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Pucker Up

Phone Cases Are Boring. Put a Lip Balm on It

Why are all phone cases so boring? Let Hailey Bieber’s slick-looking lip balm phone case inspire us all.

Louryn Strampe

Metal Fatigue

This Is Why Tesla’s Stainless Steel Cybertrucks May Be Rusting

Carlton Reid

Head Ache

The Apple Vision Pro Is Heavy. Here's How to Fix That

Boone Ashworth

Toxic Trend

Is There Lead in Your Reusable Water Bottle?

Medea Giordano

Power Broker

Tesla Wins EV Charging! Now What?

Aarian Marshall

Gear Roundup

Apple May Be Plotting Its First Foldable Phone

Boone Ashworth

Wishing Well

Those 'Bottles Saved' Counters on Water Filling Stations Are Way Off. Does It Matter?

Alden Wicker

Winning Time

Apple Beats an Apple Watch Lawsuit

Adrienne So

call waiting

Landline Phone Owners Are Protesting AT&T’s Plans to Drop Service

Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica

Fully Operational

Behold This Darth-Worthy Death Star Speaker

Boone Ashworth

Distance Learning

Tesla Has Lost Its Range Crown to a Chinese EV You’ve Never Heard Of

Alistair Charlton

Time and Again

The Apple Vision Pro’s Killer App Is … Kitchen Timers?

Andrew Williams

Gear Roundup

Snap Recalls Its Pixy Drone Because of Overheating Batteries

Boone Ashworth

Software Driver

Apple Ramped Up Autonomous Vehicle Testing Last Year, Filings Show

Aarian Marshall

Power Play

Ford Is Giving Away Free Tesla Charger Converters That Will Unlock a New World of EV Power

Aarian Marshall

hobbes os/2

One of the Internet’s Oldest Software Archives Is Shutting Down

Benj Edwards, Ars Technica

Gear Roundup

Porsche Rolls Out Its Second All-Electric Car

Boone Ashworth

Blank Face

Apps Made the iPhone. They’re Missing on the Vision Pro

Boone Ashworth

It'll Cost Peanuts

A Snoopy MoonSwatch Is Inbound—but Needs to Avoid One Critical Mistake

Jeremy White

brake time

Tall Vehicle Hoods Really Are Increasing Pedestrian Deaths

Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica

Storage Blocker

Use WhatsApp on Android? Be Prepared to Pay for Message Backups

Reece Rogers

Cold Comfort

How the Mighty Heat Pump Helps EVs in the Cold

Aarian Marshall and Matt Simon

Hide and Seek

The One Part of the Vision Pro That Apple Doesn’t Want You to See

Lauren Goode