An illustration of DART headed towards Dimorphos | NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben When NASA smashes a spacecraft into an asteroid on Monday, people on Earth will get an extremely close look at the action. NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirect Test (DART) is headed for its final destination, the surface of an asteroid called Dimorphos, which it…
A Google account will be required for Fitbit by 2025, following the search giants acquisition of the health tech brand. | The Verge Following Google’s acquisition of Fitbit and its rebranding of the health tech company as ‘Fitbit by Google,’ the search giant is moving to tightly integrate its services with Fitbit’s own. A Google…
TL;DR: As of Sept. 26, the Chronowatch C-Max is on sale for $49.99, down from $159 — that’s a savings of 68%. You may not have to drop a whole paycheck if you want a high-quality smartwatch. The Chronowatch C-Max packs 14 features into a sleek, waterproof wearable. Stay connected with the Chronowatch C Max,…
House of the Dragon‘s sixth episode, “The Princess and the Queen,” kicks off on a harrowing note. Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy), all grown up after a ten-year time jump, is in the last stages of labor. Right after she gives birth to her third boy, an attendant informs her that Queen Alicent Hightower (Olivia…
Content moderation is changing the way we speak to each other, for better or worse. On TikTok, we say “le dollar bean” instead of “lesbian” because of a perceived ban on the word; we refer to suicide as “unaliving” and sex as “seggs.” But what works on one platform doesn’t always work on another, and…
We know now that time has definitely done nothing to ease the tensions between Princess Rhaenyra and Queen Alicent Hightower, and HBO’s trailer for episode 7 of House of the Dragon proves it once and for all. Along with a funeral and a stolen dragon, the teaser also shows Rhaenyra and Alicent squaring up to…
Shoppers, get ready for another sales event. Amazon has just announced the Prime Early Access Sale following months of rumors and last week’s leak. The retailer has confirmed in a press release that the two-day sale will take place on October 11 – 12 and – much like its Prime Day summer bonanza – will…
The upcoming Google Pixel 7 isn’t leaking anywhere near as frequently as its oft-teased Pro sibling, but it’s starting to become very clear why. A rare leak for the smaller sibling has come out, from regular phones leaker Yogesh Brar, and if you hadn’t had your morning coffee, you’d be forgiven for confusing Brar’s provided…
Apple recently held a big event where it launched the iPhone 14 line and new Apple Watches, including the Apple Watch Ultra, but there’s still more to come, with new iPad Pro 2022 models possibly set to headline an event in October. That said, we’re now hearing they might not get that much limelight. According…
Wally McNamee/Getty; Photo 12/Getty; Brandon Bell /Getty; Michael M. Santiago/Getty; Anna Kim/Insider The Soviet Union became a gerontocracy in its final years, contributing to its collapse. Historians say it’s a cautionary tale for the US, whose leaders have been in power for decades. One Soviet historian told Insider these US politicians “seem to hold on…