News But you need to pay $23 or $30. @andrew_andrew__ Apr 8, 2023, 10:24 am EDT | 1 min read Miosotis_Jade / Shutterstock.com When you need to get rid of old electronics, a trip to Best Buy is usually the smartest option. Best Buy lets you drop off old electronics for recycling at any of...
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The Best Smart Speakers of 2023
Hannah Stryker / How-To Geek Update, 03/27/2023: We’ve reviewed our recommendations and have updated our best overall and best budget smart speaker picks. What to Look for in a Smart Speaker in 2023 Smart speakers are an integral part of any smart home. Not only do they let you listen to music, podcasts, and audiobooks,...
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Why Aren’t EVs Affordable Yet
Justin Duino / Review Geek Electric vehicles are nothing new, but why are they still so expensive? Production facilities, supply chains, and EV battery packs are the problem, but the end is in sight. If you’re looking to buy a new car, truck, or SUV and are considering an electric vehicle but wondering why EVs...
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Hundreds of thousands without power in Canada after ice storm
A person walks around fallen tree branches and power lines in Monkland Village after freezing rain hit Quebec and Ontario in Montreal, Canada. Hundreds of thousands of homes in eastern Canada remained without power Friday, two days after an ice storm killed three people and caused widespread property damage, particularly in Montreal. About 400,000 homes...
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A Wandering Mind is Part of Our Evolution
Mindfulness is such a buzzword. We all want it, but our ability to attain it is fleeting. We fear life is passing us by, and as the world moves faster and faster, living in the present moment seems more difficult. But while mindfulness is the key to happiness, mind wandering is the key to our...
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Astronomers develop new AI software to sharpen photos from ground-based telescopes
While we’re big fans of Earth’s atmosphere for keeping us alive, it does hamper our ability to take crystal-clear images of deep space. That’s why Emma Alexander of Northwestern University in Illinois and Tianao Li of Tsinghua University in Beijing have developed new AI-powered software that can sharpen such images. Earth’s atmosphere often blurs images...
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Dwarf star is surrounded by massive ‘double ring’ that hints at a Saturn-size exoplanet
Observations of a distant red dwarf star indicate that it is surrounded by not one but two massive rings of gas and dust, with tantalizing hints that it is orbited by a Saturn-size planet. The red dwarf, known as 2MASS J04124068+2438157, is located around 485 light-years from Earth and has a diameter similar to that...
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NASA’s asteroid-smashing DART mission revealed how battered space rock Dimorphos formed
Home News Science & Astronomy This high-resolution view of the asteroid Dimorphos was created by combining the final 10 full-frame images obtained by the NASA DART probe’s Didymos Reconnaissance and Asteroid Camera for Optical navigation (DRACO) and layering the higher-resolution images on top of the lower-resolution ones. Dimorphos is oriented so that its north pole...
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Geology experts find evidence of dual mass extinctions 260 million years ago
An international team of researchers discovered evidence that a mass extinction 260 million years ago was actually two events separated by 3 million years. Scientists say both likely were caused by volcanic eruptions. Credit: Margaret Weiner/UC Marketing + Brand Long before dinosaurs, Earth was dominated by animals that were in many ways even more incredible....
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Grab a Fire TV Stick 4K Max for Just $35 Today
Amazon sells a lot of streaming devices, but the company’s best stick-sized player right now is the Fire TV Stick 4K Max. Now it’s on sale for $35, a discount of 36% from the original price. The Fire TV Stick 4K Max is a compact streaming player for your TV, designed to use the TV’s...