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On Nov. 10, 2025, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) revoked Canada’s measles elimination status. More than 5,000 cases have been reported since the outbreak began in October 2024. After a quarter century of controlling measles spread, Canada failed. The U.S. will likely soon join its northern neighbor in this ignominious designation, thanks to the resurgence of the anti-vaccination movement, which has been given new clout with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the helm of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).Measles is the most highly-contagious disease known to science. If 10 unvaccinated people are in a room with…
Since No Man’s Sky’s Voyagers update, players have been obsessed with making some incredible ships. And with the help of some mod tools, the most daring of ship builders out there are pushing the boundaries of Hello Games’ procedurally created universe. One of the most impressive demonstrations I’ve seen of this yet is this NMS player’s tribute to Independence Day. Built by Vilxir, this build is reminiscent of his epic, and perhaps equally terrifying, No Man’s Sky Death Star I highlighted last month. Like the Death Star before it, Vilxir’s Independence Day “Destroyer” leveraged the power of open-source 3D…
This 3-foot-tall, record-shaped Bluetooth speaker with a screen that displays lyrics and animations popped up on many a For You Page in October, the video typically featuring an influencer removing the R1 from its neon-green box. What made it somewhat viral was not, however, the product, but its price. “Consumerism final boss” was one representative comment. (Along with many others noting its unfortunate resemblance to a robot vacuum.) “For $1,700? Surely we’ve lost the plot,” notes Best Products’ Josiah Soto in a follow-up article. Though the speaker is currently “only” $1,049 at Amazon and Walmart, it’s still a bizarre price…
From the Google Play Store, Android users can now install Perplexity’s AI-powered Comet Browser. The Comet Browser can work with your voice as you ask the Comet Assistant questions about content you’ve been reading on the browser. For example, if you need to summarize a long magazine article you’ve been reading, just ask Comet to do it and it shall be done. And Comet even has the capabilities of viewing multiple tabs at one time.Comet is AI-first and can take actions on behalf of usersWhile Chrome and other mobile browsers like Edge have AI tacked on as an extension, Comet…
Now is arguably the best time of year to sign up for a VPN, or gift a subscription to someone. Black Friday VPN deals are already available, with one of the best being on our favorite VPN overall. Proton VPN is offering two years of access to its VPN Plus tier for $59.76, which works out to $2.49 per month.That’s a discount of 75 percent compared with the regular price of $10 per month. Overall, you’d save $180.ProtonTwo years of protection with the Proton VPN Plus plan can be yours for under $60. $60 at ProtonProton VPN is our pick…
Super budget phones, which I consider any phone under $300, used to be a complete waste of money. Not that long ago, you were better off spending that same money on a slightly more expensive phone that’s a few years older.Times have changed, though, and now we have phones like the new Moto G Play (2026) from Motorola. You have to remember that this is a sub-$200 phone, or $179, to be exact.What do you get for that modest price you ask? Well, a surprisingly satisfactory experience would be the shortest way to sum it up. There’s a 32 MP camera…
Other Smartwatches to ConsiderThe number of smartwatches on the market is staggering. Here are a few other options I like.Tag Heuer Calibre E5 Photograph: Julian ChokkattuTAG Heuer Connected Calibre E5 for $1,900: I got a chance to try TAG Heuer’s new luxury smartwatch for a few days, and it’s slick. The Calibre E5 feels like nothing else, with premium materials like sapphire crystal and ceramic bezels; it has a nice heft to it. TAG has switched from Google’s Wear OS to its own proprietary operating system (TAG Heuer OS), so you won’t be able to access the usual apps on…
The United States may lose its measles elimination status as soon as January, marking the sustained resurgence of a disease that had been eliminated from the country 25 years ago.On Nov. 10, Canada lost its measles elimination status, after the Pan American Health Organization concluded that the country’s recent measles outbreaks were connected and represented ongoing transmission lasting more than 12 months. Measles is considered eliminated in a country or region only when there are no outbreaks lasting longer than a year. Thus, to maintain “elimination status,” any introductions of the disease from travel must be quashed before 12 consecutive…
Happy Friday! The days are feeling darker and shorter while the weather continues to drop in temperature (unless you’re living in a place with better weather than NYC, in which case, I’m real happy for you, but at least the holidays are around the corner. We’ve got a whole weekend ahead of us before any festivities begin, though, and that means more time spent gaming. So let’s get to our picks! Octopath Traveler 0 Play it on: PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Switch, Switch 2 Windows PCs (Steam Deck: “Unknown”)Current goal: See if I can find the hot priest I’ve…
Ubisoft has announced a new game prototype featuring voice-controlled AI teammates that understand visual context and natural language. This “Teammates” project builds on the Neo NPCs Ubisoft showed off with Nvidia in 2024 to demo in-game AI that can naturally respond to players. A key difference this time, besides the complexity of the interactions the prototype supports, is that Teammates is already being played in a closed playtest with “a few hundred players,” Ubisoft says.Teammates, even if Ubisoft describes it as a playable “experimental research project,” still uses the basic concepts of a first-person shooter. The prototype casts players as…