The FTC Cracks Down on Bot-Wielding Ticket Scalpers

Plus: A security company creeper, Biden’s cyberteam, and the rest of this week’s security news.

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Chrome and Edge Want to Help Solve Your Password Problems

The line between browsers and password managers is blurring.

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A New Project Maps the Pacific Coast's Critical Kelp Forests

Using sea charts and satellites, the effort will trace how the kelp beds are changing in response to global warming and commercial harvesting.

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How Do You Define Electric Field, Voltage, and Current?

And what does that mean for making a little wire LED man light up?

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The 13 Best Weekend Deals on Laptops, Smartwatches, and More

Now is a good time to grab some sweet Switch games, Apple’s Magic Keyboard, or an Apple Watch Series 6 at a discounted price.

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A Fight Over GameStop’s Soaring Stock Turns Ugly

The denizens of the WallStreetBets subreddit helped push the flailing stock to dizzying heights—while a short seller alleged an accompanying harassment campaign.

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Biden Gets to Work, Vaccine Guidelines Change, and More

Catch up on the most important updates from this week.

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Let Fire Stations and EMS Crews Administer Covid Vaccines

They're more trusted and better distributed than pharmacies, and they're built for emergencies.

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A Year Ago I Asked: How Bad Could Covid Get? Now We Know

No one was calling it a pandemic yet, at least publicly. Then came more troubling evidence about transmission, as the US ignored warning signs.

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People Still Really Love the Apple II

The computer ceased production in 1993, but fans are still making games for it.

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