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The franchise could benefit from going in a new direction.

Plus: More rebranding at Meta, techniques for synthesizing reality, and a startling milestone.

The tech giant's cloud gaming platform faces a slew of tough questions—and few prospects of success.

This week, #BenderGate brought up a lot of questions about what talent is worth.

This week, we talk about iOS 15.4 and the big features coming soon to iPhones, including the changes to the way AirTags work.

An experiment to change the blood type of donated organs could be a first step to shortening transplant wait times.

When Elon Musk unveiled his idea for the Tesla bot, it evoked a racist phenomenon dating back to the 18th century.

Ben Stiller’s new Apple TV+ show is a sprawling, twisty thriller in the vein of Charlie Kaufman.

Sleep soundly knowing you saved money on one of our favorite hybrid or all-foam mattresses.

Games rooted in Greek myth and 13th-century Japan can be beneficial for educators. But are games illuminating the narrative or distorting it?

As most of the world decides to live with the virus, China is doubling down on a strategy to crush it. But at what cost?

After six globe-trotting decades spent probing “the phenomenon,” the French information scientist is sure of only one thing: The truth is really, really out there.

Kremlin-backed cyber actors lurked in the networks for months, obtaining sensitive documents related to weapons and infrastructure development.

Perceptus can identify and continuously remember the objects in the physical world, grounding augmented reality with more real-world context.

The grand finale of this trilogy is a strategy masterwork that will take over your life.

Blockchain art’s carbon footprint is massive. Artists who care about the climate are trying new experiments.

In an era of platform hopping, committing to the apps and services you love could end up saving a pretty penny.

As troops amass on Ukraine’s border, civilians capture it all on camera. Online sleuths are now unpacking the details.

A new feature for Peloton bikes called Lanebreak adds another layer of gamification to the company's connected home workouts.

As the Netflix series starts its second season, both the fictional and the real military service are struggling with identity crises.

The "dark stores" that popped up in Dutch cities have triggered turf wars with residents and citywide crackdowns.

An alarming spike in the second-most-damaging greenhouse gas is giving wind to a once fringe idea: Take it out of the air.

The Google-backed AI firm taught a reinforcement learning algorithm to control the fiery plasma inside a tokamak nuclear fusion reactor.

Congratulations, you beat your favorite video game. Now it’s time to beat the feelings of emptiness.

Recruiters increasingly use machines to screen applicants. So crafty hopefuls are devising tactics to outwit the machines. But is it worth it?

Mozilla’s privacy-heavy browser is flatlining. What it does next is crucial for the future of the web.

It's a tricky, delicate task that combines machine vision and robotics. Progress has been slow, but entrepreneurs and farmers continue to invest.

Alarming new research suggests warm seawater is rushing under the ice, perhaps doubling the rate of melting.

A government leader in Argentina hailed the AI, which was fed invasive data about girls. The feminist pushback could inform the future of health tech.

Conversations with more than a dozen senior cybersecurity leaders in both the public and private sector outline the major areas of risk.

The internet has made me immune to a coherent narrative. In order to truly understand anything, I've taught myself to read networks.

Durable noise-canceling earbuds are cheaper than ever, and these are some of the best around.

Essays can be marvelous and sublime; they can also be churned from content mills. Where does the AI-written variety fit?

Digital twins, virtual copies of everything from bridges to aeroplanes, are coming for healthcare. A European project, called Neurotwin, now wants to digitally clone brains.

Dozens of accounts have been vanished as Twitter bows to pressure to make it harder for children to find adult content online.

Faster-growing, fatter critters could provide the protein needed to raise more climate-friendly livestock and pets.

There is no scientific way to tell if you’re stoned behind the wheel. That’s a problem for police—and you. One company is aiming to fix that.

If Sunday’s Big Game commercials had any message, it was that corporations have a disconcerting vision for our future.

Death and disease increase after divorce. Journalist Florence Williams, mourning the end of her own marriage, investigates why.

From setting up remote play to automatic sign-on with your favorite controller, here’s how to get the most out of your shiny new toy.

Bodies aren’t stick straight, and vibrators shouldn’t be either. Dame’s Com brings the magic back to magic wands.

Everyone poops—and that reveals traces of pathogens. Comprehensively analyzing wastewater could help find flu and detect the next pandemic.

Air Protein is transforming carbon emissions into delicious cuts of meat, with the helping hand of bacteria.

Just seeing a map of charging stations in rural areas can help alleviate “range anxiety”—and help get more EVs on the streets.

Sometimes all you need to make peace with your partner is some helpful tech and a collaborative approach.

Your lock screen stands between your private data and unwelcome visitors—make sure you set it up correctly.

How might our universe emerge like a hologram out of a two-dimensional sheet? An infinitely distant “celestial sphere” could hold answers.

More electric bikes need to be smaller so that smaller people can ride them.

What happens when an unstoppable social construct collides with an immovable patriarchal myth?

Workers want the freedom to set their own hours. But sociologist Heejung Chung says social expectations push employees to expand the work day.