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Signal Adds a Payments Feature—With Cryptocurrency
The encrypted messaging app is integrating support for MobileCoin in a bid to keep up with the features offered by its more mainstream rivals.
7 Emergency Preparedness Apps to Keep on Your Phone
Don’t wait till the storm is coming or the earthquake starts to grab these from the app store.
Myanmar’s Internet Shutdown Is an Act of ‘Vast Self-Harm’
On Friday the military junta shut off connectivity across the country. There’s no sign of when it will return.
How the Suez Canal Fiasco Could Change Global Shipping
This week we discuss the Ever Given incident and its lasting implications for the shipping industry. Also, we pick our favorite boat memes.
How to Keep Nearby Strangers from Sending You Files
Sharing is caring—except when it’s an unwelcome photo from a rando on the subway. Here’s how to lock down your phone and computer.
Hackers Hosed by Google Were a Counterterrorism Operation
Plus: Fox News gets sued for its election coverage (again), a record ransomware attack, and more of the week’s top security news.
This App-Connected Jump Rope Workout Feels Just Like Recess
This app-guided jump rope system gives you a killer full-body exercise routine that’s also loads of fun. Your downstairs neighbors just might not be as amused.
OnePlus Finally Brings Its Phone Cameras up to Speed
It’s still missing that special something, but the OnePlus 9 Pro can at least capture photos that match and sometimes surpass its peers.
‘Browser Isolation’ Takes On Entrenched Web Threats
Cloudflare says it’s possible to build a version of the notoriously slow and buggy tool without compromising on speed.