holding Juul e-cigarette

Juul to pay states $435M and stop marketing e-cigarettes to kids

Signal’s new president is a privacy advocate and active critic of Big Tech

Aisle of computer server stacks in warehouse

Cloudflare finally drops virulently anti-trans message board, Kiwi Farms

Photo of galaxies in space taken by NASA's James Webb Telescope

Scammers are using a Webb Telescope photo to hide complex malware

Screenshot of worker in front of shelf within Amazon warehouse

Four Amazon warehouse workers died on the job within a month

Close up of Twitter download page on Apple App Store

Twitter is testing a much-anticipated edit button

Interior rear passenger view of man driving car with Uber app on phone attached to dashboard.

Uber enlists home security company ADT in attempt to improve ride safety

Exterior shot of entrance to Federal Trade Commission building in Washington DC

FTC sues data broker for selling sensitive information, including abortion clinic visits

Amazon Ring security doorbell camera installed next to front door

Privacy advocates urge cancellation of Amazon’s nightmarish Ring Nation