Things as They Are
In 1966 the Museum of Modern Art held a retrospective devoted to Dorothea Lange—its first-ever solo exhibition of work by a female photographer. Lange’s photographs have...
Where Health Care Is a Human Right
In 2004 the CBC—Canada’s publicly funded broadcaster—produced a TV competition called The Greatest Canadian, which sought to crown a national figure, living or dead, with the...
The Revival of Church Sanctuary
Midway through last year, half a dozen Latin American immigrants scattered across the United States received “notices of intent to fine” from US Immigration and Customs...
Someone’s Leaked the Covid-19 Hospitalization Data That Trump’s Kept Under Wraps
When the federal government put the Department of Health and Human Services in charge of hospital data aggregation instead of its subsidiary, the Centers for Disease...
You’re Not Hearing Things, Some Apple AirPods Pro Have Static and Crackling Issues
If you’ve been hearing static or crackling sounds on your AirPods Pro, rest assured: You are sane. The sound issues are actually an Apple problem, and...
Google Meet video conferencing now looks a lot more like Zoom
Zoom background images have been a thing throughout the coronavirus pandemic. Now Google Meet is catching up. On Friday, the Zoom competitor from Google announced background...
Scientists film elusive, fast creature in the deep sea
For likely the first time, biologists captured a wild, elusive ram’s horn squid, or Spirula spirula, live on video. The deep ocean — particularly the twilight...
This Is How Wuhan, China, Is Celebrating Halloween
The majority of people can probably recite one of the most basic lessons of the coronavirus pandemic: Don’t get too close to others, especially without a...
Wolfwalkers Is Bringing Lush Forest Magic to Apple TV
From the creatives behind animated films Secret of the Kells and Song of the Sea, Wolfwalkers is on its way to a limited theatrical run and...
Apple will fix your crackling AirPods Pro headphones for free
It’s the closest we’re going to get to an admission from Apple that there’s a problem with its AirPods Pro ear buds. Apple announced, in a...
