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By USGS Landsat Missions The William T. Pecora Award is presented annually to individuals or teams using satellite or aerial remote sensing that make outstanding contributions toward understanding the Earth (land, oceans, and air), educating the next generation of scientists, informing decision-makers, or supporting natural or human-induced disaster response. Both national and international nominations are welcome. The award is sponsored jointly by the U.S. Department of the Interior and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and was established in 1974 to honor the memory of Dr. William T. Pecora, former Director of the U.S. Geological Survey and Under Secretary, Department of…
Today, WhatsApp unveiled parent-managed accounts for pre-teens. These are currently rolling out globally, and they come with new controls to limit pre-teens’ WhatsApp experience to messaging and calling. Parents will set up the pre-teen’s account, and the account will be controlled by the parent, including by deciding who can contact the account and which groups they can join. Parents can also review message requests from unknown contacts and manage the account’s privacy settings. All of this is gated by a parent PIN on the managed account. As usual with such rollouts, it might take a while before this becomes available…
Between Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, HBO Max, Paramount+, Peacock, and more, streaming your favorite shows and movies can get complicated and expensive. But there’s a whole world of free streaming options out there that don’t require so much as an account. You can go to places like Pluto TV, Tubi, The Roku Channel, and Plex on the web and start watching tons of free movies and TV shows right now for free (with ads), and there are enough options that it makes you wonder why you were ever paying for streaming in the first place. Here are some of the biggest…
Why you can trust TechRadar We spend hours testing every product or service we review, so you can be sure you’re buying the best. Find out more about how we test. It’s often said that if at first you don’t succeed, you should try again. With Nintendo’s Virtual Boy rerelease for the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2, I wonder if it maybe should have ignored that advice.On the one hand, the Virtual Boy accessory for the Switch and Switch 2 is the ultimate novelty. The plastic recreation oozes an iconic 90s energy that somehow infected even me — someone…
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech A new survey by accounting firm KPMG US found a contradiction in how CEOs are thinking about AI: though a full quarter of the 100 execs polled said they believe we’re in the midst of an AI spending bubble, an overwhelming 80 percent said they plan on pouring money into the tech anyway. “The sentiment about deploying AI is most certainly accelerating,” KPMG US CEO Tim Walsh told Business Insider of the dissonant findings. There was also a pretty stunning gap between what…
Why you can trust TechRadar We spend hours testing every product or service we review, so you can be sure you’re buying the best. Find out more about how we test. I was six when my Pokémon journey began. In 2004, I got a Game Boy Advance SP and went to a local toy store with my parents to get two games — I chose Sonic Advance 2 and Pokémon LeafGreen.I’d play FireRed later, as well as Yellow, Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, and so on through the series (though I did stop doubling up for most generations from Diamond onwards), but…
TikTok has partnered with Apple Music to allow subscribers of the streaming service to play full songs without leaving its social network, the company announced on Wednesday. Apple Music subscribers who discover a song they like on their TikTok “For You” page or Sound Detail Page can tap the new “Play Full Song” button to open up an Apple Music player to listen to the full track. TikTok, which is known for driving music trends and viral songs, said the new feature is designed to make it easier to go from the moment of discovery to deeper listening. It’s worth…
YouTube’s biggest growth these past few years has come from viewership on TVs, and the Google-owned company is now looking to make some more money from that. One way to do it is the introduction of unskippable 30-second ads on TVs. These are now available for advertisers globally. The company explains to advertisers that its AI “dynamically optimizes between 6-second Bumpers, 15-second standard, and 30-second connected TV-only non-skippable ad formats, ensuring your campaign reaches the right audience at the right time”. Obviously, the solution is to pay for YouTube Premium if you hate ads. YouTube even made Premium Lite, the…
Home » Artificial intelligence » SpaceX Starbase Will Double in Size SpaceX Starbase is where SpaceX builds and launches its most powerful rocket, Starship. It is where rockets are designed, assembled, tested, and launched all in one place. They will build hundreds and maybe thoudsands of Superheavy Starships. They will build thousands of Raptor engines. They are already expanding it to double its size. Brian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His blog Nextbigfuture.com is ranked #1 Science News Blog. It covers many disruptive technology and trends including Space,…
Slow home internet rarely comes down to your broadband plan alone, as outdated routers often struggle to keep up with modern streaming, gaming and smart home demands despite quietly running everything in the background. But with the Netgear Nighthawk WiFi 7 Router (RS700S) now £549.99, down from £699.99, replacing an ageing router with something built for modern streaming and gaming demands becomes a far easier upgrade to justify. Netgear Nighthawk WiFi 7 router is back to its best price The Netgear Nighthawk WiFi 7 router is officially back at its best price, offering a rare chance to grab top‑tier wireless…