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Barr says the US needs encryption backdoors to prevent “going dark.” Um, what?

On July 23, in a keynote address at the International Conference on Cyber Security at Fordham University, US Attorney General William Barr took...

Whitney Cummings—and her sex robot—take on modern womanhood

I never really understood catcalling until Whitney Cummings explained it in front of a live audience. Rather than waxing snarky about backward oafs...

Another European heatwave, another link to climate change

It’s becoming standard procedure that extreme weather events will quickly be analyzed by the World Weather Attribution team—a group of climate scientists who...

Roll over, Beethoven: Decoding the maestro’s musical style with statistics

Famed Classical/Romantic composer Ludwig van Beethoven had a distinct statistical signature to his compositional style, according to an innovative analysis published in a...

Scientists name new fossil species after Millennium Falcon from Star Wars

Paleontologists excavating a site in the Canadian Rockies known as the Burgess Shale have discovered the fossilized remains of a heretofore-unknown species of...

Polar Ignite review: Clever fitness perks marred by too many compromises

Polar has had some catching up to do in the smartwatch space as Fitbit, Garmin, and Apple continuously improve upon and release new...

Here’s why Nintendo Switch consoles keep frying

For over a year, Nintendo Switch owners have wondered about—and outright feared—plugging their "hybrid" portable console into unofficial docks. And for good reason:...

Now even funerals are livestreamed—and families are grateful

The call came on January 2. It was early enough in the morning that Natalie Levy probably shouldn’t have been awake—she had recently...

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