Beat the Prime Day rush with these early sales on the Fitbit Charge 4, AirPods Pro, and the GoPro Hero9, among others.

The agency spent years running a secure phone network for criminals. So much for “going dark.”

Sci-fi author F. Brett Cox loves stories with mysterious spacecraft but is a firm skeptic when it comes to actual alien visitors.

Congress should salvage a provision buried in the rubble of HR1 that would hold platforms liable for election misinformation.

The credentials were part of a trove containing 1.2 terabytes of sensitive data extracted between 2018 and 2020.

Not since Game of Thrones have audiences really cared about watching something right when it airs. Thanks to a recent spate of streaming hits, that seems to be changing.

Plus: The origins of Blue Origin, Apple's annoying error messages, and a Kardashian plot twist.

With endless new customization options, like new email clients and a feed reader, Vivaldi 4.0 just got better.

The 10-inch tablet gets an optional keyboard and office apps, but it's still best as a cheap way to access all your Prime content.

For the first time, some of Apple's own features will only be available on computers with the company's homegrown silicon.

This week, we talk about all things WWDC and Apple’s quest for worldwide gadget domination.

Developers are using procedural generation, resource management, and dialog choices to create memorable and powerful journeys.

Researchers have found evidence in humans that individual neurons time their firing to a deeper beat. But there’s a mystery: What does it mean?

The video game publisher confirmed the breach, which could be a boon to the shadowy world of cheat-makers.

Today's commercial spacecraft have a safety advantage, thanks to simpler designs and suborbital missions. But with rockets, nothing is certain.

Democrats and Republicans alike need to be honest about how much broadband for all will cost. And they can make Big Tech help pay for it.

The history of play-by-mail includes bribes, forgeries, and games that took years to finish.

For some, relentlessly unlocking achievements is a lifestyle. For others, it's a headache.

A major new report calls on humanity to tackle the biodiversity and climate crises simultaneously. Here's what that might look like.

With good sound and excellent app integration, Amazon's latest wireless earbuds are an affordable AirPods Pro alternative.

With the ongoing pandemic, here are a variety of ways you can join in at home, or anywhere.

Helene Wecker’s The Hidden Palace brings magic to 20th century Manhattan. Turns out that’s easier than putting the wrong stormtroopers into Star Wars Land.

The Black Lives Matter protests drew sympathetic public statements from investors in 2020. One year later, signs of progress are harder to find.

Thousands of players flocked to a digital world filled with draconian rules, slavery, and anti-Semitism—and tested how far “just a game” can go.

Unemployment fraud is a real problem, and biased software only makes it worse. States need privacy-preserving alternatives.

If gaming isn’t as fulfilling as it used to be, it’s OK to walk away and go do something else.

Guest columnist Alan Henry offers advice for putting yourself out there online.

From comfy beds to water fountains, we found sales on cat supplies to kick off Adopt-a-Cat Month.

The AMD-powered ZenBook 13 is one of the best values we’ve seen in a long time.

How do developers take open worlds and condense them into a form that fits on your coffee table? It's not easy, but when it works, it's incredible.

Each copter doesn’t just track where the others are. It constantly predicts where they’ll go.

Remote work generally reduces driving. But the travel behavior of telecommuters isn’t as straightforward as it might seem.

This week, Apple doubled down on its vision of a seamlessly integrated ecosystem of products, software, and services. The catch? You need to be all in on Apple.

Whether you're drafting a memo or promoting a book, technology can make the task easier than ever.

And that’s why we will fight about it forever.

These affordable wireless buds from JLab Audio have the same specs as the Apple AirPods and sound almost as good.

You may not have heard of Fastly, but you felt its impact when sites didn’t load around the world Tuesday morning.

The company is enlisting your Echo and Ring devices into an internet-sharing mesh network starting Monday. It’s not too late to opt out.

Weber’s second take on a pellet smoker delivers delicious results. Be prepared to clean your cooker more frequently, though.

New neuroscience-based technologies aim to improve decisionmaking under pressure. But solving systemic problems will take a lot more than that.

Building games that reflect the diversity of the real world is nothing new to the team at Arkane Studios. But this project presented unique challenges.

Hobbyists spend hours building their own personalized rigs, while others drop thousands of dollars on a bespoke board. The hype is only getting bigger.

The game lets you build a new post-plague civilization in 14th-century England, and it’s been topping Steam charts—for good reason.

Most plastics take hundreds of years to decompose. This one, from case maker Pivet, harnesses the power of hungry microbes.

The clothing supply chain releases some 265 million pounds of microfibers that wash into the environment each year.

She was a star engineer who warned that messy AI can spread racism. Google brought her in. Then it forced her out. Can Big Tech take criticism from within?

The 2021 edition of WWDC began Monday with a keynote address. Apple used the occasion to show off a whole bunch of enhancements to its software and services.

LineStar Integrity Services was hacked around the same time as Colonial Pipeline, but radical transparency activists have brought the attack to light.

The update has been a long time coming, and if you haven't played, now's the time. We asked Robert Kurvitz, the game's designer, if he’s finally satisfied with it.

Making the tiny nanoparticles used in everything from electronics to paint isn't easy. But a new experiment creates order out of chaos.