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Backups are boring, but they’ll save your bacon. Here’s how to make sure your data lives on, even when your PC doesn’t.

Millennials, the first generation to be online as kids, are starting to feel like we’ve aged out.  Is there a way to age gracefully on the internet?

Everything you need to know to successfully transfer your contacts, music, photos, and apps from one iOS device to another.

Physicists have solved a key problem of robotic locomotion by revising the usual rules of interaction between simple component parts.

Many companies have pulled physical servers from the country as a mandate to collect customer data goes into effect.

I never knew what these charging blocks were for until my Nintendo Switch started to die in the living room.

Plus: A leaked trove illuminates Russia’s internet regulator, a report finds Facebook and Instagram violated Palestinian rights, and more.

These weatherproof devices can keep a watchful eye on your property and let you get on with life.

Plus: Framework has a new ultra-repairable Chromebook, there's a cheaper Google Chromecast, and Amazon refreshes its Fire HD tablets.

A cache of phytoplankton at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University is helping researchers reconstruct historical coastlines.

You might not be scooping poop anymore, but Whisker's app can still give you vital information on your cat's health.

Worries about polio, monkeypox, and Covid-19 are rising. Here’s how to gather your health information, even if you’ve lost the paper records.

In their new book, brothers Steven, Jay, and Bob Novella try to improve on the futurism of yesteryear by identifying 10 "futurism fallacies" that have bedeviled earlier predictions.

Amid protests against the killing of Mahsa Amini, authorities have cut off mobile internet, WhatsApp, and Instagram. The death toll continues to rise.

Need an ultrafast drive for video editing or a rugged option to back up your photos in the field? We’ve got a solution for every situation.

The one-time Barb deals with hecklers and homophobes with the cunning of a true internet native. This week, he bought them pizza.

If you want to attain high speeds without getting airborne, it helps to know a little something about friction.