You can thank Martian “dust devils” for that.
Twelve years ago this week, NASA’s Mars Rover Opportunity landed on the Martian surface and started beaming back images of what the red planet was like, notes NASA’s blog. But perhaps even more impressive than the images it sent back is the fact that the Opportunity is still up and running on the dusty planet after 12 years. It was originally only supposed to work for 90 days.
If it can perfect the technology, your iPhone might have no ports at all come 2017.
Apple is working on developing an iPhone can that be charged wirelessly over long distances, reports Bloomberg. The site says Apple is working with partners in Asia and the United States to perfect the long-range wireless technology and it’s believed that Apple could include it in iPhones as early as next year.
Cruz could have emerged as the sane alternative to Trump. Didn’t happen.
When Republican front-runner Donald Trump got in a tiff with Fox News and skipped the final GOP debate Thursday night, Ted Cruz finally got a chance to step out of Trump’s shadow and look presidential.
Now you really won’t need your wallet when you leave the house.
You could soon be able to withdraw cash from ATMs using Apple Pay, negating any need to carry a credit or debit card around with you, reports TechCrunch. According to its sources, Bank of America and Wells Fargo are both working to enable Apple’s digital wallet service to withdraw cash from ATMs by placing their iPhones near the cash machines and authenticating their withdrawal with the device’s Touch ID fingerprint reader.
Apple confirmed analyst fears of slowing iPhone sales for the last quarter, and a far larger decline is expected in the March quarter.
Apple announced solid revenue numbers Tuesday, but also reported troubling iPhone growth numbers that point toward larger sales declines in the current quarter.
The creators of Beauty Lies Truth are advocating for better—and bolder—natural beauty products.
It sounds like the start of a joke: A rock star and a Harvard business school student team up and start a beauty blog. But Beauty Lies Truth is a real site started by Alexis Krauss, one half of the band Sleigh Bells, and Harvard Business School student Jessica Assaf. Their goal? To advocate for a beauty industry that is inclusive to getting dolled up, but with makeup that has safer and more natural ingredients.
Three experienced journalists offer their advice for getting revealing answers.
What do hiring managers and investigative reporters have in common? More than you may realize. Whether out in the field or inside a fluorescent-lit office, they both need to open interviewees up quickly, ask the tough questions, and suss out deception.
If you use your personal phone for work, should you be worried about your Tinder profile and NSFW Facebook posts?
How are you reading this story—on your work phone or computer, or on a personal device that you use for work? If it’s the latter, you’re in the majority. Sixty percent of respondents in a 2014 survey said their companies already had a bring your own device (BYOD) policy in place, and another 14% said their companies were developing one. The year before, Garter researchers predicted that half of employers would actually require their staff to use their own devices for work by this year.
Everyone has always known exactly what Twitter has needed to do. Immediately! Here’s proof.
Slate‘s David Auerbach has a plan to fix Twitter. In brief, it involves making it a more welcoming place and minimizing harassment by shielding users from tweets other than those sent by people they’ve chosen to follow. He outlines his strategy—soberly headlined “What Twitter Must Do”—in the form of an open letter to Twitter itself:
The overall market for tablets has shrunk, and Apple’s new iPad Pro is still making its way into the market.
Sales of iPads declined 25% during the last quarter, which included the holiday shopping season, Apple announced on Tuesday evening as part of its earnings report.
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