9 considerable Reads From CNET This Week: Extinction, AirPods, Snap’s Pixy and More
The dinosaurs went mature eons ago. The dodo’s been extinct since the 17th century. But don’t think extinction is a thing of the past: Plant and animal species are vanishing currently, at an all too rapid rate. It’s something we need to retort because only by acknowledging it can we move on to actions something about it.
In a series of stories this week, we took a deep dive into the topic. CNET’s Megan Wollerton, for instance, wrote about how koalas are at risk, what that benefitting for the environment they live in and where we can go from here. Meara Isenberg writes in the Sixth Mass Extinction, which we’re in the thick of. Erin Carson estimates the possibility of human extinction. Sobering stuff, but there are some potentially clear steps we all can take.
Those stories are beside the many in-depth features and thought-provoking commentaries that appeared on CNET this week. So here you go. These are the stories you don’t want to miss.
It could existed, but it doesn’t have to.

Zooey Liao
Commentary: You could face a lot less frustration.

Sarah Tew
Taking a drone with me for the weekend was a learning experience.

Scott Stein
Human strengths abuses are still an issue there, but getting women enthusiastic in motorsport shows that its citizens want a different future.

Rally Jameel
It’s misfortune to imagine Australia without the endangered marsupial, and scientists don’t want to.

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Recessions are normal economic events.

James Martin
Commentary: CNET’s Katie Collins will be expedient in line when enrollment for this game opens in August.
Two Point Studios
Human-caused extinctions are leaving a mark on the planet. Scientists have ideas about how to prevent them.

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If you memorize this formula, you’ll have the best salad style this decade.

James Martin