The Trump administration had a slam dunk way to improve air quality and save lives. Instead, the Environmental Protection Agency flat-out rejected the opportunity to tighten regulations on soot from fossil fuel power plants, tailpipes, incinerators, and industrial other sources on Monday. The EPA is required to review its National Ambient Air Quality Standards regulations … Continued

I really shouldn’t have to warn anyone about this kind of scam, but it’s time for Cyberpunk 2077 to hit the streets and hackers are ready to take advantage of the excitement. So, if you receive a free download code for the year’s most anticipated video game, no matter how cool it looks, don’t install … Continued

Divers searching for discarded fishing nets in the Baltic Sea have discovered a rare Enigma encryption machine used by the Nazis in World War II. As AFP reports, a team found the Enigma machine last month in Germany’s Gelting Bay, which is about 90 miles (150 km) north of Hamburg. The device, famously used by … Continued

Hey Google, play Apple Music. Google announced Monday that its fantastic, budget-friendly Nest Audio smart speakers will now have support for Apple Music, as will the Nest Hub Max and Nest Mini. The support means that users will now be able to ask the built-in Google Assistant to search Apple Music’s library and play tunes … Continued

A disease infamous for sickening soldiers during World War I is popping up again among one of the most vulnerable populations: people struggling with homelessness. In a new case report out this week, doctors detail how a 48-year-old man in Manitoba, Canada developed a life-threatening heart infection from a bacterial disease known as trench fever. … Continued

Last week Google announced a bunch of new features coming to Android devices as a whole, and now the company has returned to provide some new software for its own phones specifically with the latest Pixel feature drop. As with previous Pixel feature drops, these updates add new features and capabilities to Google’s line of … Continued

We need water to cook and wash our bodies and clothes, and especially to drink—without it, we can’t live. Despite this, Wall Street traders are going to start betting on it as a commodity. This week, with the launch of $1.1 billion contracts tied to water prices in California, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange will launch … Continued

Crew supplies, a new airlock, some spare parts, and a bunch of science experiments are currently en route to the International Space Station, following yesterday’s successful launch of an upgraded SpaceX Dragon resupply vehicle. The CRS-21 mission launch happened yesterday at 11:27 a.m. EST, as a SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space … Continued

It’s a sad day for folks who look forward to holding a well-designed product guide for Swedish furniture in their meat hands. On Monday, IKEA announced that it will cease publication of its beloved catalog after 70 years of annual editions. In a statement, IKEA Managing Director Konrad Grüss said that the decision was “emotional … Continued

Two years later, we’re still adding unfortunate superlatives to the 2018 California wildfire season. The latest is a new study that reveals the hidden toll of what—until this year—was the state’s most destructive fire season. The findings, published Monday in Nature Sustainability, show that the flames of 2018 roared throughout the U.S. economy, costing the … Continued

Archaeology is the closest thing we have to a time machine. Instead of using flux capacitors, however, archaeologists rely on technology like ground-penetrating radar, scanning electron microscopes, DNA sequencing, and of course, the good-old-fashioned shovel. Equipped with the right tools and techniques, the work of these scientists allows us to reconstruct the past and imagine … Continued

Although an apparent expert in hand-to-hand combat, most of us would rather see Din Djarin whip out his Amban phase-pulse blaster and completely disintegrate anyone impeding his mission (or latest side quest). Hasbro’s first detailed replica of the blaster won’t vaporize anyone, but it will annoy them, since it’s also a fully-functional Nerf toy. Let’s … Continued