The safety pause in giving the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine is up for debate again—a battle in a Secret War of Denominators and risk-benefit philosophies.

Programs such as GPT-3 can compose convincing text. Some people are using the tool to automate software development and hunt for bugs.

The six-month mission is another step toward an eventual moon landing, and the second time this Crew Dragon capsule has visited the space station.

What do an electronic turtle egg, an Arctic seed bank, and carbon-eating machines have in common? They’re helping us be optimistic this Earth Day.

The president wants the country to halve its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. Here's what it will take to actually succeed.

You can’t understand the app store debate without knowing a crucial piece of antitrust jargon.

VR headsets are all about escapism—until your real-world nausea kicks in. These tips can help.

The dependence on VOD during the pandemic proved one thing: Hollywood still needs theaters, and it needs us to return in droves as they reopen across the world.

Calm down, audiophiles. When it comes to your home audio system, sound isn’t the only thing that matters.

A recently discovered vulnerability discloses user email addresses even when they’re set to private.

Kadir van Lohuizen photographed nations affected by climate change. His book documents the present, but offers a glimpse of the future.

By creating apparel from recyclable synthetic fabrics, fashion brands can reduce their reliance on virgin petrochemicals while also boosting their public image.

The groups used social engineering techniques on Facebook to direct targets to a wide range of malware, including custom tools.

The EU released draft laws that would regulate facial recognition and uses of algorithms. If it passes, the policy will impact companies in the US and China.

The vulnerabilities opened the door to “ghosts” hiding in and disrupting rooms, where moderators would be unable to mute them.

Games like Animal Crossing and Cozy Grove are meant to be played every day, but who’s got that kind of time?

Online office events are never going to be a blast. But Megan has a few ideas for how to make them suck less.

Ubisoft consulted with native Welsh speakers, 13th-century Icelandic texts, and Gaelic scholars to create the game's lingua-scape.

Building your own computer isn't exactly “adult Lego,” but that doesn't mean it's not worth doing. You just need to know what you're in for first.

Consider it like 'Shark Tank' on your phone: Every week on Angelhouse, founders make a pitch to a panel of investors as hundreds of people listen in.

Want to be more sociable or less of a doormat? There's an (experimental) app for that.

Apple’s new location-aware widgets point to the company’s possible larger ambitions for augmented reality.

The new high-end tablet uses Mini-LED display technology, supports Thunderbolt, and has the powerful new Mac processor.

Say hello to new iMacs, new iPads Pro, an updated Apple TV, and some little wireless trackers that keep tabs on your tchotchkes.

In The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, a villain straps a hostage to his wingsuit and leaps off a plane. Cue the action—and the fun physics.

The furniture company is going beyond its Place app with IKEA Studio, a much-needed overhaul of its augmented reality offering.

Whether you are brand new to the game or have played every season, these strategies are worth trying.

Non-fungible tokens and artificial intelligence make tracing the origins of a digital object more fragile. What are the world’s archivists to do?

Cameras are everywhere, and increasingly powerful software can pick an individual out of a crowd. Except sometimes algorithms get it wrong.

Bad news: Trees emit methane, a greenhouse gas. Good news: Some are home to bacteria that can't get enough of it.

The company offers a feature called “Full Self-Driving Capability.” But it remains far from a self-driving car.

Pax’s portable weed pen is the perfect accessory for the BYO world.

Secret codes. Legal threats. Betrayal. How one couple built a device to fix McDonald’s notoriously broken soft-serve machines—and how the fast-food giant froze them out.

The company is expected to unveil some new hardware Tuesday morning. Stream the big show with us.

Clubhouse is the latest startup to get cloned by Facebook, as the social media giant announces a suite of new audio features. Who will use them?

Without a fix to older PlayStations, it’s only a matter of time before older games are rendered obsolete.

Like crafty genies, AIs will grant our wishes, and then hack them, exploiting our social, political, and economic systems like never before.

Amazon defeated the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union’s bid to represent workers at one warehouse. The union claims the company fought dirty.

Unspoiled wilderness meets high-speed thrills in a meditative mountain biking game that's still picking up new fans.

Governments see that companies have country-like powers, but they can’t figure out how to deal with their un-country-like structures. Diplomats could help.

The Polish company Polyend has collaborated with a trio of electronic music artists to infuse its audio creation hardware with blasts of color.

The copter safely whirled its way up and back down, demonstrating the first powered, controlled flight on another planet.

Robotics ethicist Kate Darling surveys our history with animals—in work, war, and companionship—to show how we might develop similar relationships with robots.

Fifty years ago, three mathematicians came up with a graph theory problem that they thought they might solve on the spot. A team has finally settled it.

For the past six months, this Alexa-integrated security and thermostat platform made my house feel safer and more comfortable.

The core technologies for sewage systems were developed over a hundred years ago. It's time to get better, healthier updates in the pipeline.

Once, we dreamed of one controller to rule them all. But when Logitech killed off the Harmony line, it ended an era.

Your messages don’t have to go out right away. Be strategic about when your recipient gets them.

Plus: Russian sanctions, Europe’s SolarWinds fallout, and more of this week’s top security news.

The committee's coming decision on banning Donald Trump from the platform is meaningless. Its existence only gets in the way of actually fixing Facebook.