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The Feds Are Trying to Get Plants to Mine Metal Through Their Roots
7 mins; March 22, 2024
The World Needs to Crack Battery Recycling, Fast
8 mins; March 21, 2024
Why Is the Slack Hold Music So Haunted and So Good?
9 mins; March 20, 2024
The Designer Who’s Trying to Transform Your City Into a Sponge
7 mins; March 19, 2024
States Are Lining Up to Outlaw Lab-Grown Meat
9 mins; March 18, 2024
Regulators Need AI Expertise. They Can’t Afford It
7 mins; March 15, 2024
Ageism Haunts Some Tech Workers in the Race to Get Hired
8 mins; March 14, 2024
Rampant Wildfires Are Threatening a Collapse of the Amazon Rainforest
7 mins; March 13, 2024
The Quest to Give AI Chatbots a Hand—and an Arm
5 mins; March 12, 2024
Apple Could Be the First Target of Europe's Tough New Tech Law
6 mins; March 11, 2024
Europe Is Breaking Open the Empires of Big Tech
7 mins; March 08, 2024
Scientists Are Inching Closer to Bringing Back the Woolly Mammoth
7 mins; March 07, 2024
The Mysterious Case of the Missing Trump Trial Ransomware Leak
7 mins; March 06, 2024
Google’s Deal With StackOverflow Is the Latest Proof That AI Giants Will Pay for Data
5 mins; March 05, 2024
Elon Musk’s Lawsuit Against a Group That Found Hate Speech on X Isn’t Going Well
7 mins; March 04, 2024
Tesla’s Charging Network is Now Open to Other EVs and Ford Is First In Line
5 mins; March 01, 2024
RIP Apple Car. This Is Why It Died
7 mins; February 29, 2024
A Discarded Plan to Build Underwater Cities Will Give Coral Reefs New Life
2 mins; February 28, 2024
Neuralink’s First Brain Implant Is Working. Elon Musk’s Transparency Isn’t
8 mins; February 27, 2024
Google Tweaked Search to Comply With EU Rules. Yelp Says It Makes Results Even More Unfair
9 mins; February 26, 2024
This Small Wearable Device Reduces Parkinson’s Symptoms
4 mins; February 23, 2024
Climate Finance Is Targeting the Wrong Industries
4 mins; February 22, 2024
AI Is Coming for the Experts. First, It Needs Their Help
10 mins; February 21, 2024
A Virus Found in Wastewater Beat Back a Woman’s ‘Zombie’ Bacteria
9 mins; February 20, 2024
The Feds Just Bet Even Bigger on American-Made Heat Pumps
5 mins; February 19, 2024
Smoking Alters Your Immune System for Years After You Quit
8 mins; February 16, 2024
AI Is Rewiring Coders’ Brains. Yours May Be Next
5 mins; February 15, 2024
Who Tests If Heat-Proof Clothing Actually Works? These Poor Sweating Mannequins
5 mins; February 14, 2024
Developers Are in Open Revolt Over Apple’s New App Store Rules
7 mins; February 13, 2024
The Far-Right's Favorite Web Host Has a Shadowy New Owner
9 mins; February 12, 2024
Google Prepares for a Future Where Search Isn’t King
7 mins; February 09, 2024
A Study at the Center of the Abortion Pill Battle Was Just Retracted
7 mins; February 08, 2024
Mystery Company Linked to Biden Robocall Identified by New Hampshire Attorney General
3 mins; February 07, 2024
A Startup Allegedly ‘Hacked the World.’ Then Came the Censorship—and Now the Backlash
11 mins; February 06, 2024
You Can’t Buy Lab-Grown Meat Even If You Wanted To
6 mins; February 05, 2024
A Cheaper Tesla Model Is Coming in 2025 as Chinese Competition Intensifies
5 mins; February 02, 2024
Comcast’s Xfinity Stores Your Sensitive Data. You Can Kind of Opt Out
4 mins; February 01, 2024
Big-Name Targets Push Midnight Blizzard Hacking Spree Back Into the Limelight
5 mins; January 31, 2024
Apple Isn’t Ready to Release Its Grip on the App Store
7 mins; January 30, 2024
Researchers Say the Deepfake Biden Robocall Was Likely Made With Tools From AI Startup ElevenLabs
7 mins; January 29, 2024
This Chatbot Screens Your Dating App Matches for You
6 mins; January 26, 2024
No, the Great Tech Layoffs of 2023 Aren’t Happening Again
4 mins; January 25, 2024
This Chinese Startup Is Winning the Open Source AI Race
10 mins; January 24, 2024
ChatGPT's Hunger for Energy Could Trigger a GPU Revolution
6 mins; January 23, 2024
Trawling Boats Are Hauling Up Ancient Carbon From the Ocean Depths
6 mins; January 22, 2024
The Murky Campaign to Discredit Lab-Grown Meat
7 mins; January 19, 2024
Why Tech Workers Are Ditching Big Cities for Boise
7 mins; January 18, 2024
These Mining Companies Are Ready to Raid the Seabed
7 mins; January 17, 2024
Congress Wants Tech Companies to Pay Up for AI Training Data
6 mins; January 16, 2024
Scammy AI-Generated Books Are Flooding Amazon
8 mins; January 15, 2024
The White House Just Announced a $623 Million EV-Charging Bonanza
6 mins; January 12, 2024
Air Pollution Is Ruining Your Skin
5 mins; January 11, 2024
In Defense of AI Hallucinations
10 mins; January 10, 2024
Spying on Beavers From Space Could Help Save California
11 mins; January 09, 2024
They Had PTSD. A Psychedelic Called Ibogaine Helped Them Get Better
8 mins; January 08, 2024
The Plan to Put Pig Genes in Soy Beans for Tastier Fake Meat
5 mins; January 05, 2024
This Ultrasound Bra Could Detect Cancer Sooner
4 mins; January 04, 2024
What Are ‘Missed Period Pills,’ and How Do They Work?
8 mins; January 03, 2024
Your Money Is Funding Fossil Fuels Without You Knowing It
6 mins; January 01, 2024
How to Stop Another OpenAI Meltdown
13 mins; December 25, 2023
Sorry California, Amazon Will No Longer Sell You Donkey Meat
4 mins; December 22, 2023
What Happens When Facebook Heats Your Home
8 mins; December 21, 2023
Google’s App Store Monopoly Ruled Illegal as Jury Sides With Epic
3 mins; December 20, 2023
My Surprisingly Unbiased Week With Elon Musk's 'Politically Biased' Chatbot
6 mins; December 19, 2023
In a World First, a Patient’s Antibody Cells Were Just Genetically Engineered
6 mins; December 18, 2023
OpenAI’s Ilya Sutskever Has a Plan for Keeping Super-Intelligent AI in Check
7 mins; December 15, 2023
Stop Planting Trees, Says Guy Who Inspired World to Plant a Trillion Trees
9 mins; December 14, 2023
YouTube Is Now Hiding Which Channels Get a Cut of Ad Revenue
10 mins; December 13, 2023
Can Rock Dust Soak Up Carbon Emissions? A Giant Experiment Is Set to Find Out
10 mins; December 12, 2023
Why It Took Meta 7 Years to Turn on End-to-End Encryption for All Chats
8 mins; December 11, 2023
Elijah Wood and Mike Tyson Cameo Videos Were Used in a Russian Disinformation Campaign
8 mins; December 08, 2023
Google Just Launched Gemini, Its Long-Awaited Answer to ChatGPT
9 mins; December 07, 2023
Spotify Is Screwed
5 mins; December 06, 2023
OpenAI Committed to Buying $51 Million of AI Chips From a Startup Backed by CEO Sam Altman
10 mins; December 05, 2023
The Race to Find What’s Making America’s Dogs Sick
9 mins; December 04, 2023
A Life-Extension Drug for Big Dogs Is Getting Closer to Reality
6 mins; December 01, 2023
The Weirdest Reason the Poles Are Warming So Fast? Invisible Clouds
7 mins; November 30, 2023
A Damning Report Claims a Major Gig Economy Union Had a Culture of Abuse and Toxicity
7 mins; November 29, 2023
The US Wants Vietnam to Be Its New Tech Best Friend
8 mins; November 28, 2023
Here’s What’s Next for SpaceX’s Starship
8 mins; November 27, 2023
New Orleans Tried to Control Short-Term Rentals With a Lottery System. It Was a Mess
8 mins; November 22, 2023
The Precarious Rise of Disposable Vapes
8 mins; November 21, 2023
You Need a Heat Pump. Soon You’ll Have More American-Made Options
6 mins; November 20, 2023
YouTube Shorts Challenges TikTok With Music-Making AI for Creators
5 mins; November 17, 2023
Think You Have SAD? Think Again
8 mins; November 16, 2023
Ann McKee Is on a Quest to Save Humanity’s Brains
7 mins; November 15, 2023
Skiing Is Getting Riskier
7 mins; November 14, 2023
Obamacare Call Center Staff Strike Over Steep Health Care Costs and Scarce Bathroom Breaks
9 mins; November 13, 2023
Police Use of Face Recognition Is Sweeping the UK
10 mins; November 10, 2023
Big Tech Ditched Trust and Safety. Now Startups Are Selling It Back As a Service
9 mins; November 09, 2023
A Major Alarm Is Flashing Under Greenland’s Ice
8 mins; November 08, 2023
Why You Can’t Stop Reading About Daylight Saving Time
5 mins; November 07, 2023
YouTube’s Ad Blocker Crackdown Spurs Record Uninstalls
11 mins; November 06, 2023
Facebook Finally Puts a Price on Privacy: It’s $10 a Month
7 mins; November 03, 2023
The Second Person to Get a Pig Heart Transplant Just Died
5 mins; November 02, 2023
The Vampire Bat Is Moving Closer to the US. That’s a Problem
8 mins; November 01, 2023
A Personalized Brain Implant Curbed a Woman’s OCD
9 mins; October 31, 2023
Inside Elon Musk’s First Election Crisis—a Day After He ‘Freed’ the Bird
11 mins; October 30, 2023
Apple Store Workers Fear the Tech Giant Is Dodging Accountability for Shady Labor Practices
