Finalists from NASA’s 3D-printed Mars home challenge are out of this world

It’s expensive to ship things through space, so when the first space colonists reach the moon or Mars, they will want to carry as little cargo as possible. That poses a challenge: If they need to limit the amount of resources they bring, what will colonists use to build their shelters? One idea is to live innetworks of lava tubes, which would protect them from the extreme conditions found at the surface....

June 28, 2025 · 2 min · 396 words · Joan Johnson

Ford Mustang EcoBoost upgrade pulls serious performance from 4 cylinders

Talk of Ford Mustang performance usually centers around V8 engines, but Ford is now giving the 2.3-liter turbocharged EcoBoost engine an upgrade. The 2020 Ford Mustang EcoBoost gets an available “High Performance Package” that adds more power, as well as chassis upgrades from the V8Mustang GT. The new performance package started out as a side project for engineers, according to Ford. The Mustang’s EcoBoost four-banger is related to the engine used in the discontinuedFocus RS hot hatchback....

June 28, 2025 · 2 min · 372 words · Angel Williams

From Fable to Forza — The 30 best Xbox games of all time

From Fable to Forza — The 30 best Xbox games of all time ⁤Xbox has been delighting gamers for more than two incredible decades now. In that time, players have been blessed with some truly amazing Xbox games. ⁤ From heart-poundingshootersand enchantingRPGstoopen-world adventuresand brain-teasingpuzzle games, the Xbox library has a little bit of something for everyone. ⁤Yet, if you had to pick the best of the best, which titles would you include?...

June 28, 2025 · 18 min · 3807 words · Amy Jackson

Full House's Joey Star Reflects On Original Show's Cancellation After Season 8: "Not Everybody Was Into It"

Summary Full Housestar Dave Coulier, who portrayed Joey throughout its run, has opened up about why the show was cancelled after season 8, reflecting on the reason why it ended at that point. The long-running sitcom followed Danny Tanner (Bob Saget) raising his daughters as a single father with the help of his brother-in-law Jesse (John Stamos) and his friend Joey (Coulier). While the series was a success,Full Housewas ultimately cancelledfollowing season 8, something that didn’t deter its long-standing legacy....

June 28, 2025 · 4 min · 695 words · Danielle Martin

Gigabyte just upped its OLED monitor game

Gigabyte already makes some of thebest gaming monitors, but its upcoming lineup of QD-OLED Aorus displays is arguably even more exciting. However, its rivals Asus and MSI have held an edge in terms of warranty — something that’s crucial for a QD-OLED panel that could be prone to burn-in. Gigabyte now addressed the issue, extending its warranty to match those of the competition. Gigabyte first showcased the new monitors earlier this year....

June 28, 2025 · 3 min · 429 words · James Ewing

Google’s AirTag copycat could be incredible — and that scares me

Coming on the heels of Apple’sAirTag, Google is now expected to bepreparing its own personal trackerjust in time for Google I/O 2023. These new trackers, code-namedGroguafter the popular Baby Yoda character fromThe Mandalorian,are aimed at leveraging the power of Android’s Google Play Services-equipped devices (numbering 3 billion) to create a personal tracking network so powerful it rivals Apple’s. The bad part? Google is creating a personal tracking network so large it rivals Apple’s....

June 28, 2025 · 3 min · 578 words · John Olson

How to print from an Android phone or tablet

Most people think they don’t need a printer, and that’s often true. Given that you can display technology like tickets and QR codes on your phone, not to mention the prevalence of technology like mobile wallets, printers can seem charmingly antiquated - right up until the moment you urgently need to have a document on paper for a trip or presentation. If that happens to you, no worries - you can print directly from your smartphone or tablet, and here we’ll show you a guide on how to print from your Android device....

June 28, 2025 · 5 min · 863 words · Andrew Johns

I gave the Pixel 7 Pro a second chance — it didn’t go how I hoped

Relations are often complicated. There can be dazzling highs, crushing lows, and issues that require a tremendous amount of work to overcome. Sometimes, everything works out, and it’s happily ever after. Other times… not so much. In the case of my relationship with the Pixel 7 Pro, it’s been a mix of everything. OurGoogle Pixel 7 Pro reviewwas one of the more negative ones when it was initially published. I praised the phone for its stunning design and killer hardware — but was ultimately frustrated by an onslaught of neverending bugs....

June 28, 2025 · 6 min · 1093 words · Brittney Edwards

I measured the Galaxy S25 Edge. How thin is it… really?

This year will be remembered as the year that smartphones got thinner and lighter. The trend kicked off with the world’s thinnest folding phone, theOppo Find N5, in January, and it was quickly followed by theTecno Spark Slim Conceptphone. Before both of these, Samsung teased its long-awaited entrant into the ultra-thin phone market, theGalaxy S25 Edge, alongside the launch of the Galaxy S25 Ultra in January. Fast forward almost half a year, and the Galaxy S25 Edge is now on sale, several months before Apple is expected to launch the ultra-thiniPhone 17 Air....

June 28, 2025 · 6 min · 1078 words · Tracy Smith

James Webb spots carbon dioxide on Europa, supporting theory of habitability

As well as looking out into distant star systems, the James Webb Space Telescope also observes targets right here in our own solar system — and recently it has made an intriguing discovery about Europa, the moon of Jupiter. Europa is a location of great interest to scientists because it is one of the most likely places in the solar system to support life beyond Earth, and new findings could make that possibility more likely....

June 28, 2025 · 4 min · 664 words · William Ramsey

Logging in with Facebook may let Javascript trackers steal personal data

Using Facebook to login to certain websites may open you up to data theft attacks if those sites also employ particular Javascript trackers. Although the vast majority of sites that were found to contain the malicious trackers are relatively small operations, there are also quite a few that enjoy millions of regular visitors. Some of them are even in the top few hundred sites in the world for overall traffic....

June 28, 2025 · 2 min · 380 words · Sandra Montgomery

Looking to buy an Echo device for Christmas? Many are now out of stock

If you’re hoping to give the gift of Alexa this holiday season, you might be out of luck. Amazon’s Echo speakers have been wildly popular and deeply discounted for the last month or so and the result is many stores including Amazon itself are running out of stock of the smart speakers, according to a report fromBloomberg. If you’re looking for a last-minute gift (or trying to get something for yourself), you might have to call an audible and get something other than an Echo device....

June 28, 2025 · 2 min · 289 words · Corey Robinson

Lucy’s Fallout Season 2 Story & Wasteland Transformation Teased By Showrunners

Summary Falloutshowrunners Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson-Dworet tease how Ella Purnell’s Vault-Dweller Lucy’s journey may test her resolve and change her from her happy, optimistic self as she moves further in season 2. A former resident of Vault 33, Lucy was forced from the safety of her home in the underground bunker into the wasteland in search of her kidnapped father, Hank (Kyle MacLachlan). In the final episode of season 1, revelations about her parents set Lucy on a journey to the Mojave Wasteland alongside her unexpected ally,The Ghoul (Walton Goggins)....

June 28, 2025 · 3 min · 617 words · Kathy Bruce