'Guerrilla' sales, crowdsourcing: Japan's game console crunch
It's still dark when the line starts forming outside an electronics store in Tokyo, as…
No power, no fans, no AC: The villagers fighting to survive India’s deadly heatwaves
Suman Shakya wants me to touch the concrete wall of her bedroom, where her one-year-old…
We need to draw down carbon—not just stop emitting it
The UN’s climate panel warns that the world may need to remove billions of tons…
China wants to control how its famous livestreamers act, speak, and even dress
For Zeng, a young Chinese woman, an hour scrolling Douyin, the domestic version of TikTok,…
The Download: China’s livestreaming crackdown, and a huge police data hack
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
Robochop makes garden trimming a snip
Automation and computer-aided designs are seeding the future of home gardens. With the onset of…
The Download: a curb on climate action, and post-Roe period tracking
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
After Roe v Wade, here's how women could adopt 'spycraft' to avoid tracking and prosecution
The art of concealing or misrepresenting one's identity in the physical world has long been…
It's 2022. Why do we still not have waterproof phones?
While manufacturers have successfully increased the water-repelling nature of smartphones, they are still far from…
The US Supreme Court just gutted the EPA’s power to regulate emissions
The Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse-gas emissions was dealt…