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Weird orbit of the James Webb telescope shown in NASA animation
The James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) orbit is a bit strange. Unlike the legendary Hubble telescope, which circles Earth, JWST will orbit the sun. But as this animation from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center shows, the tennis court-sized instrument’s orbit (the yellow line) isn’t straightforward…
AT&T just rolled out super fast multi-gig fiber internet available in the U.S.
If your home internet is too slow, AT&T’s got a new solution that could be like putting a jet engine on a bicycle. The telecom giant announced on Monday that its first multi-gig fiber internet service would start rolling out immediately. They’ll serve a little more than five million people s…
Hello, sparkling floors: Save 25% on a robot mop from iRobot
SAVE 25%: If you have pets or kids — or are prone to spillages yourself — check out the iRobot Braava Jet 240. As of Jan. 24, this robot mop is on sale at Amazon for $149. That’s 25% less than its regular price of $199. Ever mop yourself into a corner of the room, then have to choose between go…
NBCUniversal is partnering with TikTok for the Winter Olympics
With the Winter Games in Beijing on the horizon, NBCUniversal will team up with TikTok for an advertising partnership to promote the network’s coverage of the Olympics. NBCUniversal told TechCrunch that its advertising partners will be the first brands to pilot a new, creative ad experience on Tik…
Deliverect raises $150M at a $1.4B+ valuation to streamline online and offline food orders
As we have started to see the light at the end of the Covid-19 tunnel, food delivery has shaped up to continue to be a major business. In England, for example, some 76% of people order at least one takeaway a week, whereas it was 60% pre-pandemic. Now, a startup called Deliverect that has built a
A CISO’s playbook for responding to zero-day exploits
We keep calling every new zero-day exploit a “wake up call,” but all we have been doing is collectively hitting the snooze button.
4K TVs get massive discounts in Best Buy’s FLASH SALE today
Best Buy’s flash sale on 4K TVs includes the 65-inch Hisense U6G Series 4K TV and 70-inch TCL 4-Series 4K TV, but you need to hurry if you want to buy them.
Meta is developing a record-breaking supercomputer to power the metaverse
Meta claims that once it is fully functional, this will be the fastest operating supercomputer in the world.
Netflix’s ‘Murderville’ trailer sets up a killer comedy
Being a homicide detective is hard enough without a celebrity partner. In the trailer for Netflix’s Murderville, Senior Detective Terry Seattle (Will Arnett) gets to work solving homicides, each time with a different celebrity partner — who has no script and no context. In Murderville’s premiere …
Save 31% on an enormous version of ‘Uno’
SAVE 31%: The UNO Giant Family Card Game is on sale for $13.85 at Walmart as of Jan. 24. It’s just like regular Uno, except it’s very big. For whatever reason, the giant versions of childhood games — like Jenga and Connect Four — are much more fun than the originals. Another game that’s super…