Technology

You open your phone to check the weather or a message. One hour later, you’re scrolling through collapsing economies, political outrage, and another round of celebrity drama. That’s doomscrolling—a daily descent into the digital abyss that quietly eats up your time, energy, and attention span.

See the Anduril drones the US Air Force wants for its future fleet, like the Anduril Fury, which was designated the first uncrewed fighter jet.

Sharing users’ searches with rivals could make them less secure, she testifies.

Trump’s war on universities could kill U.S. innovation.

California community colleges are facing a unique and “agonizing” problem with this technology.

Birkenstocks for $10? Not so fast.

A complaint about poverty in rural China. A news report about a corrupt Communist Party member. A cry for help about corrupt cops shaking down entrepreneurs.

On the side of a highway leading to some of the most coveted slopes in the world, in a parking lot covered in snow, a form of affordable housing has emerged.

In January, with a nationwide ban on TikTok looming, hundreds of thousands of people in the US began flocking to another Chinese social media app called RedNote—only to find that Maye Musk, Elon Musk’s mother, had already established a relatively large audience on the platform.

It’s a much better, more powerful, still extremely minimalist smartphone. Light is getting close to nailing the formula. It’s a much better, more powerful, still extremely minimalist smartphone. Light is getting close to nailing the formula.