Keeping your iPhone topped up can be a challenge, but the clever magnetic MagSafe system means you don’t need to fumble with cables or worry about a wireless charging sweet spot. Apple’s MagSafe is an accessory system integrated into the iPhone 12, iPhone 13, iPhone 14, and iPhone 15 range. A ring of magnets on… Continue reading 10 Best MagSafe Wireless Chargers (2024): Power Banks, Stands, Pads, and Travel Chargers
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Best Cheap Electric Bikes Under $2,000 (2024): Commuter, Folding, Cargo
Electric bikes reduce car congestion, get you moving, and reduce your carbon footprint. Also, they’re just really fun. I’ve never met anyone who has tried an electric bike and not wanted one; in the Netherlands, ebikes currently outsell regular bikes. However, that four-figure price tag induces sticker shock. Many states are considering incentive programs, but… Continue reading Best Cheap Electric Bikes Under $2,000 (2024): Commuter, Folding, Cargo
Apple’s iMessage Encryption Puts Its Security Practices in the DOJ’s Crosshairs
The argument is one that some Apple critics have made for years, as spelled out in an essay in January by Cory Doctorow, the science fiction writer, tech critic, and coauthor of Chokepoint Capitalism. “The instant an Android user is added to a chat or group chat, the entire conversation flips to SMS, an insecure,… Continue reading Apple’s iMessage Encryption Puts Its Security Practices in the DOJ’s Crosshairs
The Antitrust Case Against Apple Argues It Has a Stranglehold on the Future
The US Department of Justice had long been expected to file an antitrust lawsuit against Apple. But when the suit arrived Thursday, it came with surprising ferocity. In a press conference, attorney general Merrick Garland noted that Apple controlled more than 70 percent of the country’s smartphone market, saying the company used that outsized power… Continue reading The Antitrust Case Against Apple Argues It Has a Stranglehold on the Future
One Man’s Army of Streaming Bots Reveals a Whole Industry’s Problem
A man in Denmark was sentenced to 18 months in prison today for using fake accounts to trick music streaming services into paying him 2 million Danish kroner ($290,000) in royalties. The unusual case reveals a weak spot in the business model behind the world’s biggest music platforms. The 53-year-old consultant, who had pleaded not… Continue reading One Man’s Army of Streaming Bots Reveals a Whole Industry’s Problem
Reddit Surges on Its First Day of Trading
Reddit’s IPO is a test of investor appetite for tech IPOs, which have been a rarity in recent years. Low interest rates had made raising and borrowing cash on private markets easy and economic effects from the war in Ukraine and a slumping stock market had made it too risky to plunge into the stock… Continue reading Reddit Surges on Its First Day of Trading
The Feds Are Trying to Get Plants to Mine Metal Through Their Roots
“Just like we do research with corn, wheat, soybean, getting these plants to be more efficient in taking up nutrients—nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium—well, there needs to be this research that goes into understanding the mechanisms of metal hyperaccumulation,” says McNear. “And then enhancing that, whether it be through gene editing or whatever.” ARPA-E is eying a… Continue reading The Feds Are Trying to Get Plants to Mine Metal Through Their Roots
The Swatch x Omega Snoopy MoonSwatch Has Landed
The connection between Snoopy and Omega is long established, and it’s likely this iteration of the wildly successful Swatch collaboration will be its most popular model, especially as it is a proper new iteration and not a version of the Moonshine Gold MoonSwatches. “There seems to be an increasingly sonorous groan echoing throughout the enthusiast… Continue reading The Swatch x Omega Snoopy MoonSwatch Has Landed
There Are Already More Measles Cases in the US This Year Than All of 2023
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Medical Association sent out separate but similar pleas on Monday for unvaccinated Americans to get vaccinated against the extremely contagious measles virus as vaccination rates have slipped, cases are rising globally and nationally, and the spring-break travel period is beginning. In the first 12 weeks… Continue reading There Are Already More Measles Cases in the US This Year Than All of 2023
Some of the Most Popular Websites Share Your Data With Over 1,500 Companies
Everywhere you go online, you’re being tracked. Almost every time you visit a website, trackers gather data about your browsing and funnel it back into targeted advertising systems, which build up detailed profiles about your interests and make big profits in the process. In some places, you’re tracked more than others. In a little-noticed change… Continue reading Some of the Most Popular Websites Share Your Data With Over 1,500 Companies