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The Best Kindle Accessories (2026): Cases, Page Turners, Stickers

Kindle Holders Hate holding up your Kindle? Or struggle with chronic pain that makes holding it feel terrible? These holders will literally take the weight out of your hands. Lamicall Gooseneck iPad Holder This holder works for Kindles and tablets…

Catching a cold can delay cancer from spreading to the lungs

The lungs are one of the most common places for cancers to spread to from elsewhere in the body CAVALLINI JAMES/BSIP/Universal Images Group/Getty Images Respiratory infections seem to temporarily reduce the spread of cancer to the lungs from elsewhere in…

Do humanoids dream of becoming human?

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Stories of human-like dolls yearning to become real people turn up everywhere. Pinocchio wants to be a real boy. The robot child in Spielberg’s…

Panama’s ocean lifeline vanishes for the first time in 40 years

Each year during Central America’s dry season (generally between December and April), strong northern trade winds help drive an important ocean process in the Gulf of Panama. These winds push surface waters in a way that allows colder, nutrient-rich water…

Forced Windows updates can now be paused forever

No more getting caught by a forced Windows 11 update while you’re in the middle of a meeting or a match. Microsoft announced some major changes coming to Windows Update on its blog, including the ability to indefinitely pause Windows…

Google’s new gradient icon design is coming to more apps

In late 2025, Google started rolling out new icons with a gradient design. Now it seems the new look is coming to the rest of Google’s apps. 9to5Google got its hands on images of the new icons that ditch the…

TechCrunch Mobility: Elon’s admission | TechCrunch

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Tesla earnings came and went, and…

‘STAGED’: Conspiracy Theories Are Everywhere Following White House Correspondents’ Dinner Shooting

In the immediate aftermath of the attack on the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night, influencers, pundits, and random posters lit up social media platforms like X, Bluesky, and Instagram with conspiracy theories about the attack and the alleged…

Do you need to worry about Mythos, Anthropic’s computer-hacking AI?

Anthropic’s Project Glasswing aims to improve online security Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images The past few weeks have brought apparently alarming news of Mythos, an AI that can identify cybersecurity flaws in a matter of moments, leaving operating systems and…

Why playing is no laughing matter for otters

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. From ROMP!: A Journey Through the Natural History of Otters and Why They Matter by Heide Island, PhD, to be published on 4/28/26 by…