Nichelle Nichols made TV history with her portrayal of Nyota Uhura in Star Trek: the Original Series. (credit: CBS) Actress Nichelle Nichols—who made history with her portrayal of Nyota Uhura on Star Trek: The Original Series—died Saturday, July 30, at the age of 89. Her son Kyle Johnson announced Nichols’ passing on her official Instagram…
The largest solar flare ever observed in a single image together with the full sun in view. Solar Orbiter/EUI Team/ESA & NASA The sun roils with heat as thermonuclear reactions in its center produce high amounts of energy. Day to day, that energy is responsible for making Earth livable. But sometimes, solar radiation can burst…
Bolt Mobility, the Miami-based micromobility startup co-founded by Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt, appears to have vanished without a trace from several of its U.S. markets. In some cases, the departure has been abrupt, leaving cities with abandoned equipment, unanswered calls and emails and lots of questions. Bolt has stopped operating in at least five…
Google Street View / Google Maps The Mega Millions ticket was purchased in a Chicago suburb convenience store. In Illinois, businesses receive 1% of the jackpot if they sell the winning ticket. The win marks ‘one of the biggest jackpot wins in Mega Millions history,’ lottery official says. The winning ticket for the $1.337 billion…
Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes of Wisconsin. AP Photo/Morry Gash Over the past week, a slew of Democratic rivals to Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes ended their Senate bids. Barnes now looks to be the favorite to win the party’s primary on August 9. However, Sen. Ron Johnson is running for a third-term and has strong support…
Actress Nichelle Nichols, best known for her role as Nyota Uhura in Star Trek: The Original Series, has died. Nichols’ son Kyle Johnson shared the news on Sunday. “I regret to inform you that a great light in the firmament no longer shines for us as it has for so many years,” he wrote on…
Get protection from drops, water immersion, and shocks with the DOOGEE S35 water-resistant smartphone. Featuring a tire-like design, it’s drop- and water-resistant up to 1.5 meters. Moreover, the DOOGEE S35 sports a triple camera system with a 13 MP sensor that captures effortless shots. In fact, the 2 MP depth sensor provides a professional blurred…
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Considering how intertwined music discovery is with TikTok, it wouldn’t be all that surprising if the company launched a music streaming app of its own. Well, patent filings uncovered by Insider suggest TikTok’s working on just that. TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, filed a trademark application with the US…
Popular video-game streamer Dr Disrespect on Sunday revealed early footage from the first game of his new gaming studio, a first-person shooter titled Deadrop. People are already tearing it to shreds on social media. The announcement comes months after Dr Disrespect announced the launch of the games studio he founded with Call of Duty and…
Brittney Griner in a Russian jail cell (left), Elon Musk (right) ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (left) and JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images (right) Elon Musk responded to reports of a US-Russia prisoner exchange to free WNBA player Brittney Griner. “Maybe free some people in jail for weed here too?” he tweeted alongside a meme…