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Technology from a human perspective: the best new gadgets, tools and apps to help you work, live and learn more efficiently.

Facebook Messenger Rooms

Review: Can Facebook's “Messenger Rooms” Conquer Zoom?

The new service promises 50-person chats, no time limits and an alleged emphasis on privacy

Karl Shakur adventure photographer

Gear Sponsored

Karl Shakur and the Thrift-Store Camera He Swears By

iphone on a wireless charging stand

Wireless Charging Is Incredibly Inefficient and a Big Waste of Energy

Three phones showing Facebook's new Instagram Reels TikTok competitor

Facebook Launches TikTok Competitor Instagram Reels

tiktok app screen

Is TikTok Banning Body-Positive Influencers?

amazon prime day

What Is Prime Day? A Beginner’s Guide to Amazon’s Shopping Holiday.

twitter work from home

Twitter Is Reportedly Considering a Subscription Model

Peacock

Review: NBC's Streaming Service, Peacock, Is Here

Want to sleep cooler?

Review: Can a Temperature-Controlled Mattress Change Your Life?

The new Fox Sports app

Fox Sports Rolls Out “Fully Reimagined” Website and App

Person standing on a scale

TikTok Could Be Increasing Eating Disorder Risk in Young Users

Cameo

Is Cameo Changing the Nature of Celebrity?

Actor Keanu Reeves at the John Wick premiere

Arts & Entertainment

Keanu Reeves Is Narrating a Calm App HBO Series, Because of Course He Is

twitter

Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Apple and More Hacked in Massive Twitter Attack

Mobile games such as MLB9Inning20 let you play out an imagined version of the baseball season

My Summer of Virtual Baseball Addiction

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg

The 5 Biggest Criticisms of Facebook From a New Civil Rights Audit

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automoblow sex toy self-driving cars

Automoblow Is a Real, Actual Sex Toy You Can Use While Your Tesla Drives Itself

tiktok ugly

Mike Pompeo Says the United States Is “Looking at” Banning TikTok and Other Chinese Apps

Macbook

Based On This Apple Patent, the iPhone 13 Could Replace Your MacBook

President Donald Trump sits behind a microphone in the East Room of the White House in June, 2020

Reddit Ends Controversial Trump-Themed Forum “The_Donald”

Discord

How Discord Saved Itself From the Alt-Right

Garmin Tandem and Mini dash cameras for cars

Everything You Need to Know About Choosing a Dash Camera for Your Car

Black Jeep off-roading in the Nevada desert

Before You Go Off-Roading, Download This App With 410,000 Miles of Trails

Apple

The Most Important Announcements From Apple's WWDC Event

Two hands shake through phone screens

Virtual Networking Sites Are on the Rise. Are They Actually Useful?

Nextdoor

Nextdoor Ends Controversial "Forward to Police" Feature

Airbnb

Here's How Airbnb Plans to Combat Discrimination on Its Service

Playstation 5

The Five Things We Learned About the Playstation 5

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