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As NASA’s Artemis II astronauts journey back to Earth following their breathtaking close encounter with the moon earlier this week, the space agency has just shared some stunning footage (below) of the rocket launch that sent the crew on its way on April 1. The close-up tracking shot shows the awesome power of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s four core RS-25 engines together and its two solid rocket boosters as the 98-meter-tall vehicle roars away from the launchpad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. @NASA has just released some EXTRAORDINARY tracking footage from Artemis II’s launch just one…
I’ve never been a fan of Apple’s MacBook, but I have to admit that the platform is getting a lot of things right. Living with Windows has been a hassle recently, and Apple has been inching ahead for all the right reasons. While I still rely on Windows, familiarity alone isn’t the whole game anymore. In 2026, there are some macOS conveniences that feel less like luxury perks and more like basic computing features Microsoft should have figured out by now. And the annoying part is that Apple’s advantage is not always raw power or flashy AI. A lot of…
Apple is leading the pack in one laptop category, but it’s not an award anyone would want to flaunt. The MacBooks have taken the throne as the worst in laptop repairability. The latest Failing the Fix report from the U.S PIRG Education Fund ranked these notebooks at the bottom. In the 2026 edition of the annual report, the group measured both major smartphones and laptop brands on how repairable their products were. What do the rankings reveal? The report used European repair data and additional adjustments tied to Right to Repair lobbying and support. In the laptop section, the PIRG…
Aiper Scuba V3 MSRP $949.99 Released February 2026 “The Scuba V3 punches above its weight-class with both outstanding performance and value” Pros Lightweight Cleans well Intuitive app Cons Will not clean the water surface Mediocre battery life Instant Insight I have always maintained that owning a pool is like owning a boat – you will spend 90% of your time maintaining and cleaning it and 10% of your time enjoying it, especially if you live in Oregon as I do. Over the years, we have seen robot cleaners evolve from erratic, cord-tangled wall-bumpers to reliable vacuums, and technology keeps getting better, especially in the age of AI. Priced at $1,199 MSRP (with…
ASUS has officially released its new Zenbook A14 and Zenbook A16 in the US, expanding its latest Copilot+ PC lineup with two thin-and-light laptops built around Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 platform. The Zenbook A16 is the headline model in the latest A series lineup, with ASUS calling it the fastest Snapdragon-powered laptop on the market. Meanwhile, the A14 is the more portable notebook with similar specs and features to its larger sibling. Zenbook A16: Leading in size and performance The new Zenbook A16 is built around Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme processor, with up to 80 TOPS of NNPU performance. ASUS…
If your Windows 11 Start Menu search was acting weird for the past couple of days, Microsoft has finally acknowledged and fixed it via a server-side fix on April 8, 2026 (via Bleeping Computer). Apparently, a faulty Bing update quietly broke the Start Menu search function for a significant portion of Windows 11 23H2 users. What broke the Start Menu search in the first place? The culprit, quite ironically, was an update that was meant to make things better. It was a server-side Bing update designed to improve search performance that ended up doing the opposite. This caused the Start…
Just a month after Chinese automaker BYD set the bar for EV fast charging with its new Blade Battery 2.0 and flash charging system, rival Geely has already raised it. The company’s Lynk & Co brand has announced that its new 900V Energee Golden Brick Battery delivers even quicker results. Geely edges ahead on charging speeds Lynk & Co has unveiled the 10 and 10+ electric sedans, both built to showcase its latest fast-charging tech. According to CarNewsChina, official test data shared by the company shows the Lynk & Co 10 charging from 10% to 70% in 4 minutes and…
In November 2023, developer Kotake Create lured unsuspecting players into its unassuming but deeply unsettling horror game, The Exit 8. The first-person game traps players in a realistically rendered looping hallway of an empty Japanese subway station, and tasks them with studying their sparse surroundings to spot visual discrepancies, called “anomalies”. Correctly identifying anomalies, which can be easy to miss, like an overhead sign reading “Turn back turn back turn back,” or more blatantly scary, like a locked closet door suddenly creaking open, allows players to progress to the next loop, starting from Exit 0 and ending at Exit 8.…
Motorola is gearing up to launch the successor to last year’s Razr 60 Ultra. Early CAD renders recently offered a first look at the device, suggesting that the upcoming Razr 70 Ultra won’t change much in terms of design. However, a new leak now hints that Motorola could focus on unique colors and finishes to help it stand out. What are the new color options? Reliable tipster OnLeaks has shared press renders (via Android Headlines) of the Razr 70 Ultra in two standout finishes: Orient Blue Alcantara and Pantone Cocoa Wood. The Orient Blue variant is expected to feature a…
Elon Musk’s X is continuing its push to bake AI deeper into the platform with two new Grok-powered features aimed at helping users reach a wider audience and edit images seamlessly. What’s new on X? The company has rolled out automatic translation for posts worldwide, allowing users to instantly read content in their preferred language without needing to tap on the translation option. The feature, powered by xAI’s Grok models, is designed to give posts a broader global reach while reducing friction for cross-language conversations. Users who prefer the original text can still toggle translations off on a per-language basis.…