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You’ll now have to fork out for an additional subscription if you want to watch 4K content on Prime Video

Amazon is the price of its ad-free Prime Video subscription and locking 4K UHD streaming behind this new tier. Starting April 10 for US customers, a rebranded Prime Video Ultra subscription will cost $5 per month, up from $3 per…

Amazon Prime Video’s ad-free plan is getting a price hike

The price increase comes two years after Amazon switched all users on Prime Video — which comes as a perk with a standard Amazon Prime subscription — to an ad-supported plan and began charging extra for commercial-free streams. Now, the…

The FBI is investigating malware hidden inside games hosted on Steam

The FBI is investigating a hacker suspected of publishing several video games laced with malware on the popular PC games store Steam, the agency said Friday.  In its announcement looking for victims who may have been infected, the FBI listed…

Google’s AI Searches Love to Refer You Back to Google

Google seems to have a Google addiction. If you click on a hyperlink in Google’s chatbot-style search tool, AI Mode, you are likely to be looped into another Google search, according to a new study from SE Ranking, a search…

Why are we so suspicious of do-gooders?

In an episode of Friends, Phoebe (left) and Joey get into a deep philosophical debate Photo 12 / Alamy If you are a person of a certain age, you might remember an episode of Friends in which aspiring actor Joey Tribbiani…

Alpine glacier holds history dating back to the Romans. And it’s melting—fast.

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Deep inside the frozen Eastern Alps, the Weißseespitze ice cap (pronounced VICE-zay-shpitt-suh) sits at almost 11,482 feet (3,500 meters) above sea level. Overlooking the…

Scientists crack a 20-year nuclear mystery behind the creation of gold

Gold cannot form until certain unstable atomic nuclei break apart. Exactly how those nuclear transformations unfold has long been difficult to determine. Now, nuclear physicists at the University of Tennessee (UT) report three discoveries in a single study that clarify…

This web app lets you ‘channel surf’ YouTube like a ’90s kid watching cable

Many of us remember the halcyon days of being a kid in the ‘90s, spending a weekend afternoon with remote control in hand and a seemingly endless well of stuff to watch on TV. Now you can relive the experience…

The best Bluetooth trackers for Apple and Android phones

Some people rarely lose things. Wallets are always exactly where they’re supposed to be, keys never go missing, and remotes never slip between the couch cushions. And then there’s the rest of us — the folks who can’t ever seem…

How to watch Jensen Huang’s Nvidia GTC 2026 keynote

Nvidia kicks off its annual GTC developer conference in San Jose, California, next week with CEO Jensen Huang’s keynote scheduled for Monday at 11 a.m. PT / 2 p.m. ET. GTC — which stands for GPU Technology Conference — is…