How to Watch Microsoft’s Windows 11 Event—and What to Expect
There’s not a lot of mystery left to Windows 11, thanks to a comprehensive leak last week. But there are still some outlines left to...
Oregon’s Buckled Roads and Melted Cables Are Warning Signs
This week, trapped under a stalled mountain of warm air called a heat dome, the Pacific Northwest got a taste of the future. On Sunday,...
Amazon’s Hollywood Ambitions Are Very Old-School
Out of everything Jeff Bezos has ever said, one quote may best sum up just how, exactly, Amazon will impact Hollywood: “When we win a...
The Best ‘Minecraft’ Builds Were Years in the Making
Minecraft, the best-selling video game of all time, has been around for more than a decade. The procedurally generated survival sandbox is constantly evolving, playing...
How AI Will Help Keep Time at the Tokyo Olympics
“In volleyball, we're now using cameras with computer vision technologies to track not only athletes, but also the ball,” says Alain Zobrist, head of Omega...
A Guide to RCS, and Why It Makes Texting So Much Better
Next year Verizon will join AT&T and T-Mobile in preloading Android phones with Messages by Google as the default texting app. It's a big win...
All the Ways Spotify Tracks You—and How to Stop It
Facebook and Google are the web’s biggest advertising powerhouses. But Spotify has ambitions to rival them. And it has all the data it needs to...
‘Free Guy’ Sees the Metaverse Through Rose-Colored Glasses
Ryan Reynolds’ new movie, Free Guy, isn’t what you’d call light on schtick. It’s a film about a non-player character (NPC) in a video game,...
The Next Big Challenge for Lunar Astronauts? Moon Dust
As NASA and private space companies prepare to send equipment—and eventually astronauts—back to the moon, they are facing a nearly invisible threat to any future...
Gavin Newsom’s Recall Election Divides Silicon Valley’s Elite
Silicon Valley is a famously left-leaning place. Technologists have been known to spend their riches advancing gender equality or eradicating homelessness, occasionally even proposing higher...