• TechCrunch Minute: NASA needs your help to bring rocks back from Mars

    NASA’s decision to scrap its $11 billion, 15-year mission to Mars to bring back samples could create a startup feeding frenzy, TechCrunch reports. Describing its plans as too slow, and too expensive, NASA is going back to the drawing board, with an eye on getting the space industry to help. Sure, you might worry that […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

  • Special needs careworker Nickolas Lee put hidden camera disguised as a phone charger in teenage girl's room to take some of the 294 child porn images police found on his cell

    A Michigan special needs caretaker was caught with 294 pornographic images of little girls after he planted a secret camera in the bedroom of one of his clients.

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    Qifutan Car Phone Holder Mount Phone Mount for Car Windshield Dashboard Air Vent Universal Hands Free Automobile Cell Phone Holder Fit for iPhone Smartphone Carbon Fiber, Now 33% Off

    Experience a smoother, safer ride with this highly-rated car phone holder, consolidating all requirements for comfort, convenience, and quality. Today, we are going to walk you through the remarkable features of the universally fitting, Qifutan Car Phone Holder Mount, that makes it stand out in a crowd. Firstly, this product on Amazon offers 3-in-1 phone mounting for your car. Be it the windshield, dashboard, or air vent, the Qifutan Car Phone Holder Mount adheres firmly to all, providing...

  • Families urgently needed to adopt children with additional needs

    Children with additional needs wait an average of 11 months longer in care than their peers and voluntary adoption agencies (VAAs) are urgently looking for people who can offer them a permanent and loving home. Local adoption charity and voluntary adoption agency, Adoption Matters, is among 21 VAAs from all over the UK who have together created a guide for people considering adoption containing helpful information and advice from parents who have already adopted children with additional needs....

  • The Boring Phone repurposes the flip phone for a new generation

    HMD and Heineken has teamed up to announce The Boring Phone, which repurposes the flip phone for a new generation. This team up between the Finnish manufacturer behind Nokia's latest phones and the Dutch lager maker (as well as streetwear brand Bodega) essentially markets the lack of social media access as a killer feature, so you can go out and drink more beer with your friends. It sounds like an April Fools' Day prank, but we're about a fortnight late on that one. The phone itself...

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    Phone.com Takes Business Phone Lines Seriously

    Mixing personal phone lines and business lines is a recipe for disaster. No one likes disasters. Now, Phone.com is giving business owners 30% off 3 months with promo code TRYUSANDSAVE. It’s hard enough juggling the responsibilities of everyday life; with a dedicated local, toll-free, or custom number, get the peace of mind to separate those two lives. Plan features like AI-powered call routing solve spam and robocalls with an Intelligent Answer Bot to screen and route calls to another line with...

  • ‘We need more shade’: US’s hottest city turns to trees to cool those most in need

    Phoenix broke several heat records last year. Now Grant Park, which has inequitable tree cover, is seeing a tree-planting drive that promises some respite from 100F temperaturesIt was a relatively cool spring day in Phoenix, Arizona, as a tree-planting crew dug large holes in one of the desert city’s hottest and least shaded neighborhoods.Still, it was sweaty backbreaking work as they carefully positioned, watered and staked a 10ft tall Blue palo verde and Chilean mesquite in opposite corners of...

  • Say goodbye to the Google Pixel Fold 2 and hello to the Pixel 9 Pro Fold

    Google might be looking to reset people's perceptions of its foldable smartphone efforts. Following up the Pixel Fold from last year should be the Pixel Fold 2, but a new report today claims it's been renamed and will actually be sold as the Pixel 9 Pro Fold. Furthermore, as we already heard once before, this device could make its debut at Google's annual hardware unveiling event this October, and not at Google I/O in May like its predecessor. Google Pixel Fold 2 / Pixel 9 Pro Fold leaked...

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    Samsung retakes top phone sales spot from Apple as a third phone maker gains on them both

    According to IDC, Samsung has overtaken Apple as the global leader in smartphone sales. (It was only three months ago that Apple topped Samsung for the first time in global smartphone shipments.) In the first quarter of 2024, 289.4 million phones were sold. How did that break down by manufacturer? The numbers tell a very clear picture:Also: The best phones for 2024: Expert testedSamsung - 60.1 million units sold with a 22.5% market shareApple - 50.1 million units sold with a 20.7% market...

  • iPhone Camera App Pearla Aims to Make Phone Photos Less 'Phone-y'

    iPhone cameras have come a long way, but a more hands-on app like Pearla can help mobile photographers more reliably incredible photos. And now with a new update, Pearla gives users even more tools to get the perfect shot. [Read More]

  • Manchin: Biden 'Needs to Move' to Get My Support, He Needs to Act to Fix Border That's 'His Fault'

    On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Katy Tur Reports,” Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) responded to a question on if he’s waiting for President Joe Biden to move to the center to get an endorsement by stating that Biden needs to move

  • Triangle of Sadness director Ruben Östlund: ‘You should need a licence to use a camera – you need one for a gun’

    As his new film looks at society’s relationship with the camera, the double Palme d’Or winner talks about the power of the screen – big and small – and why the next generation will be Marxist‘I have an idea,” says Ruben Östlund. “What if you were only allowed to use a camera if you have a licence? You need one for a gun – at least in sophisticated countries. The camera is also a powerful tool.”He laughs, slim and bearded, in a book-lined coffee shop in Stockholm. A double Palme d’Or winner – for...