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NASA’s Mars copter survives brisk night alone in key pre-flight test

NASA’s mini Ingenuity helicopter survived its first night all alone on the surface of Mars after getting dropped off by Perseverance on Saturday. Weathering frigid Martian temperatures, the newly deployed rotorcraft passed an important test of independence, giving engineers confidence to proceed with a series of warming-up exercises in preparation for its first flight this… Read more

NASA’s Mars rover drops off Ingenuity helicopter ahead of historic flight

NASA’s Perseverance rover, which is currently roaming around Mars, has dropped off the mini helicopter Ingenuity ahead of the four-pound aircraft’s historic first flight. Ingenuity dropped four inches from the belly of Perseverance to the surface of Mars. While four inches might not seem like a very big drop, getting Ingenuity to successfully stick the… Read more

Garmin Vivosport review: Unobtrusive tracking

(Pocket-lint) – The Garmin Vivosport is in no ways new – it launched back in 2018 – but it landed in our lap as we wanted an affordable way to track heart-rate from the wrist without the fuss of wearing a chest strap device during exercise. Since buying the Vivosport on a tame budget, it’s… Read more

Nvidia’s Mining Limiter is Dead: Farm Uses 7 RTX 3060s

Home News GeForce RTX 3060 (Image credit: Quasar Zone) It’s true that nothing lasts forever, but Nvidia’s anti-mining limiter on the GeForce RTX 3060 didn’t last long at all. Cryptocurrency miners have circumvented the algorithm in a little over one month since the official announcement. Intentional or not, Nvidia played a huge role in helping… Read more

Need a GeForce RTX 3000 GPU? GameStop Can Hook You Up

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) As reported by PCMag, GameStop has undertaken a new business venture. The renowned video game retailer has started selling computer hardware on its online store, including Nvidia’s elusive GeForce RTX 3000 (Ampere) offerings that are among the best graphics cards that money can buy — or rather cannot buy…. Read more

The Astro City Mini is an awesome blast through Sega’s arcade past

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Sega’s latest retro gaming machine, the Astro City Mini, comes on the back of two very different products: the excellent, crowd-pleasing Genesis Mini and the baffling but adorable Game Gear Micro. The former was an obvious mainstream… Read more

Acer Predator Triton 300 SE review: more prey than Predator

Unfit to dethrone Asus’ Zephyrus G14 Acer’s Predator Triton 300 SE is chasing after the hype that Asus built with last year’s excellent Zephyrus G14. It’s similar in a few key ways: it’s a sophisticated-looking gaming laptop bordering on ultrabook territory in terms of its sleek and relatively thin design. It has a 14-inch 1080p… Read more

NASA reveals flight zone for historic helicopter flight on Mars

NASA has locked in a location on Mars for the first demo flight of its mini helicopter named Ingenuity, engineers announced on Tuesday. The four-pound rotorcraft is gearing up to attempt the first powered flight on another planet, demonstrating a new capability that could unlock access to hard-to-reach areas of other celestial bodies in the… Read more

NASA’s new Mars rover is about to spawn a tiny helicopter

NASA’s Perseverance rover is getting ready to deploy a mini-helicopter named Ingenuity on Mars. The four-pound, four-blade rotorcraft will attempt the first flight of its kind on another planet, and in the process, it will test a new mode of mobility that could transform the way we Earthlings remotely explore other worlds. The craft is… Read more

V-Moda M-200 ANC review: $500 headphones can’t be this unpolished

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Apple’s AirPods Max just might have ushered in a new norm of $500-plus wireless headphones. My argument in support of this? V-Moda’s new M-200 ANC headphones, which sell for $499.99 and, as the name makes obvious, are… Read more

Marvel’s Avengers roadmap revealed, Black Panther expansion coming

Home / Software & Gaming / Marvel’s Avengers roadmap revealed, Black Panther expansion coming Matthew Wilson 2 days ago Software & Gaming Last night during the Square Enix Presents showcase, the publisher announced its future plans for Marvel’s Avengers. For the first time since launch, Crystal Dynamics has put out a roadmap, detailing the content… Read more

Google made an ASMR video about switching to a Pixel, and it’s stressing me out

You can switch from your old phone to a new Google Pixel, or you can close your eyes, breathe, and then mindfully switch to a new Google Pixel. Sorry, I’m trying to force myself into the higher plane of existence that the narrator of this new ad-meets-ASMR meditation session from Google is on, and the… Read more

Dell G15 Gets Glittery Redesign, RTX 3000 in China

Home News (Image credit: Dell) Dell is refreshing its 15-inch gaming notebook, the Dell G15, with a new design and refreshed specs. Today’s announcement is for China, where the laptop is available now, and will come to the rest of the world “later,” likely this year. The company is being surprisingly coy on specs for… Read more

Dell’s new G15 is a speckled gaming laptop coming to China first

Dell has launched its new G15 gaming laptop, which will be available first in China before coming to other regions around the world. The laptop’s industrial design is all-new, though the most notable feature might be the paint job. Yep, those are paint flecks you see in the photos. Dell says the new G15 uses… Read more

Logitech’s Circle View Doorbell is the closest thing we have to an Apple-made doorbell

Logitech Circle View Doorbell. There are a lot of video doorbells on the market. You can get one from Amazon’s Ring, Google’s Nest, Arlo, Eufy, August, or countless other companies. But none of those video doorbells will natively work with Apple’s HomeKit platform. For a long time, if you wanted a video doorbell and you… Read more