I’ve had long, thick hair for most of my life. Right up until my early forties, in fact, when large handfuls of my hair started falling out in the shower. “Why is this happening?” I asked my doctor at the time, as my front part began widening at an alarming…
The 5 Best Laptop Power Banks I’ve Personally Tested (2026)
Other Great Laptop Power Banks Here are a few more tried and tested power banks for laptops that might be worth considering. Photograph: Simon Hill Pisen TP-D108 Power Bank for $50: With a 20,000-mAh capacity and a built-in USB-C cable capable of delivering up to 67 watts, this bargain power…
Our Favorite Fans Are on Sale to Help With Summer Heat Waves (2026)
It’s still sweltering out there for many Americans. We’ve been testing fans for far longer than just this summer, and while historically this is one of the worst times of the year to try to save money on anything “cooling,” a few of our top picks are on sale. If…
Scientists Used AI to Create 16 New Viruses
For the first time, an artificial intelligence system has created a series of previously unknown viruses capable of infecting and eliminating certain types of bacteria. This breakthrough opens up new possibilities for combating bacterial resistance. However, it also raises concerns about the potential misuse of this technology to design biological…
Zohran Mamdani’s NYC Tech Team Is What DOGE Should Have Been
A go-kart track is an odd location to launch a tech initiative in the nation’s biggest city. Yet last month there was New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani, zipping around the 900-foot oval at Coney Island’s Luna Park before stepping up to a podium to unveil a program called Public…
The 7 Best TV Shows to Stream This Month
The big screen is having a moment. Spider-Man: Brand New Day is breaking box office records, while Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has people dusting off Homer for the first time since high school. But television is keeping pace with a slate of can’t-miss new releases and beloved old favorites that…
The Chinese Philosopher Americans Can’t Stop Fighting About
Yiyang Zhuge learned last week that when you go extremely viral, the people you have been following for years suddenly start following you back. Zhuge logged onto X and found that a string of famous professors and scholars were in her list of new followers. A PhD candidate in political…
SpaceX’s Terafab will rely on natural gas power plants, not Tesla solar panels
SpaceX said this week that it will build natural gas power plants to supply electricity to the Terafab semiconductor factory it plans to build in Texas, according to a report from Bloomberg. Riley Trettel, who leads energy and data center development for SpaceX, said in a public meeting on Wednesday…
I don’t know why this Live TV + streaming bundle is being kept a secret
Ever since YouTube TV raised its price to close out 2024, I’ve been checking out other live TV apps. As it turns out, there’s a lot more available than just YouTube, but they each have their pros and cons. I already gave Fubo a whirl, and while I liked it,…
Security researchers scanned the Polish web and found courts, hospitals, and airports at risk of hacks
Two Polish security researchers wanted to find out how vulnerable their country’s internet was to potential cyberattacks and quickly found that thousands of public agencies and websites were at risk of being hacked. At the Def Con cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas on Friday, security researchers Robert Kruczek and Kamil…