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Big Tech Can Stay Ahead of Regulators by Breaking Itself Up
Regulators are coming after Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google, and it could get ugly. The companies would benefit by acting pre-emptively.
Review: Garmin Forerunner 245 Gives You a Run For Your Money
After testing two of Garmin's new Forerunners, the 245 Music offers the best value for your money.
Electric Buses, Quiet Tires, and More Car News This Week
Why haven't electric buses caught on? And how does Mattel shrink car designs to make Hot Wheels?
Trump's Visit to the UK Tops This Week's Internet News Roundup
The trip was documented, and debated, on social media.
Apple's 'Noise' App Is Designed to Save You From Yourself
The new app for Apple Watch buzzes your wrist whenever you’re in a loud environment—yet another app to protect you from the tech that surrounds you.
iPadOS Isn't Just a Name. It's a New Direction for Apple
Let's take a three-finger flick at the future.
How to Stop Robocalls—or At Least Slow Them Down
Let's be honest, you can't kill robocalls completely. But you can block more of them than you might think.
Space Photos of the Week: X-rays, Binary Stars, and Mars Moles
No matter how much we explore space, we’re only scratching the surface.
Kids is the Perfect Lunchtime Videogame When There’s No Time for Fortnite
Games don’t have to be *Fortnite*-length to have a lasting impact.
Cryptocurrency Company Hacks Itself Before Hackers Can Hack It
Microsoft deletes its facial recognition database, hackers hit health care, and more of the week's top security news.
*Star Trek: Discovery* Just Keeps Getting Better and Better
Season 2 is light years ahead of the show's first season.
16 Killer Tech Deals on iPad, Galaxy S10E, TV Speakers, and More
These are our favorite tech deals for the weekend, including deep discounts on the latest iPads.
I Think I Hated This Tech Conference on Psychedelics
Awakened Futures, which promises a weekend of contemplation and "high weirdness," thinks of itself as a kind of un-conference. Well, I came undone.
Amazon’s Fashion Quest Continues With the Drop and StyleSnap
The world's largest online retailer goes after a new, more fashionable kind of shopper: social media influencers, and the people who love to follow them.
Dark Mode Was the Star of WWDC. Do You Really Need It?
The latest trend in app design—with black and gray backgrounds that mimic nighttime—has negligible benefits. But dark mode just looks cool.
Lyft's Lawsuit Against San Francisco Is Bigger Than Bike-Share
Lyft's bike-share company, Motivate, had an exclusive contract with the city for its docked bike program. But if San Francisco allows a dockless bike program, Uber could muscle in on Lyft's territory.
Gadget Lab Podcast: Everything You Need to Know from Apple’s WWDC
The Gadget Lab team breaks down Apple’s annual software shindig, and tells you all you need to know about forthcoming updates for iPhones, iPads, and Macs.
NASA Is Ready To Get Down To Space Business, and More News
Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less.
More Trouble for Huawei: No More Facebook on New Phones
Facebook reportedly bans Huawei from installing its apps, including Instagram and WhatsApp, on new phones.
Break Up Big Tech? Some Say Not So Fast
Antitrust action alone won’t solve all the problems posed by companies like Facebook, Google, and Amazon.
The Future of 'Destiny 2' Looks Pretty Swell
Now that Bungie has broken up with Activision, the game is going free-to-play and getting a new expansion.
How a Google Cloud Catch-22 Broke the Internet
A Google Cloud outage that knocked huge portions of the internet offline also blocked access to the tools Google needed to fix it.
NASA Went to the Stock Exchange to Try to Sell the ISS
The Trump administration is trying to turn the International Space Station into a business. It could learn from the first guy to try that: Ronald Reagan.
Goodbye X-Men—You Flawed, Frustrating Cinematic Revolution
Eighteen years ago, 'X-Men' taught audiences that comic books could live onscreen, as vast and rewarding as they were in their original form.
A Surreal Subterranean Junkyard Piled With Old Cars
Robin Friend rappelled five stories down to capture this scene at the abandoned Gaewern Slate Quarry in Ceredigion, Wales.
5 Comics to Read After You've Seen 'Dark Phoenix'
The movie wasn't great. These books are.
Why Electric Buses Haven't Taken Over the World—Yet
Here’s what stands between you and a cleaner commute.
'Pathologic 2' and What Games Can Learn From Low-Tech Art
Sometimes a little theatricality goes a long way.
You Can't Hate San Francisco Unless You Love San Francisco
The new film 'The Last Black Man in San Francisco' captures the sublimity of a city that feeds on dreams.
California’s Vaccination Rate Slips as Medical Exemptions Rise
The state tried to lift measles vaccination rates by blocking parents from opting out based on personal beliefs. But then medical exemptions started to rise.
Why Google Would Drop $2.6 Billion on an Analytics Company
Antitrust? What antitrust? With Looker, it gains a faster way to tap into the business intelligence market.
Google's Stadia Gaming Service, Election Security, and More News
Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less.
Bezos Says Amazon Will Bet Even Bigger Despite Antitrust Probes
In a speech at an Amazon conference, CEO Jeff Bezos sounded unconcerned by reports that regulators are eyeing the company, potentially for a break-up.
The Spooky Symmetry of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump
This week an image of the couple at Buckingham Palace provided meme fodder—and metaphors.
Google Stadia Lands This Year—If You're Willing to Pony Up
The Founder's Edition, which includes a controller and three months of premium subscription, is the only way to use the cloud-gaming service in 2019.
Netflix Is Making a 'Magic: The Gathering' Animated Series
'Avengers' directors Joe and Anthony Russo on the animated series.
YouTube Has Kid Troubles Because Kids Are a Core Audience
Reports of how pedophiles use YouTube highlight how important kids have become to the site; 12 of the 20 most popular videos in April were aimed at kids.
Gritty Postcards From the Russian Hinterland
Dmitry Markov's iPhone photos depict parts of Russia that haven't changed much in decades.
This Startup Wants to Remake the Last Mile of Parcel Delivery
Boxbot is building self-driving delivery vans, plus an automatic loading system. Humans would still help when needed to open gates or climb stairs.
Best Toothbrush Subscription Services (2019): Quip, Shyn, Goby, Burst
If your toothbrush head—electric or otherwise—is ragged and splayed out, you’re a candidate for a toothbrush subscription service. We round up the top choices.
'Dark Phoenix' Is Trash, But the Hand Work Is Pretty OK?
You've never seen heroes execute their powers with such flourish.
Monterey Bay Is a Natural Wonder—Poisoned With Microplastic
At some depths, microplastic is swirling in Monterey Bay in concentrations greater than at the surface of the infamous Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
What to Do About CO2? Try Stuffing It Into the Gulf of Mexico
The gulf's seabed could be an ideal place to bury Texas' carbon emissions. The state is the sixth-highest emitter in the world, behind Germany.
Russia and Iran Plan to Fundamentally Isolate the Internet
Opinion: Russia and Iran’s decisions to build isolated, domestic internets represent a new form of internet fragmentation—one that is far more physical than what we’ve seen before.
*The Last Black Man in San Francisco* Searches For 'Authenticity' When There Is None
A new film tackles San Francisco’s gentrification problem and what it means for a displaced community.
Why Siri and Alexa Weren’t Built to Smack Down Harassment
Yes, sexism plays a role. But tech companies keep you glued to your devices by making sure their digital assistants never take offense—even at misogyny and bigotry.
Inside an All-White Town’s Divisive Experiment With Cryptocurrency
In South Africa, a right-wing enclave turned to blockchain to cut themselves off from the black-majority state.
Election Security Is Still Hurting at Every Level
With the 2020 election fast approaching, too many problems from 2016 persist.
Telemedicine as a Workaround to Abortion Regulations, and More News
Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less.
YouTube Continues to Fail Its Queer Creators
The Carlos Maza incident is just the latest in a long history of homophobic ridicule on the platform.
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