Near-future dystopian fiction and a new approach to explaining life’s origin
New releases in fiction, nonfiction and comics that caught our attention.Hum by Helen PhillipsRobots have become a regular fixture...
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Aug
Former Twitter chairman is suing X for $20 million over pay he says was ‘wrongfully withheld’
Omid Kordestani, who was Twitter’s executive chairman from 2015 to 2020 and served on the board until Elon Musk acquired it in 202...
10
Aug
X appears to be suppressing Trump-related searches
If you want to find a specific tweet by Donald Trump, you may have to go through his timeline and look for it yourself. According ...
10
Aug
TikTok will make it easier to identify movies and TV shows that users are clipping
One of the more annoying aspects of (and Instagram and X) culture is when a user shares a contextless but captivating clip from a...
10
Aug
The Borderlands movie is an astounding waste of potential
On paper, Eli Roth's Borderlands adaptation sounds like a recipe for a solid sci-fi romp: Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett as the wise-...
10
Aug
Researchers discover potentially catastrophic exploit present in AMD chips for decades
Security researchers have found a vulnerability in AMD processors that has persisted for decades, . This is a fascinating security...
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Aug
Save $150 on our favorite Ooni pizza oven, plus the rest of this week’s best tech deals
As we did last Friday and the Friday before that (and shall continue to do until the internet turns itself off), we have rounded u...
10
Aug
Oxford scientists’ new light-absorbing material can turn everyday objects into solar panels
Oxford University scientists may have solved one of the greatest hindrances of expanding access to solar energy. Scientists from t...
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Aug
Russia and Venezuela have blocked encrypted messaging app Signal
Both Russia and Venezuela have blocked access to the encrypted messaging app Signal, .The Russian news service broke the news abo...
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Aug
Warner Bros. sends Cartoon Network’s website to the digital graveyard
Warner Bros. Discovery has pulled Cartoon Network’s entire website from the web, which means that you can no longer access free ep...