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Looking for an easy blowout at home? These powerful blow-dry brushes can achieve the look by blending a blow dryer and hair brush into one easy gadget.

By understanding the churning region near singularities, physicists hope they might be able to reconcile gravity and quantum mechanics.

A $450 serrated knife may slice a loaf just as cleanly as one that costs less than $50. But the benefits of the more lavish blade—quality, ergonomics, sheer prettiness—might make it worth the expense.

These three companies have developed tactile devices that help visually impaired spectators follow the live action playing out on the field.

Only four of the 21 robots in the race crossed the finish line, highlighting just how far humanoids are from keeping up with their real human counterparts.

Worx’s petite cube vacuum appeals to my desire for cleanliness, control, and cute things in my life.

AeroPress now comes in many sizes and designs. Here are the best AeroPress coffee makers and accessories, for the best coffee.

Plus: Apple will employ user data to improve Apple Intelligence, Comcast has a 5-year price lock, and a new laser skin-care tool arrives in the US.

Some $380 million is now in limbo after reductions in the federal workforce affected staff that run a program helping low-income people pay their energy bills.

Plus: A US judge rules against police cell phone “tower dumps,” China names alleged NSA agents it says were involved in cyberattacks, and Customs and Border Protection reveals its social media spying tools.

A new experiment suggests that the thalamus plays a key role in humans becoming consciously aware of stimuli their brain receives.

Our top picks keep everything in place, even if your workout is just a walk to the fridge.

DOGE is knitting together data from the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, and IRS that could create a surveillance tool of unprecedented scope.

The Trump administration and DOGE tried to cut more than 1,400 employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. An employee union and other groups are fighting to keep the regulator intact.

DOGE has tapped into some of the most sensitive and valuable data in the world. Now it’s starting to put it to work.

Instability, cuts, and a looming sense of dread have FEMA employees unsure the agency is ready for hurricanes, fires, and floods. “We are being set up for a really, really bad situation," says one.

In a document published Thursday, ICE explained the functions that it expects Palantir to include in a prototype of a new program to give the agency “near real-time” data about people self-deporting.

Preorders for the console will resume next week at the previously announced price of $450, but accessories are getting more expensive.

We’ve tested all the top slates, from Apple’s iPads to Android and Windows devices, and rounded up our favorites.