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China and Russia’s Spying Sprees Will Take Years to Unpack

First it was Solarwinds, a reportedly Russian hacking campaign that stretches back almost a year, and has felled at least…

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Adoption Moved to Facebook and a War Began

Other child advocates, however, point out that, whatever its cause, neglect can be profoundly damaging to children. Elizabeth Bartholet, director…

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Thousands of Android and iOS Apps Leak Data From the Cloud

For years, simple setup errors have been a major source of exposure when companies keep data in the cloud. Instead…

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Facebook’s New AI Teaches Itself to See With Less Human Help

Most artificial intelligence is still built on a foundation of human toil. Peer inside an AI algorithm and you’ll find…

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The Murder Hornets Nature Doc Disguised as a True-Crime Show

To be perfectly clear: Insects aren’t evil. They don’t have morals or ethical guidelines. They cannot act with malice. They…

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Can Alien Smog Lead Us to Extraterrestrial Civilizations?

Last March, when Ravi Kopparapu was still working from his desk at the Goddard Space Center in Maryland, he came…

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The Rise of Unapologetically Erotic LGBTQ+ Games

“It became a project about portraying a realistic coming out experience, and trying to communicate a lot of the struggles…

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Why Can’t I Stop Staring at My Own Face on Zoom?

Support Request: I don’t think I’m a particularly vain person, but whenever I’m on a Zoom call, I’m constantly looking…

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Shark’s Stick Vacuum Is No Dyson-Killer

In my humble opinion, Dyson stick vacuums are the apotheoses of the form. They’re light, powerful, convenient, useful, and beautiful.…

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The Secret Behind North Dakota’s Speedy Vaccine Rollout

Compared with chains, independent pharmacies are more likely to serve rural areas and low-income ones in cities, says Stacy Mitchell,…

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