This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology.

Using a VPN, or virtual private network, is one of the best ways to protect your online privacy. We review dozens every year, and these are the top VPNs we've tested.

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Apple regularly updates iPhone software with new tricks and features, and sometimes those updates improve power management or fix battery-draining bugs. They might optimize CPU th ...

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For 25 years, Pew Research Center has tracked some of the biggest technological shifts in history. Note: We conducted polls via phone from 2000 to 2021; via web and mail in 2023; and via web, mail and ...

With “Stranger Things,” there is a clear before and after: B.E. and A.E.—before Erica and after Erica. Erica Sinclair arrived in season two and instantly stole the show. As Lucas’s wisecracking, ...

As Netflix prepares to air the highly anticipated finale of Stranger Things, one fan’s viral theory has ignited a firestorm of speculation, debate—and over 10 million views—on TikTok. In a video ...