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Singer Mariah Carey performs on stage with her twins Moroccan Cannon and Monroe Cannon during her "Merry Christmas To All!" at Madison Square Garden on December 13, 2022 in New York City.

This is your brain on Christmas music

By Laura Baisas

Gamer playing Fortnite on laptop using video game controller

‘Fortnite’ owner agrees to $520 million FTC settlement in messy child privacy case

Twitter suspensions, Elon Musk’s jet, and other messes you may have missed this week

Two Cartken robotic delivery vehicles traveling along a sidewalk in a line

Electric Vehicles

UberEats is rolling out a fleet of self-driving delivery robots in Miami

YouTube homepage close up highlighting 'Trending' section

YouTube introduces ‘timeout’ penalty to curb toxic comments

Sam Bankman-Fried looking at camera at legal hearing

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested and charged with fraud

One of the world's last worm grunters catches earthworms in Florida.

Masters of worm grunting vibrate like moles to harvest bait

By Helen Bradshaw

This will be SpaceX’s crew on its first private, all-civilian trip around the moon

This will be SpaceX’s crew on its first private, all-civilian trip around the moon

Three Tmsuk spider robots meant for sewer system inspections and repairs

Spider robots could soon be swarming Japan’s aging sewer systems

SpaceX rocket lifting off from launchpad at dawn

SpaceX’s new Starshield program will supply satellite networks to the military

Apple sued by stalking victims over alleged AirTag tracking

Apple sued by stalking victims over alleged AirTag tracking

Hair clips inspired the design for these land- and sea-based robots

Hair clips inspired the design for these land- and sea-based robots

Employees say Neuralink’s ‘hack job’ testing has killed roughly 1,500 animals since 2018

Employees say Neuralink’s ‘hack job’ testing has killed roughly 1,500 animals since 2018

Array of Australian radio telescope prototypes built in the Outback against a sky showing stars and the Milky Way galaxy

Construction starts on the world’s biggest radio telescope, which will ‘hear’ signals billions of light-years away

OpenAI’s new chatbot offers solid conversations and fewer hot takes

OpenAI’s new chatbot offers solid conversations and fewer hot takes

Collage of Disney's artificially aged portraits

Disney built a neural network to automatically change an actor’s age

Elon Musk hopes humans will be testing Neuralink brain implants in the next six months

Elon Musk hopes humans will be testing Neuralink brain implants in the next six months

Close-up of mouse cursor hovering over Facebook website login page

A massive data leak just cost Meta $275 million

People hold sheets of blank paper in protest of COVID restriction in mainland as police setup cordon during a vigil in the central district on November 28, 2022 in Hong Kong, China.

Twitter overwhelmed by NSFW spam during protests in China

A micro-thin smart bandage can quickly heal and monitor wounds

A micro-thin smart bandage can quickly heal and monitor wounds

Traffic jam seen in car's sideview mirror

An AI that lets cars communicate might reduce traffic jams

Blue robotic arm in factory working on assembly line with plywood materials

Workplace automation could affect income inequality even more than we thought

Elon Musk looking down with hand on chin against black backgroudn

Former Twitter employees warn of platform’s imminent collapse

Official Adidas FIFA World Cup soccer ball on green grass in night in stadium

Cybersecurity experts blow the whistle on official apps for World Cup attendees

Closeup of black internet router showing Internet and DSL lights

Why your internet bill could be unfairly high

Doctor sitting in chair and waving at laptop camera for telehealth session

Amazon telehealth service goes live in 32 US states

Amazon Sparrow robot sorting products into boxes at warehouse facility

New robot moves Amazon towards increased warehouse automation

Egypt’s official COP27 summit app may be the ‘cartoon super-villain’ of spyware

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Meta lays off more than 11,000 employees after ‘worst downturn’ in company’s history

Swedish engineer Linus Åkesson playing homemade accordion made of two Commodore 64 computers and floppy disks

This is what polka music sounds like on an accordion of two Commodore 64 computers

Northrop Grumman NASA Anatares rocket launch at night

The ISS’s latest arrivals: a 3D printer, seeds, and ovarian cow cells

Empty parking lot underneath blue sky with clouds

Elon Musk’s Hyperloop is being demolished for more SpaceX parking spots

Industrial shot of an oil refinery plant

How Google Search is helping ‘greenwash’ oil companies

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

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

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

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

Why we turn stars into constellations

By Eva Botkin-Kowacki

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

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

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