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Space What a strawberry moon? What is a worm moon? What is going on with my moon? Blue moons, strawberry moons, supermoons. For some reason your news aggregation algorithm of choice thinks you really really really want to know all about these moons. via Popular Science "https://ift.tt/2GJWQho"

Cars Driver-helping technology reigns supreme on 2019 models. Cadillac, Hyundai, Subaru and others showed off their 2019 goods at the New York International Auto Show. via Popular Science "https://ift.tt/2E6Ldf5"

AirMech Strike has left Early Access on Steam! In celebration of the release of AirMech Strike, all AirMech Games are now on sale on Steam as well! AirMech® Strike is a fast paced Action-RTS game that can be played online competitively or cooperatively. Earn Kudos and Experience in battle and unlock a wide collection of AirMechs and Units while you practice the perfect strategy to emerge victorious! via Steam RSS News Feed "https://ift.tt/2IgHjT7"

Space Happy Easter! Tiangong-1 was once a space station, but now it’s basically just a bus-sized hunk of dead space junk. That means there’s no way to control its reentry or descent;… via Popular Science "https://ift.tt/2pOmI20"

Alexa’s ability to control DVRs is going to improve in the near future. Amazon announced today that it’s updated its Video Skill API so that Alexa can now start recordings, launch an app, or carry out playback commands. Multiple set-top box makers already have Alexa skills, including Dish, Verizon, TiVo, and DirecTV. They’ll be updating their skills, Amazon says, and some have already been experimenting with these new features. Users will be able to say things like, “Alexa, record the Cubs game,” and the set-top box will plan a recording. They’ll also be able to tell the assistant to launch specific apps or services, like, “Alexa, launch Netflix.” Finally, they’ll be able to say, “Alexa, pause,” without having to explicitly name their... Continue reading… via The Verge - Tech Posts "https://ift.tt/2GD43zN"

Technology Sustainable rum? I’ll drink to that! Don Q, Patrón, and Castello Banfi wine are just a few of the alcoholic beverage brands committed to sustainable production. via Popular Science "https://ift.tt/2GoTFIp"

PixARK is Now Available on Steam Early Access and is 20% off!* Enter a world of mystery, danger, ancient dinosaurs, mythical beasts, and cubes! Work by yourself or with a tribe of others to gather materials, craft useful items, tame wild creatures, and build huge bases to survive in PixARK! *Offer ends April 3 at 10AM Pacific Time via Steam RSS News Feed "https://ift.tt/2Gc4Xnc"

Samsung is giving owners of its recent smartphones even more personalization options for the Always-On Display. According to Android Police , now you can showcase GIFs on the screen when your phone is asleep. The Always-On Display appears whenever you lock your phone and it shows the time, your notifications, remaining battery percentage, and other critical info. Users can change the colors, clock style, and other aspects of the AOD to make it feel a little more customized to their own liking. For the past couple years, Samsung has also let customers choose between preloaded images or pick their own photo to appear alongside those indicators. It’s a good place to stick a picture of your partner, a family member, your kid, or maybe just a... Continue reading… via The Verge - Tech Posts "https://ift.tt/2J59plA"

Gadgets The end-of-week dispatch from PopSci's commerce editor. Vol. 44. Throughout the week I spend hours scouring the web for things that are ingenious or clever or ridiculously cheap. via Popular Science "https://ift.tt/2pO4v4E"

Today's Deal: Save 75% on Mordheim: City of the Damned !* Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are! *Offer ends Sunday at 10AM Pacific Time via Steam RSS News Feed "https://ift.tt/2GoLBrk"

Animals There are many members of the animal kingdom that rival our own wits. No other member of the animal kingdom can ace an algebra test or write an A+ essay. But that doesn’t mean other species aren’t highly intelligent. Several members of the… via Popular Science "https://ift.tt/2H2Gdvb"

Apple’s new, cheaper iPad is now in stock at Apple retail locations and Best Buy stores, as spotted by 9to5Mac . Announced earlier this week at an education initiative in Chicago , the sixth-generation iPad has Pencil support, with the base model starting at $329. This is the first non-pro iPad with Pencil support, and it also comes with Touch ID, an HD FaceTime camera, 10 hours of battery life, an 8-megapixel rear camera, LTE option, and Apple’s A10 Fusion chip. As far as colors, it’s available in silver, space gray, and a new gold color. Make sure to check both the Apple and Best Buy websites first to make sure there’s iPad stock in stores by you. Continue reading… via The Verge - Tech Posts "https://ift.tt/2GltemZ"

China customs officials have taken down smugglers who used drones to carry iPhones from Hong Kong into Shenzhen. They managed to transport 500 million yuan ($79.8 million) worth of refurbished iPhones before the operation was busted, according to Reuters . Under the cover of dark, the group of 26 used the unspecified drones to “fly two 200-meter (660-feet) cables between Hong Kong and the mainland.” From there, they loaded around 10 iPhones into small bags and sent each across the cable system. The smugglers could move up to 15,000 iPhones each night, so they managed to get things running pretty efficiently. The local, state-owned Legal Daily reported this to be “the first case found in China that drones were being used in cross-border... Continue reading… via The Verge - Tech Posts "https://ift.tt/2GmgNey"

Huawei’s night mode is spectacular Continue reading… via The Verge - Tech Posts "https://ift.tt/2GmehF8"

Last June, Apple announced that it would add support for external GPUs to macOS. And now, just under a year later, official support has arrived. With the latest update to macOS High Sierra, you’ll be able to connect a number of different graphics cards to the Mac through a Thunderbolt 3 port and use that additional power to speed up demanding processes, including games and video editing. Apple has specifically highlighted its use for VR. This probably shouldn’t surprise anyone since it’s Apple we’re talking about here, but there are a number of limitations around what you can do with external GPUs. For one, only select models are officially supported. And, surprise, Apple is only supporting some of AMD’s Radeon cards, which it already... Continue reading… via The Verge - Tech Posts "https://ift.tt/2GnYaHu"

In an email to CNET , the CEO of Huawei’s consumer business group, Richard Yu, has said that the company isn’t pulling out of the US market, despite every major carrier refusing to sell its phones, and retailers like Best Buy recently dropping the brand . “We are committed to the US market and to earning the trust of US consumers by staying focused on delivering world-class products and innovation,” Yu told CNET in an email. “We would never compromise that trust.” Earning that trust — with consumers, corporations, and government agencies alike — for Huawei will likely be an uphill battle as its faced several blows while trying to create inroads with the US market. Earlier this year, the heads of six US intelligence agencies, including the... Continue reading… via The Verge - Tech Posts "https://ift.tt/2uCbsKO"

Environment Get your head in the clouds. You don’t need a supercomputer to predict how the weather above your head is likely to change over the next few hours—this has been known across cultures for millennia. via Popular Science "https://ift.tt/2E79ktZ"

This week, Apple held its education event to introduce a new iPad with stylus support aimed at teachers and students, hoping to take on the popularity of Chromebooks in classrooms over the past few years. As of 2017, Apple is third behind Google and Microsoft in terms of laptops, tablets, and other mobile devices shipped to schools, with sales to schools steadily declining since 2013. To combat this drop, Apple showed off an “affordable” iPad this week at an event held at Lane Tech College Prep, a public high school in Chicago. “We price things as low as we can,” Apple CEO Tim Cook told Recode’s Kara Swisher in a post-event interview. “We took an iPad, put iPad Pro features in it and charge $299. And the software is all free and the... Continue reading… via The Verge - Tech Posts "https://ift.tt/2E7kOO4"

ZTE is the first company to bring a smartphone running Android Go to the US. As spotted by Android Police , ZTE’s Tempo Go is now available to buy online for $79.99. The phone is not much to look at. It has a 5-inch screen with a low, 480 x 854 resolution, big bezels, only 1GB of RAM, and a tiny 8GB of storage. But that’s all to be expected: Android Go is designed for phones with this kind of limited hardware. It takes up less space, and it runs better than normal Android would on phones with small amounts of RAM. That doesn’t necessarily mean it’ll run great , but it should improve the experience you’d get from buying such an inexpensive phone. ZTE was one of the first six companies to announce phones running Android Go last month.... Continue reading… via The Verge - Tech Posts "https://ift.tt/2GWCxL8"

DIY Throw together a quick fix. Next time you drop, dunk, or otherwise damage your phone, don't panic. This basic advice will get your phone functioning again as quickly as possible. via Popular Science "https://ift.tt/2GJIDRH"

Android Oreo is starting to arrive on some Galaxy Note 8s in the US. Reports from Droid Life indicate that some Note 8 owners with phones on AT&T and Verizon are beginning to see the update. Android Authority also spotted a few of its commenters saying they’d received the update on Sprint, as well. People on Reddit’s r/GalaxyNote8 community have also reported receiving the update on those three carriers. The updates may not be completely widespread just yet. Phone carriers tend to roll out major software updates like this very slowly at first, to make sure that they can catch any problems early. Samsung, for instance, pulled an international Oreo update for the Galaxy S8 last month after it was found to be causing random restarts in some... Continue reading… via The Verge - Tech Posts "https://ift.tt/2J8Naez"

Sony’s latest professional mirrorless cameras pack a punch Continue reading… via The Verge - Tech Posts "https://ift.tt/2pQIXDu"

”We want to move from people needing Windows to choosing Windows, to loving Windows. That is our bold goal,” said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella three years ago. At the time, Microsoft was unveiling more details about Windows 10, and surprising people with technologies like the HoloLens headset. It was an exciting time of opportunity and optimism that had Microsoft betting on people loving Windows so much that Windows 10 would be running on 1 billion devices within three years. Neither wager worked out — which is fine, because Windows as we know it is no longer critical to Microsoft’s future success. Microsoft announced a new reorganization yesterday. It’s the fourth major shuffle inside the company over the past five years, and the most... Continue reading… via The Verge - Tech Posts "https://ift.tt/2uyVNf7"

Science It's actually more of a sweet zone . There’s a certain romance to wooden baseball bats that goes away the second you swing one. For those of us not trying to make it to the majors, using a wooden bat is… via Popular Science "https://ift.tt/2uAQxrD"

You won’t be surprised to hear it, but rocket fuel is dangerous stuff. It’s potent and volatile, meaning it can explode before it even gets into the rocket. That makes manufacturing it tricky, as you need to mix together certain materials, but fling them around too hard and they’ll start doing their job early. The solution? Well, scientists from Japan suggest puking robots. In the video above (spotted by IEEE Spectrum ) you can see prototype apparatus designed by engineers from Chuo University and Japan’s national aerospace agency (JAXA) to mix solid rocket fuel. It’s basically a series of connected segments of tube that compress back and forth like a worm. This motion mimics how our intestines and esophagus move food around our body — a... Continue reading… via The Verge - Tech Posts "https://ift.tt/2uAaiPS"

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include: Added smoke to the Punk's Pomp Made the Sky High Fly Guy and The Hot Case paintable Fixed the Short Circuit still performing its old area-of-effect attack when firing Fixed Scouts taking to the skies Fixed thumbnail for ctf_foundry via Steam RSS News Feed "https://ift.tt/2GIEb5H"