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This Flushable Pregnancy Test Is Good for Earth, Bad for Sitcom Plots

Pregnancy tests are in dire need of a redesign. And while we’ve seen some real progress on this front, the vast majority of “modern” digital pregnancy tests are overpriced and generate even more e-waste by tacking on batteries, LCD screens, and other electronic components for a single-use device. That’s why Lia, a simple flushable and…

Earther Victoria Song

It’s Not Too Late to Pass a National Privacy Law (OK, It Kind of Is)

The federal government cares little about what happens to your most sensitive data. Its main focus today is stopping espionage and prosecuting computer criminals who pose a threat to itself or corporations and banks. Little energy is spent holding those same institutions accountable when malpractice and greed produce the same outcomes: millions of people threatened,…

Tech News Dell Cameron

Infinity Train Will End With Its Fourth Season After All

Long after perhaps many fans had assumed it, given the show’s uncertain future after its third season, it’s now official: the recently revealed fourth season of the beloved sci-fi anthology series will be its last. Entertainment Weekly dropped the news, alongside a brand new trailer for the final season, which reveals that Book 4 will…

io9 James Whitbrook

QAnon Is a Dangerous Echo of Conspiracies Past

As the tragic events of January 6th, 2021 played out in glaring clarity on our televisions, laptops, and phones, it became remarkably obvious how disparate the goals were of the separate groups involved. Some of the insurrectionists seemed more than happy to wave TRUMP 2020 flags and snap selfies in the Capitol, while others carried…

Politics Jared Yates Sexton

Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/CNRS/ASU/MSSS

Listen to Lasers Zapping Rocks on Mars in Perseverance’s Latest Dispatch

Unprecedented audio recordings taken by NASA’s Perseverance rover are transporting us to the surface of the Red Planet, allowing us to hear the sound of a gentle alien breeze, and the click-clicking of lasers zapping a Martian rock. We’re exactly three weeks into the Perseverance mission, so it’s still early days. The project is in…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

Congress Has a New $94 Billion Plan to Bring Affordable Internet to Everyone

The so-called digital divide in the U.S. has become all the more glaring over the course of the current pandemic. A new bill could help close the gap. Enter the Accessible, Affordable Internet for All Act, a new bill that was spearheaded by Democrats Rep. James Clyburn, of South Carolina, and Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar…

Tech Policy Shoshana Wodinsky

Willem Dafoe Could Be Something of a Scientist Himself in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things

Yorgos Lanthimos’ adaptation of the Alasdair Gray’s dark Victorian literature commentary is racking up an impressive cast…and taking what was already a pretty wild premise and ramping it up even further. Deadline reports that along with Emma Stone (who starred in Lanthimos’ The Favourite), Willem Dafoe has now entered talks to star in the The…

Movies James Whitbrook

Why Your Boring Utility Bill Is Much More Important Than You Think

Most of us don’t give much of a thought about how the sausage of our electric bill is made. It comes, we maybe yell at our roommates about leaving the TV on or groan with our spouses about how cold it was last month, pay it, and move on. But more often than not, our…

Earther Molly Taft

Beeple’s $69 Million NFT Sale Is a Good Time to Rethink Some Things

“It’s hard to be like, ‘Oh man, I hope it doesn’t flop!’” artist Mike Winkelmann aka Beeple chortled at the kickoff of his “Christie’s Closing Party” Clubhouse session this morning, about an hour before his Christie’s sale would close with the staggering bid of $69,346,250—making it the third-most valuable sale by a living artist. In…

Tech News Marina Galperina

Star Wars: Republic Commando‘s Spirit Still Lives, Even in a Franchise That Killed It

There’s a paradoxical relationship between the legacy of one of Star Wars’ best games and the animated show that became one of the most beloved pillars of the franchise at large. Arguably, Star Wars: The Clone Wars killed Republic Commando at its apex—but without the groundwork it laid, the animated series and its own influences…

Games James Whitbrook

I Want to Decorate My Entire Home With Classic Arcade Games Turned Into Playable Works of Art

If you grew up hanging out in arcades, now that they’re gone, there’s probably a small part of you who wants to recreate that experience at home. But sacrificing a big chunk of your living space to classic arcade cabinets no longer seems necessary as Jürgen Müller demonstrates, turning a classic Pong cabinet into a…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Verizon’s Cheapest Plans Will Only Get You Its Slowest 5G Speeds

Bad news for folks on Verizon’s basic plans. If you want the carrier’s faster 5G speeds, you’re going to have to cough up for a more expensive unlimited plan. Technically that’s nothing new. Verizon has already restricted its faster millimeter-wave (mmWave) network to customers on its Play More, Do More, and Get More Unlimited plans.…

Internet Victoria Song

Apple Rumored to Finally Embrace Bigger Batteries on the iPhone 13

For years, Apple has been able to equip its iPhones with smaller batteries than its Android counterparts thanks to the strong energy efficiency of the company’s A-series chips, but it seems that for the iPhone 13, Apple might finally increase the size of the iPhone’s power packs. The latest info comes from noted Apple analyst…

Tech News Sam Rutherford

I Love This Over-Engineered Door Handle That Wipes Itself Down With Disinfectant After Every Use

Necessity breeds innovation, and during this pandemic that has resulted in some unique ways to curb the spread of Covid-19. Door handles in well-trafficked locations are notoriously dirty and a hot spot for viruses, so a Swiss company called Tweaq has created what it’s calling the “world’s first smart self-disinfecting door handle.” One solution that’s…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Updates From George R.R. Martin’s Wild Cards, Mortal Kombat, and More

New Line has set its sights on Chad Stahelski’s new supernatural action movie. The cast of Godzilla vs. Kong picks sides. Netflix’s new vampire series finds its stars. Plus, what’s to come on Superman & Lois, and look at Fear the Walking Dead’s return. Spoilers, away! Classified New Line has won an auction for Classified,…

Television James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson

I Can’t Wrap My Brain Around This Tiny SSD That Puts 4TB of Data in the Palm of My Hand

Technology gets faster, cheaper, and more capacious year after year, but every once in a while it still manages to catch you by surprise. It wasn’t too long ago that 4TB of storage required a RAID enclosure claiming a corner of your desk, but Crucial’s new X6 4TB portable SSD packs that much storage into…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

How to Back Up All Your Photos Without a Cloud Subscription

The photos and videos you’ve captured are probably the most important files on your phone, which is why Apple, Google and other storage service providers want to give you ways to get these pictures and movies up into the cloud as quickly as possible. As convenient as that cloud storage is, it usually comes with…

Gadgets David Nield

AeroMobil Says Flying Cars Are Still Just Two Years Away

Did you see the headlines this week promising that AeroMobil would be making flying cars available for purchase in 2023? That’s just two years from now, if you can believe it. The company’s latest video even ends with the optimistic words, “coming 2023.” But can they pull it off? Let’s just say we’ve been hearing…

Transportation Matt Novak

A Doctor Who Alum Is Coming to Doom Patrol as DC’s Madame Rouge

A fan favorite DC villain is coming to the third season ofDoom Patrol: cunning master of disguise Madame Rouge. And she’ll be played by a fan favorite actor: the great Michelle Gomez. Gomez is best known for her recent work on the hit HBO Max series The Flight Attendant as well as her ongoing dual…

Books & Comics Germain Lussier

Facebook’s Dream of Running a Giant Cable From California to Hong Kong Once Again Dashed

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again, the old maxim goes, and apparently, that advice counts double if you’re Facebook, a company that has at this point tried a cartoonish number of times to install a high-capacity internet conduit between California and Hong Kong only to be continually thwarted by the U.S. government.…

Tech News Brianna Provenzano

This Flushable Pregnancy Test Is Good for Earth, Bad for Sitcom Plots

It’s Not Too Late to Pass a National Privacy Law (OK, It Kind of Is)

Infinity Train Will End With Its Fourth Season After All

QAnon Is a Dangerous Echo of Conspiracies Past

Listen to Lasers Zapping Rocks on Mars in Perseverance’s Latest Dispatch

Congress Has a New $94 Billion Plan to Bring Affordable Internet to Everyone

Willem Dafoe Could Be Something of a Scientist Himself in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things

Why Your Boring Utility Bill Is Much More Important Than You Think

Beeple’s $69 Million NFT Sale Is a Good Time to Rethink Some Things

Star Wars: Republic Commando‘s Spirit Still Lives, Even in a Franchise That Killed It

I Want to Decorate My Entire Home With Classic Arcade Games Turned Into Playable Works of Art

Verizon’s Cheapest Plans Will Only Get You Its Slowest 5G Speeds

Apple Rumored to Finally Embrace Bigger Batteries on the iPhone 13

I Love This Over-Engineered Door Handle That Wipes Itself Down With Disinfectant After Every Use

Updates From George R.R. Martin’s Wild Cards, Mortal Kombat, and More

I Can’t Wrap My Brain Around This Tiny SSD That Puts 4TB of Data in the Palm of My Hand

How to Back Up All Your Photos Without a Cloud Subscription

AeroMobil Says Flying Cars Are Still Just Two Years Away

A Doctor Who Alum Is Coming to Doom Patrol as DC’s Madame Rouge

Facebook’s Dream of Running a Giant Cable From California to Hong Kong Once Again Dashed

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