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Atoms experience a kind of rolling friction when they fly along a surface.

Review: A book of deliberately, hilariously, wrong advice—with explainers and diagrams.

iFixit gave the phone a 6/10 for repairability.

Bad "sexy teen slasher" marketing buried this multi-layered tale of toxic female friendship.

Apps improperly obtained user data, installed malware, and committed other offenses.

Money likely came as advance against earnings ahead of Epic Games Store sales.

Competitors are throwing everything at the wall to slow the Amazon juggernaut.

The delay on Ryzen 9 3950X's launch makes sense given Ryzen 9 3900X's scarcity.

Demo of crypto-cracking algorithm fails to convince experts.

AT&T files motion to compel arbitration in case over sale of phone location data.

Vulnerability was demonstrated one week ago, when iOS 13 was still in beta.

Sacklers seek "the benefit of bankruptcy without the burdens of bankruptcy."

The phones add new cameras, the A13 CPU/GPU, and faster wireless.

A sci-fi action movie where the key action takes place in Brad Pitt's neurons.

An explainer for all the hoops multi-Switch households have to jump through.

The year's best video game about geese, reviewed from a goose's point of view.

The slag heaps of an ancient kingdom show how upheaval fueled technological progress.

Better battery life might be the most compelling reason to get a new phone.

There's a lot more to this update than Dark Mode.

"We don't want to rely on just one system."

Vaping in 12th graders doubles from 2017 in line with rise of Juul.

New wave of attacks comes after previous Click2Gov hack compromised 300k payment cards.

First results from the KATRIN experiment are based on just 28 days of data.

Amazon aims to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2040.

The cooling effect of aerosols from burning fossil fuels is already much smaller.

Trump's export ban means no Google apps for the Mate 30 Pro.

You just can't get away from the big ad tech companies, it seems.

Noticing an uptick in spam from people you know? You can probably blame Emotet.

A new toll-free Google Assistant service in India can be accessed from any phone.

Comcast accused of reneging on "lifetime" price promise in Google Fiber city.

It could be possible to ID at-risk children based on a single teacher's assessment.

Plus deals on Logitech accessories, Apple Watch and iPad pre-orders, and more.

iPadOS, macOS, and tvOS releases are still on the way, though.

Review: Comfort tweaks, new d-pad propel a cheaper way into a great portable library.

The Oregon-based startup has more than 4,000 preorders to work through.

Insurance industry group rates Model 3 one of the safest cars.

Rules of engagement covered courthouse and authorized lock picking.

New shortcut buttons and Roku Zones make it easier to find and access content.

Storage management largely revolves around pattern recognition—and AI can help.

No Nintendo remake has ever combined the beautiful and the familiar like this.

"I am concerned that the decisions are not being driven by what is most efficient."

AT&T reportedly considers spinoff of DirecTV or combination with Dish.

A cool $70 billion could help get the US to 90% fiber coverage, study says.

Cruise missile parts, UAV wreckage indicate attack was at least backed by Iran.

It shares some features with quantum annealers, but it's easier to build and operate.

Previously undocumented Tortoiseshell is skilled but by no means perfect.

Ethnobotanist argues the plant is a better fit than hallucinogenic mushrooms.

Surely this initiative will create meaningful change...

Spread-spectrum RF chirps are low-bandwidth—but they go farther than you'd think.

Devs urge the rest of the industry to follow suit in reducing plastic use.