Is 5G Available for You? Here’s How to Find Out
This week, Apple has announced its very first 5G iPhone, shortly after Google recently launched its own $500 5G phone. If you’ve been holding off on making the switch to…
The Fate of Gig Workers Is in the Hands of California Voters
On November 3, California voters will determine how the state’s gig workers will, well, work. A ballot measure would create a new legal classification for Uber drivers, Instacart shoppers, and…
It’s Time to Talk About Covid-19 and Surfaces Again
“In my opinion, the chance of transmission through inanimate surfaces is very small, and only in instances where an infected person coughs or sneezes on the surface, and someone else…
It’s Time to Pick Classes for the 2073-74 School Year!
Welcome back to the e-Portal, [STUDENT]! We hope you enjoyed the summer protests and return ready to continue your learning journey under the guidance of our nine tenured professors and…
Angry Nerd: Stop Turning My Favorite Antiheroes Into Heroes
The heroes of my youth—J. K. Rowling, Pizza Hut, and most of all Disney—are the villains of my adulthood. This is only natural for a curmudgeon of my caliber; to…
Panic’s Playdate Is a Retro-Modern Handheld-Gaming Delight
If you logged countless hours crushing Tetris blocks on road trips in the Family Truckster, this game machine looks familiar to you. But while the Playdate has a joyfully retro…
My Roomba Has Achieved Enlightenment
All through the fall my head was spinning, and I steered into the spin by watching Fast, Cheap & Out of Control. Errol Morris’ rhapsodic 1997 documentary about a bunch…
What AI College Exam Proctors Are Really Teaching Our Kids
When Haley, a sophomore at Indiana University, took a test for an accounting class in September, she—like many college students during this pandemic—was sitting not in a classroom but in…
3 Great Gaming Chairs for Any Budget (2020)
A Basic Gaming Chair Gaming chairs often mimic the contours you’d find in the seats of Formula 1 race cars, but with more ostentatious designs. Secretlab’s Omega is a prime…
Six-Word Sci-Fi: A Story About the Next Big Security Leak
YOUR GENES ARE MY GENES NOW. —@_inflexion_ via Instagram Honorable Mentions: We updated our terms and conditions. —@nisioti_eleni, via Twitter All of the tokens were useless. —William Nicholl, via Facebook…