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How to Factory-Reset Your Phone Before You Sell It
Upgrading to a shiny new device? Here’s how to restore your old phone to its factory settings.
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Reception: Positive
The iPhone 16’s Battery Is Easier to Replace, Finally
Apple has outfitted the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus with a new kind of adhesive that makes it faster and safer to swap out the battery.
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Reception: Positive
Why Threads Is All the Ragebait
This week, we talk about engagement bait on Threads, and why the social network is prioritizing posts that ask infuriating questions and stir drama.
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Reception: Negative
28 Years Later: Danny Boyle’s New Zombie Flick Was Shot on an iPhone 15
Next summer’s horror blockbuster is the biggest release yet to be shot with iPhones—and not even Apple’s latest model.
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Reception: Positive
Barron Trump Is Finally Taking the Stage
For years, internet users have seen what they want to in Donald Trump's youngest son. Now a freshman at NYU, he's being obsessively filmed—and making his first appearances alongside his father.
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Reception: Positive
iFixit Portable Soldering Iron Review: Worthy of Your Work Bench
The repair gurus at iFixit have created the soldering iron that you didn’t know you’ve always wanted.
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Reception: Neutral
A Game Designer Just Hid a Gold Trophy in the Woods for a Real-Life Treasure Hunt. It Starts Now
For years, Jason Rohrer put out bizarre, beloved video games. Now, with Project Skydrop, he launches (yes, today) the real-world treasure hunt of his dreams.
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Reception: Positive
Anti-Immigrant Election Deniers Have Turned Their Online Following Into an Army of Activists
A coordinated effort called “National Only Citizens Vote” has been rolled out this week by a coalition of people pushing conspiracy theories about immigrants voting in the November election.
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Reception: Neutral
Online Casino Workers Went on Hunger Strike Over Working Conditions
Protests against online gaming company Evolution have gone to extremes in Europe—and are reverberating in the US.
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Reception: Neutral
The Outrageous Scheme to Capture and Sell Greenland’s Meltwater
A startup says shipping meltwater from Greenland’s glaciers internationally will boost the local economy and could help ease water pressures in arid regions—but what does that actually mean for the world?
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Reception: Negative