Americas News
Creators and communities everywhere take a stand against ICE
- Technology
- Terrence O’Brien
- Jan 25, 2026
It's not surprising when the guy who's been yelling about the horrors of late-stage capitalism on Instagram for the last five years turns his ire towards ICE. But something different has been happenin...
It doesn’t matter if Alex Pretti had a gun
- Technology
- Sarah Jeong
- Jan 25, 2026
Shortly after federal agents killed Alex Pretti Saturday morning, DHS began to run with the story that the dead man had been armed and dangerous. He had a gun, DHS said. (A Bellingcat analysis of the...
Trusting your phone to Abxylute’s mobile controller requires a big leap of faith
- Technology
- Andrew Liszewski
- Jan 25, 2026
As a retro gaming fan, I was thrilled when Apple opened its App Store to emulators in 2024, but I've yet to find a controller that makes me want to fully embrace retro gaming on my phone. Clamp-on con...
Why won’t anyone stop ICE from masking?
- Technology
- Sarah Jeong
- Jan 25, 2026
Americans do not like masked secret police. There is really no other way to put it. The reasons why are manifold: accountability, trust in law enforcement, and just plain overall vibes. More concretel...
Sony’s first clip earbuds don’t quite hit the mark
- Technology
- John.Higgins
- Jan 25, 2026
The Sony LinkBuds Clip are the company's first clip earbuds. They follow the innovative donut-hole LinkBuds and LinkBuds Open and, like their predecessors, allow you to listen to music or podcasts, ma...
The great e-bike crackdown has begun
- Technology
- Andrew J. Hawkins
- Jan 25, 2026
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the e-bike movement, follow Andrew J. Hawkins. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inb...
The day of the second killing
- Technology
- Gaby Del Valle
- Jan 25, 2026
Steven Garcia, as told to Gaby Del Valle: I was in the middle of a frozen lake when I got the notification from the Minnesota Star Tribune that there had been a shooting. I was at a pond hockey event,...
Microsoft handed the government ecryption keys for customer data
- Technology
- Terrence O’Brien
- Jan 24, 2026
The FBI went to Microsoft last year with a warrant, asking them to hand over keys to unlock encrypted data stored on three laptops as part of an investigation into potential fraud involving the COVID...
MicroSD Express cards and Anker’s travel adapter rule the deal roost this week
- Technology
- Brandon Widder
- Jan 24, 2026
Welcome to the weekend, friends! We’re still in a bit of a deals lull before the Presidents Day and V-Day sales begin, the bulk of which we anticipate kicking off the first week of February. However,...
Gmail’s spam filter and automatic sorting are broken
- Technology
- Terrence O’Brien
- Jan 24, 2026
Some Gmail users have noticed that promotional emails that normally go to their own siloed tab have started flooding their inbox. Reports have been hitting the Google forums and Reddit that messages a...
ICE has killed another person in Minneapolis
- Technology
- Terrence O’Brien
- Jan 24, 2026
Federal agents in Minneapolis repeatedly punched a man, forced him to the ground, and then shot him multiple times. The man was later pronounced dead. This is just the latest incident of deadly violen...
Gaming’s most fun sales data is full of old and obscure games
- Technology
- Jay Peters
- Jan 24, 2026
Every month, Circana video game analyst Mat Piscatella posts fascinating data about video game sales on Bluesky, highlighting trends like November's historically bad month for game hardware and Battle...