Democrats Win Pennsylvania State House Majority In Major Upset

The victory will put Democrats in control of the state House for the first time since 2011, and will likely lead to Pennsylvania’s first Black woman speaker.

New Chevy Sports Car Has Fans' Imaginations Running Wild

This new Chevy Corvette sports car has been in the works for years, and its unveiling has fans wondering about the future of the legendary car. Check it out.

Tesla May Soon Get Support For Apple Music

The proprietary infotainment screen in Tesla vehicles doesn’t support Apple CarPlay/Android Auto, but may be getting support for Apple Music integration.

Amazon Plans to Close Up Shop on Wickr’s User-Centric Encrypted Messaging App

A little more than a year ago, Amazon, specifically Amazon Web Services, flashed its stacks of cash as it announced it was buying up the end-to-end encrypted messaging app Wickr. AWS users could suddenly use Wickr’s services, and some reporters speculated Amazon could have been trying to make a move in the…

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Marvel's Thunderbolts Movie Might Have Found Its Villain

Nicholas Hoult teases a Maximum Cage performance for Renfield’s Dracula. Disney+’s Percy Jackson finds itself some more gods. Daredevil: Born Again could feature another street-level hero. Plus, what’s coming on the next Rick and Morty. Spoilers now!

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A Soil Fungus That Causes Lung Infections Is Spreading Across the U.S.

An illness-causing fungus known as hisoplasma is in the soil of nearly all U.S. states, a new study suggests. The researchers behind the work say doctors may be relying on outdated risk maps and therefore missing diagnoses of the infections, which can sometimes be deadly.

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Meta Is on the Prowl for 'Suspicious Adults' Messaging Teenagers

Meta says it is taking additional steps to help protect the youth on its platforms. Now, anyone under the age of 16 years old can enroll in new privacy settings that are meant to limit who can see their Facebook profile. Likewise, Meta says it’s also testing the removal of the messaging button on teen’s Instagram

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Apple Says Your iPhone's Usage Data is Anonymous, but New Tests Say That's Not True

A new test of how Apple gathers usage data from iPhones has found that the company collects personally identifiable information while explicitly promising not to.

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International Time Keepers Scrap The Leap Second

The final countdown has begun for leap seconds. A global group of scientists and government officials voted (almost unanimously) Friday to axe the small time adjustment method, in a change scheduled to take place by 2035.

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TikTok’s Trash Walker Wants Us To Make Less Garbage

Anna Sacks has an entire TikTok account dedicated to being a “trash walker.” She walks around Manhattan, looking for items that were left out on the curb, and salvages them: Her finds have gone viral for exposing obscene amounts of waste, including bags and bags of unopened chocolates outside of a major pharmacy…

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