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When it rains, it pours. Here are our picks for cold, wet days—plus expert tips on deciphering product specs.

This retrofit robot makes your drapes smart, so you can open or close them on a schedule or with a voice command.

By resolving a paradox about light in a box, researchers hope to clarify the concept of energy in quantum theory.

Let’s lay these tired ideas to rest so they don’t stand between you and a good cuppa joe.

Video dispatches from the Ukrainian president skillfully dissolve Putin’s delusions. We would all do well to listen.

Plus: Some beefier Qualcomm Snapdragon chips are on the way, and the right-to-repair movement hits a speed bump.

And you can even keep your custom email address! But you need to confirm that your account is for personal, not business, use—here’s how.

Plus: The Conti ransomware gang shuts down, Canada bans Huawei and ZTE, and more of the week’s top security news.

You don’t have to go with the big name in the email newsletter business. Here’s how to make the switch to a feature-rich alternative.

As Big Tech tried to block the state’s ban on content moderation, Texas leaned on the US Supreme Court justice’s interpretation of free speech law.

In Oregon, the tree-killing Humongous Fungus never would have gotten so large without the accidental help of modern fire suppression tactics.

It's the most wonderful time of the year—when we start prepping for summer fun with titanium chopsticks and foldable kayaks.

The Showtime sequel to Nicolas Roeg's film takes place 45 years after the events in the original.

Tom Cruise’s return to the cockpit is getting raves. Meanwhile, Tatiana Maslany’s turn as a green superhero looks like an unnecessary Ally McBeal reboot. What is happening?

This cuddly robotic bedfellow helps you fall asleep faster and sleep better, but the price will give you nightmares.

It doesn’t even work yet, but nuclear fusion has encountered a shortage of tritium, the key fuel source for the most prominent experimental reactors.

Every time we look at our phones, it seems something terrible has happened. Here’s how to monitor current events in a healthy way.

Alex Garland’s latest cerebral genre piece is a timely bit of storytelling. But the people who need to see it may never seek it out.