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Monday’s massive earthquake has triggered a swarm of aftershocks, which will make a humanitarian disaster even more devastating.

The search giant’s new chatbot is in testing and will be launched “in the coming weeks.” An API will make it available for developers to build on.

Activate your cat’s inner fierce hunter with Cat Amazing’s puzzles and reward them with a treat.

When a warm band of water develops in the Pacific, drought grips the rainforest. The Amazon, devastated by deforestation and fires, is especially vulnerable.

A Kenyan moderator sued the company for work-related PTSD. A new ruling on his case could signal a global reckoning for Big Tech outsourcing.

Between the ads, the “For You” tab, and all the promoted tweets, Twitter is getting harder to read. Nitter, an open source alternative, can help.

The legendary R&B musician rooted the music of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur in classic New York—just like the show itself.

Apple has officially released MacOS 13. Here’s how to download the latest desktop operating system on your Mac.

Then he read the script and was blown away.

A search bot you converse with could make finding answers easier—if it doesn’t tell fibs. Microsoft, Google, Baidu, and others are working on it.

Moscow promised residents lower crime rates through an expansive smart city project. Then Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine.

The largest catalog ever collected by a single telescope maps Earth’s 3 billion stellar neighbors—and helps track the dust that warps how we see them.

Despite an economic crisis, political chaos, and the regime’s ban, TikTok influencers are still thriving in Afghanistan.

This business laptop would be a luxury for most productivity users: An excellent keyboard makes it a joy to use … but inconsistency reigns.

This tiny, free app opens programs quickly, searches files fast, and lets you make keyboard shortcuts for anything.

The revamped full-size Siri smart speaker has good mics, but it can’t compete on sound.

Stay charged from point A to point B.

Plus: The FTC cracks down on GoodRx, Microsoft boots “verified” phishing scammers, researchers disclose EV charger vulnerabilities, and more.

It’s a good value with a premium feel and lots of space. But can XPeng challenge more established automakers in the West?

Plus: Twitter squeezes more money out of its users, AI ain’t stopping anytime soon, and Samsung hypes new phones in an era of decreasing sales.

Growers fear a perfect storm for a tradition that has long bound rural communities together.

Social media has conditioned people to watch, react, and move on. But what is inherent in the Nichols video cannot be swept away with ease.

A popular military tool during the Cold War, spy balloons have since fallen out of favor—for good reason.

Many are celebrating Australia’s decision to pave the way for these psychedelic therapies, but questions around accessibility remain.

Cofounder Gabor Cselle says his upstart social network can offer a “2007 Twitter” community vibe that Elon Musk’s platform no longer supplies.

If you want to know what the cloud of gas that surrounds the planet is really doing for us, you have to see what the world would be like without it.

Mounjaro did what decades of struggle with managing weight couldn’t. Welcome to the post-hunger age.

Episode 3 sparked the kind of lively discourse only the internet can deliver.

As unsecured docs pile up, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is itching to overhaul the nation’s secret secret-sharing operation.

The last jumbo jet was delivered in January, but it has been obsolete for decades.

Scientists have uncovered the Roman recipe for self-repairing cement—which could massively reduce the carbon footprint of the material today.

Call it a fanilect.

Accidental revisions to a US Help Center page sparked confusion about the streamer's next moves. But restrictions on account sharing are still coming soon.

The idea of creating tamper-proof databases has captured the attention of everyone from anarchist techies to staid bankers.

By mimicking a 1970s classic, Rian Johnson’s new murder mystery series rewrites the streaming era’s rules that everything must be bingeable.

The Aro Home app is easy to use, but it’s pretty embarrassing to realize you put your phone down for only 20 minutes a day.

As AI infiltrates more aspects of society, maybe some “responsibility gaps” are a good thing.

These tiny organoids with working immune systems mimic the function of the GI tract and could be used to study intestinal diseases and drugs to treat them.

This week, we ask if there's anything else our phones should be doing for us. Also, we break down the Samsung Galaxy announcements.

Madison Square Garden is under fire for using the technology. Other venues are exploring their own uses of face algorithms, raising privacy concerns.

Former president Trump tried and failed to ban the app. Now US lawmakers from both parties are preparing legislation they say can finish the job.

Whether you spend time in nature's backyard or your own, we've found discounts on Patagonia clothing, camping gear, and tents.

There are three new phones—the Galaxy S23, S23+, and S23 Ultra—as well as five new laptops.

Prestige restaurants are often unsustainable, intense workplaces. It’s time for the culture around them to change.

Companies claim synthetic images can add diversity to AI data sets, but they carry functional and moral risks.

Bad actors use artificial intelligence to propagate falsehoods and upset elections, but the same tools can be repurposed to defend the truth.

Students from top schools used to waltz from Silicon Valley internships into lucrative jobs. Now, some are reconsidering their options.

True Anomaly, a startup backed by US senator JD Vance's VC firm, plans to launch prototype pursuit satellites on a SpaceX flight later this year.

Data gaps, funding cuts, and shyness about sex let gonorrhea gain drug resistance. There are no new treatments yet.