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Today Only: Snag Deals on Factory-Reconditioned Garmin Products
Garmin is a trusted brand in tech for workout and sports enthusiasts, but that level of quality often comes with a premium price to match. If you’re looking for deals on Garmin products like smartwatches, dash cams, GPS navigators and other gear, Woot has a number of factory-refurbished options... Read more
NASA Is Getting Really Serious About Tracking Air Pollution
It will also be able to track variations in pollution at the neighborhood scale. Lefer foresees this being especially useful for exposing environmental injustice, since lower income and racially segregated areas are more likely to be near emissions sources like ports or refineries. “And satellite data can show that,” he... Read more
More game developers openly use generative AI despite criticism
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Generative AI, or AI used to create new images, text and sound based on prompts and training data, has had a contentious history in the game development community recently. While generative AI... Read more
Apple Watch Straps Could Soon Track Your Hand Gestures, Patent Suggests
Apple Watches monitor activity and biorhythms using sensors on the smartwatch’s underside that press against a user’s wrist. But future versions of Apple’s wearable could use sensors in the watch band to track hand gestures too, a new patent suggests. When an Apple Watch wearer makes a hand gesture,... Read more
Free VPN Amnezia Helps Users Avoid Censorship in Russia
The Russian government has banned more than 10,000 websites for content about the war in Ukraine since Moscow launched the full-scale invasion in February 2022. The blacklist includes Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and independent news outlets. Over the past year, Russians living inside the country have turned to censorship circumvention tools... Read more
Thatgamecompany unveils Season of Passage for Sky: Children of the Light
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Thatgamecompany announced details of its Season of Passage for Sky: Children of the Light as the latest update for the popular game. The new season starts on April 17 and will run... Read more
Best Wireless Bluetooth Boom Boxes for 2023: Portable Pool and Beach Speakers, Ranked
Bluetooth speakers come in a variety of sizes and shapes. If you’re looking for a speaker that’s truly travel friendly, you’re going to want one of the top mini Bluetooth speaker options. But if you’re looking for something with big sound that packs some real punch, a larger Bluetooth... Read more
Scientists Turned Monkey Stem Cells Into ‘Synthetic Embryos’
Rivron’s laboratory was the first to create these embryo-like structures in 2018. His team showed that mouse stem cells can self-organize into structures that resemble a blastocyst, which forms five or six days after sperm fertilizes an egg. They dubbed the balls of cells “blastoids.”  Then in 2021, several labs showed they could... Read more
XSET acquires women’s gaming org Queens Gaming Collective
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Gaming lifestyle organization XSET has acquired Queens Gaming Collective to further its goals of promoting inclusivity and diversity in gaming. XSET and Queens are relatively new organizations; both were founded in 2020.... Read more
16 Awesome Mother’s Day Gifts for Expectant Mamas
$50 at Crocs Crocs classic clogs Cushy slip-ons for swollen feet $36 at Ulta Sunday Riley Juno Antioxidant plus Superfood Face Oil A pregnancy-safe skincare treat $50 at Walmart Frida Mom Postpartum Recovery Essentials Kit A convenient kit for post-delivery $39 at Mint & Lily Mint & Lily “mama”... Read more