The UK’s Controversial Online Safety Act Is Now Law
Jeremy Wright was the first of five UK ministers charged with pushing through the British government’s landmark legislation on regulating the internet, the Online Safety Bill. The current UK government…
Logitech Pop Keys Review: Cute and Colorful
There’s also a matching mouse for each of the Pop Keys’ colorways. While it’s not as ergonomic as I’d like it to be, I found it comfortable to use over…
Dusting and Mopping Better Than Air Purifiers for Cleaning Indoor Air After a Wildfire
Even after smoke from a wildfire has visibly cleared, lingering toxins indoors can tank air quality and threaten our health. Harmful chemicals stick around on surfaces and release into the…
11 Best Sound Machines and White-Noise Machines (2023): Cheap, Night Lights, Lullabies
I cannot sleep in total silence. I need the hum of a fan or the crackle of a fire. Too much noise and I can’t turn my brain off, but…
‘Spider-Man 2’ Shows What a Great Superhero Game Can Really Be
We are absolutely lousy with superheroes. For more than a decade, movie theaters have been dominated by them. Streaming services and TV channels are filled with them. And yet, in…
What to Do When Hackers Crash Your Gene Pool Party
Genetic testing companies like 23andMe and Ancestry offer a pretty enticing prospect. Just mail off a little bit of your spit in a tube and the company’s lab can reveal…
Why Antidepressants Take So Long to Work
Clinical depression is considered one of the most treatable mood disorders, but neither the condition nor the drugs used against it are fully understood. First-line SSRI treatments (selective serotonin reuptake…
Artists Allege Meta’s AI Data Deletion Request Process Is a ‘Fake PR Stunt’
As the generative artificial intelligence gold rush intensifies, concerns about the data used to train machine learning tools have grown. Artists and writers are fighting for a say in how…
New AirPods teased for 2024, to little surprise
Zeke Jones / Digital Trends It’s been a little while since we’ve seen a proper refresh of Apple’s AirPods line. And given that we’re in the back quarter of 2023…
An iPhone that isn’t the iPhone 15 is selling fast in Japan
Apple released the iPhone 15 last month, with the new device offering two screen sizes of 6.1 inches and 6.7 inches. The arrival of the latest iteration of the tech…