Water is not only available on Mars, it’s easily accessible, NASA finds

There is water on Mars and it's easily accessible. Future missions to the planet would be able to attain drinking water and make rocket fuel.

News         April 2, 2021

European Space Agency tests giant parachute for its 2021 ExoMars mission

The European Space Agency tested its ExoMars landing parachutes for the first time, and happily, the trial parachute made it to ground without incident.

News         April 2, 2021

Robot bees on Mars — NASA funding a swarm of drones to explore the Red Planet

The Curiosity Rover has done its share of exploring Mars by land, but now, NASA is looking to take to the skies above the Red Planet. The agency is funding a team of Japanese and American engineers that's hoping to send a team of drones inspired by bees, aptly named "Marsbees."

News         April 2, 2021

SpaceX is planning to build its new ‘BFR’ space vehicles in Los Angeles

Los Angeles is already home to the stars, but soon, the city could be helping us reach new ones -- or really, new planets. In his annual State of the City address on Monday, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced that Elon Musk's SpaceX would be building its Big Falcon Rocket ships in the Port of LA.

News         April 2, 2021

Mars rover Curiosity finds the building blocks of life on the red planet

It's been six years since the Mars rover Curiosity landed on the Red Planet, and now the space vehicle has some news to share. NASA researchers published two papers on Thursday, June 7 in the journal Science detailing how Curiosity found compounds that are the building blocks of life on the Red Planet.

News         April 2, 2021

NASA’s Opportunity Rover is stuck in a giant dust storm that won’t end for months

A massive dust storm the size of North America has shrouded Mars and covered Opportunity for the last several weeks. Much of the planet is in the dark — and so too is Earth about Opportunity's whereabouts and status. Will Opportunity weather the weather?

News         April 2, 2021

Italian researchers discover what they believe is a lake under ice cap on Mars

Scientists have discovered what is believed to be a lake located underneath the south polar ice cap of Mars, measuring about 12.5 miles across. While researchers previously found signs that water once flowed across the planet's surface, this is the first time that a persistent, existing body of water has been found.

News         April 2, 2021

Have a question? Ask it on Instagram with open-ended questions in a Story

Polling public opinion is getting easier than ever on Instagram. The photo-sharing app is constantly introducing new features, and its latest is the ability to ask questions in Instagram Stories. Users already have the option of adding yes/no polls and multiple choice questions to their ephemeral content.

Mobile         March 30, 2021

A new Chrome feature lets you permanently mute websites

Google Chrome is now giving users the option to permanently mute sites by domain using the page info bubble.

News         March 26, 2021

Bring your animated avatar to the real world with Snapchat’s Bitmoji feature

Snapchat's World Lens feature and Bitmoji allow millennials to create avatars of themselves and place them in various surroundings. 

Mobile         March 15, 2021

¡Felicidades! Glückwünsche! Congrats! Google Translate turns 10 years old

Today, Google Translate celebrates 10 years of helping you pretend to be a polyglot, and boy, aren't we thankful they did?

News         March 15, 2021

WhatsApp just rolled out a giant Internet megaphone

This week, Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp debuted a new one-way messaging feature for groups. WhatsApp users can now broadcast out to users, useful for parents and teachers at schools, community centers, and non-profit organizations.

Mobile         March 15, 2021

There’s a lot to look forward to with 5G technology, like 20Mbps downloads

We've been hearing a lot as of late about 5G technology and its upcoming tests. And now, we have a better sense of what to expect.

Mobile         March 1, 2021

The generation most likely to share content on Facebook? Baby boomers

And now, thanks to a study conducted by Fractl, we have a slightly better understanding as to the sharing habits and motivations for sharing on Facebook.

News         February 25, 2021

There’s finally a pillow designed specifically with side-sleepers in mind

Meet the SleepSmart Pillow, an adjustable pillow meant for people who don't sleep on their backs or on their stomachs, but on their side.

Smart Home News         February 16, 2021

Sleep cheek to cheek with the bootyful Buttress pillow

The Buttress looks remarkably like your Gluteus maximus (if you do a lot of squatting and working out in general), so even if you don't decide to sleep on or with the butt pillow, it might provide some inspiration for what your rear end might look like. It successfully reached its Kickstarter funding goal.

Smart Home News         February 16, 2021

You can stop flipping your pillow to find the cool side thanks to Moona

It's 2017, and you deserve better than having to constantly flip your pillow to find the cool side. Moona is here to fix that.

Smart Home News         February 16, 2021

The Sky uses aromatherapy and star projections to lull kids to sleep

Meet the Sky, a new essential oil diffuser and starry night projector designed specifically with kids in mind.

Smart Home News         February 16, 2021

YaDoggie Fresh is human-grade dog food you cook in your Instant Pot

You've always known that your four-legged fur monster was more than just a pet, and now, you can prove it. After all, what says love quite like making your dog its food in the same appliance that you use to feed your family? Here to put a new spin on the concept of your pet being a family member is YaDoggie Fresh.

Smart Home News         February 15, 2021

Target will deliver your large in-store purchases straight to your door

Whole Foods is delivering, Walmart is delivering, and now, Target is delivering, too. The retail giant is hoping to make things a bit easier for its urban shoppers to get their big ticket items home with a new solution -- same-day delivery of your large in-store purchases.

Smart Home News         February 11, 2021

Your Christmas lights may be slowing down your Wi-Fi, say government Grinches

A British regulatory agency has found that homes may be suffering from under-performing wireless broadband connections caused by their Wi-Fi set-up.

Smart Home News         February 11, 2021

Brew craft beer from the comfort of your home with the Hopii

The Hopii, a countertop microbrewery for beer fans, everywhere, has raised more than $290,000 on Kickstarter.

Smart Home News         February 8, 2021

Weekly rewind: Graphene headphones, $1 cell service, baking bread like a pro

In the tech world, a lot happens in a week. That’s why we’ve compiled a quick and dirty list of this week's top 10 tech stories.

Audio / Video         January 19, 2021

Could a graphene filter be the key to helping us drink seawater?

Per a new study, we may soon be able to desalinate and purify water more easily than ever before with a graphene filter.

News         January 19, 2021

It’s official — Samsung accidentally confirms AI assistant to be named Bixby

While we've suspected that one of the Galaxy S8's features would be named Bixby, it wasn't until January 9 that we had solid confirmation

Android         January 18, 2021

Bixby is bringing up-to-date sports scores to Samsung phones with TheScore

This week, TheScore announced it will be bringing live sports scores and news from top sports leagues like the NBA, MLB, NFL, NHL, and EPL to Bixby. While this may not seem like much, the move does represent an attempt by Samsung to make Bixby more applicable to users' lives, which has been a challenge.

Mobile         January 18, 2021

If you’re a Northeast Xfinity customer, your internet will soon be faster

If you're an Xfinity internet user and living in the northeast U.S., you should soon be seeing an increase in internet speed.

News         January 18, 2021

Not happy with your Wi-Fi speeds in New York? Neither is the attorney general

New York's attorney general has filed a lawsuit accusing Spectrum of under-delivering in terms of internet speeds for its customers.

News         January 18, 2021

Find your bacon soulmate with Sizzl, the Oscar Mayer dating app

In what may be the most ingenious dating app to ever hit the market, Oscar Mayer has released Sizzl, the dating app for bacon lovers.

Mobile         January 11, 2021

Tinder injects some A.I. into your love life with Super Likeable

Tinder has introduced a new artificially intelligent feature called Super Likeable to help folks find love on an app.

News         January 11, 2021

The League isn’t taking things so slowly anymore, expands to 10 new cities

While the League launched back in 2015, it’s taken things pretty slow. But now, the app is launching 10 cities before the end of August.

News         January 11, 2021

New leader alert — Apple Music is now beating Spotify in U.S. paid subscribers

As of this week, Apple Music has allegedly surpassed Spotify when it comes to the number of U.S.-based subscribers, and its lead if expected to grow by Christmas. According to sources who spoke anonymously with Digital Music News, Apple Music now boasts more paying subscribers than its main competitor.

News         January 11, 2021

Apple Music hits 50 million users, doubles down on original content

Apple Music is growing, and growing fast. In a recent appearance on Bloomberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed the service's latest subscriber numbers. In total, Apple Music now boasts 50 million users, a figure that includes both paid members and trials. In April, Apple said it had 40 million paid subscribers. 

News         January 11, 2021

Amazon’s Alexa perks up for NPR’s Weekend Edition

NPR discovered that one of its Listen Up segments about the Echo managed to trigger Amazon Echo's virtual assistant, Alexa, in a few listeners’ homes.

Smart Home News         January 11, 2021