The Winter Olympics are coming. So is the China-funded sponcon.
The Olympics are practically tailor-made for inspirational posts. That’s not necessarily a good thing. As the 2022 Winter Olympics spin up in and around Beijing, The Guardian reports that the Chinese government has, via a consulting firm, hired scores of social media influencers in an attempt to burnish its tarnished reputation. The UK firm in […]
Scientists detect something really unexpected beneath Saturn's 'Death Star' moon
Mimas, Saturn’s cryptic-looking moon, is awfully deceptive. The small moon is dominated by an 80-mile-wide crater, giving it the appearance of the grim Star Wars Death Star — a space station equipped with a planet-destroying weapon. But otherwise, Mimas appears as a frozen chunk of ice. Other moons, like Saturn’s Enceladus and Jupiter’s Europa, have […]
Apple decides against hassling students and teachers over discounts (for now)
It seems Apple had a change of heart. Either that, or the $3 trillion company realized the optics of making life even just a little more difficult for teachers and students aren’t so hot. Apple has reversed course on its plan to force educators and learners to prove their status in order to receive educational […]
NASA spots a big dust storm on the Martian surface
On Mars, dust storm season has commenced. NASA’s distant satellite, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, recently captured a sizable regional dust storm on the Red Planet, encompassing the area where the space agency’s Perseverance rover is investigating the Martian surface. This area, a former river delta called Jezero Crater, is shown by the white circle in […]
NASA satellite captures a dazzling, important crater on Mars
There’s a giant camera orbiting Mars. It’s attached to NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and can spot things as small as a kitchen table (including robotic rovers). It’s aptly called the High Resolution Imaging Experiment, or HIRISE. And it recently captured a brilliant view of a Martian Crater. The image, taken in late 2021 but released […]
Declutter your desk with this elegant 3-in-1 charging station
TL;DR: The NYTSTND Trio Tray Wireless Charging Station is on sale for $172.99 as of Jan. 22. There’s nothing wrong with the way you’re charging your devices, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t better options. The cluttered cables hardly make for a sleek, aesthetically pleasing desk space. This NytStnd Trio Tray, on the other hand, […]
Save $402 on a Samsung sound tower and crank up the party tunes
TL;DR: As of Jan. 22, the Samsung MXT70 MX-T70 Sound Tower is on sale for $396.98 instead of $799, aka 50% off. Looking to throw a rager reminiscent of your high school party days — i.e., the New Year’s Eve party from Euphoria? You’re going to need to crank up the tunes. And what better […]
Copy and paste text from images with this cheap lifetime subscription
TL;DR: A lifetime subscription to TextSniper for Mac is on sale for £2.92, saving you 42% off list price. TextSniper is a Mac app that lets you extract text from sources like images, YouTube videos, PDFs, screenshots, or presentations. Thanks to advanced OCR (optical character recognition) technology, TextSniper can scan and recognise the text within […]
The best handheld vacuums for tackling pet hair
Living with pets is pretty great. Whether you have a cat or a dog, your life is probably better with them in it. But there’s one big downside: pet hair — on everything, all the time. It’s in your car, on your clothes, on your sofa, and collecting as little dust bunnies on your wood […]
A 3-year subscription to Private Internet Access is on sale for £65
SAVE 83%: Private Internet Access offers fast connection speeds, powerful levels of encryption, and much more. A three-year subscription to Private Internet Access is on sale for £1.67 per month, and includes an extra three months for free. VPNs are popular with a lot of users for their ability to unlock top streaming sites from […]