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Humans have used light to trap insects for at least 2,000 years (thanks, Romans). Now, a team of researchers says they know why the animals are apparently drawn to the light—and it’s not a happy tale.

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Valentine’s Day can be a weird holiday to shop for, especially because every gift option seems to be covered in hearts. Ew.

Skip the heart-shaped jewelry this year and get your girlfriend something she really wants for Valentine’s Day. Whether she’s a plant mom, into tech, or a beauty guru, you'll be able to find a gift she loves. And look, we know V-Day is a sexy holiday — we've got you there, too

• 23andMe stock is down over 95% from its peak, cutting its value from $6 billion to $345 million.
• The genetic-testing company is facing financial and strategic challenges, and was hacked last year.
• The startup's backers, including Sequoia Capital, have taken big hits to their investments.

23andMe has gone from a Silicon Valley darling

The Meta Quest 3 will soon give wearers the ability to easily view spatial videos as well as use new pinching gestures for control, features that are similar to what you’ll find in Apple’s much more expensive Vision Pro headset that launches this week. Both changes are starting to roll out gradually as part of update v62, which should get to most owners of Quest

Skylight recently released a 27-inch variant of its smart calendar, which looks pretty promising. It’s essentially a huge touchscreen display housed in an aluminum or plastic case that you put on your wall like a framed piece of art. It lets you add, remove, and edit upcoming events and looks great as an organizer…

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• Apple CEO Tim Cook has finally been photographed with the Vision Pro strapped to his head.
• It's a notable moment since Cook and other Apple execs were not previously seen wearing the headset.
• In an interview, Cook said the device has come a long way from where it started

A Delaware judge struck down Elon Musk’s $55.8 billion pay package at Tesla after finding the CEO had “extensive ties” with the board members who approved his pay deal, according to the Wall Street Journal Tuesday. Musk had a temper tantrum after the decision, suggesting he may move Tesla’s incorporation from Delaware…

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• A new poll shows Trump blowing out former UN ambassador Nikki Haley in South Carolina.
• If those numbers hold, Haley could lose by double digits in her home state.
• The poll also showed that Haley's approval has fallen too.

Former UN ambassador Nikki Haley's popularity has taken a hit in her home state of South Carolina, a worrying sign ahead of a critical

• China is merging hundreds of small rural banks to stomp out bad loan conditions, Bloomberg reported.
• In 2022, the bad-loan ratio of small banks was twice that of the whole sector.
• But previous mergers didn't necessarily improve this, and challenges remain.

Beijing is tackling high-risk financial lenders by enacting a major

• Marjorie Taylor Greene is trying to censure Ilhan Omar and boot her from her committees.
• The reason: a speech Omar gave about Somali that's been misquoted online.
• It's the second time Greene has attempted to censure a Muslim member of Congress in

Only a few days after releasing an AI-powered mobile app, called Arc Search, The Browser Company is making some big (and of course AI-powered) changes to its desktop browser as well.

Unlike Arc Search, though, which is essentially a total rethink of how you use the web on your phone, the new stuff