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Here’s how journalists spot deepfakes

  • Technology
  • Jess Weatherbed
  • Mar 3, 2026

In the days that followed the US and Israel's joint military strike on Iran on Saturday, floods of images and videos that supposedly document the war have appeared online. Some are old or depict unrel...

New MacBooks, the iPhone 17E, and more: everything we know about Apple’s March 2026 announcements

  • Technology
  • Jay Peters
  • Mar 3, 2026

Apple is kicking off March with a flurry of product announcements ahead of a “special Apple experience” on March 4th in New York City, London, and Shanghai. Apple started on March 2nd by announcing th...

Microsoft’s big developer conference returns to San Francisco in June

  • Technology
  • Tom Warren
  • Mar 3, 2026

Microsoft is moving its annual Build developer conference from Seattle back to San Francisco and making some changes along the way. This year, the event will be held at Fort Mason, the former US Army...

Google accelerates Chrome release cycle

  • Technology
  • Thomas Ricker
  • Mar 3, 2026

Google is moving its Chrome browser to a two-week release cycle, instead of the current four, or the six-week cycle that existed for the decade before that. The change starts in September. "Building o...

You can soon live out your James Bond fantasies with retractable stud winter tires

  • Technology
  • Andrew Liszewski
  • Mar 3, 2026

In 1987's The Living Daylights, James Bond presses a dashboard button to activate retractable tire studs, giving the Aston Martin V8 Vantage he's driving more traction on a frozen lake. That tire tech...

Apple’s website leaks MacBook ‘Neo,’ which could be its new cheaper laptop

  • Technology
  • Stevie Bonifield
  • Mar 3, 2026

During Apple's week-long product launch event on Tuesday, a listing for the "MacBook Neo (Model A3404)" appeared on a regulatory compliance page on Apple's website under its line-up of 2026 MacBooks....

EA continues to ‘evolve’ The Sims 4 with new virtual currency and a ‘maker’ program

  • Technology
  • Jay Peters
  • Mar 3, 2026

EA is adding some big changes to The Sims 4: Later this month, it's introducing an in-game marketplace where users can buy creator-made items using a new in-game currency called "Moola." The announcem...

Unihertz’s new QWERTY phone is even more like a Blackberry

  • Technology
  • Allison Johnson
  • Mar 3, 2026

Unihertz, known for its slab phone alternatives, has unveiled an evolution of its device with a physical keyboard: The Titan 2 Elite. It's smaller and sleeker than the (aptly named) Titan that precede...

All of Amazon’s kid-friendly Kindles are on sale, including the color version

  • Technology
  • Brandon Widder
  • Mar 3, 2026

Let me let you in on a little secret: Amazon’s kid-friendly e-readers are a better deal than the standard models. Each so-called “Kids” device is identical to its non-Kids counterpart, except that it...

Scott Pilgrim creator Bryan Lee O’Malley on taking ‘another run’ with new game

  • Technology
  • Andrew Webster
  • Mar 3, 2026

It's been a busy few years for Scott Pilgrim. Following a live-action film and the conclusion of the comics in 2010, the series has slowly been coming back to life. First, in 2021 Scott Pilgrim vs. Th...

We played Pokémon Pokopia, ask us anything

  • Technology
  • Charles Pulliam-Moore
  • Mar 3, 2026

Pokémon's 30th anniversary is here and Nintendo (and The Pokémon Company, Game Freak, and Omega Force) are kicking things off with a surprisingly excellent life simulation spinoff game. Pokémon Pokopi...

The 6G, modular, robot phones of the future

  • Technology
  • David Pierce
  • Mar 3, 2026

Year after year, we mostly know what to expect from our smartphone upgrades. Galaxy, iPhone, Pixel, or whatever else, everything seems to get slightly better (and occasionally more expensive) without...