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You can call politicians castigating the childless and companies marketing AI assistants a lot of things, but it's au courant to call them weird. The Era of Weird has been a long time coming—but may have a cringey future ahead.

The New Zealander came up with a better way to jump, using a front flip in midair. But the sport’s stodgy authorities shut him down before the 1975 Games.

If you’ve listened to any rap or pop music made in the 21st century, you’ve heard John Lehmkuhl’s most famous creation, a thwacking metallic percussion sample named “Tribe.”

Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard created an environment that helped workers. Amid layoffs and worries about AI, their efforts could be an indicator of the future of the industry.

The Beach Boys, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version), and Fantastic Mr. Fox are just a few of the movies you should be watching on Disney+ this month.

Joshua Caleb Sutter infiltrated far-right extremist organizations as a confidential FBI informant, all while promoting hateful ideologies that influenced some of the internet's most violent groups.

This is a good basic budget laptop, but aggressive Chromebook Plus sales might have you thinking twice.

Using the free service Privacy.Sexy, you can generate custom scripts that will rid your Mac or Windows PC of preinstalled apps and features you never use.

From abolishing the Federal Trade Commission to rolling back labor rights, the right's vision for tech is unfettered deregulation.

Whether you’re skiing in the backcountry or trampolining in the backyard, we have an activity tracker for you.

This week, we talk about the arrival of Date Like Goblins and chart the rise of niche, interest-specific platforms for online dating.

After struggling through a changing social media landscape for years, Democratic strategists have figured out how to go viral.

The RayV Lite will make it hundreds of times cheaper for anyone to carry out physics-bending feats of hardware hacking.

In June, Iranian authorities claimed the crypto game was distracting voters during the presidential election. Last month, Telegram's CEO touted its potential to bring millions to blockchain. Its creators say they’re just getting started.

Stretchy seaweed, reverse vending machines, QR-coded take-out boxes: They’re how we can break society’s absurd addiction to single-use plastics.

Calculating angular velocity and the moment of inertia isn’t quite as hard as competing in the 2024 summer Olympics gymnastics tournament—but it’s pretty darn tough.

Regulators found that Amazon is responsible for defective products sold by its third-party vendors—which include flammable pajamas, faulty carbon monoxide detectors, and hair dryers that could electrocute you.

After working for months to challenge thousands of voter registrations, election denial groups are now pushing ahead with plans to challenge voters and votes ahead of the election.