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(Photo: Stephen Phillips/Unsplash)Does anyone in the United States actually like their internet service provider (ISP)? If new research is anything to go off of, the answer is probably no. The results from a first-of-its-kind nationwide ISP study were published Thursday, and in what will come as a surprise to absolutely …

Most smart homes are still surprisingly dumb, but there’s a new technology that could change that. The Matter standard, a collaboration between more than 300 companies, was finalized last month, and now the first devices are ready to make Matter a reality. The Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) that oversees Matter …

A team of researchers from the University of Oregon and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has sequenced the genomes of two living seadragon species: the leafy seadragon (Phycodurus eques) and the weedy seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus). The leafy seadragon (Phycodurus eques) at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Image credit: Joseph C. …

Digital imaging technology has advanced by leaps and bounds in the last few decades. You can buy a smartphone that fits in your pocket with a whopping 200MP of camera resolution, but sometimes you just have to go big. Engineers at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in California are putting …

Valve has offered mobile apps on Android and iOS since the early days of the smartphone era, and it’s barely improved the apps since then. That’s changing at last with a complete revamp for the Steam Mobile app. The new version, now live on both platforms, has a more functional …

Apple held its Far Out event today, and the company launched several new bits of hardware. It announced upgraded iPhones as expected, and also announced a brand new Apple Watch Ultra designed for extreme sports enthusiasts. It also introduced several new features designed to improve your personal safety in the …

NASA has announced preliminary results from the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, which successfully smashed into the asteroid Dimorphos several weeks ago. Now, the mission is successful in more ways than one — NASA would have been happy with altering the space rock’s orbit by a few seconds, but …

Netflix is developing features that would allow members to play its mobile games with one another and competitively rank themselves on gaming leaderboards. The company, starting last month, quietly launched the ability for users to create unique “game handles” in a subset of its mobile games, including Into The Breach, …

Google closed its $2.1 billion Fitbit acquisition in early 2021, but it is only now that we’re seeing the results. Fitbit has announced two new smartwatches (plus a fitness tracker) that have deeper integration with Google services and a new version of Fitbit OS with a more Google-y design. They’ll …

NASA is on the verge of finally launching the first Space Launch System (SLS) rocket after years of development. The Artemis 1 mission won’t have a crew onboard, but by the third launch, the SLS will be taking astronauts back to the moon for the first time in 50 years. …