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WIRED

The Story of Abortion Pills and How They Work

Mifepristone and misoprostol are a safe and effective way to end a pregnancy, but many people around the world still don't know these drugs exist.

13 hours ago

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The Story of Abortion Pills and How They Work

WIRED

Microsoft's Code-Writing AI Points to the Future of Computers

Today, AI can take control of characters in Minecraft. Soon, it could help you control your whole computer.

15 hours ago

WIRED

Microsoft's Code-Writing AI Points to the Future of Computers

WIRED

"Tough to Forge" Digital Driver's Licenses Are"Yep"Easy to Forge

Researchers found a litany of security flaws that allow simple, quick, and cheap forgeries in Australia.

18 hours ago

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"Tough to Forge" Digital Driver's Licenses Are"Yep"Easy to Forge

WIRED

Say Cheese! Snap's Pixy Is a Fun and Unique Selfie Drone

The adorable Snapchat flying camera makes it easier to capture precious moments?if you don't mind short battery life and looking a little goofy.

18 hours ago

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Say Cheese! Snap's Pixy Is a Fun and Unique Selfie Drone

WIRED

Researchers Made Ultracold Quantum Bubbles on the Space Station

NASA's Cold Atom Laboratory runs super-low-temperature experiments in near-zero gravity that would be impossible to accomplish on Earth.

20 hours ago

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Researchers Made Ultracold Quantum Bubbles on the Space Station

WIRED

An Amazon Warehouse Worker Takes the Fight to Shareholders

In a first, warehouse "picker" Daniel Olayiwola will present a resolution at the company's annual shareholder meeting.

20 hours ago

WIRED

An Amazon Warehouse Worker Takes the Fight to Shareholders

The Verge

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft returns to Earth, wrapping up critical test mission

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft landing under parachutes in the New Mexico desert | Image: NASA/Bill Ingalls After spending a little less than a week at the space station, Boeing's new passenger spacecraft, the CST-100 Starliner, returned to Earth this afternoon, landing intact ...

8 hours ago

The Verge

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft returns to Earth, wrapping up critical test mission

The Verge

PlayStation accessories and games are discounted for Sony's Days of Play

Sony's annual Days of Play usually brings sizable discounts. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Sony's annual Days of Play promotion has kicked off once again, offering many quality discounts on PlayStation games and accessories. In the past, this event has even seen the launch ...

9 hours ago

The Verge

PlayStation accessories and games are discounted for Sony's Days of Play

The Verge

Google Docs is getting a big upgrade to formatting

Much easier than the format painter. | Image: Google Google Docs is getting an absolutely lovely feature that could cut down a lot of busywork when it comes to properly formatting your document: the ability to select multiple sections of text at once. If you've got two sentences ...

9 hours ago

The Verge

Google Docs is getting a big upgrade to formatting

The Verge

Twitter will pay $150 million for using people's security phone numbers to target ads

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Twitter will pay $150 million to settle a privacy lawsuit with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The settlement, announced today, covers a complaint that Twitter deceptively used members? email addresses ...

9 hours ago

The Verge

Twitter will pay $150 million for using people's security phone numbers to target ads

The Verge

Sony fixes PlayStation Plus subscription pricing error

Image: Sony Sony's correcting what it says was a 'technical error" that resulted in users being charged a higher than expected price to upgrade to one of the new PlayStation Plus tiers. As the revamped subscription service went live in Asia on May 23rd, some users were reporting ...

9 hours ago

The Verge

Sony fixes PlayStation Plus subscription pricing error

The Verge

Elon Musk will put up $6 billion to drop Tesla loans from his Twitter deal

Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images After a brutal month for Tesla stock, Elon Musk will no longer fund his Twitter buyout by borrowing against his Tesla ownership stake. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Musk announced the expiration ...

9 hours ago

The Verge

Elon Musk will put up $6 billion to drop Tesla loans from his Twitter deal

Engadget

Boeing's Starliner safely returns to Earth after second test flight

5 hours ago

Engadget

Boeing's Starliner safely returns to Earth after second test flight

Engadget

FTC fines Twitter $150 million for 'deceptive' ad targeting

9 hours ago

Engadget

FTC fines Twitter $150 million for 'deceptive' ad targeting

Engadget

Niantic's Campfire app will finally let 'Pokémon Go' players chat together

10 hours ago

Engadget

Niantic's Campfire app will finally let 'Pokémon Go' players chat together

Engadget

Apple VP tries to persuade employees against unionizing in leaked video

11 hours ago

Engadget

Apple VP tries to persuade employees against unionizing in leaked video

Engadget

Twitter is working toward 'closing the transaction process' with Elon Musk

11 hours ago

Engadget

Twitter is working toward 'closing the transaction process' with Elon Musk

Engadget

The studio behind 'Dream Daddy' is making a psychological horror game

11 hours ago

Engadget

The studio behind 'Dream Daddy' is making a psychological horror game

Fast Company

Bye, Zoom: This smart new app is the future of online meetings

Accepted standards are funny things. You can use a tech tool for months or even years without ever thinking about its shortcomings–and then, the second you experience a better alternative, you wonder how you ever dealt with the now-clearly-flawed setup you'd stuck with for so long. That's exactly ...

7 hours ago

Fast Company

Bye, Zoom: This smart new app is the future of online meetings

Fast Company

5 lessons I learned from helping to launch Tesla's Model S

Having served in executive roles at LEGO and Apple, and now running my own startup at Uplift Labs, I've been put in a few tight situations with some pretty high stakes involved. But I'm not sure anything compares to one challenge I had to meet as the President of Tesla Japan: the 2014 launch of the ...

7 hours ago

Fast Company

5 lessons I learned from helping to launch Tesla's Model S

Fast Company

The polling is clear: Americans want background checks

In a Twitter video that has since gone viral, NBA basketball coach Steve Kerr is seen so shaken up over the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday that he can't even talk about basketball. Instead, the Golden State Warriors coach chastises politicians in Congress for failing–time ...

16 hours ago

Fast Company

The polling is clear: Americans want background checks

Fast Company

Amazon opens its first fashion store in Los Angeles

Amazon opens its first brick-and-mortar fashion store today at The Americana at Brand, a shopping complex in Glendale, California. Announced earlier this year, the physical retail experience is described as a mix of Amazon Style app-based interactions, in-store styling-and-fitting services, online-to-IRL ...

19 hours ago

Fast Company

Amazon opens its first fashion store in Los Angeles

Fast Company

This fund wants to give you $100,000 to launch your climate tech startup quickly

Early in the pandemic, as scientists scrambled to study COVID-19, a new program called Fast Grants changed how they could get funding for research: The application took only half an hour to fill out, and the team handing out the grants made decisions within 48 hours. In a second round of grants, the ...

21 hours ago

Fast Company

This fund wants to give you $100,000 to launch your climate tech startup quickly

Fast Company

This is how Florida educators are fighting back against "Don't Say Gay"

Alex Quinto, a middle-school counselor in Pinellas, Florida, has lots of questions about what "Don't Say Gay&x201D; means for his students. Quinto, identifies as LGBTQ, and was recently recognized as an educator of the year by GLSEN, and organization which works to create safe spaces for LGBTQ youth. ...

22 hours ago

Fast Company

This is how Florida educators are fighting back against "Don't Say Gay"

Ars Technica

Critical Zoom vulnerabilities fixed last week required no user interaction

If your machine failed to get them automatically, you're not alone.

7 hours ago

Ars Technica

Critical Zoom vulnerabilities fixed last week required no user interaction

Ars Technica

More than 1 in 5 COVID survivors may develop long COVID, CDC study suggests

The study assessed the relative risks of 26 conditions linked to post-COVID.

9 hours ago

Ars Technica

More than 1 in 5 COVID survivors may develop long COVID, CDC study suggests

Ars Technica

Prominent ex-Tesla self-driving car exec leaves Apple for greener pastures

CJ Moore will join lidar company Luminar to lead software development.

10 hours ago

Ars Technica

Prominent ex-Tesla self-driving car exec leaves Apple for greener pastures

Ars Technica

Microsoft Dev Box will virtualize your Windows development PC in a browser window

Windows 365-powered VMs support variable hardware and software configs.

11 hours ago

Ars Technica

Microsoft Dev Box will virtualize your Windows development PC in a browser window

Ars Technica

Google urged to stop collecting phone location data before Roe v. Wade reversal

Lawmakers pressure Google on Android privacy after leak of Supreme Court ruling.

13 hours ago

Ars Technica

Google urged to stop collecting phone location data before Roe v. Wade reversal

Ars Technica

The (fossil) eyes have it: Evidence that an ancient owl hunted in daylight

The structure of bones around the eye indicate a small pupil that let in less light.

13 hours ago

Ars Technica

The (fossil) eyes have it: Evidence that an ancient owl hunted in daylight

Recode

America's gun violence epidemic, in one chart

Knob Creek Gun Range in West Point, Kentucky, on July 22, 2021. | Jon Cherry/Bloomberg via Getty Images The US has lots of gun violence. It also has lots of guns. In the wake of yet another unspeakable tragedy, in which 19 children and two teachers were murdered by a gunman ...

8 hours ago

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America's gun violence epidemic, in one chart

Recode

How to make money during the tech crash: Write about it

A London bus ad for Gopuff, an "instant delivery" service now under scrutiny as the tech industry retracts. | Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images The bad news: Your startup is on the ropes. The good news: Here's an offer for a discounted subscription. On the morning of May ...

21 hours ago

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How to make money during the tech crash: Write about it

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Florida's social media free speech law has been blocked for likely violating free speech laws

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis may have scored scored political points with the law, but a court of law wasn't thrilled. | Joe Raedle/Getty Images The Florida law prevented certain platforms from banning political candidates. A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that blocked ...

1 day ago

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Florida's social media free speech law has been blocked for likely violating free speech laws

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Quantum computers could change the world – provided they can work

The inside of an IBM System One quantum computer. | Bryan Walsh/Vox Qubits, decoherence, and superposition: a guide to the weird and revolutionary world of quantum computers. A few weeks ago, I woke up unusually early in the morning in Brooklyn, got in my car, and headed up ...

1 day ago

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Quantum computers could change the world – provided they can work