“This fire, and what we’re expecting to come, makes no sense unless you connect the dots through a changing climate,” said Bob Freitag, who recently served as director of the Institute of Hazards Mitigation Research and Planning at the University of Washington. “The science is known, and this is not…

The group chat is the last truly heavyweight institution of modern life. It’s one of the most reliable means of daily communication, used for just about anything from planning to catching up. WhatsApp is counting over 3 billion users, and it’s a fair bet most of them are in at…

This is such a handy little gadget for outdoorsy folks. It has a 288 Wh battery (that can deliver up to 300 watts), and most helpfully, a handy pop-up lantern that makes it ideal for hiking and camping. It can fast-charge all your devices, too, including phones, laptops, headphones, and…

Have you noticed how desperate tech companies are to get you to use their artificial intelligence features, even if you don’t want to use them? They’re adding buttons to user interfaces and using pop-up tool tips to implore you to click them and become a dedicated user of their AI…

One complaint about Android Auto (and Apple CarPlay) that sometimes gets lost in the shuffle is app access. There are a growing number of compatible apps on both platforms, but unless a developer specifically builds out car features, an app won’t appear on your dash. That can be extremely disappointing…

Cory Solovewicz receives more unwanted emails than you. Seriously—it’s a lot more. Since December 2024, one of the domains at which the security researcher receives email has registered 401,796 messages—by his calculations that’s an average of 699.99 pings per day. This deluge isn’t the regular flood of spam, newsletters, and…

As part of a planned data center in Pecos County, Texas, Amazon is investing in an on-site power plant that could become the largest source of climate pollution in the United States, according to The New York Times. The NYT says the plant would burn natural gas and is permitted…

As a policy, I try to avoid any bias against budget TVs. They’re the only option for a lot of people, and honestly, technology has advanced so much in the past decade that they can look fantastic under the right circumstances. Today’s bargain-basement QLED offerings would annihilate most mid-range TVs…

NextSlide recently announced that it’s joining OpenAI, with the presentation startup’s team members now working on ChatGPT. The NextSlide website currently displays a note from founder Ahmed Beshry describing the startup’s product as one “that could turn prompts, notes, documents, or research into a polished, editable presentation.” The ultimate goal,…