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With softer, quieter keys, and tools to customize the exact pressure of your key presses, the NZXT Function 2 improves on its predecessor.

OpenResearch released the first results of the most comprehensive study on giving unrestricted cash grants to impoverished Americans. Researchers say it will flame both sides of the debate over welfare.

Accusations that Democrats engineered a coup to overthrow President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign and disrupt the democratic process have exploded on social media.

The DOD wants to refurbish ICBM silos that give it the ability to end civilization. But these missiles are useless as weapons, and their other main purpose—attracting an enemy’s nuclear strikes—serves no end.

I still can't stand Windows on a handheld gaming console. But if you can, the ROG Ally X is leagues better than its predecessor.

“Team, sharing with you the letter from President Biden that was released just now,” read an email that President Joe Biden’s campaign managers sent.

From Ableton and Pro Tools to iPad apps—get the most out of your music with these digital audio workstations, or DAWs.

The Mini Cooper SE is a seriously fun compact EV, and can even pretend to sound like the original Mini. Limitations linger, though, including dismal charging speeds.

I used this $199 smartphone to cover a launch event in Paris and it was nearly flawless.

With a new framework, researchers believe they could be close to explaining how regularities emerge on macro scales out of systems made up of uncountable constituent parts.

The gaming industry has been dropping hit after hit, but we have a running list of titles we can’t wait to play.

From gymnast-tracking to pole vault measurements mid-jump, the watch brand’s Swiss Timing division has a whole host of new timing tech for Paris 2024.

Plus: Amazon made an ungodly amount of money on Prime Day, there are new Pixel phones (and a foldable) coming soon, and maybe that chatbot you’ve been talking to has been acting a little too human.

In so many aspects of our culture, we view severe heat as something that should be willingly embraced, bravely endured, or blithely ignored.

Small improvements to the roof, siding, windows, and vents of your house can make a big difference when threatened by the risk of flames.

Plus: The FBI unlocks the Trump shooter’s phone, a security researcher gets legal threats for exposing hackable traffic lights, and more.

Swindlers are spinning up bogus websites in an attempt to dupe people with “CrowdStrike support” scams following the security firm's catastrophic software update.

Doctors find themselves without critical systems and diagnostic tools—and face the daunting reality that a full recovery could take days—after CrowdStrike’s botched deployment of a software update.

The aviation industry is optimized within an inch of its life. A bad software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike took down computers running Microsoft Windows—and a cascade of airports with it.

Silicon Valley, fueled by greed and acting in its own calculated interest, seeks to influence the 2024 presidential election. Political scientist Jared Clemons is certain capitalism won’t save us.