Tiny Hairs That Help Corals Breathe May Malfunction in Warming Oceans
Every coral colony is cushioned by a thin boundary layer of water whose movement is slowed by friction at the…
Category: Tech
What ChatGPT Thinks It Knows About You Is Affecting Its Answers. Here’s How to Change That
A memory of some kind is now a standard feature for an AI chatbot. The chatbot stores all of your…
How to Avoid Scams and Sketchy Products on Amazon (2026)
You can find anything on Amazon—plus hundreds or thousands of versions of that thing. If its virtual shelves were translated…
Meet the Academics Trying to Stop You From Having Sex in Robotaxis
Pavlo Bazilinskyy still can’t believe he was on PornHub for work. He’s an assistant professor at the Eindhoven University of…
What You Need to Know About the Foreign-Made Router Ban in the US
In March, the Federal Communications Commission banned new consumer internet routers manufactured outside the US, citing national security concerns. The…
Meta’s Muse Is Better at Surveilling Than Helping Me
“I do see this as a continued trajectory of their main business model of controlling what people see, putting ads…
Welcome to Dogs Anonymous, the Online Support Group for People With Difficult Dogs
Just past 6 pm on a recent Wednesday night, half a dozen pet owners logged into a Zoom meeting to…
Thermacell LIV 2.0 Review: Taking My Yard Back
Four years ago, I moved back to Texas from California. After two weeks of living here, I realized we were…
It’s Donald Trump Versus MAGA on Data Centers
Welcome back to Power Play! Each week, senior writer Molly Taft tackles a topic around this midterm season’s biggest issue:…
It Still Feels Like Summer in Parts of the US. Blame El Niño
A summer that started early across the US has no intention of quitting, even as the calendar turns to autumn.…