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FTC sues data broker for selling sensitive information, including abortion clinic visits
Privacy advocates urge cancellation of Amazon’s nightmarish Ring Nation
A new generation of wearables may know when you’re stressed
Could dragons be real? Not in the way we think.
Twitter will start streaming podcasts, and they’re not limited to 280 characters
Congress sounds really concerned about unidentified aerial phenomenon
A startup is using AI to make call center workers sound ‘American’
Viral AI rapper dropped from major record label for racist content
TikTok’s rumored ‘Nearby’ feed would show videos recorded in your neighborhood
Plot twist: MoviePass is returning from the dead next month
Yelp will flag anti-abortion pregnancy centers in its local listings
Whistleblower claims Twitter is lying about user privacy, bots, security, and more
Apple finally extends home repairs to (some) MacBook owners
YouTube removes video of Tesla superfan testing autopilot safety on a child
Streaming services pulled ahead of cable TV in viewers, barely
Google’s DeepMind AI can ‘transframe’ a single image into a video
Google’s new robot butler was trained on social media and Wikipedia articles
Self-driving Lyfts will cruise the Vegas strip by early 2023
Watch a snake wearing robot trousers strut like a lizard
Hackers prove it doesn’t take much to hijack a dead satellite
John Deere tractors are getting the jailbreak treatment from hackers
Amazon is turning Ring surveillance footage into a reality show
Study confirms the obvious: youth have abandoned Facebook
The century-old dream of traveling by hovercraft is still alive
Walmart is on the hunt for its own streaming partnership
How to pick the perfect seat in a movie theater for sound and picture
If you have a serious fear of bugs, a butterfly house might change your tune
5 ways to get Craiyon, formerly Dall-E mini, to bend to your will
Sex and gender binaries don’t tell the entire story of life
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
How Popular Science covered ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ in 1968
What an extraterrestrial archaeological dig could tell us about space culture
Classic Mexican art stood the test of time with the help of this secret ingredient
Two-player games that won’t turn you and your friend into enemies
Indigenous farmers are ‘rematriating’ centuries-old seeds to plant a movement
What do you call a tiny tarantula killer? Jeff Daniels.
Horned helmets came from Bronze Age artists, not Vikings
Good news for lychee lovers: There may be a way to grow the fruits year-round
Roman soldiers, booze, and mail trucks shaped the fruitcake’s rich history
The unofficial list of the world’s most colorful places
Gifts for your bald friends
Dead ships find solace under the treacherous surface of the Great Lakes
Bookworms, rejoice! Here’s a gift guide for grads who love reading
The science fiction podcasts every nerd should listen to
Snapping your fingers is a move worthy of a professional athlete
The hottest new cheese region is … the American South?
This Italian fishing town has one wriggly (and delicious) target
Could humans survive on Dune’s Arrakis?
Renaming the company won’t fix Facebook’s image problem
10 ways people hunt and fish without bullets or hooks
How the stunt crew in ‘No Time to Die’ pulled off the film’s astounding motorcycle jump
An AI finished Beethoven’s final symphony. But is it good?
What is umami? No, really.
‘The X-Files’ Top Five Alien Episodes
Australian cockatoos are teaching each other to open trash cans
Inside the ambitious video game project trying to preserve Indigenous sports
‘View From a Blue Moon’ Might Be the Greatest Action Sports Film Ever Made
6 ‘Star Wars’ Technologies That May Not Be So Far, Far Away
Get to know the plant that showed up in the National Spelling Bee finals
Why are people obsessed with the Olympics?
‘Black Panther’ Has The Coolest Tech In The Marvel Universe
How Teachers Can Educate Their Students On The Science Of ‘Interstellar’
The real Jurassic Park may have been in the Arctic
The beauty and science of growing bonsai