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Proton adds a secure video conferencing service called Meet to its toolbox
We’ve written about the Swiss company Proton’s moves to take on Google and Microsoft with an expanding variety of privacy-focused internet services, and the company is announcing yet another new...
SpaceX loses contact with one of its Starlink satellites
SpaceX has lost contact with Starlink satellite 34343 after it suffered an unspecified anomaly on March 29 while it was in orbit, the company has announced on X. The event happened while the...
Why some American accents have endured — while others have faded away
A golf tournament in Memphis, Tennessee. | Matthew Maxey/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images On Explain It to Me, Vox’s weekly call-in podcast, we hear a lot of stories from listeners. Recently, we...
The Morning After: Meta tests Instagram Plus subscription service
Screenshots promoting "Instagram Plus" have been spotted by users in the Philippines and Mexico in recent days. According to social media consultant Matt Navarra, a subscription to...
The crisis in American air travel
In the absence of durable systemic solutions, American travelers are left to do that most American of things: fend for themselves. | Mark Felix/Bloomberg via Getty Images I’m scheduled to take my...
Apple at 50: a visual history
Steve Jobs with room full of computers, 1984. | Image: Michael L Abramson / Getty Images It's difficult to picture a world without Apple. The company's influence at the heart of technology and...
AT&T now offers a single subscription for both wireless service and home internet
AT&T just announced OneConnect, a new service that lets customers sign up for both wireless service and fiber home internet under a single subscription. Pricing starts at $90. This could end up...
How meat became a measure of manhood
In January, a 24-year old nutrition influencer named Jacob Smith made the grave mistake of becoming a little too curious about tofu. Smith had read a study about the health benefits of eating...
What do we lose when we erase ugliness?
We’re in a moment of cultural fascination with looksmaxxers. That too-online community, made up mostly of men who claim to do things like hit themselves in the face with hammers for a stronger...
Another Starlink satellite has inexplicably exploded
Starlink satellites being deployed. | Image: SpaceX SpaceX says it lost contact with a Starlink satellite after suffering an "anomaly." SpaceX isn't saying exactly what happened, but space-tracking...