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The world just passed a surprisingly positive milestone on nuclear weapons
Photographers and camera crew on Eniwetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands during the Koa nuclear test as part of Operation Hardtack, a series of 35 nuclear tests conducted by the United States in...
The great e-bike crackdown has begun
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the e-bike movement, follow Andrew J. Hawkins. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers'...
How the prenup became mainstream
One 2023 poll found that half of adults in the United States say they’re opening to signing a prenuptial agreement. | Lorenzo Di Cola/NurPhoto via Getty Images Prenuptial agreements, long exclusive...
The day of the second killing
Steven Garcia, as told to Gaby Del Valle: I was in the middle of a frozen lake when I got the notification from the Minnesota Star Tribune that there had been a shooting. I was at a pond hockey...
Microsoft handed the government encryption keys for customer data
The FBI went to Microsoft last year with a warrant, asking them to hand over keys to unlock encrypted data stored on three laptops as part of an investigation into potential fraud involving the...
The Trump administration’s unchecked abuses in Minnesota
A federal agent kicks a tear gas canister at protesters after federal agents shot and killed a man on January 24, 2026, in Minneapolis. | Brandon Bell/Getty Images On Saturday, a Border Patrol agent...
Report reveals that OpenAI's GPT-5.2 model cites Grokipedia
OpenAI may have called GPT-5.2 its "most advanced frontier model for professional work," but tests conducted by the Guardian cast doubt on its credibility. According to the report,...
Google says it's working to fix Gmail issue that's led to flooded inboxes and increased spam warnings
If your Gmail inbox is all out of whack today, you're not alone. Gmail users have been encountering issues with the automatic filters that keep their main inbox free from the clutter of...
MicroSD Express cards and Anker’s travel adapter rule the deal roost this week
Welcome to the weekend, friends! We’re still in a bit of a deals lull before the Presidents Day and V-Day sales begin, the bulk of which we anticipate kicking off the first week of February....
US Congress members call for 'thorough review' of EA's $55 billion sale
Before Electronic Arts goes private in a groundbreaking sale, some US lawmakers are pleading for some federal oversight. Democratic members of the US Congress, as part of the Congressional Labor...