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'Dark Phoenix' Trailer Here to Remind You X-Men Still a Thing
Move over, Captain Marvel—'Dark Phoenix' has a female superhero and supervillain, played by Sophie Turner and Jessica Chastain.
How Many Times Do You Have to Slap a Chicken to Cook It?
While you could technically cook a chicken by slapping it, as proposed by a recent meme, you might also cook your hand. We crunch the numbers.
The Siberian City Where the Winter High Is –40°F
Think the Midwest is cold? Welcome to Yakutsk, Russia, a town of 200,000 built on permafrost.
The Perfect Pair of Pants Is Just a 3D Body Scan Away
A new startup can generate a piece of custom clothing using smartphone photos you snap of your body. And that's just the beginning of the bespoke clothing future.
'Devotion' Is a Brilliant Videogame—Too Bad You Can't Play It
Following a controversy involving Winnie the Pooh memes, the game is no longer on Steam.
A Second Life for the 'Do Not Track' Setting—With Teeth
In recent years, the setting has been criticized as being essentially meaningless. But it might have a crucial role to play in enforcing privacy regulations.
Post-Apocalyptic Insurers Try Out a New 'Make it Rain' Strategy
These disaster insurers don't want to hear your story. They just want to drop a flat cash payout, no matter how much—or little—you suffered.
How to Make YouTube Kids Safer for Your Kids
YouTube's filters won't catch every disturbing video, but it does offer settings to better control what kids watch online. Here’s how to use them.
Michael Cohen's Credibility Has Never Been More Certain
In his testimony before Congress Wednesday, Trump's former fixer gave the most convincing narrative yet about Trump's presidential run.
Electric Polestar 2 Is a Mass-Market Tesla Model 3 Fighter
Volvo's electric- and performance-focused brand eschews the SUV trend with the fastback Polestar 2.
FTC Hits TikTok With Record $5.7 Million Fine Over Children’s Privacy
The social media app will pay $5.7 million to settle the allegations, and be required to delete videos uploaded by anyone under 13.
How'd the Cohen Hearing Go? That Depends on Your Filter Bubble
On social media and on partisan sites, the talk of Michael Cohen's hearing in the House Oversight Committee split into like-minded echo chambers.
Watch Michael Cohen Testify Before Congress Right Here
On Wednesday morning, the former Trump fixer will appear before the House Oversight Committee to share everything he knows about Trump's business practices.
What Is an Atmospheric River?
The so-called Pineapple Express is dumping rain down all over California, for one thing. An explanation in the form of a song. (With apologies to Talking Heads.)
Forget Growing Weed—Make Yeast Spit Out CBD and THC Instead
Yeast gives us beer and bread. Now researchers have engineered it to do something more improbable: manufacturing the cannabis compounds CBD and THC.
Email Scammers Ditch Wire Transfers for iTunes Gift Cards
Business email compromise attacks are increasingly targeting nonprofits, and bilking them for iTunes gift cards.
How Chris Evans Became Twitter's Avatar of Male Decency
The actor helped Regina King up some stairs at the Oscars. Why is the internet praising him for doing the bare minimum?
Michael Cohen's House Testimony: 5 Key Takeaways from the Prepared Statement
Michael Cohen's testimony before the House Oversight committee tells a new story about Trump and Russia.
US Hackers' Strike on Russian Trolls Sends a Message—but What Kind?
US Cyber Command's takedown of the Internet Research Agency's network may be more about signaling than immediate effects.
No Amount of Patches Could Make 'Anthem' Fun to Play
Despite coming from a great developer, the game is a big disappointment.
Since China’s Ban, Recycling in the US Has Gone Up in Flames
All that neatly sorted plastic, paper, and glass used to go to China. Now a lot of it is just getting burned instead.
Review: Jiobit's Location Monitor Tracks Your Kids and Pets
This simple and attractive GPS-enabled tracker is the best way to keep tabs on your pets and kids.
How Data Helps Deliver Your Dinner On Time—and Warm
Uber Eats, GrubHub, and DoorDash are battling to be the delivery service of choice for restaurant meals. Knowing the cooking time of pad thai could make the difference.
Etsy Crafts a Plan for Carbon-Neutral Online Shopping
Etsy is pledging to completely offset its shipping emissions, and its CEO says that the rest of the industry can afford to follow Etsy's lead.
Former FCC Chair Tom Wheeler Says the Internet Needs Regulation
Big telecom networks and platforms such as Google and Facebook are centralizing the internet, former FCC Chair Tom Wheeler says.
Chris Hadfield: Astronaut Life Is Much More Than a Spacewalk
The astronaut shares the moments that changed his life, from his boyhood adventures to the rattling spacewalk during which he found himself going blind.
The Best Photo of Birds Fighting Over Food (and Other Sony World Winners)
Do not get between gannets and their fish.
Rotten Tomatoes' Revamp Could Save 'Captain Marvel'
But the movie may not need it.
Critics Are Wary of the FTC’s New Tech Antitrust Task Force
The regulator launches a new task force to monitor competition in the tech industry, but some antitrust advocates say it's just window dressing.
Holes in 4G and 5G Networks Could Let Hackers Track Your Location
New research shows how nearby attackers can see where you are, send you spoofed carrier messages, and more.
Folding Screens, 5G Phones, and AR Advances Unveiled at MWC 2019
The mobile showcase in Spain set the table for this year's biggest phone trends.
Hackers Can Slip Invisible Malware into 'Bare Metal' Cloud Computers
Researchers point a tough-to-fix in some cloud computing setups: hackable firmware.
Calculate How Fast Quicksilver Is Moving in *X-Men Apocalypse*
To save two dozen people from an exploding building, Quicksilver must have moved at roughly 280 km/s—if you believe speed is in fact his superpower.
Why 4-Panel Comics Now Dominate Our Screens
Blame the death of Google Reader. Or Twitter. Or phones! But more than anything, webcomics have exploded because we're used to looking at squares.
What Ryan Murphy's Netflix Show Should Say About Hollywood
The showrunner's upcoming series is about the Golden Age of Tinseltown—it could be about a lot more.
This Viral Therapy Could Help Us Survive the Superbug Era
When one man fell into a coma, his wife sought out a Soviet-era medical technique called phage therapy that ended up saving his life.
Polio Is Nearly Wiped Out—Unless Some Lab Tech Screws Up
The world is close to declaring the total containment of polio, but several labs could still, accidentally, be storing samples of the deadly virus.
No, Data Is Not the New Oil
Proposals to "pay" users for the value of their data don't reflect how internet giants like Facebook and Google really operate.
HTC Exodus 1 Review: Blockchain Dreams
A smartphone that doubles as a crypto wallet, the Exodus makes for a solid device—as long as you level your expectations.
Elon Musk’s Latest Tweets Could Land Him in Contempt of Court
The SEC has asked a judge to hold the Tesla CEO in contempt of court, but even that didn't stop Musk's tweeting.
Microsoft CEO Defends Army Contract for Augmented Reality
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella rebuffed a call from employees to terminate a contract making HoloLens augmented reality headsets for the US Army.
Infared Photos Reveal Dubai's Green Space
The city's plant life still has a ways to go.
Tariffs, BAT, and Social Credit: A US-China Debate
Intelligence Squared U.S. gathers five foreign policy experts to debate and discuss China's tech ascension.
Your Weather Tweets Are Showing Your Climate Amnesia
A database of 2 billion tweets shows people get so used to weather extremes they might stop noticing them. That's bad for action on climate change.
How Zero Built the SR/F, Its All-New Electric Motorcycle
The streetfighter bike delivers 110 horsepower, 140 pound-feet of torque, a 120 mph top speed, and 161 miles of range.
'Black Panther' Won Three Oscars—and Made History
Also: Netflix makes a new play for Best Picture and the Carrie Fisher dedication no one expected.
Android Is Helping Kill Passwords on a Billion Devices
By officially certifying the FIDO2 standard, the mobile OS will soon allow logins to sites and services without having to put in a password.
This Telecom Upstart’s 5G Tech Gets a Boost From Facebook
Common Networks taps Facebook's Terragraph design and millimeter-wave technology to offer home broadband for $50 a month.
Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 Puts a Full-Fledged Computer on Your Face
Microsoft wants the $3,500 headset to be the most advanced mixed reality computer out there.
How to Watch the Oscars 2019
No host? That's a good thing. Here's how to tune in for the (fingers-crossed it's streamlined) ceremony.
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