Folklorist/historian Adrienne Mayor on her new book Mythopedia: A Brief Compendium of Natural History Lore Earthquakes, volcanic eruption, eclipses, meteor showers, and many other natural phenomena have always been part of life on Earth. In ancient cultures that predated science, such events were often memorialized in myths and legends.…
GPS jamming has gotten cheap and easy, but there are potential solutions. In September 2025, a Widerøe Airlines flight was trying to land in Vardø, Norway, which sits in the country’s far eastern arm, some 40 miles from the Russian coast. The cloud deck was low, and so was…
Remembering Windows 10’s rollout can help diagnose what ails Windows 11. If you’ve been following our coverage for the last few years, you’ll already know that 2025 is the year that Windows 10 died. Technically. “Died,” because Microsoft’s formal end-of-support date came and went on October 14, as the…
Swapping SIM cards used to be easy, and then came eSIM. SIM cards, the small slips of plastic that have held your mobile subscriber information since time immemorial, are on the verge of extinction. In an effort to save space for other components, device makers are finally dropping the…
From Apple gifting a gold statue to the US taking a stake in Intel. As the first year of Donald Trump’s chaotic trade war winds down, the tech industry is stuck scratching its head, with no practical way to anticipate what twists and turns to expect in 2026. Tech…
Art and science converge in Lynn Gamwell’s book, Conjuring the Void: The Art of Black Holes Black holes have long captured the imagination of both scientists and the general public. These exotic objects—once thought to be merely hypothetical—have also conceptually inspired countless artists all over the world. A generous…
Most things Privateer did have been done better, but it’s still a classic. Ever since 1993, I think I’ve unconsciously judged almost every game by how well it can capture how Wing Commander: Privateer made me feel. Steam and PlayStation (the two platforms I use the most) have been…
A mix of expected sequels and out-of-nowhere indie gems made 2025 a joy. When we put together our top 20 games of last year, we specifically called out Civilization 7, Avowed, Doom: The Dark Ages, and Grand Theft Auto 6 as big franchise games we were already looking forward…
From compression tricks to multi-agent teamwork, here’s what makes them tick. AI coding agents from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google can now work on software projects for hours at a time, writing complete apps, running tests, and fixing bugs with human supervision. But these tools are not magic and can…
US drone makers are happy—US drone hobbyists, not so much. Americans will be unable to buy the latest and greatest drones because the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has banned foreign-made drones as of today. On Monday, the FCC added drones to its Covered List, which it says are communications…
