This Mega Snowstorm Will Be a Test for the US Supply Chain

Shipping experts say the big winter storm across a wide swath of the country should be business as usual—if their safeguards hold.

TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes

According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US.

No, the Freecash App Won’t Pay You to Scroll TikTok

Freecash will actually pay money out to users but not for watching videos. This misleading marketing coincides with the app’s rising popularity.

Elon Musk Sure Made Lots of Predictions at Davos

Humanoid robots, space travel, the science of aging—Musk was willing to weigh in on all of it at this week’s World Economic Forum. But his predictions rarely work out the way he says they will.

A Wikipedia Group Made a Guide to Detect AI Writing. Now a Plug-In Uses It to ‘Humanize’ Chatbots

The web’s best resource for spotting AI writing has ironically become a manual for AI models to hide it.

Volvo EX60 Electric SUV: Range, Specs, Availability, and Price

The Swedish brand’s latest computer-packed EV hopes to take on and beat the BMW iX3. But we’re more excited about the new seat belt.

Gear News of the Week: Kia Shows off the EV2, and Fujifilm Debuts New Instax Cameras

Plus: Fender rebrands its PreSonus music production app, Ricoh unveils a monochrome camera, and Omega has a new Speedmaster.

Hands On With Anthropic’s Claude Cowork, an AI Agent That Actually Works

Cowork is a user-friendly version of Anthropic’s Claude Code AI-powered tool that’s built for file management and basic computing tasks. Here’s what it’s like to use it.

TikTok Shop Showed Me Search Suggestions for Products With Nazi Symbolism

Even after TikTok removed swastika jewelry from its online shop, I was algorithmically nudged toward a web of Nazi-related products during searches, like “double lightning bolt” and “ss” necklaces.

The Fight on Capitol Hill to Make It Easier to Fix Your Car

As vehicles grow more software-dependent, repairing them has become harder than ever. A bill in the US House called the Repair Act would ease those restrictions, but it comes with caveats.