NewsCurrent Status of WallStreetBets's GameStop Run: 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀The current scoreboard on the Reddit meme stock war here. Reddit: 1, Hedge Fund Antagonists: 0. Whitney Kimball
Privacy and SecuritySignal Blocked by Iran as Encrypted Messaging App's Popularity ExplodesRhett Jones
CESRazer's Wild Gaming Chair and Smart Mask Are Concept Gadgets Designed to Battle the Woes of 2021Sam Rutherford
ReviewsSamsung Galaxy S21 Ultra Review: The Most Maxed Out Phone for the MoneyLast year, Samsung broke out the “Ultra” adjective for the first time on the Galaxy S20 Ultra. That phone was certainly ambitious, but between its $1,400 price tag and features that didn’t quite live up to expectations. This phone does.Sam Rutherford
TelevisionWandaVision Is Serving Up Mayhem…for the ChildrenWhile WandaVision’s double feature of a premiere dropped us right into the swing of a warped, in-universe television reality with no real explanation or context to make it easier to grasp what the hell is going on, the series’ sudden jump into a new…Charles Pulliam-Moore
Morning SpoilersA New Look at Ghostbusters: Afterlife Comes in the Form of a Very Weird GhostJames Whitbrook and Gordon Jackson
Climate changeHow Joe Biden Wins the Climate Messaging War and Fixes the CrisisWhen President Joe Biden revoked the Keystone XL pipeline permit, Republicans responded by over-inflating job loss numbers and generally making stuff up. On Wednesday, though, the administration showed it won’t cede ground to the lies. Brian Kahn
Earth ScienceThe Atlantic Ocean Is Getting Wider Thanks to Upwelling MagmaIn March 2016, a research team dropped 39 seismometers to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean off the western tip of Africa, to listen for the rumblings of earthquakes near and far. A year later, they’ve found a hidden story of how the continents are…Isaac Schultz
Giz AsksWhich Sounds Are the Most Annoying to Humans?Earlier this month, a kind of chirping, rainforest-y sound sprung up in my apartment. It came from my roommate’s room. At first, I took it for a video game, but then realized the sound materialized even when my roommate was asleep. For days, I…Daniel Kolitz
Giz AsksAre Wearables Accurate at Detecting Calorie Burn?It’s easy to attribute omnipotence to one’s devices. I’d hate to know what my iPhone knows about me. That said, there are still aspects of existence that Silicon Valley has yet to quantify (though not, I’m sure, for lack of trying). Calorie-burn…Daniel Kolitz
Field GuideHow Apple's Spatial Audio Works—and How It's Different From True Surround SoundDavid Nield
Field GuideHow to Take Your Messages With You When Leaving Facebook, Instagram, or WhatsAppDavid Nield
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