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The year the government broke
The first crack showed right before Inauguration Day. The year before, Congress had overwhelmingly passed a bill banning TikTok unless it broke ties with its Chinese parent company. The Supreme...
2025 was the year Xbox died
Want to see a dead body? I present to you the Xbox. After a subdued launch at the height of the COVID pandemic in 2020, the Xbox Series X quickly lost the fight against the PlayStation 5. Microsoft...
Apple fined $116 million over app privacy prompts
Third-party developers have to show users two prompts like this to obtain consent for app tracking. Apple has been fined more than €98 million (about $116 million) by Italy's antitrust...
Apple fined $116 million over app privacy prompts
Third-party developers have to show users two prompts like this to obtain consent for app tracking. Apple has been fined more than €98 million (about $116 million) by Italy's antitrust...
CES 2026: Everything we're expecting from tech's biggest conference in January
As we hurtle towards the end of the year, the shadow of CES hovers on the horizon. Tech’s biggest annual conference is starting in just under two weeks, and we already know some of the products and...
The Morning After: The best games of 2025
As many of us hunker down for the holidays, you might want to tackle some of the best games we’ve seen this year: the long-time-coming Silksong, the critically acclaimed (and sumptuous) Expedition...
How to set up an Apple Watch for a child
Giving a child an Apple Watch can offer extra peace of mind and tools that promote independence in a controlled way. Apple’s Family Setup feature makes it possible for a kid to use an Apple Watch...
How Wall Street helped turn poor countries into permanent debtors
Like many Americans, most countries are in a lot of debt. Developing countries, alone, carry nearly $31 trillion worth of debt. Enough debt to give everyone in the world a check for $3,750. Or to...
The culture war is consuming the Supreme Court
Justices Samuel Alito, left and Clarence Thomas wait to leave the stage at the conclusion of Trump’s second inauguration. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Key takeaways The Supreme Court is far more...
7 reasons to feel actually hopeful about the clean energy transition
It’s been a rough year if you care about climate change policy in the United States. In Washington, the second Trump administration has moved quickly to dismantle the scaffolding of federal climate...