A jury in Los Angeles has found that Meta and YouTube were negligent in a closely-watched trial over social media addiction. The companies were ordered to pay $6 million in damages to the woman who said she was harmed by…
Just how little power might it consume? Notebookcheck has tested a version of the laptop with that LG Display screen and a new Intel Panther Lake chip — and it appears to be the most efficient laptop that’s ever gone…
Okay, so the U.S. and China are locked in an all-out race to build the most powerful AI on the planet. Beijing is throwing billions at homegrown models, tightening its grip on the tech sector, and watching nervously as its…
I was a late convert to air fryers, in part because I worried about versatility: Just how many wings and nuggets and fries does anyone need? (Don’t answer. The answer will incriminate you.) The Typhur Dome 2 is the air…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg leaving a Los Angeles courthouse during a landmark social media addiction trial Jon Putman/Anadolu via Getty Images Social media giants Meta and YouTube have been found liable by a California jury for negligence that caused harm…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. A new optical illusion excellently illustrates just how finicky our eyes are when it comes to perceiving colors. Unfortunately, staring at it too long…
Scientists have identified 24 previously unknown deep-sea amphipod species — including one entirely new superfamily — in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) in the central Pacific Ocean. The findings, published March 24 in an open-access ZooKeys special issue, represent a major…
Today marks the start of the 2026 baseball season and in what has sort of become an annual tradition, T-Mobile is once again offering a free subscription to MLB.TV. In order to take advantage of the deal, T-Mobile customers simply…
Disney could still integrate generative AI into its streaming service, and we might end up seeing some version of the company’s metaversal dreams become reality. But yesterday’s news from OpenAI and Epic point to an uncertain future for some of…
One day after Meta lost a similar child safety lawsuit in New Mexico, a Los Angeles jury on Wednesday handed the social media giant — along with Google — another defeat. In a case arguing that social media platforms played…
It’s one thing to struggle on the field. It’s another to see it reflected at the box office. The New York Mets have reached a new low this MLB season, and frankly, it’s embarrassing, as ticket prices for upcoming home…
Kate O’Flynn views comedy and horror as “kind of the same thing.” Both are at their best when they surprise — a laugh or a scare that comes out of nowhere hits the hardest. That’s why, for the star of…
As a beauty writer, I’ve had a front-row seat to the rise and fall of a lot of trends. And eyeshadow slipping out of rotation was one I didn’t fully clock until it was already gone. Back in college (circa…
