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Amazon’s Delivery Drones Are Grounded. The Birds and Dogs of This Texas Town Are Grateful

As the spring planting season arrives in College Station, Texas, certified master gardener Mark Smith is thrilled that peace is in the air. This time last year, a loud buzzing noise began...

DOGE’s Misplaced War on Software Licenses

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency announced this week that it discovered large batches of unused software licenses as it continues to hunt for examples of waste in Washington. On Monday, DOGE...

Amazon Restricted Vaginal Health Products for Being ‘Potentially Embarrassing’

Startup founder Tara Langdale-Schmidt says her company’s devices, known as VuVa, are designed to soothe the pelvic and vaginal pain and discomfort that she and millions of other women have experienced. But...

DOGE Put Him in the Treasury Department. His Company Has Federal Contracts Worth Millions

Over the past couple of decades, a number of US government officials have left their roles for lucrative jobs at tech companies. Plenty of tech executives have also departed to take leadership...

Trump’s ‘Gulf of America’ Order Has Mapmakers Completely Lost

The volunteer cartographers who power the maps on platforms like Facebook, Lyft, and Strava have been intensely debating over the past week about whether to honor US president Donald Trump’s renaming of...

Singapore’s Likee Is an Unlikely Winner of the TikTok Ban

Panic over the US TikTok ban increased usage and downloads of a slew of alternative social media apps, including Texas-based Clapper, Chinese-owned RedNote, and Likee, a little-known platform out of Singapore with...

Why It’s So Confusing to Determine Air Quality in Los Angeles Right Now

Escaping the sickening air pollution triggered by the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles has become a game of which algorithm to trust. After the blazes first ignited last week, residents began noticing...

Not Many Meta Employees Will Have to Move to Texas After All

Meta’s cascade of announcements this month on slashing diversity initiatives and relaxing hate-speech policies warned of a significant change in the lives of some of its employees. Teams that write and enforce...

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