Andrew Couts

9/16/21

GoPro's New Hero10 Black Is a Smooth Beast With a Mean Streak

The newest GoPro offers upgrades galore—but you'll have to pick between creator independence and the company's…

8/29/21

How to Help Hurricane Ida Victims Right Now

Hurricane Ida is upending people's lives and livelihoods. Here's how you can stop doomscrolling and get involved.

8/27/21

U.S. Intelligence Agencies: Covid-19 Not a Biological Weapon, but Lab Incident Still on the Table

The unclassified summary reveals that intelligence officials are still unsure about the origins of covid-19.

8/27/21

1,500 Murder Hornets Murdered in Washington State

First spotted in the U.S. in 2019, Asian giant hornets—you know, murder hornets—have become an ongoing problem.

8/20/21

In a Win for Gig Workers, Uber-Backed Prop 22 Ruled Unconstitutional by California Judge

A loss for Uber, Lyft, and Doordash, which spent more than $200 million pushing Prop 22, the decision puts the…

8/19/21

FTC Refiles Historic Antitrust Lawsuit as Facebook Tries to Bury the News With Shiny Things

The FTC has refiled its antitrust lawsuit against Facebook, arguing that no other social media company "remotely…

8/17/21

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Tests Positive for Covid-19 Hours After Attending Maskless Campaign Event

The Republican governor, who is vaccinated against covid-19, has banned mask mandates in the state.

8/13/21

Satellite Images Reveal Greece’s Hell on Earth

Wildfires have ripped through Greece, leaving its land decimated and its people in a state of peril.

7/20/21

Biden Assembles the Final Member of His Big Tech Nightmare Squad

If approved, attorney Jonathan Kanter would join FTC Chair Lina Khan and White House adviser Tim Wu as part of…

7/14/21

Fleets* Is Dead (*Fleets Was Twitter's Answer to Instagram Stories Which Was Instagram's Answer to Snapchat Which Was Silicon Valley's Answer to Dick Pics)

Twitter's disappearing-content feature is disappearing itself.

7/13/21

Zero's New Electric Motorcycle Looks Like a High-End Gadget You Can Ride

The new 2022 Zero FXE adds some extra styling to your two-wheeled commute.

6/25/21

Stop Kissing Chickens

If there's one thing everyone should know about birds by this point, it's that kissing them is extremely stupid.

6/23/21

Supreme Court Rules Cheerleader’s ‘F*ck School’ Snapchat Post Was Protected Speech

The Court found that a high school crossed the line by punishing the girl for her social media post.

6/10/21

Don't Download Dark Sky

With Apple adding Dark Sky's best features to its Weather app, Dark Sky for iOS now has an expiration date.

6/8/21

It's About to Really, Really Suck to Lose Your iPhone

If you use all the features Apple's Wallet app offers in iOS 15, you're asking for trouble.

Slideshow

13 Spectacular Pics of the 'Super Blood Moon' Eclipse From Around the World

In the wee hours of Wednesday morning on the East Coast of the United States, Earth’s shadow enveloped the Moon in…

News

Telecoms Paid Henchmen to Flood FCC With Anti-Net Neutrality Comments From Stolen Identities

A group backed by the largest internet service providers in the U.S. secretly funded the submission of millions of…

Science

The Second Covid-19 Vaccine Shot Knocked Me Out, and I Loved It

At approximately 2:45 p.m. ET on Saturday, a ray of light illuminated my personal wrinkle of our ongoing global…

Climate change

It's Time to Kill Earth Day

Hooray, it’s Earth Day! That one day of the year when we can all come together and celebrate treating our planet…