TikTok’s Black Box Obscures Its Role in Russia’s War

Outside researchers can’t easily monitor how truth or lies circulate on the social media platform—raising concerns about its role in spreading misinformation.

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Apple TV+ Just Won Best Picture. Everything Is Different Now

Hollywood has been waiting for years to see if a streaming service could nab the Oscars’ highest honor. This year, they got a historic answer.

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How to Use Windows 11’s Built-In Video Editor

Clipchamp isn’t the most powerful app, but it’s already baked into your device—and it may be all you really need.

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The 10 Best Portable Grills You Can Buy

We barbecued for weeks to find the right charcoal and propane grills for road trips—or just for smaller homes.

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What Is Google One, and Should You Subscribe?

If you use the company's apps, it's worth looking at this all-inclusive service. We break down what you get and how much it costs.

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Math’s ‘Oldest Problem Ever’ Gets a New Answer

A new proof significantly strengthens a decades-old result about the ubiquity of ways to represent whole numbers as sums of fractions.

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Video Games Offered My Son a Haven From Bullying

For lots of kids, the IRL world can be lonely. Lego Star Wars and Super Paper Mario helped my son focus and find a community.

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How to Unlock Your iPhone With Face ID—While Wearing a Mask

Better late than never.

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Why Is the Internet So Exhausting? Blame Your Crowdsourced Bosses

No, you’re not always “the product” on social media; sometimes you’re the raw material. Or the employee. Welcome to “sousveillance capitalism.”

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How Boa Constrictors Can Breathe Even as They Crush Their Prey

New research shows the snakes activate different sections of their rib cage, using their lungs as bellows to pull in air.

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A Global Boom in Fences Is Harming Wildlife

Barriers are going up rapidly as border projects and livestock farming increase, but they impede wildlife migrations and genetically isolate threatened species.

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The Best Drawing Apps for Every Kind of iPad Artist

Careful—your Apple Pencil might actually replace your real pencils.

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A History of Hup, the Jump Sound in Every Video Game

You can hear it in your head: the grunt your character makes when hopping a fence or leaping into battle. Its sonic roots trace all the way back to 1973.

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How to Set Healthy Boundaries Around What You Share Online

The pull between wanting to protect privacy and still engage with others meaningfully is real. Here's how to choose and stick to your guns.

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15 Best Deals on Bags, Binoculars, and Beauty Tech

This weekend, save on some of our favorite products to get yourself out of the house in style.

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How to Watch the 2022 Oscars

Whether you want to stream it live on Sunday or catch highlights afterward, here’s how to watch the 94th Academy Awards.

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The 8 Best Sunrise Alarms to Help You Rise and Shine

Does your mind race in bed at night and fail to come back online in the morning? Try an artificial sun simulator in your bedroom.

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So, You Want to Start a DAO

This week, we walk through what it takes to make your own Web3 decentralized autonomous organization. (Yes, there are tokens.)

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TikTok Must Not Fail Ukrainians

To protect frontline creators and preserve evidence, the platform needs to learn from the wartime failings of other social media companies.

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This Cheetah Robot Taught Itself How to Sprint in a Weird Way

Researchers got the machine to run nearly 13 feet per second. It ain't graceful, but this powerful technique is preparing robots for the chaos of the world.

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