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Everything you ever wanted to know about qubits, superpositioning, and spooky action at a distance.

A new leather alternative from the startup TômTex uses shrimp shells instead of petrochemicals. It looks, feels, and endures like the real thing.

Scientists are asking tough questions about the health effects of ultra-processed diets. The answers are complicated—and surprising.

Hundreds of thousands of workers lost jobs at Google, Meta, and other giants in recent months. Some are deciding to build their own companies.

As Russia has accelerated its cyberattacks on its neighbor, it's barraged the country with an unprecedented volume of different data-destroying programs.

Mark Zuckerberg has a new subscription service for Instagram and Facebook. That blue check mark looks awfully familiar.

Science wants to solve the problem of evil but some of the most mainstream concepts are little more than folklore.

Large law firms are using a tool made by OpenAI to research and write legal documents. What could go wrong?

They’re affordable, but the app store is extremely limited. Here’s how to get a broader selection.

“Loab” was just the beginning. Artificial intelligence will soon dredge up all kinds of secret fascinations and fears.

Security researchers found a class of flaws that, if exploited, would allow an attacker to access people’s messages, photos, and call history.

A new kind of “edgeless” engineered tissue can fit any irregular shape, paving the way for hand and face grafts that look and move better.

Powered by obsessed film buffs, it’s a crowdsourced juggernaut that’s older than Google and Wikipedia. Now AI is threatening to steal the starring role.

It’s George Washington’s birthday, and he wants you to have a robot vacuum. These deals are perfect for gearing up for spring.

Electrical stimulation applied to the spinal cord temporarily restored arm and hand movement in two patients.

Twitter is disabling SMS-based two-factor authentication. Switch to these alternatives to keep your account safe.

A movement to promote neighborhoods with amenities within walking distance has enraged far-right activists, climate deniers, and extremists.

In Alaska, people are flocking to buy electric appliances instead of fuel-guzzling furnaces, as oil prices soar and temperatures plummet.

In Indonesia, sickness and pollution plague a sprawling factory complex that supplies the world with crucial battery materials.

This new lab experiment explores the physics involved in our star’s tumultuous interior regions—by creating a sphere of plasma.

Passcodes are out.

Diffusion models generate incredible images by learning to reverse the process that, among other things, causes ink to spread through water.

This irresistible Bluetooth speaker has pretty lights that can sync up with your music and flash any color you like. And it makes a crazy racket too.

This new technology offers an opportunity to free animals from exploitation. So why are some vegans opposed to it?

The company will soon require users to pay for a Twitter Blue subscription to get sign-in codes via SMS. Security experts are baffled.

Also: Instagram launches a new messaging system for creators, and Minecraft gets some new branded casual footwear.

Algorithms struggle to understand human ambiguity. But such quirks are a flimsy shield against the threat of artificially intelligent hackers.

Agriculture beat the Salinas into submission. Now, it has returned with a fury.

Age verification laws miss the point. It’s time to talk to your children honestly not just about what they might see online, but about their own bodies.

Events in East Palestine are a stark reminder that plastic is destroying the planet. From its production to its use to its disposal, the stuff is a poison.

Plus: The FBI got (at least a little bit) hacked, an election-disruption firm gets exposed, Russia mulls allowing “patriotic hacking,” and more.

Soren Iverson’s satirical concepts for new features in popular apps expose our hidden fears and desires—while going viral on Twitter.

Everything you need to know about the past, present, and future of data security—from Equifax to Yahoo—and the problem with Social Security numbers.

The country’s climate woes are just beginning and will likely include rising heat and drought, as well as stronger cyclones.

The company aims to draw on the new technology’s code-writing ability to make its digital worlds even more customizable.

They’re not all that different from their predecessors, but they’re still some of the best phones you can buy.

You actor Penn Badgley has reignited a debate about onscreen sex and nudity—one that totally misses the point.

A “for you” feed might sound convenient. But making AO3 more like TikTok could have disastrous consequences for fan fiction readers and creators alike.

Martial arts moves can seem magical, but maybe they just display a mastery of physics.

The search company helped revolutionize balloon technology to beam internet access to global blank spots. Now, China seems to have lofted a similar project.

Lelapa is building a research lab to serve African businesses and nonprofits, with the hope that locally grown algorithms can better serve communities.

A court has issued strict limits on how police can pull innocent bystanders into big data investigations.

In the bitter crypto winter, companies are making deep cuts to survive a new challenge.

More than 360,000 vehicles will receive an over-the-air update after the US government said that Autopilot can be dangerous in some driving situations.

AI-powered chatbots will only make us more efficient, according to the companies selling said AI-powered chatbots.

Microsoft’s new chatbot for Bing has displayed some strange behavior, proving that AI is more fallible than tech companies let on.

And according to tracing firm Chainalysis, one very prolific scammer ran at least 264 of those scams in 2022 alone.

This week, we discuss all the ways generative AI is upending journalism, marketing, shopping, and search.

Biologists are working to quickly grow hardier specimens that can be propagated and transplanted by robotic arms.

Researchers have spent years warning that text-generation algorithms can spew bias and falsehoods. Tech giants are rushing them into products anyway.