Court Agrees with EFF: Utah’s VPN Law Demands a Technical Impossibility
When state lawmakers attempt to rewrite how the internet works, users rely on courts to recognize that laws can’t make technical impossibilities a reality. That’s…
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Happy Opt Out October! Let’s Find Real Alternatives to the Tech Giants
Over the years, the major tech companies have found all sorts of ways to embed themselves into our lives. We often use their software, their…
What Do We Owe New York City’s Wild Parrots?
Go far enough north in Manhattan, and Broadway abruptly swallows West End Avenue. But in its final 10 or 20 blocks, West End takes on…
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 Launches
In this Oct. 1, 2026, photo, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force…
Pluralistic: Voting is to politics as shopping is to boycotts (01 Oct 2026)
Today’s links Voting is to politics as shopping is to boycotts: The big P only matters if the small p is in play. Hey look…
What’s Up: October 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA
A Meteor Shower and the Moon Near the Pleiades See Saturn at opposition, catch the Orionid meteor shower, and watch the Moon pass close to…
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 Launches to International Space Station
Four crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission launched at 11:10 a.m. EDT Thursday from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station…
Swiss glaciers lost more than 5% of ice volume in 2026. Heat waves and low winter snow accelerated the thaw
Global warming is wreaking havoc on Europe, the world’s fastest-warming continent.
To see or not to see: The reality of sea level rise
To see or not to see: The reality of sea level rise
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