I’m not sure why but autumn seems to be the time of year most people start to ask me about headphones. Maybe it’s the looming darker days, or how many of us are staring down long pre-holiday hours at work. In any case, headphone makers seem to have realized this because some of our favorite… Continue reading 9 Great Headphone Deals to Find Your Autumn Groove
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The UN Wants to Curb Anti-Satellite Missile Tests
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has also created challenges for space diplomacy. At the UN meeting, several diplomats expressed support for Ukrainians in their statements. Each time, the Russian delegate reminded the chair that comments are supposed to remain focused on the issues at hand. “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is going differently now, and Russia has… Continue reading The UN Wants to Curb Anti-Satellite Missile Tests
The iPhone 14 Pro Isn’t as Big of an Upgrade as Apple Thinks
It’s nice that you don’t need to swipe down on the Notification Center to quickly access these live activities; like the name, it’s just playful and fun. It’s worth noting that not every app works with the Dynamic Island just yet. YouTube Music worked perfectly well, whereas Google Maps did not. I expect this feature… Continue reading The iPhone 14 Pro Isn’t as Big of an Upgrade as Apple Thinks
The Vast Wasteland of Internet Television
In september 2005, a fun film editor named Robert Ryang took The Shining and cut together a new trailer for it, making the axe-driven horror flick seem like a sweetheart family movie. YouTube hadn’t broken out of beta yet, so Ryang posted his humor gem to a private quarter of his employer’s website and gave… Continue reading The Vast Wasteland of Internet Television
What Do We Really Know About Mental Illness?
When Rachel Aviv was six years old, she stopped eating. Shortly after, she was hospitalized with anorexia. Her doctors were flummoxed. They’d never seen a child so young develop the eating disorder, yet there she was. Was it a response to her parents’ divorce? Diet culture? Innate asceticism? The episode remained mysterious. While Aviv made… Continue reading What Do We Really Know About Mental Illness?
The Best Music Streaming Apps to Get Your Groove On
Picking a music streaming service used to feel like choosing a sports team. For example, Taylor Swift might have been on Apple Music but not on Spotify; Tidal was originally weighted toward hip-hop. These days, it’s more about the user interface than catalog choice. All these services’ libraries pretty much mirror each other, with tens… Continue reading The Best Music Streaming Apps to Get Your Groove On
Undocumented Workers Protest Uber Eats Crackdown
These deactivations have enraged French unions, which believe Uber Eats is deactivating accounts as growth stalls. “The decision took place without workers being notified,” says Fabian Tosolini, a delegate of the Independents Unions, which represents self-employed workers in France but is not involved in today’s protest. “They woke up and found they were not able… Continue reading Undocumented Workers Protest Uber Eats Crackdown
The Webb Space Telescope Snaps Its First Photo of an Exoplanet
The JWST’s size and sensitivity enabled it to collect more light from this planet than any previous observatory has obtained. (Its photo looks grainier than SPHERE’s only because the JWST observes longer, infrared wavelengths.) This allowed Hinkley, Biller and their team to refine the estimate of the planet’s mass, which they peg at about seven… Continue reading The Webb Space Telescope Snaps Its First Photo of an Exoplanet
This Tiny, Portable Dishwasher Is Built for the Truly Lazy
You know where this is heading. About 10 minutes before the end of the first cycle I ran, I heard a gurgle then a splash were there wasn’t supposed to be a splash, and I found a few cups of hot water and a couple bloated coriander seeds and grains of rice streaming onto the… Continue reading This Tiny, Portable Dishwasher Is Built for the Truly Lazy
Hackers Target Los Angeles School District With Ransomware
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine hasn’t gone to Vladimir Putin’s plan: Its troops have suffered devastating losses, failed to capture key Ukrainian cities, and been pushed back toward Russia. However, domestically, the Kremlin has succeeded in further suppressing its citizens—including blocking independent news media and other access to impartial information. Now, a new tool lets… Continue reading Hackers Target Los Angeles School District With Ransomware