Technology
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Elijah Wood and Mike Tyson Cameo Videos Were Used in a Russian Disinformation Campaign
For around $340, actor Elijah Wood can record you a personalized video wishing you happy birthday. John McGinley, best known…
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Why It Took Meta 7 Years to Turn on End-to-End Encryption for All Chats
Since 2016, the social behemoth now known as Meta has been working to deploy end-to-end encryption in its communication apps.…
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Google’s Gemini Is the Real Start of the Generative AI Boom
The history of artificial intelligence has been punctuated by periods of so-called “AI winter,” when the technology seemed to meet…
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28 Delightful Gift Ideas for Music Lovers and Audiophiles
Whether you’re trying to find a turntable so Mom and Dad can bust out their vintage vinyl collection, or you…
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White Supremacists Are Celebrating Vivek Ramaswamy’s ‘Great Replacement’ Rant
For months, GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has been dog-whistling to supporters of extremist far-right ideologies and wild conspiracy theories…
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The Best Gifts for Book Lovers
There’s nothing quite like losing yourself in a book. You might not be able to transport your loved ones into…
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Tom Bihn’s Convertible Travel Briefcase Is the Ludicrously Capacious Bag for Frequent Flyers
When I was a child, shuttling back and forth between the United States and summers with relatives in the Philippines,…
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Green Chat Bubbles Aren’t the Problem—Texting Is
When an Android user sends a text message to an iPhone user, their chat bubble shows up in iOS shaded…
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This Pill Tracks Your Vitals From the Inside
Digital health company Celero Systems is developing an electronic pill that can measure heart rate, breathing rate, and core temperature—from…
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Can Rock Dust Soak Up Carbon Emissions? A Giant Experiment Is Set to Find Out
Mary Yap has spent the last year and a half trying to get farmers to fall in love with basalt.…
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