It’s a day of mourning for Star Trek fans around the world. Nichelle Nichols, who was best known for her groundbreaking role as Nyota Uhura in the original Star Trek series, has died at age 89. Her son, Kyle Johnson, informed her fans in a post on Nichols’ Instagram account. “Last night, my mother, Nichelle […]
Summers are now so brutally hot that the US government created a new website, heat.gov, to help Americans stay safe during dangerous heat spells. It features maps that show current heat conditions across the country and provides other tools and resources to help people beat the heat. The main goal of the website is to […]
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed a complaint to block Meta from acquiring Within, the company behind the virtual reality fitness app Supernatural. The FTC claims Meta bought Within to absorb competition in the fitness market, where it already owned the similar app Beat Saber. As The Verge reports, the complaint follows months of […]
The Meta Quest 2 (formerly known as the Oculus Quest 2) is about to get $100 more expensive, bringing the price for the 128GB model to $399.99 and the 256GB model to $499.99. According to a post from Meta, the price change for the almost two-year-old headset will take effect “starting in August.” So if […]
As 9to5Mac reports, earlier this year, Apple began allowing “reader” apps to provide external links for customers so they can log in and pay for a subscription from outside the App Store. Now Netflix is rolling out an option in its iOS app that takes users to its website in order to finish a new […]
As part of its goal to bring artificial intelligence into the health community and showcase its feasibility, Google has developed three new projects in a partnership with Northwestern Memorial Hospital. One of the most promising is using AI to make ultrasounds more accessible—a development Google claims would cut maternal mortality rate in half. In the […]
As The Verge reports, although the titles for a number of Marvel Studios’ upcoming films like Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania are a little cumbersome, fairly soon, we’re all going to know them as the projects that marked the ending the the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Phase 4 and the beginning […]
Alaska Airlines says it’s becoming the first US-based airline to roll out support for electronic bag tags, small programmable devices with e-paper displays that are designed to replace the paper tags currently in use. As The Verge reports, the airline plans to launch the new program in phases, and it’ll initially be focused on San […]
As The Verge reports, Prime Video has never been the most elegant or user friendly app, especially when ompared to Netflix, Disney Plus, and other major streaming services. Its user experience lacks the polish of those competitors and feels more cobbled together. There are good aspects to what’s there — like the long-standing X-Ray feature […]
Amazon may be one of America’s largest retailers, but technology has been the driving force behind the brand, whether online, where Amazon built its business, or at its brick-and-mortar stores, where things like their “Just Walk Out” technology has revolutionized the shopping experience. Similarly, in September 2020, the brand began introducing “Amazon Dash Carts” at […]