Today’s top deals include Prime Day pricing on Apple products and Roombas, a new Peacock streaming discount, and more

Here are the best deals of the day for Oct. 14: BEST APPLE DEAL: AirPods (3rd generation) with Charging Case — $149.99 $179 (save 16%) BEST STREAMING DEAL: One year of Peacock TV — $19.99 $49.99 (save 60%) Prime Day still on your mind? Us, too. That’s why we searched for the deals that are…

Walmart has a better deal on the third generation AirPods than Amazon ever did

Save $19.01: As of Oct. 14, the third generation AirPods are on sale for $149.99 at Walmart. That 11-ish percent discount still beats record-low pricing at Amazon, where they’re not even on sale. If your first and only stop when shopping for something specific, like the newest AirPods, was Amazon, you’d have completely missed that…

While drought continues to wreak havoc in Kenya, an age-old technology is providing relief for some

In recent years, climate change has been worsening droughts in the Horn of Africa. In Turkana County, Kenya, UNICEF has started producing sand dams to provide safe drinking water to those affected. We sat down with UNICEF WASH Specialist Jackson Mutia to discuss the technology and the impact it’s had on the community. Read More

New Sonic Frontiers trailer shows off a series first – combat that’s actually fun

The positive buzz around Sonic Frontiers is continuing with the release of its latest gameplay trailer, demonstrating combat and upgrades. Sonic Frontiers, coming to PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch on November 8, won’t be a simple dash from A to B across the Starfall Islands. Sonic will have plenty of alien-like enemies to…

Google has unveiled its vision of the future of video conferencing

Google’s plan to change the way we interact using video conferencing software has just been taken to the next level with the rollout of Project Starline to Google offices and more locations across the US. Despite Meta’s growing success in the VR headset space, Google remains committed to holographic forms. Google says its “magic window”…

The UN has said nuclear war is ‘back within the realm of possibility.’ Here are the places in the US most likely to be hit in a nuclear attack.

A nuclear detonation. Public domain UN Secretary-General António Guterres said earlier in the year that nuclear war is “back within the realm of possibility.” Russia has previously said it could vaporize various locations in the US with new missiles.  A Russian nuclear attack would likely focus on high-value targets in North Dakota or Montana. The…

Watch a tiny electric race car smash the world acceleration record with a 1.46-second run to 62 mph

The University of Stuttgart GreenTeam’s record-breaking electric car. Maximilian Partenfelder/GreenTeam German students built the world’s fastest-accelerating electric vehicle.  The carbon-fiber race car zipped to 62 mph in 1.461 seconds late last month.  It weighs 320 pounds and makes 241 horsepower.  A new world’s quickest electric vehicle has been crowned, and it isn’t made by Tesla…

The last shots of the American Civil War were fired in Russian territory

CSS Shenandoah in a dry dock in Victoria, Australia in 1865. US Naval Historical Center During the US Civil War, Union and Confederate ships fought naval battles all over the world. One Confederate raider, CSS Shenandoah, kept fighting long after the rebels laid down their arms. Historians don’t talk much about naval action during the…