Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Technology News Tuesdays.. and More!


Technology News and More...



500+SlashGear / 7h
After several months of waiting, NASA's DART spacecraft arrived at - and then slammed into - the asteroid Dimorphos. That was only the first part of the test.



Editor’s note: This story has been updated. If you’ve been putting off renewing your U.S. passport, you can soon avoid the logistical hassle of having to mail or bring in your physical passport and supporting documents. Starting early next year, the U.S. Department of State plans to expand its current pilot program to give Americans the option to widely renew passports online . This follows succe



The post appeared first on Popular Mechanics .




The post appeared first on Popular Mechanics .



The post appeared first on Popular Mechanics .
YESTERDAY



Meetings are essential to helping teams, especially remote or hybrid ones, stay in touch. But too many meetings can become unproductive, as shared information and action items get buried underneath all the other stuff workers have to do. Productivity platform Loopin wants to help by integrating with work apps and gathering information from across multiple meetings, making it easy to find and shar



French startup Regate has raised a $20 million Series A funding round (€20 million) led by Valar Ventures. The company has built a modern software-as-a-service product that integrates directly with your existing accounting stack and connects with your corporate bank account. This way, you can automate and simplify some of your financial and accounting tasks without having to switch to a brand new



Netflix released its new true crime drama DAHMER – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story earlier this month. The 10-part series stars Evan Peters as Jeffrey Dahmer, the serial killer, pedophile, necrophiliac, and cannibal who murdered and dismembered 17 people over 13 years. Co-created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, DAHMER is far from the first time this prolific murderer and sex offender has been p



Everything about the Apple Watch Ultra is bigger. It has a bigger and brighter display than the Apple Watch 8, a bigger battery, bigger (and more) buttons, and it has a bigger capacity to handle the rough and tumble world of outdoor activities. It can also take a punch, or at least a series of whacks, from a small sledgehammer. In a recent video spotted by MacRumors, YouTuber TechRax joyfully sma



It took us five attempts to guess today's Wordle challenge, but if you're looking for clues to get the right word faster, we've got you covered.



There are plenty of robots that say they can vacuum and mop your floors, but never to anyone’s satisfaction. With some, you have to futz with the system to add the mop halfway through, others it’ll drag the dirty pad across your clean carpets and rugs. It’s a problem that iRobot has spent plenty of engineering resources trying to solve, saying that the new Combo j7+ is the solution. Co-founder an



The announcement marks the technology giant's latest move to diversify its supply chains outside China.



iRobot, known best for its popular Roomba range of robot vacuums, has announced two big developments for 2022 - a large OS update and a new model with a unique retractable mopping mechanism. This news is the first major development we’ve seen from the manufacturer since news broke in August 2022 regarding its acquisition by Amazon . iRobot is also using the moment to celebrate the 20-year anniver



The FIFA 23 release time is coming around fast, but there are a few ways to jump into the game before its official launch. It’s quite a momentous occasion. FIFA 23 will be the final EA soccer game to release with the official FIFA licence, marking an end to the mammoth franchise. At least it’s finishing on a high, with Ted Lasso making an appearance alongside a bunch of Marvel superheroes . FIFA



IRobot makes robots that vacuum. IRobot makes robots that mop. Other companies make robots that vacuum and mop. So, why doesn’t iRobot? If you had asked the company that question as recently as a few weeks back, you likely would have gotten a stock answer about not doing something until you can do it right. Obviously the answer is a bit more nuanced. For one thing, iRobot does make a two-in-one —



It's Tuesday once again, and we hope you're well into the swing of things, including Wordle ! But if you've hit a wall on today's puzzle, never fear — we're here to help every day . If you just want the answer, you can jump straight to the end of this article for September 27's Wordle solution. If you'd rather work through it yourself, keep reading for some tips, tricks, and clues. SEE ALSO: Word



In China, a crop of homegrown chip companies has popped up as Beijing strives to decouple from America’s advanced technology and manage sanctions risks, which have crippled Huawei’s lucrative smartphone business . In the red-hot space of autonomous driving, Chinese semiconductor firms, buoyed with venture capital, are aiming to provide the best alternatives to Nvidia and its like. In a race to ca



Apple chief executive tells the BBC the tech sector needs more women in order to thrive.



Bones and All is a movie that defies easy categorization. It’s the latest film from Luca Guadagnino , the director of Call Me By Your Name and Suspiria, who to date has quite the pristine reputation. It stars Timothée Chalamet, one of the biggest young stars on the planet . By those measures, you might think it’s an… Read more...



100+Gizmodo / 7h
NASA’s DART spacecraft has crashed into Dimorphos, with the loss of signal occurring today at exactly 7:14 p.m. ET as expected. Scientists will now pore over the data to see if the kinetic impactor altered the asteroid’s orbital trajectory. Read more...



Artificial intelligence has given us oddly proficient dancing robots and fun face filters, but other times it is used in more controversial ways.




2KFuturism / 7h
Asteroids A NASA mission known as DART — Double Asteroid Redirection Test — slammed into an asteroid just moments ago, in a test of technology that could, if necessary, divert a killer asteroid bearing down on the Earth. "Humanity one, asteroid zero," said one NASA presenter after the impact. Deep Impact The final moments went quickly, with imagery onscreen showing the asteroid appearing larger a



The Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) networking model defines a conceptual framework for communications between computer systems. The model is an ISO standard which identifies seven fundamental networking layers, from the physical hardware up to high-level software applications. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



500+Mashable / 7h
While most folks were sitting down for supper, NASA tried to move a space mountain. Beyond sight for backyard stargazers, a spacecraft the size of a vending machine self-destructed by ramming into a harmless asteroid shortly after 7 p.m. ET Monday. The high-speed crash was part of the U.S. space agency's Double Asteroid Redirection Test , or DART. The moment of impact marked the first time in his



Enlarge / One of the last images from DART. (credit: NASA/APL) Update, 10:30: If this is an indication of the quality of the images we should expect over the next several days, we're in for a treat. ATLAS observations of the DART spacecraft impact at Didymos! pic.twitter.com/26IKwB9VSo — ATLAS Project (@fallingstarIfA) September 27, 2022 Original article follows. About 24 hours prior to its colli



After nearly a year in transit, NASA's experimental Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, which sought to answer the questions, "Could you potentially shove a asteroid off its planet-killing trajectory by hitting it with a specially designed satellite? How about several?" has successfully collided with the Dimorphos asteroid. Results and data from the collision are still coming in but



New public buildings in Finland have to incorporate more wood, which is leading builders to innovate.



When it comes to operating systems, Linux no doubt has the most adorable mascot. Why did the team pick a penguin to represent the open-source OS?



400+Wired / 8h
The mission was designed to test whether a probe could knock a hazardous space rock away from a crash course with Earth.



74Futurism / 9h
Eye of the Storm Hey kids, wanna see the inside of a hurricane? Now you can, thanks to a startup called Saildrone and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which last week launched their storm robots directly into Hurricane Fiona, a ferocious storm whose damage continues to ravage Puerto Rico and Canada's east coast . The footage itself of the eye of this Category 1 storm



Enlarge (credit: Bloomberg / Contributor | Bloomberg ) This month, LinkedIn researchers revealed in Science that the company spent five years quietly researching more than 20 million users. By tweaking the professional networking platform's algorithm, researchers were trying to determine through A/B testing whether users end up with more job opportunities when they connect with known acquaintance



Faraday Future, despite all of the company's futuristic promises, continues to struggle at rolling its Tesla-killer EV off the production lines.



Amazon is doubling down on its annual Prime Day by adding a second Prime members-only sale to its calendar called the Prime Early Access Sale. This is the first time we’ve seen two Prime sales in the same year and this just-announced event is coming up very soon — in October, to be exact. The early fall timeline places this round of deals before the end-of-year holiday sales that kick off in earn



Read more...



31Gizmodo / 9h
Shudder documentary series Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror has only four episodes to dig into everything its title implies—so instead of a rapid-fire encyclopedia, it wisely aims to be more of a curated cross-section focusing on specific moments and trends in horror history. Impeccable editing and a… Read more...



To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here . Good morning, you crunchistas. We hope you’ve had a chill weekend. Or if it wasn’t chill, that it was wild for all the right reasons. YOLO and all that. Okay, on with the news! — Christine and Haje The TechCrunch Top 3 Do we ever really know how secure our phones a



Meta is working on making it easier for users to switch between Facebook and Instagram accounts through a new profile switching tool. Anyone using either app will be able to hop between them if they’ve linked those profiles through Meta’s centralized profile hub , the Accounts Center . When logged into one app, users can easily toggle between the apps now through the profile menu, where any linke



Hello and welcome back to Max Q. This past week, thousands of people traveled to Paris for the International Astronautical Congress 2022, one of the world’s largest space conferences. Alas, I was not one of them. But it means there’s tons of news, so let’s get to it! In this issue: An analysis of Intuitive Machines’ SPAC bet Rocket Lab is expanding its U.S. footprint News from ArianeGroup, Rocket



Mark your calendars, startup fans, because TechCrunch is returning — live and in person — to the beautiful City by the Bay to host our flagship event, TechCrunch Disrupt , on October 18–20 at the Moscone West Convention Center followed by an online recap event on October 21. TC Disrupt is the grande dame of tech conferences for many reasons, and today we’d like to highlight some of the companies



Hollywood is so obsessed with franchises, it’s making spinoffs and prequels you’ve never even heard of. Take Pennyworth , a show revealing the convoluted origins of Bruce Wayne’s demure manservant Alfred, who you may be surprised to learn spent his youth thwarting fascists’ attempts to overthrow the British government. Read more...



A takeout is already on the cheaper side—although not always as cheap as we’d like, especially if you’re ordering one of the healthier options. Fortunately, redditors have come to the rescue. It’s entirely possible to take advantage of deals at your favorite fast-food places, stretch your Thai curries, and leave a … Read more...




Public spaces are supposed to be free and open to anyone—that’s usually what the word “public” means. But as impossibly high costs of living leave more and more people homeless, the definition of public space is shrinking to purposefully exclude them. Businesses and city governments most often do this through hostile… Read more...



Virgin Voyages and Bilt — the first credit card that allows you to earn points on rent — are teaming up to offer half-priced sailings on Virgin Voyages the rest of the year. Trip destinations include the Caribbean, Europe and South Pacific, and take place on Virgin’s adult-only ships . To take advantage of this deal, simply enter the code ‘BILT50OFF’ when booking on Virgin’s website. With Virgin,



Moving into a new home or starting a new renovation project is exciting. But while you may devote hours to selecting paint colors or how best to set up a comfy home office, you could be skipping an important piece of home maintenance: fire safety. Since only about 30% of homes are protected to the standards of the National Fire Protection Agency, it’s definitely cause for concern. Thankfully, hel



Not Forgotten We've all wondered what it would be like if our favorite gone-too-soon celebrities were still alive. Now, one artist put artificial intelligence to work to make that daydream a reality. In an interview with the My Modern Met art blog , Turkish generative artist Alper Yesiltas explained how powerful current AI art tools can be, in which "anything imaginable can be shown real." "When



Advancements in technology have made it possible to design wireless earbuds that last several days without a charge while shrinking their size down to the point where they’re barely noticeable. You’d expect these features would only be available on the most cutting-edge earbuds, but that’s no longer true. You can be completely satisfied with a pair of earbuds that cost $50 or less. This is true w



If you stayed at an IHG property earlier this month and haven’t yet seen points posted for your stay, don’t worry: Company officials say you’ll eventually receive them. It just might take a little while. It’s a residual problem stemming from a cyber breach of IHG’s computer systems in early September that stymied booking and other features on the hotel chain’s website for a couple of days. IHG of



Everything you need to know about Wi-Fi 7, otherwise known as IEEE 802.11be Extremely High Throughput (EHT): the fastest and most robust update to Wi-Fi yet.



Oprah joined Apple CEO Tim Cook on stage when Apple TV+ was announced, a surprise guest with a huge collaboration deal. Now, that deal is apparently through.



Nostalgia for the station wagon isn't enough to bring the popular BMW M3 Touring to the streets of America, at least not anytime soon.



27SlashGear / 10h
While many consumers continue to adjust to the idea of electric vehicles, a number of companies have already set their sights on bigger things.



With properties like Scream , Dawson’s Creek, and The Vampire Diaries , writer Kevin Williamson has always been able to tap into a collective understanding. But a passion for movies or teen angst has nothing on the fear of covid-19 , and that’s what Williamson deals with in Sick , a new film from director John Hyams,… Read more...



79Gizmodo / 10h
Nicki Minaj took to Instagram to share that the music video for her song “Likkle Miss Remix” featuring dancehall artist Skeng has been age-restricted on YouTube . While that would definitely upset most artists, Minaj claims that the age-restriction is a plot to prevent her from raking in views. Read more...



Phishing has been the main driver behind most big security breaches over the past few weeks, including LastPass, Uber, and Rockstar Games. While steering safe from phishing involves a lot of common sense, there are ways for tech to help you, such as a new feature in Windows SmartScreen. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



We want to hear from you.



From the cringe-inducing Jar Jar Binks to unconvincing virtual Leia and Luke, Disney’s history with CG characters is, shall we say, mixed. But that’s not stopping them from replacing one of the most recognizable voices in cinema history, Darth Vader, with an AI-powered voice replica based on James Earl Jones. The retirement of Jones, now 91, from the role, is of course well-earned. But if Disney



The communications world is an enigma, and at times, feels counter to the job of a journalist. So to hear that there’s an effort to help more comms people trade notes, share stories and prepare curated responses, I have the selfish worry that we’ll have less vulnerability coming from founders and executives around the startup world. But, Sean Garrett , the first communications and marketing leade



The recently revealed AMD 7000 Series have been designed to power top-end workstations , promising serious performance boosts over its predecessor, the company has said. During last month’s ‘live reveal’ , AMD President Dr. Lisa Su explained, “Ryzen 7000 single-threaded performance is up to 29% higher compared to Ryzen 5000. These are just huge performance increases." And that much-vaunted increa



As Hurricane Ian hurtles toward Florida this week, residents are preparing for the storm by stocking up on necessities like food, water and fuel. Travelers headed to Florida for a visit to Disney World , though, may have a different list of decisions to think through, like whether they should cancel their upcoming vacation or what will happen if they get stuck at Disney. Related: Disruptions to c



32Gizmodo / 10h
Read more...



100+Gizmodo / 10h
The flight from LAX to DFW did not go as planned. Emerson Collins, an actor from Los Angeles, remembers the noises started before the plane even took off: strange grumblings, a weird sound like somebody was on the verge of throwing up. They were coming from the plane’s loudspeaker. Flight attendants assured… Read more...




NASA’s DART spacecraft is on track to hit a non-threatening asteroid today at 7:14 p.m. ET, in what is an important demonstration of a planetary defense strategy . But space is hard, and DART, traveling at 15,000 miles per hour, could whiz past the 520-foot-wide object. Here’s what would happen should that unlucky… Read more...



International crime-fighting agency Interpol reportedly issued a notice instructing law enforcement agencies worldwide to arrest Terraform Labs co-founder and CEO Do Kwon. Somehow, Kwon is still trying to convince the world, and likely himself, that he’s in fact, not on the run. Read more...



25Gizmodo / 10h
With the Pixel Watch looming around the corner, folks have been wondering what’s going on with Fitbit now that Google’s officially acquired the brand. According to an updated support page , it appears there’s account consolidation on the horizon. Read more...



Enlarge / A second-generation Epyc server chip from AMD, one that may have been running 2002-era Linux code slowing it down. (credit: Getty Images) AMD has come a long way since 2002 , but the Linux kernel still treats modern Threadrippers like Athlon-era systems—at least in one potentially lag-inducing respect. AMD engineer Prateek Nayak recently submitted a patch to Linux's processor idle drive



BeReal’s popularity is on another level. After all, any app that tops TikTok on the charts is one to take seriously, especially when the app is this simple to use . You see the notification, you take your photos, and you share them to the app. But it begs the question: Does sharing photos of your current location each… Read more...



LibreOffice is a popular free and open-source office suite, with alternatives to Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. It has been available on Mac since the first release, but now there’s an official version in the Mac App Store. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Linux boss Linus Torvalds has optimistically announced that version 6.0 of the open-source operating system should be with users very soon, despite some minor delays. According to his September 18 update on release candidate six (Linux 6.0-rc6), a lot of maintainers had been travelling because of the Maintainers' Summit in Dublin, as well as OSS EU and LPC. For this reason, rc6 was “artificially



What is old is now new again as Amazon is rolling out Alexa’s Conversation Mode to the second generation of Echo Show 8 smart displays. If Conversation Mode sounds familiar to you, that’s because it first appeared on the third generation of Echo Show 10 smart displays back in December 2021. And by all accounts, this version of the feature is identical to the older one. Amazon is essentially makin



Crypto platform Nexo is being sued by eight U.S. state securities regulators representing New York, California, Kentucky, Maryland, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Washington and Vermont. According to a press release from New York Attorney General Letitia James, Nexo and Nexo Capital failed to register with the state’s securities and commodities brokers or dealers and lied to investors about their regi



HBO’s “The Last of Us” is the latest TV series adapted from a video game that aims to bring more gamers to the streaming service. Today, the first full trailer of “The Last of Us” was released, giving fans of the best-selling franchise a look at the new show, set to premiere on HBO and HBO Max in 2023. The show is based on the 2013 action-adventure game, which sold 17 million copies across PlaySt



Code-generating systems like DeepMind’s AlphaCode, Amazon’s CodeWhisperer and OpenAI’s Codex, which powers GitHub’s Copilot service, provide a tantalizing look at what’s possible with AI today within the realm of computer programming. But so far, only a handful of such AI systems have been made freely available to the public and open sourced — reflecting the commercial incentives of the companies



Services that help folks make, share and profit from creative works — Maven to Bounty to Substack to Patreon to Canva — have proliferated and grown in recent years. The rise of creator-focused startups was not an accident; instead, a secular trend of more accessible software for more diverse areas of creative work was met with a COVID-induced economic reshuffling and a gain in the amount of time



200+Lifehacker / 11h
Shrimp is an incredible source of weeknight protein. It cooks fast, tastes great, and can be served alongside pretty much any carb or vegetable your throw at it. It also takes well to a wide variety of seasonings—Cajun shrimp, Old Bay shrimp, garlic shrimp, soy-ginger shrimp—and can be cooked in five-to-10 minutes… Read more...



Despite our illusions of independence and control, it’s possible to manipulate people using a variety of psychological tricks—heck, that’s what the entire advertising and marketing industry is built on. So it stands to reason that a little light mind control could make things go your way a bit more often. When you dig… Read more...



Summer has officially drawn to a close ( at long last, if you ask me ), which means if you are the type of person who favors fall travel over battling crowds in the heat, this is your time. Yet with the uncertainty surrounding a COVID surge in the autumn and winter , travel plans are increasingly never set in stone. A… Read more...



Read more...



Washing machines—is there anything they can’t do? Just kidding: There are plenty of things you shouldn’t wash in your machine . Plus, the machine itself has to be washed , which is tedious. Still, there are some surprising uses for yours, even if it’s not usable for every situation. Here are a few ways you should be… Read more...



United MileagePlus members do not currently have access to most Lufthansa award space. A TPG reader recently reported that Lufthansa awards have not been available on the United website despite appearing on Air Canada, ANA and other Star Alliance partner websites. We’ve verified this on various routes. For example, Air Canada Aeroplan shows Lufthansa and United economy-class award tickets from De



There’s big news for U.S. and Canadian travelers who frequently make their way between the two countries or U.S. travelers with trips north of the border planned in the near future. Beginning this Saturday, Oct. 1, Canada will drop all of its remaining COVID-19-related restrictions. That means even unvaccinated international visitors — including those from the U.S. — can enter Canada without unde



80Gizmodo / 11h
Later today, NASA’s DART spacecraft will attempt to smash into a non-threatening asteroid. It’s one of the most important things we’ve done in space—if not the most important thing—as this experiment to deflect a non-threatening asteroid could eventually result in a robust and effective planetary defense strategy for… Read more...




38Gizmodo / 11h
The next time you move to squish a cockroach, you may want to pause before your shoe delivers the finishing blow. One of the earth’s most infamous insects could become its cyborg savior, according to a recent study by Japanese researchers. Read more...



100+Futurism / 11h
Altering the Deal Although James Earl Jones has stepped away from his most iconic role, the legendary "Star Wars" actor's incredible baritone lives on, thanks to a Ukrainian artificial intelligence startup. First reported by Vanity Fair , the 91-year-old actor worked with the Ukrainian firm Respeecher to recreate Vader's instantly recognizable voice for the franchise's recent "Obi-Wan Kenobi" ser



Credit card issuers have all kinds of restrictions when it comes to getting approved for and earning the welcome bonuses on cards. In this post I wanted to talk about one major restriction for earning the welcome offers on Amex cards, which might not be quite as cut-and-dried as it sounds. What is Amex’s “once in a lifetime” rule? When you apply for an American Express card, you’ll generally see



Enlarge / Google's Matt Brittin, president of EMEA Business and Operations, speaks at the Web Summit on November 9, 2017, in Lisbon, Portugal. (credit: Getty Images | Horacio Villalobos ) Big Tech companies shouldn't have to pay for Internet service providers' network-upgrade costs, a Google executive said today amid a push in Europe to have tech companies pay for broadband expansions and improve



Enlarge / It's baaaaaaack! (credit: ESA / ReedPOP) The annual gaming expo once known as E3 is finally drawing closer toward rebirth as a physical event. While information about the next iteration of E3 remains scarce, this week's big news suggests a crucial change in how the decades-old event will work: a split between audience types. The expo's new showrunners at ReedPOP, an agency responsible f



Enlarge (credit: gwengoat | Getty Images) The Ukrainian government on Monday warned that the Kremlin is planning to carry out “massive cyberattacks” targeting power grids and other critical infrastructure in Ukraine and in the territories of its allies. “By the cyberattacks, the enemy will try to increase the effect of missile strikes on electricity supply facilities, primarily in the eastern and



Enlarge (credit: Javier Zayas Photography ) In the world of renewables, lithium-ion batteries are storage kings, making up around 70 percent of electric vehicle (EV) and 90 percent of grid batteries around the globe. As such, they’re becoming increasingly important in a world that’s trying to reduce its carbon emissions by electrifying homes, cars, and more. (Not that mining for lithium or the va



Enlarge (credit: VCG / Contributor | Visual China Group ) Millions of Americans share data daily on the video-streaming app TikTok—data the federal government considers a national security risk because the app is owned by China, a foreign adversary. Now it has been left up to President Joe Biden to figure out a way to minimize the national security risks without forcing the sale of TikTok or taki



63Mashable / 12h
The search for Do Kwon has just been taken to the next level. Interpol has just officially issued a "Red Notice" for the co-founder of the failed stablecoin Terra and Luna cryptocurrency . This means that Do Kwon is now an international fugitive, being sought out by law enforcement across the globe. According to Interpol's website, Red Notices are "requests to law enforcement worldwide to locate



Making its television premiere tonight, “ Ring Nation ” is debuting amid calls from advocacy groups to cancel the show . MGM (now owned by Amazon) is leveraging footage from Ring security cameras (also owned by Amazon ) to create a show along the lines of “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” with Wanda Sykes as host. The show is a thinly veiled advertisement within an advertisement, but beyond that,



The Apple Watch Ultra is built to survive outdoors adventures, but you'll want to forget about repairing it yourself if you take a tumble. iFixit has completed a video teardown indicating that the Ultra isn't significantly more repairable than its regular counterparts . While there are external screws on the back, you're going to wreck a waterproofing gasket if you pry the rear open. And don't ev



Meta is testing two features that integrate Facebook and Instagram more closely together. On Monday, the company began rolling out a new interface on Android, iOS and on the web for switching between accounts. Provided you’ve added your Facebook and Instagram credentials to the same Accounts Center, you can use the feature to switch between the two apps without navigating to your phone’s home scr



70SlashGear / 12h
Crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid to save Earth sounds like a movie plot, but NASA's DART is a very real test of the tech to do it - and it hits today.



The PS5 is packed full of features, but you may not realize just how many there are. One such feature makes it possible to block game spoilers.



I'll be honest, I didn't have a lot of faith in robot mops. A carpet and a tank of water — unattended — seems like a recipe for disaster for a machine that's just guessing on floor type. And doesn't babysitting defeat the purpose of a robotic cleaner in the first place? But Roborock's latest stab at automated dry and wet cleaning, the Roborock S7 , can be trusted to do both jobs without getting i



77Gizmodo / 12h
In-flight Wi-Fi is a modern marvel : Connectivity beamed to your device mid-air, while you barrel through the atmosphere at hundreds of miles per hour. Unfortunately, it also often stinks . Service is frequently slow, breaks down, or never even gets started. And you can even end up shelling out money for Wi-Fi that… Read more...



Hmm, how to put this... I want to tell you about Book of Evil , an upcoming horror comic by The Batman Who Laughs writer Scott Snyder and artist Jock, and I want to do that by not telling you about it. Instead, I’d like to highly recommend that you scroll down and read io9's exclusive nine-page preview of the Comixology Read more...



37Wired / 12h
Bad weather forced a third delay for the space agency’s SLS rocket plans—another setback for the uncrewed back-to-the-moon mission.



SAVE $80 : As of Sept. 26, you can snag the Cricut Joy for just $99 at Amazon — that's a savings of 45% and matches the lowest price we've seen on this device. The Cricut era is far from over. The tech-forward cutting machines make DIY projects — from designing personalized mugs and T-shirts to creating handmade greeting cards and custom decor — a breeze, even for those who don't consider themsel



Microsoft has unveiled a new tool that it says should help keep Windows 11 users protected from losing their valuable passwords. Part of the recently-announced Windows 11 22H2 update , the new Enhanced Phishing Protection feature will now warn users when they write out their pa

Backblaze
Posted by at