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1. Share Streaming Accounts? Set Up Separate User Profiles

   Here's how to keep your recommendations and history at least semi-private. No one needs to know how much Bridgerton you watched.

2. Former DOD Head: The US Needs a New Plan to Beat China on AI

   In an interview with WIRED, former secretary of defense Ash Carter discussed how to build morality into AI—and make sure other countries do too.

3. Climate Change Needs an Operation Warp Speed

   If the Covid vaccine push has proved anything, it’s that big government works.

4. If Covid-19 Did Start With a Lab Leak, Would We Ever Know?

   The two major investigations into the origins of the pandemic are compromised by potential conflicts of interest. Those problems need to be fixed—fast.

5. The FBI Has Made Over 100 Arrests Related to the Capitol Riot

   Plus: A dark web takedown, a bitcoin scam, and more of the week's top security news.

6. What Hades Can Teach Us About Ancient Greek Masculinity

   Everyone in the game may be hot, but some of the characterizations we see aren't as subversive as you might think.

7. DJI's Latest Compact Drone Is a Blast to Fly

   The Mini 2 is still lightweight yet has enough flying power for some windy conditions, and it comes equipped with a better camera.

8. The Physics of Reddit's Spinning Solar System Icon

   If the dots on the loading screen were planets, is their motion realistic? And can we actually model it?

9. The Race Is On to Identify and Stop Inauguration Rioters

   As tech companies scramble to tackle the extreme far-right, police and law enforcement are encasing Washington, DC, in a ring of steel.

10. Can This Group Revive the Finicky Corpse Flower?

    In botanic gardens around the world, the reproductive future of the famously smelly plant is threatened. A new collaborative program wants to save it.