One of my assignments in my third year of medical school was to ask a clinic patient if I could visit him at home. The point of the exercise (slightly smug, like many such efforts at teaching humility to future doctors) was to better understand the impact of illness... Read more

Missed the GamesBeat Summit excitement? Don’t worry! Tune in now to catch all of the live and virtual sessions here. Anita Sarkeesian announced today that Feminist Frequency, the nonprofit that launched the famous “Tropes vs Women in Games” YouTube series and the Games and Online Harassment Hotline, is shutting... Read more

Getty Images Printer manufacturer Canon is warning that sensitive Wi-Fi settings don’t automatically get wiped during resets, so customers should manually delete them before selling, discarding, or getting them repaired to prevent the settings from falling into the wrong hands. “Sensitive information on the Wi-Fi connection settings stored in... Read more

The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened a probe into Tesla’s 2023 Model 3 and Model Y after several complaints about the vehicle’s steering controls.  A “preliminary evaluation” of the problem began on July 28, according to a filing on the administration’s website. Model 3 and Model... Read more

Here are a few more services and apps that can work well as supplemental tools to your language learning efforts, though some I don’t like as much as the options above. Lingvist ($10 per month): With a heavy focus on flashcards, Lingvist can help you build your vocabulary quickly,... Read more

Missed the GamesBeat Summit excitement? Don’t worry! Tune in now to catch all of the live and virtual sessions here. PlayStation Plus’s August titles launch today for all subscribers. These include PGA Tour 2K23, Media Molecule’s Dreams and Death’s Door. In addition to the main games, Sabotage Studios confirmed... Read more

Enlarge / Western Digital is gearing up to sample its first 28TB HDDs to customers, around a year after announcing its first 26TB drives. Western Digital After a couple of decades of talk, Seagate announced earlier this year that it was shipping samples of huge 32TB hard drives using... Read more

Meta, parent company to Facebook, is beginning the process of blocking news in Canada, the company said in a blog post on Tuesday. Google also aims to block links to Canadian journalism later this year for people in Canada in response to a new law that forces technology companies to compensate publishers for... Read more

Whereas some of the underwear on this list looks cute and passes as regular underwear, these are clearly not. Unfortunately, they resemble adult diapers—which is essentially what period underwear is, anyway. Despite being slightly bulky, they’re soft, stretchy, and breathable. On the inside, you’ll find what looks like an... Read more

Missed the GamesBeat Summit excitement? Don’t worry! Tune in now to catch all of the live and virtual sessions here. Epic’s new Unreal Editor for Fortnite is allowing creators to reach the battle royale’s audience with their own maps. While many studios have launched maps, no one has revealed... Read more