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Imagine recalling a supposedly tough truck so many times that we've ran out of headlines to highlight it. Tesla Cybertruck has been recalled for the eighth time, with several of those recalls being for nearly every Cybertruck that's ever been sold.

Again, this is not one of those software recalls that can easily be fixed with a firmware update. According to a new notice by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Tesla is recalling all Model Year 2024 and 2025 Cybertrucks (that's the vast majority of them, given that serial production in a very limited capacity started in November 2023).

SEE ALSO: Early Tesla investor calls for Elon Musk to resign amid stock slump

The reason given, this time, is the cant rail: "an assembly comprised of an electrocoated steel stamping joined to a stainless steel panel with structural adhesive." According to the NHTSA, "The cant rail stainless steel panel may delaminate at the adhesive joint, which may cause the panel to separate from the vehicle." That, in turn, can create a road hazard for drivers behind a Cybertruck (as if having to watch the thing drive isn't punishment enough).

This is the same issue that we've covered a week ago, as it apparently caused Cybertruck deliveries to stop.

Because of this issue, Cybertruck owners are invited to visit a Tesla service center where the cant rail assembly will be replaced, free of charge.

Scientists using two enormous telescopes — one on Earth and the other in space — have detected oxygen in the most ancient known galaxy, a star-scape beaming light just 300 million years after the Big Bang. 

The galaxy, discovered with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope in 2024, is called JADES-GS-z14-0. In new observations involving the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array in Chile, or ALMA, two separate groups of researchers not only measured its extraordinary distance with precision, but confirmed signals that oxygen was present. 

The finding, along with other mounting evidence, has rocked the research community, challenging prior thinking that galaxies this long ago — when the universe was only two percent its age of 13.8 billion years — would not have had many elements heavier than hydrogen and helium. Before Webb, other telescopes like the Hubble Space Telescope and computer simulations suggested oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen didn't come about for perhaps another 200 to 400 million years. 

The new studies, published in Astronomy & Astrophysics and The Astrophysical Journal, suggest the distant galaxy has about 10 times more heavy elements than expected, forcing scientists to rethink how early galaxies could have formed and evolved so quickly. 

"Before the advent of JWST, we primarily observed 'nearby' galaxies, which provided a snapshot of an evolved universe," Stefano Carniani, a researcher at Scuola Normale Superiore in Italy and lead author of one of the studies, told Mashable. "Our understanding of the early universe was based on these observations, and we [had] assumed that this scenario remained unchanged across cosmic time."

SEE ALSO: If the Webb telescope detects these molecules, they may point to life The ancient galaxy JADES-GS-z14-0 is located in the Fornax constellation. Credit: ALMA / S. Carniani et al. / S. Schouws et al / NASA / ESA / CSA / Brant Robertson / Ben Johnson / Sandro Tacchella / Phill Cargile

The difference scientists are seeing between how galaxies mature now versus back then is that gas — the fuel of star formation — flows continuously and smoothly in contemporary galaxies, leading these stellar neighborhoods to grow steadily over long periods of time, Carniani said. But observations of ancient galaxies like JADES-GS-z14-0 suggest that gas flows were far more chaotic. These galaxies sometimes appear to have accumulated vast reservoirs of gas. 

"Even if only a small fraction was converted into stars, their rapid growth and evolution were inevitable," Carniani said. 

The leading theory used to be that the first stars — the confusingly named "Population III stars" — were formed in the early universe, mostly before elements heavier than helium existed. Those original stars are thought to have been extremely massive, luminous, and hot. Eventually, they would have died in violent supernovas, blasting out new types of chemical substances. 

Heavier elements are forged in the cores of stars, only to be scattered across interstellar space after the stars explode. Those outbursts would seed the universe with the first heavier elements, but astronomers thought it would take several generations of stars before galaxies were brimming with enough oxygen and other such elements to be detectable.

But another thing to consider is that very massive stars don't live long — at most, a few million years, Sander Schouws, a researcher at Leiden Observatory in the Netherlands and lead author on another of the papers, told Mashable. That might explain how heavier elements could have flooded the galaxy rather quickly back then. 

So far Webb has revealed that, in fact, many bright galaxies existed at cosmic dawn, a period between 100 million years to 1 billion years after the Big Bang. Some scientists have posited that perhaps galaxies in this era formed stars more efficiently, leaving behind little extra gas and dust. If there were too much gas, it would essentially dilute those heavier elements, making them hard to detect. 

Others suggest that powerful starlight forced gas and dust out, making the galaxies seem brighter because less material was available to obscure them. Still, some theories propose that supermassive black holes powering enormous jets could explain the galaxies' brightness, though the studies of JADES-GS-z14-0 have not found evidence of one.

Images of the ancient galaxy have shown its brightness to be spread out across 1,600 light-years, indicating that most of its light comes from young stars and not a concentration of black hole emissions at its center. If the estimates are correct, the galaxy is several hundreds of millions of times the mass of the sun.

The James Webb Space Telescope, along with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, are homing in on the most ancient galaxy known in the universe. Credit: NASA-GSFC / Adriana M. Gutierrez (CI Lab) illustration

Schouws points out another factor that could complicate astronomers' interpretation of what's going on in this old galaxy: A phenomenon called bursty star formation could make it appear as if it's forming a lot faster than it really is. 

In bursty star formation, galaxies become intermittently bright. That could make it seem in a single snapshot as if the galaxy is growing a lot faster than if scientists were to average that brightness over a longer period of time. Rather than making stars at a steady clip like the Milky Way does, for instance, these galaxies churn out stars inconsistently, with a proliferation all at once, followed by stagnant periods sometimes stretching millions of years.

The thinking is that a burst of stars, all of the same generation, form and then die off in supernovas a few million years later at about the same time. The gas may then be recycled to form new stars, but the process is irregular at best. 

"This is an effect that we need to account for," Schouws said, "but that can be tricky."

Netflix's limited series Adolescence, co-created by Stephen Graham and Jack Thorne, has critics and viewers talking about more than its extraordinary technical prowess. A show that begins when a young boy is arrested for the murder of his classmate, Adolescence sparks a conversation Graham told Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show on Wednesday the production team intended people to have.

“As a collective, we didn’t want it to be a whodunnit, we wanted it to be more of a why,” Graham told Fallon. “I read an article in the paper. It was about a young boy who stabbed a young girl to death. A couple of months later on the news there was a piece about a young boy who stabbed a young girl to death. And these were at opposite ends of the country. If I’m really honest with you, Jim, it hurt my heart.

"I just think what kind of a society are we living in at the moment where young boys are stabbing young girls? And you know that beautiful saying, ‘It takes a village to raise a child?’ Well, I just thought, what if we’re all accountable? The education system, parenting, the community, the government," Graham said. "I'm not blaming anyone, I just thought maybe we're all accountable and we should have a conversation about it."

Adolescence is streaming now on Netflix.

There was once a time when memes and internet-born jokes were a novelty enjoyed by relatively few people – the kind who would describe themselves as Extremely Online. Maybe you'd take pride in quoting a niche Vine that only a few select IRL friends will have seen and spent your evenings connecting with mutuals on Twitter or scrolling niche fandom accounts. Crucially, you had an understanding of internet culture that the average person probably didn't. But in 2025, it's very difficult to make that claim.

Because while internet trends and buzzwords were once an inside joke, it's now practically impossible to keep anything on social media a secret. This feels particularly pressing in the wake of BRAT summer, a concept which was cool for, approximately, five minutes and is now being referenced by Facebook mums as part of their daily vocabulary and was used in Kamala Harris' presidential campaign. Similarly, seven or eight years ago, had Jools Lebron shared her "very demure" video on Vine, rather than on TikTok last year, it might have had potential to be a private gag between you and your other very online friend, rather than the concept for at least four fashion brands' autumn campaigns. All of this to say, the idea that you can be more online than anyone else with an iPhone and an Instagram account is ostensibly extinct. 

SEE ALSO: Jools Lebron, the creator of 'very demure, very mindful,' might not own its trademark

Plus, many people who once made their internet usage a personality trait called Twitter their home. But since the site has been taken over by Elon Musk and renamed to the aptly apocalyptic-sounding X, a lot of internet veterans are struggling to find a place where they can share the memes and internal monologues they once relied on the little blue bird for. Even those who migrated to TikTok are now facing the fact that the app might not exist for much longer, with the new ban in the U.S. looming on April 5 and many creators looking for alternative ways to share content online.

This doesn't mean that people aren't spending time on the internet anymore. If anything, the opposite is true, with Gen Z spending an average of 4.5 hours per day on social media, according to a report from consumer research platform GWI published in 2023. But finding online spaces or communities that feel specific to you or private in any sense is far more difficult than it was once. So, even if your feeds do feel individualised and personalised to you, it's hard not to feel that, in one way or another, you're consuming more or less exactly the same content as anyone else.

The main reason for this is, simply put, algorithms. You've probably noticed that the way you're served content on almost every social media app — be it TikTok, Instagram or X — nowadays has changed. Where once you'd see posts created by people you chose to follow, now apps mainly serve up recommended content based on people and things it thinks you might be interested in. "The platform’s algorithms base their recommendations on content you have liked and engaged with," explains Dr. Carolina Are, social media researcher at Northumbria University’s Centre for Digital Citizens. 

There are benefits to this, of course, in that it might help you come across content that you really enjoy and wouldn't have discovered otherwise. This also explains why meme culture has become so widespread, as if a fairly small group of people are enjoying a particularly funny meme, the algorithm will push this out to a much wider number of people very quickly. "This has become a faster, more efficient and more economic, if not always accurate, way of governing swathes  of content worldwide," Are says. 

SEE ALSO: 'The White Lotus' Season 3, episode 5 monologue is already becoming a meme

But it also means it's very hard to form and maintain small communities based on common interests or experiences online nowadays, as they're often catapulted to far more people than intended, whether they're the correct audience or not. Plus, remaining part of a digital community can be difficult when you're being served so much new content rather than the posts created by accounts you follow. 

"It feels like the algorithm wants you to see stuff you don't like."

Izzy, who is 27 and lives in London, has been using social media since 2009 and spent most of the 2010s very engaged with what was then Twitter. "I used to tweet hundreds of times a day," she says, adding: "I've definitely always considered myself to be very online. I do enjoy being that person that knows every internet reference and meme." However, Izzy recently decided to stop using X and her decision was based on the app's algorithm: "It feels like the algorithm wants you to see stuff you don't like so that you engage with it and it also shows your stuff to people who won't like it," she says, explaining that this was making her experience of using social media almost entirely negative.

This is in stark comparison to the way Izzy and many other very online people would use apps like Twitter in the early to mid 2010s, connecting with mutual followers you probably considered genuine friends and finding a safe space of sorts on the internet. Often when you're scrolling now, it probably feels less like you're engaging with real people or friends, given that so many brands have such an active presence on social media nowadays. And not to mention influencers who, although are undoubtedly real-life people (unless you count the AI influencers), don't always necessarily feel like it when you consume their content through your screen.

"Algorithms like TikTok's For You Page push popularity and not network building, encouraging users to engage as ‘the public’ rather than someone to have a meaningful interaction with," Are says. "The follower is no longer a peer, they’re the audience, while the creator is more similar to a conventional, mainstream media broadcaster than to an independent creator."

"My social feeds are dominated by influencers and personalities."

"My social feeds are dominated by influencers and personalities," says 27-year-old Charlotte, who now works on social media but, like Izzy, was very online throughout her teenage years. "You do create this parasocial relationship where you feel like you know them," she adds. Izzy agrees that this has been one of the biggest changes in her experience of using social media during the past decade: "I do think brands and influencers dominate my social media a lot more - it's constantly ads on my feed. I choose to follow my friends and often I don't see their stuff," she says.

SEE ALSO: What are parasocial relationships?

This is one of the main shifts we've seen in the content that's posted and consumed on social media now and one of the reasons why those very online communities have disintegrated over the years. "The sense of community can be lost while celebrity is gained and content becomes about selling instead of connecting," Are says

"Ten years ago, I made friends through twitter and even though there were some people who would feel unattainable in a way, it was nothing like it is now," Charlotte says. In this way, the death of being very online goes a lot further than just the dissemination of meme culture and the lack of inside internet jokes. It reflects the lack of space for genuine interaction and meaningful communities online right now, something that was once considered to be one of the main plus sides of social media. 

"There aren't really niche internet jokes anymore..."

And given that social media is so heavily commercialised nowadays, with ads taking up every other post on apps like Instagram and X, and influencers, even smaller creators, actively trying to monetize their content, it feels as though it's lost any sense of playfulness and fun. "There aren't really niche internet jokes anymore because you have trend forecasters and people whose jobs it is to hop on these trends and make it about a brand," Izzy says adding: "The memes aren't as funny when you know they're going to be co-opted."

No one scrolling through Tumblr in 2014 or tweeting about One Direction in their teenage bedroom would have predicted that they were living through the golden age of social media, but that might just be the case. It's certainly safe to say that millennials who once considered themselves very online were certainly having more fun on social media than young people probably are now, with 30 percent of young people aspiring towards a career as an influencer, undoubtedly spending their time scrolling thinking about how they can monetise their favourite meme and figuring out how to hack the algorithm to promote their content. 

So, even though you might lament the fact that you don't have a hold over internet culture anymore and that even trying to do so can be depressing, be thankful that now is probably the best time to become very, very offline.

Like fellow late night hosts Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers, The Daily Show's Jordan Klepper used a segment on Wednesday night's show to unpack the current backlash against Elon Musk, from Tesla vandalism to federal worker protests to heated town hall meetings.

The Tesla CEO, Trump ally, "special government employee," and head of the government's recently created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has seen enough bad news over the last few weeks that the president ran a Tesla ad for him on the White House lawn and Musk lamented anti-Tesla sentiments on Fox News with Sean Hannity.

But as Klepper points out, "It's not about the Teslas."

“I don’t think people are mad at you because of the Teslas, Elon," said The Daily Show host. "If I were to hazard a guess about why they’d be mad it might be because in the last several weeks you fired tens of thousands of federal workers, you made cuts to veterans care, lifesaving foreign aid, and food banks, you cancelled important medical research... Yeah, people might get a little upset if you stop their medical trial halfway through them."

SAVE $50: As of March 20, the 11-inch Apple iPad Air (M3, WiFi, 128GB) is on sale at Best Buy for $549. That's 8% off its list price of $599.

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Revealed at the start of March, the brand new iPad Air with the M3 chip is already enjoying a nice discount at Best Buy. If you've been hoping to get this upgraded tablet as a springtime treat, now's a great time to do it.

Best Buy has knocked the price of the 11-inch Apple iPad Air (M3, WiFi, 128GB) down to $549, $50 off its list price of $599. Considering this iPad was only just released this month, this is a great discount to take advantage of. Purchasing it will also set you up with Apple Fitness+ for free for three months if you're a new subscriber, up to three months of Apple Music for free if you're a new or returning subscriber, up to three months of Apple Arcade for free if you're a new or returning subscriber, and Apple TV+ for free for two months if you're a new or qualified returning subscriber.

SEE ALSO: The best Apple deals ahead of Amazon's Big Spring Sale: New iPads and M4 MacBook Airs are already on sale

The biggest addition to this iPad Air is the M3 chip, which Apple claimed in their announcement of the tablet is, "nearly 2x faster compared to iPad Air with M1, and up to 3.5x faster than iPad Air with A14 Bionic." This particular model comes with an 11-inch Liquid Retina display for crisp, clear screen quality and 128GB of storage so you can stock up on plenty of apps.

Don't miss out on $50 off the brand new 11-inch Apple iPad Air (M3, WiFi, 128GB) right now at Best Buy.

If you're looking for more iPad deals, Amazon's also offering quite a few ahead of its Big Spring Sale next week. Have a look through our roundup of some of the best iPad deals available ahead of the Big Spring Sale to see some more great picks on sale right now.

THREE MONTHS FREE: As of March 20, Amazon's offering Amazon Music Unlimited for free for three months if you're a new subscriber.

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Amazon's Big Spring Sale is next week, but there are still some great offers to check out from the retailer as we wait for the sale event to officially kick off. One of the best offers that Amazon is dropping is on Amazon Music Unlimited, and you can take advantage of it right now ahead of the Big Spring Sale.

For a limited time, Amazon's offering the Amazon Music Unlimited Individual Plan for free for three months. According to the terms and conditions, this offer only applies to new subscribers. After the three months is over, it'll go back to its usual price of $11.99 per month (or $10.99 per month if you've got Prime), but this is still plenty of time to give the service a test run.

SEE ALSO: 200+ of the best Amazon deals live ahead of its Big Spring Sale, hand-picked by Mashable's team of experts

With Amazon Music Unlimited, you can listen to an abundance of songs and podcasts ad-free. You can also listen to one audiobook each month, which makes it a great deal for book lovers, too. And if you're still on the fence about this service compared to its streaming competitors, we have breakdowns of Amazon Music Unlimited vs. Spotify Premium and Amazon Music Unlimited vs. Apple Music so you can learn a bit more about each platform.

This limited-time deal won't last for long, so make sure to take advantage of an Amazon Music Unlimited Individual Plan for free for three months to enjoy some new music, podcasts, and audiobooks this spring.

There's so much to look forward to in Amazon's Big Spring Sale. If you want to see even more deals available right now, check out our roundup of the best deals under $25 ahead of the sale event to see a few of our favorites.

SAVE OVER $30: As of March 20, the Beats Fit Pro are on sale for $169 at Amazon. That's a 15% saving on the list price.

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Amazon's Big Spring Sale is just around the corner, but you don't need to wait for the official launch to find great deals and discounts on top products. In fact, as of March 20, you can find my favorite pair of Beats earbuds on sale for their lowest price this year.

Beats has long been known for its incredible sound quality, and that's exactly what you get with the Beats Fit Pro. Right now, you can save 15% on these earbuds, down to $169. And in my opinion, they're worth every cent.

SEE ALSO: Headphones and speaker deals live ahead of Amazon's Big Spring Sale: Save on Sony, Bose, Sonos, and more

For sound quality you're getting next to none. It's immersive and powerful, and some of the best I've experienced. You can play around with the noise cancellation, with several options of how much you want to block out surrounding noises (full cancellation, transparency, etc.) This is great for outdoor activities such as running when you want to hear your music, but also stay aware of those around you, and one of my favorite features in these earbuds.

The Beats Fit Pro also boast a seriously impressive battery life, with a single charge lasting days (sometimes weeks).

For sports enthusiasts, these are a great option. The silicon tip slides into your ear seamlessly, lodging in your ear and staying put for all types of activity and all intensities. I've tested these during all kinds of activities, with varying degrees of intensity from HIIT workouts to Pilates, and each time they remain secure.

This deal won't be around for long, so head to Amazon now to save.

SAVE $150: As of March 20, the Dyson V15 cordless vacuum is on sale for $599.99 at Amazon. That's a saving of 20% on list price.

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Whether it's a vacuum or a hair styling product, with Dyson you know you're getting a high-quality product. That's why when it comes to Dyson discounts, we just can't let them slide. And with Amazon's Spring Sale fast approaching, you can expect to see a whole host of Dyson deals popping up. Much like this early deal on the Dyson V15, a stellar cordless vacuum that received great scores when our reviewer tested it out.

And as of March 20, you can save $150 on this model, now down to $599.99. Not only is this a great deal, but it's the lowest this model has been priced all year.

SEE ALSO: 10+ self-emptying robot vacuums on sale ahead of Amazon's spring sale

A high-tech model, the V15's most notable feature is the laser dust detection system that illuminates dust on hard floors, so you won’t miss any dirty spots. This model also benefits from an LCD screen that gives real-time updates on dust it has picked up, battery life, and some handy maintenance alerts. Yep, even vacuums are benefiting from smart screens now.

You can expect up to 60 minutes of run time before it needs to be charged. And if you have pets, you'll really love the hair screw tool. This one is great for sucking up pet hair, and the anti-tangle conical brush bar can remove stubborn hairs from pet beds, car seats, stairs, and more tricky spots.

This deal is only available for a limited time at Amazon, so don't miss out.

SAVE $20: As of March 20, the Amazon Fire Stick 4K is on sale at Amazon for $29.99. That's a 40% discount on list price.

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We're big fans of Amazon's Fire Stick here at Mashable. And as of March 20, you can take home the handy device for less. Ahead of Amazon's Spring Sale (live from March 25-31), you'll find the Fire Stick 4K on sale for $20.99, saving you $20.

A handy little device, this product can turn nearly any TV into a smart TV for much less than buying one outright. It's a streaming device that plugs into your TV (or laptop) and lets you access platforms including Prime Video, Netflix, Hulu, and more. It comes with a remote with Alexa built-in and is currently less than $30.

SEE ALSO: 200+ of the best Amazon deals live ahead of its Big Spring Sale, hand-picked by Mashable's team of experts

And there's no complicated setup for this device. These handy remotes are so simple to use that anyone can do it. Just pop the device into your TV's HDMI port, and that's it. You'll have instant access to a range of streaming platforms as well as many live channels.

And with the Fire Stick 4K, you can enjoy incredible 4K Ultra HD visuals with advanced HDR formats like Dolby Vision and HDR10+. This model also boasts a much more powerful processor and enhanced Dolby Atmos support than its predecessor, ensuring a smoother performance and better quality sound.

This deal is only available for a limited time, so move fast so you don't miss out.

SAVE $170: As of March 20, the Dyson Hot+Cool AM09 Jet Focus heater and fan is available for $299.99 at Amazon. That’s $170 off its regular price of $469.99.

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I want my house to be the perfect temperature at all times. I also don’t want a clunky space heater or an ugly fan messing up my vibe. Dyson apparently understands my struggle because the Hot+Cool AM09 Jet Focus does both heating and cooling without looking like an eyesore. It’s normally $469.99, but Amazon just dropped it to $299.99, which makes it a lot easier to justify this level of climate control.

I think Dyson’s Air Multiplier technology is what makes this stand out. Instead of blasting hot or cold air in one direction like an old-school space heater, this thing amplifies the surrounding air and creates an uninterrupted airflow that actually feels nice. No more sitting directly in front of a heater just to feel something. Plus, Jet Focus control lets me pick between a focused mode for warming up my personal space or a diffused mode to heat an entire room.

SEE ALSO: LG’s 48-inch B4 OLED TV is down to under $500 at Best Buy

I could probably live without the magnetized remote, but I’ll admit it’s a nice touch. No more digging through couch cushions just to turn up the heat.

• Price: $299.99 $469.99

• Retailer: Amazon

• Special Features: Remote control, bladeless, oscillating

• Color: White/Silver

• Power Source: Corded Electric

• Heating Method: Electric

• Heat Output: 2000 Watts

• Oscillation Angle: 70°

• Modes: Focused and Diffused

At $299.99, this is one of the best Dyson deals I’ve seen in a while. It’s a heater and fan in one sleek package, and it’s $170 off. I don’t need it, but I kind of need it.

Scientists at China's Beihang University developed a tiny morphable robot to explore the ocean's depths — and it's now taken a dive into the Mariana Trench. The team successfully demonstrated that its creation can swim, crawl, and glide untethered at a depth of 10,600 meters (34,776 feet) in Earth’s deepest oceanic trench, located in the Pacific Ocean.

Separately, the researchers also developed a soft gripper, which can be attached to a rigid robot. It was tested in the South China Sea, where the team attached it to an arm on a submersible, which they sent 3,400 metres (34,776 feet) deep. There, the gripper collected small marine creatures, such as starfish and urchins resting on the seafloor.

SEE ALSO: The deep sea footage scientists filmed in 2024 is jaw-dropping

About 70 percent of our planet is covered by oceans, but only a fraction has been explored, and some of the reasons for that lie in the challenging environment of the deep seas, such as extreme cold, perpetual darkness, and crushing pressure.

The advancement of technology is helping overcome some of these obstacles. Today's existing deep sea exploration craft, most of which are operated by humans on board, can disturb the fragile ecosystems they’re sent to study. 

Beihang University’s novel creation can generate movement by using swap-through motion to switch between two stable states. Here’s how it works: the robot contains incompressible components, such as tail fins for swimming, a set of legs for crawling, and foldable pectoral fins that enable gliding. These can store elastic energy at high pressures, which the robot can then use for faster movement once submerged at greater depths. If the robot repositions its legs when moving, it can switch between different modes of locomotion.

Deep sea robots have so far helped scientists spot previously uncovered marvels of the ocean world, including the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s 2024 expedition in the waters near Chile, in which the remotely operated vehicle SuBastian spotted an epic migration of crabs, a shimmering, psychedelic marine worm, life flourishing around deep methane seeps, and possibly 60 new species.

So, after Beihang University’s successful tests in the Mariana Trench and the South China Sea, the researchers are hopeful that the tiny machines can contribute to an improved understanding of deep-sea environments and the weird and wonderful life that thrives in this dark realm.

SAVE $422: As of March 20, the Samsung 70-inch Q60C QLED 4K Smart TV is available for $677.69 at Walmart. That’s $422 off its regular price of $1,100.

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I want a massive TV. Not because I need one, but because Walmart just knocked $422 off this 70-inch Samsung Q60C QLED, making it just $677.69. This is a QLED TV for well under $700, which is basically unheard of unless you’re willing to roll the dice on a random off-brand. I’m suddenly trying to figure out how much bigger my TV stand can get before it becomes a safety hazard.

I think this is one of the best budget QLED deals I’ve seen in a while. 100% Color Volume with Quantum Dot technology means the colors pop, and Quantum HDR adds contrast that actually does justice to whatever cinematic masterpiece (or trashy reality show) I’m watching. Samsung’s Dual LED backlights automatically adjust the warmth and coolness of colors, which is great since I am never going to manually tweak my settings like some home theater perfectionist.

SEE ALSO: LG’s 48-inch B4 OLED TV is down to under $500 at Best Buy

I also want smooth motion, and Motion Xcelerator makes sure fast-moving scenes don’t turn into a blurry mess. Object Tracking Sound Lite adds a 3D surround effect, which means the sound follows what’s happening on screen. I like the idea of feeling like I’m inside the car chase instead of just watching it from my couch.

• Price: $677.69 $1,100

• Retailer: Walmart

• Display: 70-inch QLED, 4K UHD

• Processor: Quantum Processor Lite

• HDR: Quantum HDR

• Refresh Rate: 60Hz

• Audio: Object Tracking Sound Lite, Q-Symphony 3.0

• Smart TV: Samsung Tizen OS

• Gaming Features: Samsung Gaming Hub, Motion Xcelerator

• HDMI Ports: Multiple HDMI ports

Samsung’s Gaming Hub is another win. No console? No problem. I can just stream games directly to the TV, which might be the push I need to start using my Xbox controller for something other than scrolling Netflix.

At $677.69, this is one of those deals that makes me question everything. A 70-inch QLED TV at this price? My current setup suddenly looks very small and very inadequate.

"Well, that was a dud," said Steve, annoyed. He and his wife, Danielle, had just lost $921 playing 3 Card poker at the Stratosphere Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The session was recently broadcast on the couple's YouTube channel, Vegas Action, which chronicles their ups and downs playing 3 Card and Texas Hold ‘Em.

Vegas Action is just one of dozens of gambling YouTube channels, a genre that took off around the onset of COVID and is enabled by a small but growing number of casinos that allow video recording by content creators. Steve and Danielle, who prefer not to use their last name for privacy concerns, set themselves apart with their amusing banter, random film clips, Michigan anecdotes (they travel to Vegas for tapings six times a year), and videos that feature a healthy dose of wins and losses.

"We wanted to be real and honest with people," Danielle says of their audience. "We’re going to lose, right? You can’t show all the wins and gloss over the losses. It’s reality. I don’t want anybody going to the casino thinking, Oh, they win all the time. I can play this game. It’s wrong."

Since launching in 2020, Vegas Action has attracted over 30,000 subscribers; decent numbers but much less than glossier channels like Bluff and Mr. Hand Pay which feature enormous bets (often in the hundreds compared to Vegas Action's $25-50 average) and many winning sessions.

"We’re more conservative type gamblers, and they're 'risk at all, we’re all in' gamblers," Steve says. "We’re more budgeted. It might play against us with [the YouTube] crowd, but our viewers are pretty loyal and they like us."

Steve and Danielle believe that the image some channels portray — highlighting astounding wins, breezing over staggering losses, and videos showing expensive cars and grandiose meals — can be dangerously enticing to young people. The related advertising that some channels use to supplement their income is also a cause for concern, at least for YouTube. The Google-owned company recently banned content that depicts or promotes online gambling sites not approved by YouTube. Additionally, content featuring approved online gambling sites will now be completely age-restricted, meaning anyone under 18 or not signed in cannot view them (there are exclusions for content featuring online sports betting and in-person gambling).

SEE ALSO: YouTube bans certain types of gambling content

While Vegas Action occasionally features ads from YouTube-approved mobile slot games, most of the channel's supplementary income comes via food comps or a few hundred dollars in promotional chips (free money to gamble with) they receive each trip from the casinos they play in. During a typical three-day trip to Vegas, the couple tapes about 40 gambling sessions, risking — and often losing — thousands of dollars of their own money. Add in the flights and ancillary expenses involved in running a YouTube channel, and, unsurprisingly, Vegas Action operates at a loss. Steve and Danielle often remind their audience that they both hold down jobs back in Michigan that have nothing to do with gaming.

"We’d like to eventually make this our job," says Danielle, who hopes she and Steve can move to Vegas someday. But currently, "we can't survive on channel money."

The couple says that some other channels covertly gamble "from their basement or deal to each other or do it on a cruise with play money."

"Doing a gambling channel on YouTube is extremely difficult because of the losing," Steve says.

Danielle and Steve of YouTube's Vegas Action are in it for the fun, not the money. Credit: Courtesy Vegas Action

The skewed reality presented by some channels feels especially risky since gambling is easier than ever. With the increased permissiveness and ubiquity of online casinos and sports betting, people don't even need a casino nearby, just the phone in their hands. Missouri recently became the 39th state to legalize sports betting and the U.S. gaming industry reported record-breaking revenue for a third consecutive year in 2023, according to the American Gaming Association.

Even though winning videos typically generate more views than losing videos, Steve and Danielle feel a responsibility to show their audience the unfiltered reality. The couple says younger viewers may not understand the risks inherent in gambling, including the house's edge, and older viewers likely have more to lose from it.

"What kind of 21-year-old has that kind of money to go to the casino and lose?" Danielle, 47, posits. "Even someone our age; who wants to get rid of their retirement? You can lose $10,000 in a weekend in the blink of an eye in Vegas," says Danielle.

"A couple hours," Steve adds.

March is Problem Gambling Awareness Month. If you're concerned about your gambling, call 1-800-Gambler or visit the National Council on Problem Gambling's website.

The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times' revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe.

With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many who play it.

So, when a tricky clue disrupts a player's flow, it can be frustrating! If you find yourself stumped playing The Mini — much like with Wordle and Connections — we have you covered.

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Here are the clues and answers to NYT's The Mini for Thursday, March 20, 2025:

AcrossChowder morsel

• The answer is Clam.

Emblem on a glass of Guinness

• The answer is Harp.

___ Madness (annual event that hints at 1-Down)

• The answer is March.

Strong desire

• The answer is Urge.

Contacted privately on social media, for short

• The answer is DMed.

DownAnagram of 6-Across

• The answer is Charm.

L, as in Land's End

• The answer is Large.

Moved with a curving trajectory

• The answer is Arced.

Speedometer abbr.

• The answer is MPH.

What hiking boots might track in the house

• The answer is Mud.

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SAVE $303: As of March 20, the LG 65-inch C3 OLED 4K Smart TV is available for $1,196.99 at Amazon. That’s $303 off its regular price of $1,499.99.

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I think this TV is the sweet spot in LG’s OLED lineup. The OLED evo panel makes colors pop without looking fake, while the α9 AI Processor Gen6 keeps everything looking smooth and sharp. Dolby Vision and HDR crank up the contrast, which means I’ll finally be able to see what’s happening in those infamously dark episodes of prestige dramas.

I also want this for gaming. The 120Hz refresh rate, NVIDIA G-Sync, AMD FreeSync Premium, and VRR make sure every frame is smooth, even when my reaction time is not. The 0.1ms response time is faster than my ability to process life decisions. With four HDMI 2.1 ports, I wouldn’t have to keep unplugging my PS5 just to use my Switch.

SEE ALSO: LG’s 48-inch B4 OLED TV is down to under $500 at Best Buy

Then there’s the smart TV setup. WebOS 23 is snappy, and Alexa is built-in for anyone who enjoys bossing around their technology. Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video, and Hulu are all preloaded, so I wouldn’t even need to find the remote before diving into another unnecessary binge session.

• Price: $1,196.99 $1,499.99

• Retailer: Amazon

• Display: 65-inch OLED evo, 4K UHD

• Processor: α9 AI Processor Gen6

• HDR: Dolby Vision, HDR10, HLG

• Refresh Rate: 120Hz with VRR

• Audio: Dolby Atmos, AI Sound Pro

• Smart TV: WebOS 23 with Alexa built-in

• Gaming Features: NVIDIA G-Sync, AMD FreeSync, 0.1ms response time

• HDMI Ports: 4 x HDMI 2.1

I could act like I’m still thinking about it, but at $1,196.99, this is one of the best OLED TV deals I’ve seen in months. If you’ve been waiting for a good excuse to upgrade, this is it. The only thing standing in my way now is measuring my TV stand and convincing myself this is necessary.

Meta is bringing its AI chatbot to Europe, but some features are missing.

In a blog post Thursday, Meta explained that the "complex regulatory system" in Europe prevented it to launch Meta AI there, even though it's been available in the U.S. since 2023.

This is now changing. Starting "this week" and "over the coming weeks," Meta AI will start to roll out in 41 European countries. The feature is also launching in 21 other global territories.

Meta AI wil be free in Europe and will launch across Meta's portfolio of social apps, including Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp. However, in the beginning, Meta AI will only be available as an intelligent chat function, meaning you'll be able to ask it questions about various topics, get solutions for problems, and plan trips and the like. You won't, however, be able to use Meta AI to generate or edit images.

Meta AI will initially be available in six European languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and German.

To try it out, tap on the new, blue circle icon within Meta’s apps, or type @MetaAI with a prompt in a chat group.

Notably, according to a Meta spokesperson (via CNET), Meta AI wasn't trained on "first-party data from users in the EU."

Meta plans to expand its AI features in Europe, and "find parity" with the U.S. over time.

SEE ALSO: Meta wants AI to write your Instagram comments

Meta is not the only company which had to delay the launch of AI features in Europe. Apple Intelligence, for example, is also late in Europe, even though it's been available for months in the U.S.

As Firefly Aerospace prepared to close out a two-week mission on the moon, its lander had one final gift to beam home: the first high-definition images of a lunar sunset. 

The company's Blue Ghost robotic spacecraft powered down on March 16 after completing a successful landing and operating 10 NASA experiments. But before going to sleep for the brutally cold lunar night, it conducted a study of the sunset. After the lander captured pictures from different camera angles, the Texas-based space company stitched them into a video (posted farther down in this story) to show the sun slipping below the horizon. 

Scientists will study the images for a mysterious phenomenon known as "horizon glow," thought to be created when solar influences cause moon dust to levitate. The theory was established by an Apollo 17 astronaut, Gene Cernan, who sketched his observations into his field notes. 

Following sundown, Blue Ghost operated for five more hours through the darkness of lunar night, continuing to take pictures, to monitor how the dust's behavior changed.

"What we see as the glow phenomenology looks very similar to what I've seen other astronauts put only in notes," said Jason Kim, Firefly's CEO, during a news conference, "and it does look green."

SEE ALSO: Intrepid moon lander witnesses truly breathtaking lunar sunrise Following sundown, Blue Ghost operated for five more hours through the darkness of lunar night, continuing to take pictures, to monitor how the dust's behavior changed. Credit: Firefly Aerospace

Many of the still frames reveal a bright light emanating from the sun, with another bright orb above it, Earth. Sandwiched between them and slightly to the right is a tiny point of light from Venus. 

Firefly's Blue Ghost lander, named after an exotic type of firefly, touched down on March 2. It sits at Mare Crisium, a lunar plain made from an ancient hardened lava flow. The area is next to a volcanic feature, Mons Latreille, in the northeast quadrant on the near side of the moon. 

The difficulty of that feat was underscored last week when Intuitive Machines, the first company to land on the moon last year (albeit tilted), was not able to even duplicate its partial success on its return. Intuitive Machines' Athena lander seemingly toppled in a crater, with its solar panels not pointing toward the sun. With the spacecraft unable to generate and replenish power, the company announced the mission was over. 

"We didn't just get our foot in the door," Kim said. "We got all four feet fully planted on the moon, service stable, and upright. And so I think what that does is it really just validates our company model."

NASA paid Firefly $101.5 million to build the spacecraft and deliver experiments to the moon through its Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. The space agency wants to see a regular cadence of moon missions to prepare for astronaut-led Artemis expeditions in 2027 or later. Blue Ghost was the longest commercial mission on the moon to date. 

Scientists will study the images for a mysterious phenomenom known as "horizon glow," thought to be created when solar influences cause moon dust to levitate. Credit: Firefly Aerospace

"The Firefly Blue Ghost Mission-1 is what I would call an existence proof of how we wanted Commercial Lunar Payload Services to work," said Joel Kearns, a NASA deputy associate administrator.

Firefly engineers don't expect the spacecraft to survive the lunar night, but they will try to turn the lander back on in early April anyway. The company plans to launch another spacecraft to the moon as early as next year. 

Steve Davis, a longtime Musk loyalist, is effectively the leader of the Department of Government Efficiency. Mr. Musk has likened him to chemotherapy.

Several new Asus laptops have gotten more expensive since launch because of President Donald Trump's tariffs on Chinese imports, the Taiwanese tech giant tells Mashable.

The price hikes affect five consumer PCs that Asus showcased at CES 2025, including a configuration of Mashable's "Best of CES" winner, the Asus Zenbook A14. They amount to increases of $50 to $100 per laptop, or less than 10% apiece:

• Asus Zenbook A14 (UX3407QA-PS76) — was $1,099.99, now $1,199.99 (+9%)

• Asus Vivobook S14 (M5406WA-BS99) — was $1,099.99, now $1,199.99 (+9%)

• Asus Vivobook Pro 15 (N6506CU-PS97) — was $1,399.99, now $1,499.99 (+7.1%)

• Asus Vivobook 16 (X1607QA) — was $749.99, now $799.99 (+6.7%)

• Asus Vivobook 14 (X1407QA) — was $699.99, now $749.99 (+7.1%)

More Asus laptops may be subject to tariff-related price increases down the road. "Unfortunately, since things are constantly changing as we receive new information, we don’t have a finalized list," an Asus rep tells Mashable. The laptops named above reflect "the list of products that have increased in prices so far as a result of the recent tariffs" as of mid-March 2025.

The Asus Vivobook 14, Vivobook 16, and the Iceland Gray Zenbook A14 initially debuted at lower prices at CES 2025 in January. Credit: Asus

Tariff-related price changes have also affected the gaming side of Asus' lineup. Its latest ROG Flow Z13 gaming tablet has seen a $100 price increase across all configurations; the base model (GZ302EA-DS96) is now $2,099.99, having previously started at $1,999.99.

As our sister site PCMag previously reported, Asus' co-CEO SY Hsu floated the possibility of price increases in a company earnings call earlier this month amid the company's plans to transfer its manufacturing from China to other countries. The move is an attempt to dodge U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods, which Trump doubled from 10 to 20% on March 4 — though such a shift comes with its own restructuring costs.

SEE ALSO: The best laptops for 2025, tested by our experts

Asus has the fifth-largest market share among PC makers after Lenovo, HP, Dell, and Apple.

Asus isn't the only computer manufacturer that's cited the tariffs as grounds for recent price adjustments. Acer CEO Jason Chen told The Telegraph in February that the company would raise its prices on laptops by 10% sometime this month "because of the import tax." Acer is also mulling a move away from Chinese manufacturing for the same reason, as is HP.

If nothing else, this just makes Apple's latest MacBook all the more of a flex. Launched on March 12, the company's new M4-powered MacBook Air is $100 cheaper than its predecessor from early 2024.