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👉Listen to Stuff Matters on your podcast app👈 That satisfying snap when you close an AirPods case is powered by one of the most important materials in the modern world. Hidden inside are tiny magnets made from rare earth elements: obscure minerals that help power everything from smartphones and wind …

Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? Only one clue really threw me off, and that was …

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Are you watching the World Cup? Today’s Connections: Sports Edition includes one related category. If you’re struggling with the puzzle …

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is a real challenge. The purple category is fun once you spot the …

For Ayesha Omar, the argument is not theoretical. The actress, who has worked in Pakistan’s film and television industry for more than 20 years, says her own images were stolen and circulated long before social media made such exposure commonplace. Photographs taken on a holiday over a decade ago in …

Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today’s Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. I think today’s Wordle puzzle is one of the toughest of the year. It’s an unusual word, and …

Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Today’s NYT Strands puzzle has a fun topic, though it might be better suited for October. Some …

The history books are littered with the corpses of corporate record labels started by companies that had no business being in the music industry. Bose thinks it can be the exception to the rule. It thinks it can be Red Bull. And, while Bose has more of a right to …

Cold Court is a brother-sister duo from Philly that seems to love nothing more than shoving all of their influences together in a messy soup that at least superficially resembles the hyperpop you’ve come to expect from acts like 100 Gecs. But, where songs like “Dumbest Girl Alive” goofily wink …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A strange email lands in your inbox, and at first, it sounds helpful. It uses a familiar company, leans into family safety and warns that you may need to act before a deadline. That is what makes this suspicious AAA-themed email we …

Antivirus software is undergoing a major shift. Traditionally, antivirus software relied on matching files against databases of known malware signatures. But today’s threats evolve too quickly for databases of known malware signatures to keep up reliably. It might be helpful to think of it like this: Old antivirus software worked …

Do you know what a spudger is? I didn’t until I was already fingertips deep into performing open-heart surgery on the Google Pixel Watch 4 and realized that the implement — a plastic stick with one pointy end and one flat end — was already in my hand. I was …

According to a Wall Street Journal investigation, Polymarket has been paying people to film themselves placing fake bets and celebrating fake wins on social media. WSJ identified over 1,100 deceptive clips and talked to creators who, despite not stating as such in their videos, confirmed the company paid them to …

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on aviation, air taxis, and Wi-Fi speeds at 30,000 feet, follow Andrew J. Hawkins. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes on Sunday at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. …

Summer power outages aren’t just more common than they used to be. They’re more dangerous, too. When extreme heat and a grid failure happen simultaneously, a blackout that would be a minor inconvenience in October becomes a genuine health risk, particularly for young children, older adults and anyone with a …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Minnesota is banning crypto ATMs after scammers reportedly used the machines to drain nearly $1 million from residents over the past few years. The machines, also called cryptocurrency kiosks, let people turn cash into digital currency quickly. That speed has made them …

As I watched Graham Sykes climb onto his rocket bike, I was worried for a moment that I was about to film a man as he died. But as he hurtled past me at hundreds of miles per hour and engulfed me in a cloud of steam, I realised I …

If you had a Roomba, especially in the early days of the robot vacuum, it was in many ways a fairly unsophisticated machine. It would just bump around your house, looking for something to suck up, until its battery died or its (way too small) tank filled up. Not that …

The Xperia 1 VIII marks an attempt at a step change for Sony’s flagship phone line. Not only has it had an aesthetic overhaul, but Sony has also revamped the camera system, dropping the continuous optical zoom telephoto that’s defined the last four generations of Xperia phone. It’s not all …

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Season 4 of From on MGM Plus. Between giant, deadly dolls and scheming, yellow-suited villains, Season 4 of MGM Plus’ horror-mystery series From has introduced more obstacles and nightmare fuel for those still trapped in the show’s relentlessly scary town. As Season 4 of …