February 7, 2020 8 Sorta Romantic But Definitely Nerdy Movies to Stream for Valentine’s Day Most folks can content themselves with swooning over The Notebook, but nerdy genre fans might want a little time-jumping or severed limbs or robots…
February 7, 2020 Interconnected Ecological Threats Could Trigger ‘Global Systemic Collapse’ Humanity is facing a number of grave threats. Climate breakdown and extreme weather are getting worse, we’re in the middle of the world’s sixth…
February 7, 2020 Chrome will start protecting users from insecure downloads in April Google Chrome will soon deliver on last year's promise to better protect users from insecure content — downloads not encrypted via HTTPS — on…
February 7, 2020 Go read this fascinating NYT report on the response to the first US coronavirus case Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP via Getty Images The spread of contagious diseases is an exceedingly complex phenomenon influenced by everything from the…
February 7, 2020 Friday’s Best Deals: Audio Technica Headphones, Live Plants and Succulents, Stapler, and More A pair of Audio Technica headphones, a variety of live plants and succulents, and, yes, a stapler lead off Friday’s best deals from around…
February 7, 2020 ViacomCBS Appears to Be Gearing Up to Launch a New Mega-Streaming Service A megamerger between Viacom and CBS last year signaled that CBS was beginning to look like a strong competitor among rival streaming services, even…
February 7, 2020 The best cellular GPS tracker By Nick Guy This post was done in partnership with Wirecutter. When readers choose to buy Wirecutter's independently chosen editorial picks, Wirecutter and Engadget…
February 7, 2020 Netflix has removed nine titles, including Night of the Living Dead, to comply with government requests Ernesto S. Ruscio/Getty Images / Netflix Since Netflix was founded almost 25 years ago, the company has removed nine titles from its service around…
February 7, 2020 Trying to buy the new Motorola Razr on its ‘release date’ was a frustrating failure Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Yesterday was the official release date for the Motorola Razr on Verizon Wireless. Or was it? By…
February 7, 2020 The Solar Orbiter Will Launch This Weekend on Its Journey to Peer Into the Sun On Sunday, the European Space Agency hopes to launch its Solar Orbiter in order to better understand a star we know far too little about:…