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The Best Mouse for Every Kind of Gamer
Whether you’re into esports or casual fragging, these are the greatest gaming mice we’ve tested.
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The FTC Cracks Down on Bot-Wielding Ticket Scalpers
Plus: A security company creeper, Biden’s cyberteam, and the rest of this week’s security news.
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Chrome and Edge Want to Help Solve Your Password Problems
The line between browsers and password managers is blurring.
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A New Project Maps the Pacific Coast's Critical Kelp Forests
Using sea charts and satellites, the effort will trace how the kelp beds are changing in response to global warming and commercial harvesting.
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The Best Laptop Stands to Save Your Neck
Help your back and posture by raising your computer screen up to eye level.
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How Do You Define Electric Field, Voltage, and Current?
And what does that mean for making a little wire LED man light up?
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The 13 Best Weekend Deals on Laptops, Smartwatches, and More
Now is a good time to grab some sweet Switch games, Apple’s Magic Keyboard, or an Apple Watch Series 6 at a discounted price.
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A Fight Over GameStop’s Soaring Stock Turns Ugly
The denizens of the WallStreetBets subreddit helped push the flailing stock to dizzying heights—while a short seller alleged an accompanying harassment campaign.
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Biden Gets to Work, Vaccine Guidelines Change, and More
Catch up on the most important updates from this week.
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Let Fire Stations and EMS Crews Administer Covid Vaccines
They're more trusted and better distributed than pharmacies, and they're built for emergencies.
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A Year Ago I Asked: How Bad Could Covid Get? Now We Know
No one was calling it a pandemic yet, at least publicly. Then came more troubling evidence about transmission, as the US ignored warning signs.
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People Still Really Love the Apple II
The computer ceased production in 1993, but fans are still making games for it.
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The Bernie Sanders Meme Proves the Internet Is Resetting
Well, that and the fact that @POTUS now follows Chrissy Teigen.
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Janet Yellen Will Consider Limiting the Use of Cryptocurrency
During her confirmation hearing, the Treasury nominee said that blockchain-based financial networks are “a particular concern.”
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How to Reboot Your Burnt-Out Brain
This week, we round up tips for staying organized, energized, and mostly sane as we all ride out the rest of the pandemic.
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President Biden, Please Don't Get Into Carbon Farming
This is not the solution to our climate problems; it's a sweetheart deal for Big Ag.
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The Swashbuckling Escapism of Sid Meier’s Pirates!
The legendary developer’s new memoir brought back poignant memories of one of his most famous games—and of the hours I played with my dad.
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An Internet Without Trump
With Donald Trump no longer the heart of online discourse, there's room for a powerful shift.
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The Art and Science of Boarding an Airplane in a Pandemic
Researchers and airlines that obsessed over efficiency have spent the past year worrying about safety too.
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Alphabet Is Grounding Loon—but Won't Call It a Failure
Plus: The moonshot’s launch, health care for the mask-less, and a new era’s inaugural meme.
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