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The Strait of Hormuz is just one example of a busy shipping lane where GPS signals are blocked and faked. Asghar Besharati/Getty Images

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From Hormuz to the cockpit: How warfare and criminal activity undermine GPS and the race to safeguard navigation

Staff Writer - June 23, 2026

The Artemis III crew takes a photo during the crew announcement on June 9, 2026. From left: Andre Douglas, Luca Parmitano, Randy Bresnik, Frank Rubio. NASA/Robert Markowitz

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NASA announces its Artemis III crew, which will test important equipment and systems in Earth orbit and is testing public opinion

Some parents call tablets the ‘square au pair.’ Danielle Villasana/The Washington Post via Getty Images

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Toy Story 5’s ‘Lilypad’ is an indictment of the world that birthed the ‘iPad Kid’

The Dames Point Bridge spans a river in Jacksonville, Fla. Jonathan Zander/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY

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Quantum sensors could spot hidden damage in the thousands of US bridges rated ‘structurally deficient’

Space is full of satellites and debris – data centers could one day join the mix. NicoElNino, NASA/iStock via Getty Images

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Building data centers in space is an intriguing idea on paper, but major engineering challenges must be solved

Many apps and social media platforms collect detailed information about you as you use them, and sometimes even when you’re not using them. Malte Mueller/fStop via Getty images

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The hidden cost of convenience: How your data pulls in hundreds...

Staff Writer - July 1, 2025

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How Internet of Things devices affect your privacy – even when...

Staff Writer - June 24, 2025

Evidence suggests that insurance companies use AI to delay or limit health care that patients need. FatCameraE+ via Getty Images

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How artificial intelligence controls your health insurance coverage

Staff Writer - June 21, 2025

Smartphone witnessing helped spur the anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles. AP Photo/Ethan Swope

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Smartphones are once again setting the agenda for justice as the...

Staff Writer - June 18, 2025

AI can help maximize resources in strapped systems trying to protect vulnerable people – but it can also risk replicating harm or privacy violations. Courtney Hale/E+ via Getty Images

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Protecting the vulnerable, or automating harm? AI’s double-edged role in spotting abuse

Staff Writer - June 15, 2025

AI literacy is a lot more than simply knowing how to prompt an AI chatbot. DNY59/E+ via Getty Images

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AI literacy: What it is, what it isn’t, who needs it...

Staff Writer - June 12, 2025

The debate over banning smartphones in schools rages as more students are bringing phones to schools. Thomas Barwick/DigitalVision via Getty Images

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We surveyed 1,500 Florida kids about cellphones and their mental health...

Staff Writer - June 11, 2025

Concessions to the private sector are one reason why health care is so costly. FS Productions/Tetra images via Getty Images

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US health care is rife with high costs and deep inequities,...

Staff Writer - June 6, 2025

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A record-tying heat wave helped spread a wildfire in Northern California’s Shasta and Trinity counties in July 2018. Terray Sylvester/Getty Images

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Heat waves increase wildfire risk – a new study explains how...

Staff Writer - June 18, 2026

Dmitri Kalashnikov, University of California, Merced; Cong Yin, University of California, Merced; Madhulika Gurazada, University of California, Merced, and Mukesh Kumar, University...

Space is full of satellites and debris – data centers could one day join the mix. NicoElNino, NASA/iStock via Getty Images

Building data centers in space is an intriguing idea on paper,...

June 16, 2026

A sign on a dirt hiking trail in the Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska points to naturalist John Muir’s cabin. Wanderluster/iStock/Getty Images

Paving paradise: Dismantling the US Roadless Rule threatens to disrupt wildlife,...

June 15, 2026

Companies can be analyzed as moral actors, not just profit-makers. wildpixel/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Why corporate inclusion policies are moral decisions, not just business ones

June 14, 2026

As ocean temperatures rise during El Niño, fish can find themselves in hot water. Geoff Trodd/Unsplash

El Niño is back, and ocean temperatures are already near record...

June 12, 2026