Senate Vote Leaves TikTok’s Creator Economy Staring Into the Abyss
The US Senate passed a bill late Tuesday that allows the government to ban TikTok within a year if it doesn’t make meaningful progress toward separating from its China-based owner,…
How to Handle Online Harassment When It Happens to You
In 2022 I wrote an op-ed for NBC News Think about leg hair, of all things. The piece detailed a monthlong experiment during which I stopped shaving. Aside from one…
How to Install the Android 15 Beta
Image: tomeqs (Shutterstock) The first public beta of Android 15 for the platform’s most faithful users rolled out this month. While the operating system version will arrive much later this…
ShotSpotter Keeps Listening for Gunfire After Contracts Expire
“At this time, there is no contract and there is no plan to move forward with the company,” a spokesperson for the department wrote in an email. San Diego and…
The Showdown Over Who Gets to Build the Next DeLorean
The news spread, first with an item on Fox News and then in outlets all over the world. Jason was so high on enthusiasm for the new company, and pride…
Jabra’s noise-canceling Elite 5 are on sale for 40 percent off right now
At this point, it’s safe to say that Jabra makes some of the most reliable earbuds you can buy, especially for the price. The Jabra Elite 5, like the company’s…
A cheaper Tesla is back on the menu
Tesla says it will build more affordable electric vehicles — perhaps as soon as 2025 — refuting recent reports that Tesla CEO Elon Musk had canceled plans for a cheaper…
The Mercedes G-Wagen, the ultimate off-road status symbol, goes electric
For those who prefer to grind gravel and bound over boulders while surrounded by luxurious napa leather — and can’t imagine emitting even a single molecule of carbon dioxide while…
Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to everyone
Microsoft is starting to enable ads inside the Start menu on Windows 11 for all users. After testing these briefly with Windows Insiders earlier this month, Microsoft has started to…
Wear OS 5: what we want to see, and all the leaks so far
Wear OS 4 only launched last year, and despite new versions of Wear OS not usually landing yearly, it looks like Wear OS 5 might launch well before the end…