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In 2021, Meta restricted adults on Instagram from being able to message under-18 users who don't follow them. Now, it's expanding that rule to help protect younger teens from potentially unwanted contact. Users under 16 ...

In the summer of 2022, 18-year-old Aditya Verma was boarding a flight to Spain at London's Gatwick Airport when he sent a message to his friend on Snapchat: "On my way to blow up the plane (I'm a member of the Taliban)."...

The Mac turned 40, putting Apple's longest-running product squarely in middle age. But like someone who sees the back half of their life approaching and gets in marathon-runner shape, the Mac is in the strongest place it...

After nearly three years of flying across the Martian terrain, the Ingenuity helicopter has finally ended its mission. NASA declared Thursday that Ingenuity had sustained damage to a blade during its most recent landing ...

It's not quite her dream sci-fi role, but until Killers of the Flower Moon breakout Lily Gladstone's Star Wars Ewok aspirations come true, The Memory Police sounds like an excellent entry into the genre. The team behind ...

Meet the Wyze Cam Floodlight v2 camera, which combines the power of a floodlight with the versatility of a smart camera. It brings enhanced features to safeguard your surroundings.   - Bright illumination: Powerful dual...

Most of these changes only apply to Europe.

After three years of service, NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter has flown on Mars for the last time. Earlier this month, during its 72nd flight, Ingenuity stopped communicating with the Perseverance rover. Although NASA later ...

Shortly after Japan's space agency became the fifth country to land a spacecraft on the surface of the moon, its scientists discovered the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) unfortunately touched down upside down...

The Screen Actors Guild prevents two actors from claiming the same name, for obvious reasons; that's why, for instance, we know Emily Stone as Emma Stone. Actors with very similar names don't have that issue--though as v...

Researchers at MIT have developed a rapid 3D-printing technique that uses liquid metal to allow for extremely fast prints. The process can manufacture large aluminum components in minutes, whereas many pre-existing techn...

If you're not familiar with them before asking, you might be surprised if an X-Men comic reader declares Hank McCoy--the fuzzball genius Beast--one of the most evil characters in the franchise. This is not a new twist, e...

The Federal Trade Commission is launching an inquiry into massive investments made by Microsoft, Amazon and Alphabet into generative AI startups OpenAI and Anthropic, the agency announced on Thursday. The FTC said that i...

You can now check your temperature with your Pixel 8 Pro thanks to the new updates Google recently added to its flagship phone. The newly added temperature sensor allows you to simply put your phone to your forehead and ...

The Last of Us Part II Remastered arrived last week, and if the cutscene commentary from the game's director, writer and key actors wasn't enough for you, Naughty Dog has another behind the scenes piece coming. Grounded ...

Apple is making major changes to the App Store and other core parts of iOS in Europe in response to new European Union laws. Beginning in March, Apple will allow users within the EU to download apps and make purchases fr...

Stay calm, everybody stay calm. But it's finally happening: The European Space Agency is committing itself to the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA), a gravitational wave observatory that will study some of the un...

New York City has officially become the first city in the US to designate social media as a "public health hazard." During a State of the City address, Mayor Eric Adams shared that Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan de...

Netflix is on everything. It's on your phone, computer, and game console, going all the way back to the Nintendo Wii. Hell, you can get your Netflix fix on a Peloton if you really need to work off the vicarious carbo loa...

The miracle-pregnancy theme is right there in the title--Immaculate--but the conception in question in Sydney Sweeney's new nun horror movie feels way more malevolent than anything involving Mary, Joseph, and a manger. T...

When I first reviewed the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, I wrote that some of the most intriguing features were the ones I couldn't try out yet. Of these, the most interesting is what Meta calls "multimodal AI," the ability...

Apple's app platform is finally opening up a bit. Today, the company said that it will allow developers to utilize new in-app experiences, including streaming games, accessing mini-apps, and talking with chatbots. That m...