This company thinks taser drones will stop school shootings
From the company that brought you Taser stun guns, comes an AI weapon so dangerous it was rejected by the company’s own Artificial Intelligence ethics advisory board. But that didn’t stop the CEO from announcing the weapon as a response to the May 24 Uvalde, Texas elementary school shooting, like some misguided white horse hoping […]
NASA taps SpaceX for five additional missions through 2030
NASA has announced the purchase of five additional crewed flights from SpaceX as part of their efforts to maintain uninterrupted operations at the International Space Station through 2030. In a blog post, NASA described the update as “a sole source modification” to its Commercial Crew Transportation Capabilities (CCtCap) contract with SpaceX. SpaceX’s Crew-4 is currently […]
The stunning new planets discovered in 2022, so far
It’s been a landmark year for discovering new, fascinating worlds. In 2022, NASA surpassed 5,000 confirmed exoplanets, which are alien worlds beyond our solar system. These include a diversity of distant planets, including (perhaps rocky) super-Earths, gas giants like Jupiter, “ice giants” like Neptune, and beyond. Although planetary scientists have discovered thousands of these curious […]
NASA spacecraft zooms over Jupiter's swirling clouds at 131,000 mph
Buckle up for a wild flyby. NASA’s Juno spacecraft — the most distant probe orbiting another planet — made its 41st close swoop over Jupiter’s clouds in April. The space agency recently posted footage of the encounter with the swirling, Jovian atmosphere. The animated GIF below shows a series of images captured by the 66-foot-long […]
Make your AirPods shiny and new again with this deep cleaning pen on sale
TL;DR: As of June 4, this AirPod Cleaning Pen is on sale for $14.99. It usually costs $24.99, so you’re saving 40%. If you were an early adopter of AirPods, yours are likely either long lost on the subway tracks or city streets, struggling to keep their battery powered up, or covered in dirt and […]
Here's a bundle: Get a new-to-you HP laptop *and* Microsoft Office for life for only $500
TL;DR: As of June 4, you can get a refurbished HP EliteBook 840G4 with Microsoft Office Professional 2021 Lifetime License for Windows for just $499.99. They’re worth $919 together, so that’s 45% off. Your old laptop got you through the best and worst of times, but it may be time for an upgrade. A refurbished […]
Secure your files with a heavily discounted Degoo Premium backup plan
TL;DR: A lifetime subscription to a 10TB Degoo Premium backup plan (two-account bundle) is on sale for £125.67, saving you 97% on list price. When it comes to cloud storage, the more space, the better. But with popular services like Dropbox and iCloud charging £10 a month for 2TB, it’s often hard to justify investing […]