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The Best Smart Speakers With Alexa, Google Assistant, and Siri
Chatty assistants from Amazon, Apple, and Google are popular. But which one is right for you?
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The Story Behind Elon Musk’s Tweet Restriction Fiasco
Last summer, Elon Musk began rate-limiting the number of tweets users could see on Twitter. Here's...
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‘AI Girlfriends’ Are a Privacy Nightmare
Romantic chatbots collect huge amounts of data, provide vague information about how they use it, use...
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The World’s Most Important Industry Has a New Captain—and She’s Piloting It Into the 21st Century
Meet Marina Hadjipateras: Greek shipping heiress, successful venture capitalist, and the woman trying to transform the...
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Apple Pulls Popular Movie Piracy App Kimi From the App Store
Before it disappeared on Tuesday, Kimi enabled iPhone owners to stream illegal bootlegs of popular movies...
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OpenAI Gives ChatGPT a Memory
ChatGPT is now like a first date who never forgets the details.
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Tesla Wins EV Charging! Now What?
This week, Stellantis became the last major North American automaker to announce its move to the...
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YouTube Livestreamers Made Money ‘Hunting’ for Migrants Along the US Border
After leaving Texas, members of the Take Our Border Back convoy livestreamed their harassment of migrants...
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This 4-Probe Thermometer Is a Must-Have for Serious Home Cooks
The Wi-Fi-enabled ThermoWorks Signals BBQ Alarm Thermometer helps you cook multiple things at once on the...
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The Maingear MG-1 Is the Perfect Starter Custom Gaming PC
Maingear’s streamlined 3D configurator gives you all the joy of building your own gaming PC without...
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BMW’s Latest E-Motorbike Rides as Good as It Looks
With this Tron Light Cycle and skateboard mashup, BMW is back with the CE 02—its next...
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Farming Prioritizes Cows and Cars—Not People
Farmers and scientists are getting better at growing more crops on less land, but they’re not...
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Wild Animals Should Be Paid for the Benefits They Provide Humanity
Healthy ecosystems in developing countries sequester carbon, regulate the weather, and help plants grow thousands of...
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Climate Finance Is Targeting the Wrong Industries
Roughly half of the world’s emissions currently can’t be reduced, yet green investment continues to avoid...
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The One Internet Hack That Could Save Everything
It’s so simple: Axe 26 words from the Communications Decency Act. Welcome to a world without...
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A Backroom Deal Looms Over a High-Stakes US Surveillance Fight
Top congressional lawmakers are meeting in private to discuss the future of a widely unpopular surveillance...
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'Deadpool & Wolverine' Trailer Hopes Pegging Can Save the MCU
The new Deadpool & Wolverine trailer positions Shawn Levy’s new Marvel movie as something more queer...
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'Spec Ops: The Line' Disappeared. It Won't Be the Last Beloved Game to Vanish
When it came out in 2012, Spec Ops: The Line offered a totally new kind of...
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The City of Tomorrow Will Run on Your Toilet Water
Researchers are finding better ways to extract drinking water, compost, and even energy from wastewater. It’s...
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What Should Your Sex Toys Be Made of?
Glass, metal, and silicone are the best sex toy materials to look for, but there's more...
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Who Tests If Heat-Proof Clothing Actually Works? These Poor Sweating Mannequins
These mannequins undergo daily torture at the hands of textile scientists, but their suffering means we...
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23andMe Is Under Fire. Its Founder Remains ‘Optimistic’
23andMe’s CEO Anne Wojcicki has saved the genetics company from the brink of failure before. She...
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The Biden Campaign Is Officially Trolling on TikTok Now
Though TikTok is banned on most government devices, President Joe Biden’s campaign has signed on—and his...
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Apple’s Journal App Is Easy, Free, and Already on Your Phone
Apple’s latest app is an easy-to-use tool for keeping track of all your thoughts and memories.