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Memorial Day is behind us, which means the summer travel season has officially arrived. Over the next three months, millions of Americans will take their annual vacations, both domestically and internationally. But as people plan these trips, they seem to be encountering more scams than ever. Here are the most common scams right now—and easy ways to protect yourself and your wallet. The top 7 travel scams right now According to a report from cybersecurity firm McAfee earlier this month, these are the top 7 types of travel scams travelers are most likely to fall for: Fake travel deals or…

The Apple iPhone 17 Pro is displayed during an Apple special event at Apple headquarters on September 9, 2025 (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Getty ImagesThe premium smartphone market is becoming increasingly competitive. As the annual performance increase continues to shrink, design becomes a key battleground. Looking different is just as important as higher specifications and increased performance. This week, reference models of the upcoming iPhone 18 Pro models leaked, showing how Apple will use cosmetics to boost iPhone sales. There are three base colors (light blue, black and silver cosmetics), but the use of Dark Cherry as a signature color…

These days, music is everywhere. You can call up practically any recorded song at any moment with a quick flick of your favorite fingie and nary an extra cent spent. And yet, for all the convenience modern streaming services give us, something intangible is lost compared to the way we used to listen to music. As a lifelong music fan, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what I miss from the “good ol’ days” of our pre-Spotify/YouTube Music/[insert your own preferred streaming service] listening experiences. And I’ve realized, among other things, part of what I miss is the rich…

Here’s some help with today’s Quordle, including hints and the answers. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesBefore today’s Quordle hints and answers, here’s what you missed on Saturday: ForbesQuordle Hints Today: Saturday, May 30 Clues And AnswersBy Kris HoltHey, folks! Today’s Quordle hints and answers are just ahead. How To Play QuordleFor any newcomers joining us, here’s how to play Quordle: Just start typing in words. You have four five-letter words to guess and nine attempts to find them all. The catch is that you play all four words simultaneously.If you get a letter in the right place for any of…

When I was about 8 years old, in response to the ubiquitous question of what I wanted to be when I grew up, I responded, “I want to be happy!” The adults chuckled and my inquisitor did not ask any follow-up questions. But my mother later pulled me aside to tell me that being happy wasn’t always something we mere mortals had perfect control over. Mom wanted to prepare me for the reality that happiness couldn’t be planned for or worked toward, like becoming a writer (my usual response to grownups asking about my future career goals). Happiness wasn’t something…

A Good Girl’s Guide to MurderNetflixIf you’re missing Wednesday, well, you still have a long time to wait for season 3 to return, even if they’re trying to slim down the three-year gap between past seasons. However, if you want to watch one of its brightest stars, you can check out Emma Myers in her own series, which has now returned with a fantastic 96% Rotten Tomatoes audience score for season 2.The show is A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, the mystery series following a high schooler solving crimes, based on a YA mystery series by Holly Jackson, and there…

The rarity of events and celebrations such as milestone birthdays and cosmic happenings makes them special. The phrase “once in a blue moon” exists because it is not an everyday occurrence. This year, May has not one but two full moons lighting up the night sky, the second of which is going down tonight, in the early morning hours of Sunday, May 31. Illumination reaches its peak at 4:45 a.m. ET. But this is also considered a micromoon. Here’s everything you need to know before you stargaze. What is a blue moon? This has nothing to do with color. There…

Sebastian Steinhaeuser, the COO of SAPSAPSAP has two major conferences each year for customers, prospects, and partners. This year’s Sapphire conferences were in Orlando and Madrid. As was the case at Sapphire Orlando, almost all the messaging in Madrid was focused on their approach to AI. While SAP is the largest provider of business software in the world, it is positioning itself not merely as an enterprise software provider but as an AI governance solution provider. I had an opportunity to interview Sebastian Steinhaeuser, the chief operating officer at SAP, at the Madrid conference. Our conversation centered on AI. The…

This article is republished with permission from Laser Wars, a newsletter about military laser weapons and other futuristic defense technology. The U.S. military is pushing to demonstrate high-energy laser weapons engineered for fielding at scale in the next two years, according to the U.S. Defense Department’s top science and technology official. Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee’s Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee on May 19, the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, Emil Michael, told lawmakers that the science of laser weapons “is largely done.” He said the Pentagon is focused on addressing the engineering challenges that come with transforming…

What happens when cocaine makes its way into rivers and lakes? Scientists tested the answer on wild salmon in Sweden. Here’s what they found.gettyYou’d probably never expect those words to form a meaningful sentence — let alone appear in the context of real, peer-reviewed biological research. But they did. In an April 2026 study published in Current Biology, researchers conducted one of the strangest-sounding ecological experiments imaginable: testing the effects of cocaine pollution on Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in Sweden. It sounds absurd. But from a biologist’s perspective, it’s a phenomenal piece of research that, hopefully, will shed light on…