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The hottest new winter sport is about to get even hotter
A skier climbs the slops to the Todorka peak in the Pirin Mountains on February 14, 2026. | Nikolay Doychinov/AFP via Getty Images Over the past few winters, where I live — in one of the country’s...
A new Supreme Court gerrymandering case is nightmare fuel for Democrats
Demonstrators protest against gerrymandering at a rally at the Supreme Court. | Evelyn Hockstein/For The Washington Post via Getty Images Every now and then, a judge hands down a decision that is so...
Meta reportedly plans to release a smartwatch this year
Meta is reportedly gearing up to enter another segment of the wearables market. According to The Information, the company is planning to release its first smartwatch sometime this year. Meta has...
How plant-based marketing took over everything — even diapers
Nothing has made me appreciate the sheer scale and power of targeted advertising like having children. Months before the births of both my kids, it felt like every ad I encountered wanted to sell me...
Harwich man admits laundering $12K in romance fraud fueling gambling spiral
A Harwich man has admitted laundering more than £9,000 in a romance fraud that not only drained his victim’s savings but also pushed him into compulsive gambling and a spiral of depression. Adam...
The world’s rainforests are vanishing. In this one country, they’re growing back.
A view of Arenal Volcano in La Fortuna, Costa Rica. | Sergi Reboredo/VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images For several decades now, the story of the world’s rainforests has been the same...
The world’s rainforests are vanishing. In this one country, they’re growing back.
A view of Arenal Volcano in La Fortuna, Costa Rica. | Sergi Reboredo/VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images For several decades now, the story of the world’s rainforests has been the same...
The biggest app in the whole wide world
Last summer, Bria Sullivan was getting ready to launch her app, an adorable companion called Focus Friend meant to help people manage their screen time. Her outlandish dream was to get 100,000...
Mark Zuckerberg and his Ray-Ban entourage have their day in court
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg entered a downtown Los Angeles courthouse in largely the same way as all the attorneys, reporters, and advocates who'd come to watch his landmark trial testimony, but with...
The RAM crunch could kill products and even entire companies, memory exec admits
Phison is one of the leading makers of controller chips for SSDs and other flash memory devices - and CEO Pua Khein-Seng has now become a leading voice for just how bad the RAM shortage might get....