So Google's cloud-based gaming service isn't perfect. But for plenty of players, it's enough.

It’s possible to keep up with all of Marvel, Star Wars, Star Trek, and even DC, if you want. The good news is, you don’t gotta.

In 2019, I made a painful decision. But to the algorithms that drive Facebook, Pinterest, and a million other apps, I'm forever getting married.

A debate is raging over the social media giant's role in dividing the country. But it's the US's deeply-rooted inequities that tech should focus on.

As we communicate more digitally, governments encroach more on our privacy. End-to-end encryption cannot be taken for granted.

The Tab P11 Pro is a great midrange slate—which would be more exciting if the poorly optimized operating system wasn’t such a lost cause.

Despite rising digital sales and the pandemic, retro gaming and tight-knit clienteles are keeping smaller shops alive while other retailers falter.

“Now is the time to start stepping on the gas,” as one prominent VC firm put it to founders.

Don’t wait till the storm is coming or the earthquake starts to grab these from the app store.

NASA tracks the microbes that live on the space station, and sometimes it discovers new ones. Those hardy bugs may offer clues about surviving long missions.

The government's latest attack is aimed at discouraging the company from following through with its planned rollout across platforms.

When you’re reviewing an electric family bicycle, everyone gets to weigh in.

Plant fossils from Columbia reveal the forests of the Cretaceous period were sparser and less humid than their modern-day counterparts.

If you’re OK with a few bugs and rough edges, you can get new features before anyone else.

Embryonic cells can self-assemble into new forms that don’t resemble the bodies they usually generate, challenging old ideas of what defines an organism.

Plus: North Korean hackers, a rogue tweet, and more of the week's top security news.

After decades of false starts, the federal approval of a new testing site off the coast of Oregon could give the technology a much-needed jolt.

Our food writer had been steering clear of Impossible, Beyond, and other plant-based meat replacements—until he finally cooked with some.

The hybrid 2D platformer game is something less than the sum of its parts.

Doing some spring cleaning? It might be time to upgrade some gear or dive into a new game. Here’s what’s on sale.

On Friday the military junta shut off connectivity across the country. There’s no sign of when it will return.

Catch up on the most important updates from this week.

An ex-employee allegedly tampered with a Kansas water system. It was too easy, and it's happening too often.

Ursula K. Le Guin's 1974 novel, about a society with no government or laws, remains a thoughtful exploration of politics and economics nearly 50 years later.

Plus: A national failure, a software workaround, and an unusual survival technique.

George R. R. Martin is reportedly working on a stage play based on his iconic characters. Why?

This week we discuss the Ever Given incident and its lasting implications for the shipping industry. Also, we pick our favorite boat memes.

In Justice League he runs so fast that he goes back in time. But it wouldn't be quite so easy in real life (unless he was a tachyon).

Games have been getting longer, more sprawling, and bigger budget—but some developers are looking the other way.

Scores of plans to verify immunity are in the works. But there are even more questions about how they’ll use data, protect privacy—and who gets certified first.

The Spark One is expensive and uses proprietary fuel, but it's as easy to use as propane.

The president's $2 trillion infrastructure proposal boosts funding for buses and rail. It even envisions actually tearing down some freeways.

A couple's divorce provides the surprising foundation of the best co-op video game since Portal 2.

The $100 billion proposal will probably be met with fierce resistance by telecom companies, but there's a lot to like for internet users.

The Civilian Climate Corps would put people to work preparing the nation for hotter heat waves and fiercer storms. They'll need a lot more money to succeed.

'WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn' is a good crash course while you wait for the adaptation starring Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway.

Megan collects advice on judging whether your workplace is inclusive—and how to build trust with your colleagues.

This month's focus is on reporters who have been subjected to harassment, abuse, and arrests related to online posts. These are their cases.

The Evercade is a cartridge-based handheld, and it successfully delivers a dose of nostalgia and joy.

It’s cute. It’s small. It mounts on the wall.

Over the last year, the scientific community has been reluctant to openly discuss its missteps. But coming clean could help prevent the next pandemic.

An analysis of the 10-foot-long teeth shows that as the Arctic warms, narwhal diets are changing, and their bodies are accumulating more mercury.

A few apps let you buy shares in actual physical vintage games (like, say Super Mario Bros.), and you make money when they sell at auction.

We'll never get herd immunity, but with speedy, deft combat against new infections, the epidemiologist says we could get back to normalish life.

Growth slowed last year at the tech giant, as it had trouble securing the most advanced chips. China's government has a plan to change that.

During quarantine, photographer Andres Gonzalez wandered his city and captured lone redwoods, trapped by human sprawl but linked by nature’s networks.

Tinder. Hinge. OkCupid. Match. A year ago, Shar Dubey became the CEO of a multibillion-dollar matchmaking empire. Then singles everywhere went into lockdown.

You don't need to be rich to be knee-deep in great games to play. Here's how to get more for way less.

The best way to make an electric bike easier to ride is to drop the weight by about 20 pounds.

Antimatter, the mysterious mirror-stuff of the universe, is hard to make and harder to study. A laser that literally chills it out could change all that.