Popeye and Tintin are now in the public domain
SULTAN JANAN It’s a new year, and that means more works are headed to the public domain. This year, thousands of copyrighted works created in 1929, including the earliest versions of Popeye…
2025
Our Favorite Fitness Apps for 2025, Tested and Reviewed
At the start of the pandemic—and I realize I may be alone in this—it did not seem possible that I could run out of new online workouts. Gyms began closing,…
Is Sleep’s Dopesmoker still the heaviest album of all time?
Sleep’s Dopesmoker is legendarily heavy. On any halfway decent sound system, it’ll rattle your ribcage. It’s sort of like being slowly assaulted by a massage chair. In 2015, Guitar World…
The 17 Best EVs Coming in 2025
Much doom and gloom was aimed at the electric car world in 2024. But according to the International Energy Agency, electric car sales could hit around 17 million for 2024,…
How to Start (and Keep) a Healthy Habit (2025)
This applies not just to things you have to do, but also things you think you want to do. Maybe you think you should learn Spanish, but you haven’t done…
Hey, Maybe It’s Time to Delete Some Old Chat Histories
If you’re worried about possible expansions of government surveillance and access to your information, or simply want to do some digital purging so you’re not saddled with old data, there…
How to Build a Healthier Relationship With Your Screen
Whether it’s for work, convenience, connection or entertainment, we rely on digital technology. But the prevailing wisdom is that our screen-based lives are not good for us—that our digital devices…
Accel closes $650 million for new India fund
Accel has raised $650 million for its eighth India fund as the U.S. venture firm expands its investment strategy in the South Asian market. The new fund follows the firm’s…
Judge allows California’s ban on addictive feeds for minors to go into effect
Late Tuesday evening, a federal judge blocked tech lobbying group NetChoice’s challenge to California’s recently enacted law, SB 976, which prohibits companies from serving “addictive feeds” to minors. The effect…