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The Titan Submersible Hearings End With Few Solid Answers. Here's What Comes Next

BY MARK HARRIS | 5-MINUTE READ

The Coast Guard hearings into the OceanGate disaster are done. Next comes the full report—and any potential criminal investigations.

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How to Order Your Free At-Home Covid-19 Tests

BY MEDEA GIORDANO | 4-MINUTE READ

The US is offering four more at-home tests to every household. Here's how to get yours.

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Trump's $100,000 Watches Are the Most Tragic Celebrity Watch Yet

BY ALISTAIR CHARLTON | 4-MINUTE READ

Former president Donald Trump wants you to buy gaudy, overpriced timepieces "made for those who combine boldness and elegance." He got one part right.

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Scientists Figured Out How to Recycle Plastic by Vaporizing It

BY ELIZABETH RAYNE, ARS TECHNICA | 3-MINUTE READ

A new technique could prevent tons of waste in the future—if it can scale.

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An 'iPhone of A.I.' Makes No Sense. What Is Jony Ive Really Building?

BY SOPHIE CHARARA | 9-MINUTE READ

LoveFrom is working with OpenAI to build AI devices that are less "socially disruptive" than the iPhone. Is Ive looking for absolution or a new computing soul?

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These Record-Breaking New Solar Panels Produce 60 Percent More Electricity

BY SEBASTIAN BONILLA | 4-MINUTE READ

Experimental cells that combine silicon with a material called perovskite have broken the efficiency record for converting solar energy—and could eventually supercharge how we get electricity.

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A Lawsuit From Backers of a 'Startup City' Could Bankrupt Honduras

BY NICHOLAS KUSNETZ AND KATIE SURMA | 18-MINUTE READ

The country faces a wave of claims after it repealed a law allowing for special economic zones. Chief among them is an American company looking to build a semi-autonomous "startup city" called Próspera.