'Twitter Circle' is here for all your trash-talking needs
Look, not everyone needs to see all of your tweets all of the time. On Tuesday, Twitter announced a new feature which lets users tweet exclusively to pre-selected followers. Dubbed “Twitter Circle,” the limited test is being run globally and appears designed for instances where users explicitly don’t want their content to go viral. SEE […]
Very good robot sidekick helped assemble a remote-controlled plane
At the University of South Carolina, a robot helped a human build a remote-controlled airplane. The upcoming study seeks to determine whether human preferences can be effectively transferred to robots in order to complete an assembly task. Using a small touchscreen tablet, the researcher is shown a list of suggested parts or actions to choose […]
The 256GB iPad mini 6 falls to its lowest price ever of $539.99
Save $109.01: Upgrade to an ultra-portable tablet that packs a lot of power. The iPad mini 256GB tablet is now only $539.99 as of May 3 after a 17% price cut. This follows a recent discount of $99.01 for the entry-level 64GB iPad mini. Apple has a little reputation for being a little pricey, but […]
Amazon's Echo Show 15 just went on sale for the first time ever
SAVE $50: The Echo Show 15 is on sale for $199.99 as of May 3. That’s its first discount to date, shaving 20% off its $249.99 MSRP. Prime Day is still a few months away — yes, we finally have a date range — but you wouldn’t know that based on all the Echo deals Amazon’s […]
Robot spins 16 arms to pick the ripest strawberries
Developed by Florida-based company Harvest CROO Robotics, this fully autonomous harvesting machine can pick an entire strawberry plant in just eight seconds. The harvester is made up of 16 independently working robots, all of which are equipped with machine learning vision systems that can determine when each fruit is ripe and ready for picking.
Watch adorable footage of astronauts waltzing in their new spacesuits
ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer and his crewmates, NASA astronauts Kayla Barron, Raja Chari and Thomas Marshburn, are returning to earth soon. Before that happens, they decided to check our their spacesuits – and put on the waltz. Extremely cute footage from their mission to the International Space Station has emerged on Twitter, where Maurer posted […]
Amazon's Kindle will finally support epub files
You know how every other ebook reader under the sun supports EPUB files, but Amazon’s Kindle stubbornly refuses to do so? Well, that’s changing. Amazon quietly updated its help documentation (via Goodreader) to state that Kindle devices will start supporting EPUB files. There’s a catch, though. “Beginning in late 2022, Send to Kindle applications will […]
Facebook ads have a problem. It's called digital redlining.
In 2021, a Facebook user filed a lawsuit because they didn’t think they were getting a fair shot at viewing advertisements. Wanting to see ads might seem absurd — if you’re anything like me, you want ads off your social media experience at all costs. Still, to a 55-year-old prospective tenant in the Washington, D.C. […]
7 deals on language-learning apps and subscriptions
It’s definitely not too late to master a new language. And with modern apps and subscriptions, it can actually be pretty freaking fun to do it as a fully-fledged adult. From games to stories to AI conversations, here are seven different language learning apps and subscriptions that can make your journey to fluency more fun. […]
Get an entire terabyte of cloud storage for life for under $200
TL;DR: As of May 3, you can get lifetime subscription to Koofr Cloud Storage (1TB) for just $169.99. It’s worth $2,700, so you’re getting 93% off. It’s entirely too easy to use up the storage space your devices provide. Unless you splurge on the highest storage capacity phone Apple sells, you’ll likely find yourself having […]