Chinese AI App DeepSeek Soars in Popularity, Startling Rivals

An AI assistant created by Chinese startup DeepSeek became the number one most-downloaded app in Apple’s US App Store over ...
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Scientists Recreate the Conditions That Sparked Complex Life

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Far from being solo operators, most single-celled microbes are in ...
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How to Use Stolen Device Protection on Apple’s iPhone

If a thief ever steals an iPhone out of your bag or even snatches it from your grasp, panic sets ...
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Protect Your Phone With Android’s Theft Detection Features

After Google’s beta test in Brazil, the initial suite of theft protection features for Android smartphones is now widely available—but ...
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Science Has Spun Spider-Man’s Web-Slinging Into Reality

Slowly but surely, we are making good on the gadgets we imagined, as kids, that the future would hold. Penny ...
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‘We Have Seen a Lot More Hate’: Trans People Are Already Terrified

Now, after Trump’s comment and actions on the first day of his presidency, the group’s crisis helpline is once again ...
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The Creators of ‘Palworld’ Are Back—This Time With a Horror Game

Pocketpair, the company behind last year’s viral game Palworld, has a new venture: publishing indie games. Its first project, scheduled ...
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Samsung Says Its Galaxy S25 Is ‘Qi2 Ready.’ Here’s What That Really Means

This is important because, while we MagSafe lovers have made do with MagSafe Android phone cases these past few years, ...
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Trump Frees Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht After 11 Years in Prison

Those allegations of murders-for-hire, in fact, dissuaded the first Trump administration from granting clemency to Ulbricht. The White House in ...
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