Photo: AT&T AT&T has been branding a boosted version of its 4G service as “5G Evolution,” or as it appears on many phones—5G E. People who see the 5G E on their phones may think they have the next generation of mobile networks. But really, they have a type of 4G LTE with some special…

Photo: Getty Security researchers revealed on Friday that the temperature control systems used in freezers at thousands of locations ranging from grocery stores to hospitals to pharmaceutical companies are subject to simple sabotage. To raise hell, all anyone would need to know is where to look and the systems’ stupidly guessable default password. The vulnerability,…

Photo: Getty Americans broke a new record last year, but it’s nothing to write home about. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) found 4,239 firearms in carry-on luggage in 2018, breaking the previous record that was set in 2017. That’s an average of more than 11 guns per day. The number of guns found by TSA…

A massive white cap over the northern polar region of Uranus has grown substantially since it was first observed 10 years ago. Image: NASA, ESA, A. Simon (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), and M.H. Wong and A. Hsu (University of California, Berkeley The appearance of a massive white cap on Uranus may seem alarming, but…

Screenshot: Radiological Society of North America New research published on Tuesday may help radiologists identify survivors of domestic abuse through the study of x-rays. Researchers from the Departments of Radiology and Emergency Medicine at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, as well as a researcher from the Department of Biostatistics at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of…

Photo: J. Scott Applewhite (AP) Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon today proposed legislation that would decriminalize cannabis at the federal level and allow states where weed use is legal to operate as they see fit without fear of a U.S. government crackdown. With a majority of U.S. states, including Oregon, now allowing recreational or medical…

Plumbing planner Jannick Vestergaard and engineer Henning Nøhr pose with the sword. Image: Northern Jutland Historical Museum When plumbing planner Jannick Vestergaard and engineer Henning Nøh woke up on the morning of February 5th, it likely never occurred to them that their day’s work would result in the discovery of an extraordinary double-edged sword dating…

Image: Mel Evans (AP) Anyone who pays close attention to television drug commercials—perhaps because they enjoy the ominous, rapid muttering of side effects—will soon notice something new. On Thursday, Johnson & Johnson announced it would begin showing drug prices alongside photogenic actors doing mundane things in its televised ads next month. They will include the…

Photo: Lisa Lake (Getty) It’s been a strange, painful couple of days for some Wells Fargo customers. A tsunami of problems hit the bank this week, leaving some customers not knowing how to access their money. As a result, an army of angry Wells Fargo customers hit social media to report missing their paydays, trouble…