iOS 12.2 beta suggests AirPower release may be right around the corner
It’s been an interesting and unusually busy week thus far for Apple. In the span of a few days, Apple unveiled a brand new iPad …
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NASA captures devastating Nebraska floods from high above
Many of NASA’s satellites spend their entire lives pointed deep into the cosmos, but the space agency also had plenty of lenses pointed back down …
Scientists are using a video game to help stroke victims regain movement
Most people play video games for their entertainment value or simply to kill a bit of time, but games have also proven useful in a …
Save $60 on a brand new Apple Watch Series 3
Before you go and spend a small fortune on a shiny new Apple Watch Series 4, ask yourself if you really need a slightly larger …
Experiment proves that humans can actually sense Earth’s magnetic field
Everyone knows that when you hold a compass in your hand the needle will point north thanks to Earth’s magnetic field, but aside from simple …
March Madness 2019 deals: All the best bargains on food, 4K TVs, and more
March Madness 2019 is now officially underway, and that means two things. First, it means you get to sit there and watch helplessly as your …
Netflix CEO: ‘We’ve chosen not to integrate’ with Apple’s new TV service
As soon as the new streaming service Apple has in the works finally launches, it will offer users content from some third-party cable networks like …
Space makes your herpes flare up, apparently
Riding into space on the top of a rocket is something that very few people ever get the opportunity to do. It’s a dangerous journey, …
Scientists bring woolly mammoth cells back to life
The woolly mammoth is long gone, having been pushed to extinction thousands of years ago, but in recent years, there have been no shortage of …
Japan is going to blast a crater in an asteroid for science
Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft is doing some big things during its time at the asteroid known as Ryugu. JAXA, Japan’s space program, arrived at the space …
Here are the results from Apple’s largest-ever irregular heartbeat study
Imperfect but still promising. That’s been the takeaway so far from observers noting the results of Apple’s massive irregular heartbeat study, an analysis in which …
MySpace accidentally deleted every song, photo, and video uploaded before 2016
Before Facebook dominated the social networking landscape, there was MySpace. Remember Tom? Remember having a list of your top 8 friends? Remember obnoxious personal pages …
A huge fireball exploded in the Earth’s atmosphere and almost no one noticed
When a space rock comes speeding down towards Earth it usually makes headlines for obvious reasons. Even smaller objects that appear in our sky have …
Watch SpaceX test its Starship heat shields in this wild new video
SpaceX has already had a fairly busy month, with the recent launch and docking of the Crew Dragon at the International Space Station giving the …
NASA administrator Bridenstine wants everyone to know he still has faith in the SLS
Well, that certainly didn’t take long! Just a day after NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine alluded to the possibility of flying the new Orion crew capsule’s …
St. Patrick’s Day 2019: All the best freebies and deals
St. Patrick’s Day 2019 is on Sunday, March 17th, which means you’re undoubtedly getting ready for all sorts of festivities right now. Whether you already …
Scientists demand a prohibition on human genetic modification
It’s now been several months since Chinese geneticist He Jiankui announced to the world that he had genetically modified human embryos which were then carried …
Snapchat will launch a gaming platform, now that its rivals have copied everything else
After being hampered by stagnant growth as its rivals relentlessly copy and repurpose its core features, the next era in the story of Snapchat is …
Trio of new crew members successfully arrive at International Space Station
It’s been a number of months since the failed Soyuz launch derailed plans for astronaut Nick Hague and cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin to head to the …
Apple wants Oscars and Emmys for its original content, just like Netflix
Lest anyone out there was still wondering how committed Apple is to producing premium original content that generates buzz among critics and the general public, …
Watch the U.S. Air Force launch a new satellite live right here
It’s been an eventful week for spaceflight, with the biggest news being the hotly anticipated launch of the Soyuz rocket carrying a pair of NASA …
New York judge bans dozens of unvaccinated students from attending classes
Parents of unvaccinated kids in New York were forced to rethink their decision to skirt public health practices this week when a judge banned 50 …
This is what it looks like when two galaxies collide
As Earthlings, the kind of space collision we typically fear the most is one between an asteroid and our home planet. Depending on the size …
Apple’s new privacy ad is definitely going to annoy Facebook and Google
“Privacy matters,” Apple declares in the opening frame of its just-released new iPhone ad, continuing the same marketing push that also led to the billboard …
NASA may be forced to rely on a commercial rocket to test its new crew capsule
NASA is betting big on its Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft as a one-two punch that will send astronauts on missions to the Moon …
Apple’s iCloud is the latest service to suffer an outage this week
Following the Verizon outage on Tuesday morning, the Gmail and YouTube issue on Tuesday night, and the “server configuration change” that took down Facebook and …
Watch the crew of 2018’s failed Soyuz launch blast off again live right here
When Astronaut Nick Hague and cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin were last strapped into a Russian-made Soyuz spacecraft in late 2018, things didn’t exactly go as planned. …
Scientists tested shark deterrents and have very bad news for us
Shark attacks on humans are incredibly rare, but they do still happen from time to time. As with any danger that could potential end your …
Facebook confirms a server problem was behind its worst outage ever
Facebook just can’t catch a break. The target of myriad investigations, scandals and user ire that’s led to a steady migration away from the main …
Apple announces WWDC 2019 will kick off on June 3
Apple today confirmed that WWDC 2019 will kick off on Monday, June 3 and will run through Friday, June 7. Per usual, we can expect …
