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Samsung bringing Select Galaxy AI Features to several Older Flagship Phones and Tablets in May

Samsung is planning to bring select Galaxy AI features to several older flagship phones and tablets next month via the One UI 6.1 update, according to 9to5Google and Android Central, both of which referred to a post from a Samsung representative who posted on the company’s community forum in Korea.  As The Verge reports, the slightly trimmed-down version of Galaxy […]

Google Finally Launches Find My Device Network

Android users will soon be able to locate phones, smartwatches, earbuds, and trackers courtesy of Google’s new Find My Device network. Last week, Google finally launched its Find My Device network geared toward locating devices even if they’re offline. As ZDNet reports, Google actually announced the Find My Device network in September 2023, but delayed its […]

Scientists Believe Rising Ocean Temps are to blame for Bizarre Fish Behavior and Smalltooth Sawfish Deaths off Florida Coast

The smalltooth sawfish, a critically endangered animal, is in even more danger than usual in the Florida seas. Six of the rare creatures washed up dead in just seven days, officials reported last week – a dramatic increase in mortality amid a mysterious die-off that has baffled scientists for months. These animals that look like a shark with a chainsaw-like […]

The YMCA wants you to Save the Date for Healthy Kids Day 2024!

Young boy laughing holding a green apple on his head

The YMCA wants Kids and their whole family to celebrate health on Healthy Kids Day®, celebrated this year on Saturday, April 20! Healthy Kids Day® is the Y’s national initiative to improve the mental and physical health and well-being of kids and their families. For over 30 years, YMCAs and their communities hosted free community events […]

Nonprofit Paws of War wants to Reunite 23 Animals with Military Members in One of Its “Largest Rescues Ever”

Man in army fatigues smiling petting happy German Shepherd dog

An animal nonprofit is looking to reunite various military members with animals they bonded with while serving overseas. As People magazine reports, last week, Paws of War — a nonprofit organization that “assists military members and their pets, rescues and trains dogs to be service dogs, and provides companion animals to veterans and first responders,” per a […]

TGI Friday’s Creates New Drink to Celebrate End of Tax Season

Tax Day (April 15th) is here and many fast food and sit-down restaurants across the U.S. are offering customers freebies and discounts to celebrate the end of the stressful season. But how many of them create a new cocktail to commemorate the occasion? TGI Friday’s did, that’s who! From now through April 30, participating TGI Friday’s […]

Could Lossless Streaming on Spotify Finally be Happening?

Spotify logo on smartphone with earbuds

Could lossless streaming on Spotify actually be happening this time? We’ve been through so many twists and turns with this saga already, but there’s new cause for hope. Code snippets in recent builds of Spotify for Android yet again tease the possibility of the company’s long-delayed lossless audio coming in the near future. After originally being known […]

SpaceX launches Military Weather Satellite into Orbit

SpaceX launched its second national security mission of 2024 last week with a Falcon 9 rocket lifting the U.S. Space Force mission USSF-62 into orbit. According to space.com, the mission took off from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base on April 11 at 10:25 a.m. EDT. The mission sends a Weather System Follow-on Microwave satellite, or WSF-M, to […]

Have you done your Spring Fireplace Maintenance Yet?

An oft-overlooked early Spring Maintenance To Do is performing simple fireplace maintenance.  Many choose to skip this home maintenance task because the budding spring tide signals that our Fireplaces will be turned off and put away until fall. But does this mean you leave your fireplace totally alone until then? Absolutely not! Spring is the […]

Pringles and Crocs – the Fashion/Food Collab You Never Knew You Needed

Crocs is on an absolute roll with its food-focused partnerships, and its latest collab announcement will surely make chip fans happy.  As Food & Wine reports, on April 11 the shoe company announced an all-new set of kicks with Pringles. And no, it’s not just slapping mustaches on everything, but rather, it’s making footwear that’s actually useful […]