Credit: NASA, ESA/Andreas Mogensen This high exposure photograph revealed Earth’s atmospheric glow against the backdrop of a starry sky in this image taken from the International Space Station on Jan. 21, 2024. At the time, the orbital lab was 258 miles above the Pacific Ocean northeast of Papua New Guinea. The Nauka science module and...
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Arlo Essential Video Doorbell has a huge 65% discount
The smart home security market is now filled with so many different brands, and many of them offer great products. But when it comes to wire-free home security cameras, Arlo is still one of the best in the business after all these years. The company makes some of the best wireless security cameras and video...
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Even Netflix thinks Prime Video is making a mistake by forcing people to watch ads
Amazon’s Prime Video streamer is poised to surpass Netflix in a big way starting this week. No, it’s not in terms of viewership, nor the size of its catalog, or the quality of its originals. It has to do, instead, with both streamers’ launch of an ads business. For Netflix, the uptake on its still...
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Watch this cool, useless biohybrid robot take a stroll
As impressive as many biohybrid robotic projects are, they aren’t exactly known for their hairpin turns. In fact, it’s still pretty difficult to design an agile machine merging artificial materials and biological tissue. But if a future generation of biohybrids does manage to one day clear that hurdle, they could owe it to a tiny...
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iPhone sideloading is coming, but there’s no sign of it in iOS 17.4 beta 1
It’s official: iPhone sideloading, third-party app stores, third-party payment systems, lower fees (with a twist), Apple Pay alternatives, game streaming apps, and better support for alternate browsers are coming to iPhone with the iOS 17.4 update. This sounds amazing until you actually start reading Apple’s press release and developer documentation. These features will only be...
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Don’t wait for a dead car battery to buy this jump starter at Amazon
No need to phone a friend or the towing company for a jump. Simply snag your own car jump starter. This one is 47% off at Amazon. By Amanda Reed | Published Jan 24, 2024 1:55 PM EST Amanda Reed SHARE We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in...
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Pentagon moves to declassify some secret space programs and technologies
A United Launch Alliance Delta 4 Heavy lifts off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California as it launches a spy satellite from California, Sept. 24, 2022. (Image credit: MATT HARTMAN/AFP via Getty Images) The United States Department of Defense (DoD) wants to declassify more space programs in order to boost the nation’s military edge in...
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We may know what makes tardigrades so darn tough
Tardigrades are some of the toughest animals on the planet. These microscopic creatures commonly called “water bears” can survive in environments with extreme temperatures, without water or oxygen. Scientists may have pinpointed the precise molecular mechanism the tiny invertebrates use to put up with such intense conditions. They have a molecular sensor that detects uninhabitable...
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Is Fortnite ever coming back to iPhone? It’s complicated
All the talk about Apple having to allow third-party payments on iPhone in the US and Epic’s annoyance with losing the Apple trial for good made plenty of people forget about the elephant in the room. Fortnite, one of the most popular games in history, is not coming back to the iPhone anytime soon. At...
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Not all underwater reefs are made of coral
This article was originally featured on The Conversation. When people hear about underwater reefs, they usually picture colorful gardens created from coral. But some reefs are anchored to much more unusual foundations. For more than a century, people have placed a wide assortment of objects on the seafloor off the US coast to provide habitat...