How Europe’s new carbon tax on imported goods will change global trade
For people living in the European Union, the price of their next car, home renovation, and even local produce may soon reflect a climate policy that many have never even…
December 2025
Google lobs lawsuit at search result scraping firm SerpApi
Google has filed a lawsuit to protect its search results, targeting a firm called SerpApi that has turned Google’s 10 blue links into a business. According to Google, SerpApi ignores…
The evolution of expendability: Why some ants traded armor for numbers
The trade-off between quality and quantity is a fundamental economic dilemma. Now, a team of British, American, and Japanese researchers describes how it applies to biology, as well. They have…
Switch 2 pub backs off Game Key Cards after leaking lower-cost cartridge options
The Switch 2’s data-free, download-enabling Game Key Cards have proved controversial with players who worry about long-term ownership and access issues to their purchases. But they’ve remained popular with publishers…
LG TVs’ unremovable Copilot shortcut is the least of smart TVs’ AI problems
Online fury erupted this week after an LG TV owner claimed that a firmware update installed unremovable generative AI software on their smart TV. The controversy began on Saturday, when…
Riot Games is making an anti-cheat change that could be rough on older PCs
At this point, most competitive online multiplayer games on the PC come with some kind of kernel-level anti-cheat software. As we’ve written before, this is software that runs with more…
NASA’s Wideband Technology Demo Proves Space Missions are Free to Roam
4 Min Read NASA’s Wideband Technology Demo Proves Space Missions are Free to Roam An artist’s concept of the Polylingual Experimental Terminal transmitting data in space. Credits: NASA/Morgan Johnson Just…
Trump’s energy secretary orders a Washington state coal plant to remain open
SEATTLE—The last coal-fired power plant in Washington state was set to go cold at the end of the year. It would then switch to natural gas, cutting carbon emissions in…
Instagram ads: Everything you need to know in 2026
You could spend your days trying to outsmart Instagram’s ever-changing algorithm. Or, you can take the direct route with Instagram ads. In this guide, we’ll break down the different types…
How to schedule TikTok posts on mobile and desktop
Want to plan your TikToks ahead of time (and have them go live exactly when your audience is online)? Sounds like you need to learn how to schedule TikTok posts.…