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What Would Convince a Lab Leak Skeptic?

It was reported this week that the U.S. Department of Energy now believes, “with low confidence,”...

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Is a 25-Year-Old’s Brain Mature?

New understandings of how our brains develop are changing how the law considers who is mature and...

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Why A.I. Says the Darndest Things

Microsoft has been testing out their new artificial intelligence on their long-ridiculed search...

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The Baby-Sleep Industrial Complex

The tech-laden, luxury bassinet “Snoo” has been presented as preventing Sudden Infant Death...

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What Made the Balloon Drama Pop Off?

Come to think of it, a giant balloon seems like a pretty conspicuous way to spy on another...

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Contraband Tech Behind Bars

It’s hard to put a number on it but judging from the number of videos emerging online, there are...

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Why Ban TikTok?

TikTok was banned on government agency devices in December; several schools and universities have...

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Did a Twentysomething Con America’s Biggest Bank?

JP Morgan Chase is getting an education on FAFSA and financial aid–which would’ve been helpful...

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How COVID Changes Our Immune Systems

Last fall it seemed like everyone got sick—not just with COVID, but from a slew of respiratory...

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Did A.I. Write This Headline?

The proliferation of chatbots and A.I.-generated art has consumers and tech companies alike...

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Will Google Get Broken Up?

The U.S. Department of Justice announced this week that it is suing Google over its ad...

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Does Meta Even Care When Its Users Get Hacked?

It can feel very personal to have your Facebook or Instagram page hacked—they’re your pictures...

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An Antivax Dog Whistle Goes Viral

The idea that COVID-19 vaccines are linked to sudden deaths among young people has no scientific...

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Tesla’s No Good, Very Bad Year

Elon Musk was promising an “epic” Q4 at Tesla last year. But 2022 ended closer to what might be...

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Why the Feds Want to Kill Noncompetes

You might think of noncompete agreements as mostly limited to highly skilled, highly paid tech...

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How War in Taiwan Could Short-Circuit U.S. Tech

Roughly 95 percent of advanced semiconductor chip manufacturing happens in Taiwan, leaving the...

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Will Southwest Be Held Accountable?

Over the holidays, thousands of passengers were left stranded or delayed when Southwest Airline’s...

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One Year - 1942: The Most Hated Man in America

At the beginning of World War II, the greatest threat to the American war effort wasn’t the Nazis...

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Are You Ready For Lab-Grown Meat?

The Food and Drug Administration gave an important thumbs up to lab-grown chicken, which means we...

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SBF's Worst Week Yet

Even in a crazy year for crypto, Sam Bankman-Fried’s story is undeniably the most bananas. And...

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