Pioneer Moss Survives 9 Months On the Outside of the ISS
A new study shows that the ironically-named “earthmoss” could help explore space and colonize other worlds.
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Google Assistant to be discontinued by March 2026
Google is killing yet another app, this time Google Assistant is getting the axe. The app is set to be discontinued in March 2026. Google Assistant was launched in 2016, as a voice-based virtual assistant that users could interact with using natural language and the Hey Google wake word. It was integrated in many of…
How Earbuds Are Becoming a Lower-Cost Hearing Aid Option
For most of the past decade, consumer electronics have marched toward ever-smarter, ever-more-personal roles in our daily lives. We followed the trends for many years, but the latest shift is more surprising than any step counter or sleep tracker: everyday gadgets are starting to behave like medical devices. The idea that a pair of mass-market…
Sony’s last-gen XM4 headphones are over 50 percent off for Black Friday
The current discount takes nearly $200 off the original list price. More than five years after making their debut, Sony’s WH-1000XM4 remain an excellent pair of noise-canceling headphones. And right now, Best Buy is offering a doorbuster deal that drops them to just $159.99 ($190 off) for a limited time, which is the lowest price…
New Huawei MatePad Edge Brings Instant PC-Like Mode
Huawei has introduced the MatePad Edge, a new tablet designed to act as both a traditional tablet and a full PC, aiming to deliver professional-level productivity in a flexible format. The device was showcased during a technical communication session, where Huawei highlighted its most distinctive feature: the ability to switch between “tablet mode” and “PC…
The best AR glasses are cheaper than ever during Black Friday
The Xreal One look a bit like the glasses you get from the optician after having your pupils dilated. But they’re not as bulky or heavy as a VR headset. I’ll admit it, I thought AR glasses like the Xreal One were a joke when I first heard about them. But they clicked for me…
Microsoft confesses that File Explorer loads too slow in Windows, plans to enable preload to make it open faster
File Explorer is the main file manager of the Windows operating system. Previously called Windows Explorer, Microsoft renamed the tool and has modified it significantly in the past decade. From adding a new recommended section and a dual-context menu, to advertisement and sprinkling light doses of AI functionality on top of the ever-growing application. In…
Not An Alien, But Still Amazing: 3I/ATLAS Dazzles Astronomers
Rumors of its biological origins have been greatly exaggerated, but comet 3I/ATLAS is still very worth paying attention to.
Blue Origin’s Upgraded New Glenn 9×4 Will Be Bigger Than the Saturn V
Lift capacity could reach as high as NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) but far more efficiently.
iPhone Users Can Soon Set Alexa Or Gemini As Default Assistant, But There’s A Catch
Apple is preparing a significant change to the iPhone’s voice assistant options with iOS 26.2, but the feature will be limited to users in Japan. In the third beta of iOS 26.2, developers found new code indicating that Apple is working on allowing the Side Button—normally used to activate Siri—to instead trigger a third-party voice…