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GEAR ROUNDUP | 3-MINUTE READ
Apple Says iPhones Will Finally Get USB-C Ports
BY BOONE ASHWORTH
Plus: Subscription services are growing more expensive, the new Call of Duty game discs are nearly empty, and plastic waste is piling up.
BALLOT INITIATIVE | 4-MINUTE READ
The Election That Saved the Internet From Russia and China
BY JUSTIN LING
Open-internet advocates are breathing a sigh of relief after a recent election for the International Telecommunications Union's top leadership.
PRODUCT REVIEW | 4-MINUTE READ
No iPhone 14 Mini? Asus' Compact Zenfone 9 Says No Problem
BY JULIAN CHOKKATTU
This small but mighty Android smartphone will do the job. And it has a headphone jack.
CRITICAL UPDATE | 4-MINUTE READ
You Need to Update Chrome, Windows, and Zoom Right Now
BY KATE O'FLAHERTY
Plus: Important patches from Apple, VMWare, Cisco, Zimbra, SAP, and Oracle.
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SPIDEY SENSE | 5-MINUTE READ
Sorry, Prey. Black Widows Have Surprisingly Good Memory
BY MAX G. LEVY
Despite having tiny arthropod brains, spiders in a new experiment showed some complex cognitive calculations.
GREEN GOLD | 2-MINUTE READ
The Push to Scale Plant-Based Plastics
BY GIAN M. VOLPICELLI
FabricNano says it has found an affordable way to swap petrochemicals for plants and proteins.
SECOND SIGHT | 6-MINUTE READ
The HoloKit X Headset Advances Hands-Free AR on iPhones
Your iPhone simply slots into this $129 piece of headwear, the creators of which want to make mixed reality more accessible for more users.
DOT PHYSICS | 7-MINUTE READ
Could Namor's Ankle Wings From Black Panther 2 Really Work?
BY RHETT ALLAIN
Other superheroes float, rocket, or jump their way around the Marvel Cinematic Universe—but this new flying method needs a physics analysis.
THEY'RE BAAAAACK | 5-MINUTE READ
The Spooky Science of How Undead Spores Reanimate
BY MAGGIE CHEN
These cells—and the way they reawaken—can tell biologists quite a lot about life, death, and the gray zone in between.
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