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The robots that can cook and serve your food

Is the hydrogen tech 'revolution' hope or hype?

Facebook bans 'violent' Boogaloo-linked network

Dr Disrespect: The mystery surrounding his Twitch ban

Samsung SSD 870 QVO review: Stupendous 8TB capacity in a SATA SSD

Amazon Prime Video rolls out watch parties with 100 friends (and several caveats)

‘Pokemon Go’ and ‘Sleep No More’ Creators Are Teaming Up on AR

7 Best Gaming Controllers (2020): PC, Xbox, PS4, Switch

Blurring Black Faces is Anti-Journalistic and Anti-Human

Rental e-scooters to be made legal on UK roads from Saturday

The CEO of Novartis on Developing Drugs During a Pandemic

With India’s TikTok Ban, the World’s Digital Walls Grow Higher

Facebook must 'develop a conscience'

Vizio’s first OLED TVs are coming this fall, and they’re priced to move

Smartphone Apps Are Now a Weapon in International Disputes

4th of July Sales (2020): 12 Great Deals on Outdoor Gear

America’s Great—if Small—Return to Drive-In Theaters

Nuclear ‘Power Balls’ May Make Meltdowns a Thing of the Past

Roblox accounts hacked to support Donald Trump

Coronavirus: Geneva Motor Show 2021 scrapped and event to be sold

Chromebooks versus Windows laptops: Which should you buy?

Universities and Tech Giants Back National Cloud Computing Project

Sinopé Zigbee dimmer switch review: Smart lighting from the Great White North

Ban on Chinese apps surprises India content makers

YouTube bans prominent white supremacist channels

Uber Makes Offer to Buy Postmates Delivery Service

India bans TikTok, WeChat and dozens more Chinese apps

Reddit, Acting Against Hate Speech, Bans ‘The_Donald’ Subreddit

A TikTok Twist on ‘PizzaGate’

Could a boycott kill Facebook?

TikTok 'didn't store' iPhone clipboard data

11 quick ways to clear space on an overstuffed Android phone

Online Harms bill: Warning over 'unacceptable' delay

An Infrastructure Arms Race Is Fueling the Future of Gaming

Apple removing the iPhone 12 power adapter wouldn't be courageous. It’s just mean

13 Best Google Assistant Speakers (2020): Smart Displays, Portable, and More

Privacy Isn’t a Right You Can Click Away

The Belkin Thunderbolt Dock Core is the first dual-powered Thunderbolt dock

10 quick ways to clear space on an overstuffed Android device

NASA’s New Moon-Bound Space Suits Will Get a Boost From AI

The Anthropause: How the Pandemic Gives Scientists a New Way to Study Wildlife

Lenovo Chromebook Duet review: Redefining the small and cheap tablet

How hackers extorted $1.14m from University of California, San Francisco

JBL Link Music Smart speaker review: Pretty good things in a pretty small package

Arm Macs and AMD rising: How Intel's endless 10nm struggles cost it so much

The Long, Unhappy History of Working From Home

Hi-tech greenhouses to supply UK stores with food

Trump retweets video of supporter shouting 'white power'

Singapore hands out coronavirus tracing devices

Starbucks suspends social media ads over hate speech

An Ohio City's Campaign Got More People to Buy Electric Cars

How to Pick the Best Microsoft Surface Laptop or Tablet (2020)

In Lockdown, Mathematicians Crack a Stubborn Geometry Riddle

Review: Food Network Kitchen App Is Long on Recipes, Short on Diversity

How to Get Safari's New Privacy Features in Chrome and Firefox

Is It Legal for Cops to Force You to Unlock Your Phone?

Electric plane's 'milestone' first UK test flight at Cranfield

Julian Assange Faces New Conspiracy Allegations

The Debate Over Burning Dead Trees to Create Biomass Energy

The 18 Best Weekend Deals: Videogames, Sex Tech, Home Goods, and More

Old Drugs Could Reveal a New Way to Attack the Coronavirus

Virtual Conferences Mean All-Access—Except When They Don't

The Best Podcast and Livestream Gear (2020): Mics, Stands, and More

Coca-Cola suspends social media advertising despite Facebook changes

‘PizzaGate’ Conspiracy Theory Thrives Anew in the TikTok Era

EBay’s Critics Faced an Extreme Case of an Old Silicon Valley Habit

Viewpoint: 'I feel like was accidentally hired'

Twitch Confronts Its Role in Streaming’s #MeToo Reckoning

It's Time to Reboot the Violent Videogames Debate

Going to the movies in Fortnite: I did it for science

Microsoft permanently closes all of its retail stores

Russian hacker group Evil Corp targets US workers at home

Robo-dolphin creates a splash and other tech news

Grindr 'breaks ethnicity filter promise'

Joel Schumacher and the Non-Crisis of Infinite Batmans

What Apple’s Silicon Chips Suggest About Its Future

The 8 Best Reusable Water Bottles (2020): Insulated and Non-Insulated

It's Time for an End-of-Life Discussion About Nursing Homes

Apple’s Virtual WWDC Wasn’t Better Than the Real Thing

The Rocket Motor of the Future Breathes Air Like a Jet Engine

Fortnite Movie Nite: Christopher Nolan's hit films screen in-game

'Covid-19 means I can join Pride and not get arrested'

An Embattled Group of Leakers Picks Up the WikiLeaks Mantle

Vaccine Makers Turn to Microchip Tech to Beat Glass Shortages

How to Build the Perfect Pump-Up Playlist

Data caps on AT&T, Comcast, T-Mobile will return June 30

Accell Power Dot surge protector review: A clever idea, but also a pricey one

Hands-on with the world's first miniLED laptop: MSI's Creator 17

Twitch starts banning users over abuse

George Floyd: US phone giant Verizon joins Facebook ad boycott

AMD's Ryzen exceeds its '25x20' power efficiency challenge

Doomscrolling Is Slowly Eroding Your Mental Health

One of Klipsch's Google Speakers Is Half Off Right Now

The 15 Best Cloth Face Masks: Ones We Actually Like to Wear

Scientists Taught Mice to Smell an Odor That Doesn’t Exist

How Thousands of Misplaced Emails Took Over This Engineer's Inbox

Why Massive Saharan Dust Plumes Are Blowing Into the US

Virgin Media broadband offline in London again

Google to pay for 'high quality' news in three countries

Coronavirus: Does anyone have a working contact-tracing app?

Wirecard: Scandal-hit firm files for insolvency

Lenovo Yoga C640 review: The battery life blows us away

Britain's 'blindingly cool' engineering innovation

House of Marley Redemption ANC review: Environmentally conscious wireless earbuds with mediocre noise cancelling

The ad hater's guide to cord-cutting

How iOS 14 stole features from Android—and made them so much better

Anker Soundcore Rave Neo review: Fat, punchy bass for the dance floor

Barr’s Interest in Google Antitrust Case Keeps It Moving Swiftly

Loren Gray: TikTok star 'glad' she shared sexual assault story

Iran arrests men for 'selling babies on Instagram'

Michael Hawley, Programmer, Professor and Pianist, Dies at 58

Deal: TCL's 10 Pro and 10L Phones Are 15 Percent Off

A Flawed Facial Recognition System Sent This Man to Jail

Google to auto-delete users' records by default

Royal Navy's first crewless boat ready for testing

UK allows Amazon to invest in Deliveroo

Watch Party Royale: Fortnite will stream 3 Christopher Nolan movies in-game this Friday

Facial recognition to 'predict criminals' sparks row over AI bias

The US-China Battle Over the Internet Goes Under the Sea

How to Dig Up Family History Online

How to Suspend Your Phone Service to Save Money (Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T, Sprint)

It’s Ridiculous to Treat Schools Like Covid Hot Zones

Twitch: Streamers call for a blackout to recognise victims of sexual and racial abuses

'Carbon Farming' Could Make US Agriculture Truly Green

An Algorithm That 'Predicts' Criminality Based on a Face Sparks a Furor

The Best Smart Displays (2020): Google Assistant, Alexa, Portal

What Apple could learn from Microsoft's mistakes with Windows on ARM

Eufy Security Smart Lock Touch review: Eufy’s first smart lock is a little too rough around the edges

Acer Predator Triton 500 review: A truly portable gaming powerhouse with 300Hz G-Sync

The best smart lock for a keyless home

Calls Rise Inside Amazon to Address Racial Inequity

Wrongfully Accused by an Algorithm

Segway: End of the road for the much-hyped two-wheeler

Could search engines predict the spread of coronavirus?

George Floyd: Ben & Jerry's joins Facebook ad boycott

UK's internet use surges to new highs during lockdown

Fines to be part of regulating social media, says Ofcom

Poker and the Psychology of Uncertainty

Airbnb Quietly Fired Hundreds of Contract Workers. I'm One of Them

Ex-Googler becomes China’s second richest person

Japanese supercomputer, crowned world's fastest, is fighting coronavirus

Ring Solar Steplight review: Bigger, better, brighter

3 Great Pairs of Binoculars for Bird Watching

My Friend Was Struck by ALS. Here’s How He’s Fighting Back

5 Weird Concepts to (Theoretically) Supercharge Mask Fabrics

The Infinite Loop of Supply Chains

How ‘Sustainable’ Web Design Can Help Fight Climate Change

Covid-19 and Living Through a New American Revolution

Six-Word Sci-Fi: Imagine an Apocalypse With a Happy Ending

Angry Nerd: The Merciless, Unblinking Eye of Zoom

Quarantined in New York, We Escape Skyward

Square, Jack Dorsey’s Pay Service, Is Withholding Money Merchants Say They Need

Apple makes concessions to App Store developers

Shaadi.com: Dating site removes skin tone filter after backlash

BeiDou: China launches final satellite in challenge to GPS

Foreign tech workers affected by Trump visa freeze

President Trump Just Suspended the Tech Industry's Favorite Visa

Apple Pushes Back Against Ad Tracking in Safari and iOS 14

Creating an online course 'changed my life'

A Startup Takes ‘Investing in People’ Literally. Not Everyone Approves

Everything Apple Announced at WWDC 2020

Apple Mac computers make jump to its own chips

Tech Goliaths Act Like Davids

41 Cities, Many Sources: How False Antifa Rumors Spread Locally

Anonymous Stole and Leaked a Megatrove of Police Documents

YouTuber Syndicate denies sexual assault claims

Japanese Supercomputer Is Crowned World’s Speediest

Coronavirus: Ireland set to launch contact-trace app

The North Face and Patagonia boycott Facebook ads

Apple WWDC last minute rumors: Major iPhone and iPad UI changes, but no new hardware

Who's to Blame for Plastic Microfiber Pollution?

There's No Cure for Covid-19 Loneliness, but Robots Can Help

Why NASA Designed a New $23 Million Space Toilet

OWC Aura P12 review: At 4TB it offers high capacity for big money

Stuck at Home, Scientists Discover 9 New Insect Species

Once a WFH Staple, Athleisure Gets Down to Business

The Two Faces of Facebook's Election Plans

Aquanta water heater controller review: A smart solution for your home’s biggest energy waster

Trump campaign rejects TikTok bogus bookings claim

Joseph Gordon-Levitt on beating lockdown online

Online eating disorder 'trigger' crack-down call

Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 GX550 review: Two screens and a whole lot of speed

European Football Clubs Are Turning to AI for an Assist

Best MacBooks (2020): Air vs. Pro, Which Model Should You Buy?

A Super Sensitive Dark Matter Search Yields Strange Results

What Is a Side Channel Attack?

The Best Music Gear to Learn an Instrument (2020)

Amazon kills its coolest Dash product after ignoring it for years

How to Watch Apple's WWDC 2020 Keynote (and What to Expect)

How to Switch to Signal and Bring All your Texts With You

Last of Us Part II: Is this the most accessible game ever?

Ground-Penetrating Radar Mapped a Buried Ancient Roman City

We Need More Movies Where the Sharks Win

Sneaky Mac Malware Is Posing as Flash Downloads

The 8 Best Chef Knives for Your Kitchen (2020): Affordable, Japanese, Carbon Steel

Coronavirus: New Covid-19 tracing tool appears on smartphones

eBay and the Deliveries You Never Wanted

Microtransit Gives City Agencies a Lift During the Pandemic

The 15 Best Weekend Deals: Tablets, Laptops, TVs, and More

Coronavirus: What went wrong with the UK's contact tracing app?

Apple 'not told' about UK's latest app plans

The True Return of LGBTQ+ Pride

eBay’s Harassment Campaign Didn’t Happen in a Vacuum

Roborock S6 MaxV Review: A Robot Vac That Avoids Dog Poop

EA says Fifa 21 will be the 'most authentic' yet

Why Juneteenth Went Viral

Shelter In Place Works—If You Can Afford to Stay Home

The Last Of Us Part II: Grim but great

No, You Don't Need to See President Trump's Medical Records

Facebook and Twitter Want to Keep the Justice System Skewed Against Defendants

How Surveillance Has Always Reinforced Racism

15 must-try demos from the Steam Summer Game Festival

HyperX Alloy Origins review: Same keyboard, new switches, new name

Two Gamers Played The Last of Us Part II. They Were Blown Away.

A Former Google Executive Takes Aim at His Old Company With a Start-Up

Twitter labels Trump tweet 'misleading media' for first time

1More Dual Driver ANC Pro Wireless review: This in-ear headphone has a split personality, but great phone skills

Sonos Port review: A flawed successor to the Sonos Connect

Best headphones: Our top picks for personal listening

Australia cyber attacks: PM Morrison warns of 'sophisticated' state hack

Twitter Labels Trump Tweet About ‘Racist Baby’ as Manipulated Media

EA Play 2020: Star Wars: Squadrons gameplay, the return of Skate, and not much else

Amazon Touts AI for Social Distancing Amid Worker Complaints

How to share large video files on Android

The Trouble With Counting Aliens

20 Last-Minute Father's Day Gift Ideas and Deals (2020)

Baidu Breaks Off an AI Alliance Amid Strained US-China Ties

How to Make Government Trustworthy Again

Videoconferencing Needs to Climb Out of the Uncanny Valley

Coronavirus Researchers Are Dismantling Science’s Ivory Tower—One Study at a Time

News at 11: Kid Reporters Tackle the Coronavirus

Live Wrong and Prosper: Covid-19 and the Future of Families

What Will Science, Tech, and Life Look Like After Covid-19?

After the Virus: How We'll Learn, Age, Move, Listen, and Create

HBO Max still isn't supersized enough to attract cord-cutters

WeatherFlow Tempest Weather System review: This is the best home weather station on the market

WD Black P50 Game Drive SSD review: It's as fast as it looks

Best home weather station: Which one should be your personal meteorologist?

Apple Rejects Facebook’s Gaming App, for at Least the Fifth Time

TikTok makes moves into education market

US-China row moves underwater in cable tangle

The tech adding atmosphere to empty sports stadiums

Last of Us Part 2: Creators say diversity in games ‘essential’

Dating apps, video games and TikTok: The digital activists boosting Black Lives Matter

Bot Mafias Have Wreaked Havoc in 'World of Warcraft Classic'

Google Meet is now free for everyone, as the pursuit of Zoom continues

The Full Nerd ep. 142: AMD Ryzen XT CPUs, Nvidia RTX coprocessor rumors, PS5 design

New Pokémon Snap Revives a Classic for Nintendo Switch

Apple picks a fight with popular app developer Basecamp on eve of WWDC

D.O.J. to Urge Rolling Back Legal Shield for Tech Companies

Amazon faces backlash over Covid-19 safety measures

Best Sites, Apps, and YouTube Channels to Learn Music (2020)

Three Steps to Make Tech Companies More Equitable

Tackling the Unsolvable Problem: The Bottomless Email Inbox

Election 2019 pledges of UK broadband speeds and costs

Lenovo launches ThinkPads with high-octane Ultra Performance Mode

Facebook Groups Are Destroying America

Covid-19 Is Bad. But It May Not Be the ‘Big One’

Coronavirus Tips and Supplies Guide: What to Buy (and Avoid) for Home

The Therapist Is In—and It's a Chatbot App

The Design and Science of Patio Dining During a Pandemic

How to Spot Phony Images and Online Propaganda

Annual Android and iOS releases are boring and they need to stop

Sonos Arc: A Dolby Atmos performance evaluation

The I.P.O. Comes Roaring Back in the Pandemic

Europe pushes ahead with 'dune buggy' Mars rover

Facebook to let users turn off political adverts

Now You Can Opt Out of Seeing Political Ads on Facebook

Apple Threatens to Move Basecamp's New Email App to Trash

Trend Micro Maximum Security review: A great security suite, but privacy features need an overhaul

Would you pay to Zoom Keanu Reeves or Star Trek's Riker?

Linksys is now shipping the three new Wi-Fi 6 mesh routers it announced at CES

The Russian Disinfo Operation You Never Heard About

Universities Step Up the Fight for Open-Access Research

5 things to expect from a revamped Google Home smart speaker

You Can Now Buy Spot the Robot Dog—If You’ve Got $74,500

Composers Are Ditching Hollywood—to Make Videogame Music

Ripple20 Bugs Put Hundreds of Millions of IoT Devices at Risk

The AMD Ryzen XT series skimps on bundled coolers and clock speeds

The Lenovo Flex 5G is a $1,400 connected laptop with Qualcomm inside

Apple faces two EU anti-competition probes

Fortnite: Fans disappointed as event reaches capacity

The Best Smart Plugs (2020): Plugs, Power Strips, and More

The Auto Industry Is Wrecked—Let’s Rebuild It With Electric

How to Disinfect Everything: Coronavirus Home Cleaning Tips

We Can Protect the Economy From Pandemics. Why Didn't We?

Channel Master Smartenna+ review: This TV antenna tunes itself to pull in all the channels it can

Riding Out Quarantine With a Chatbot Friend: ‘I Feel Very Connected’

Free internet to help poorer pupils study online

Coronavirus: Alarm over 'invasive' Kuwait and Bahrain contact-tracing apps

Facebook launches WhatsApp digital payment service

Ex-Ebay Execs Allegedly Made Life Hell for Critics

Former eBay executives charged with cyber-stalking

Money in Excel imports your live banking data into a spreadsheet

Star Wars: Squadrons resurrects the spirit of yesteryear's X-Wing and TIE Fighter games

Microsoft Teams for Education preps for fall with 7x7 speaker grid, deeper analytics

One Restaurant’s Survival Guide

Coronavirus: Contact-tracing apps face further hitches

Samsung lowers the price of 5G with the $600 A71 5G

Dating Apps Exposed 845GB of Explicit Photos, Chats, and More

Amazon Says Jeff Bezos Is Willing to Testify Before Congress

A Conspiracy Made in America May Have Been Spread by Russia

How to Trade In or Sell Your iPhone (2020): Swappa, Gazelle, uSell

GitHub abandons 'master' and 'slave' terms to avoid row

When Doctors and Patients Talk About Death Over Zoom

Home Office Setup Guide: The Best Gear for Working at Home

As Cities Reopen, Expect to Wait in Lots of Lines

Can a Keyboard Crusade Stem the Vaccine Infodemic?

Google: Missing Churchill photo mystery explained

Alternatives for Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop and more

Eufy Security Indoor Cam 2K review: Advanced features, budget price

Five subtle ways the Windows 10 May 2020 Update can improve your life