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TL;DR: Wave goodbye to recurring fees with lifetime access to Curiosity Stream on sale for $159.97 (reg. $399) through July 21.
Opens in a new window Credit: Curiosity Stream Curiosity Stream Standard Plan: Lifetime Subscription $159.97 at The Mashable ShopWhen every show you want to watch is available on a different streaming platform, you end up shelling out way more money than you want to. But if you're someone who's into documentaries, there's a place where all of them live — and the best part is, you only have to pay once to watch them all.
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TL;DR: Replace your Siri Remote with a Button Remote for Apple TV and Apple TV 4K. Get this blast to the past for $33.97 (reg. $39) until July 21 at 11:59 p.m. PT.
Apple is great at a lot of things, but the Apple TV Siri Remote might not be their crowning achievement. Whether you're tired of accidentally activating the touch controls or need a replacement remote after an unfortunate drop, try the Button Remote for Apple TV and Apple TV 4K instead. This remote brings a classic design to your modern smart amenities, and it's pretty cheap too. While it's on sale, you can get the Button Remote for Apple TV for $33.97 (reg. $39).
Why get this instead of using the Siri remote?The Button Remote is a replacement for the voice control design of the Siri remote. They both have many of the same functions, but now you don't have to talk to your TV to get it to work. This remote brings some of the comfort and familiarity of older remotes to your modern Apple TV.
Setup is quick. The Button Remote is a hybrid Bluetooth and Infrared device that connects seamlessly. Make sure to check the button layout for guides on everything this little remote can do, but a few functions definitely stand out. There's an Infared without Bluetooth option for even less, at $23.
Media controls for volume and app switching are all in a central spot with the mute button at the center. Other functions are activated by holding different buttons down. That's how you open up the Apple TV control center. This remote also supports profile switching, sleep timers, and access to audio controls for AirPods and HomePod devices.
This remote is compatible with multiple Apple TV models and over 100 brands of TVs, soundbars, and receivers. The only thing you need to provide is two AAA batteries.
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Opens in a new window Credit: function101 Button Remote for Apple TV/Apple TV 4K (Bluetooth + Infrared) Button Remote for Apple TV/Apple TV 4K (Bluetooth + Infrared) Button Remote for Apple TV/Apple TV 4K (Bluetooth + Infrared) Video Thumbnail Button Remote for Apple TV/Apple TV 4K (Bluetooth + Infrared) Button Remote for Apple TV/Apple TV 4K (Bluetooth + Infrared) Button Remote for Apple TV/Apple TV 4K (Bluetooth + Infrared) Button Remote for Apple TV/Apple TV 4K (Bluetooth + Infrared) Button Remote for Apple TV/Apple TV 4K (Bluetooth + Infrared) Button Remote for Apple TV/Apple TV 4K (Bluetooth + Infrared) $33.97 at The Mashable ShopTL;DR: Through July 21, you can get 20TB of cloud storage for life with Prism Drive on sale for £61.92. That’s less than paying for nine months of Dropbox. You can also buy cloud storage plans starting at 2TB.
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Opens in a new window Credit: Prism Drive Prism Drive Secure Cloud Storage: Lifetime Subscription (20TB) £61.92 at the Mashable ShopOh hey there! If you're here, it must be time for Wordle. As always, we're serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today's answer.
If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for July 21's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.
Where did Wordle come from?Originally created by engineer Josh Wardle as a gift for his partner, Wordle rapidly spread to become an international phenomenon, with thousands of people around the globe playing every day. Alternate Wordle versions created by fans also sprang up, including battle royale Squabble, music identification game Heardle, and variations like Dordle and Quordle that make you guess multiple words at once.
Wordle eventually became so popular that it was purchased by the New York Times, and TikTok creators even livestream themselves playing.
Not the day you're after? Here's the solution to yesterday's Wordle.
What's the best Wordle starting word?The best Wordle starting word is the one that speaks to you. But if you prefer to be strategic in your approach, we have a few ideas to help you pick a word that might help you find the solution faster. One tip is to select a word that includes at least two different vowels, plus some common consonants like S, T, R, or N.
What happened to the Wordle archive?The entire archive of past Wordle puzzles used to be available for anyone to enjoy whenever they felt like it. Unfortunately, it has since been taken down, with the website's creator stating it was done at the request of the New York Times.
Is Wordle getting harder?It might feel like Wordle is getting harder, but it actually isn't any more difficult than when it first began. You can turn on Wordle's Hard Mode if you're after more of a challenge, though.
Here's a subtle hint for today's Wordle answer:A tiny, almost imperceptible spot or particle.
Does today's Wordle answer have a double letter?There are no letters that appear twice.
Today's Wordle is a 5-letter word that starts with...Today's Wordle starts with the letter S.
SEE ALSO: Wordle-obsessed? These are the best word games to play IRL. The Wordle answer today is...Get your last guesses in now, because it's your final chance to solve today's Wordle before we reveal the solution.
Drumroll please!
The solution to today's Wordle...
SPECK.
Don't feel down if you didn't manage to guess it this time. There will be a new Wordle for you to stretch your brain with tomorrow, and we'll be back again to guide you with more helpful hints.
Are you also playing NYT Strands? See hints and answers for today's Strands.
Reporting by Caitlin Welsh, Sam Haysom, Amanda Yeo, Shannon Connellan, Cecily Mauran, Mike Pearl, and Adam Rosenberg contributed to this article.
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If you're reading this, you're looking for a little help playing Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game.
By providing an opaque hint and not providing the word list, Strands creates a brain-teasing game that takes a little longer to play than its other games, like Wordle and Connections.
SEE ALSO: Wordle today: Here's the answer hints for July 21 SEE ALSO: NYT Connections today: See hints and answers for July 21If you're feeling stuck or just don't have 10 or more minutes to figure out today's puzzle, we've got all the NYT Strands hints for today's puzzle you need to progress at your preferred pace.
NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: S-words? (a cutting-edge theme!)The hint really gets to the point.
Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explainedThe clue refers to types of swords.
NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?Today's NYT Strands spangram is horizontal.
NYT Strands spangram answer today:Today's spangram is Blades.
NYT Strands word list for July 21Claymore
Scimitar
Katana
Cutlass
Blades
Rapier
Machete
Looking for other daily online games? Find one you might like – or hints for another game you're already playing – on Mashable's Games page.
Connections is the latest New York Times word game that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.
If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for July 21's Connections solution. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.
What is Connections?The NYT's latest daily word game has become a social media hit. The Times credits associate puzzle editor Wyna Liu with helping to create the new word game and bringing it to the publications' Games section. Connections can be played on both web browsers and mobile devices and require players to group four words that share something in common.
Tweet may have been deletedEach puzzle features 16 words and each grouping of words is split into four categories. These sets could comprise of anything from book titles, software, country names, etc. Even though multiple words will seem like they fit together, there's only one correct answer. If a player gets all four words in a set correct, those words are removed from the board. Guess wrong and it counts as a mistake—players get up to four mistakes until the game ends.
Tweet may have been deletedPlayers can also rearrange and shuffle the board to make spotting connections easier. Additionally, each group is color-coded with yellow being the easiest, followed by green, blue, and purple. Like Wordle, you can share the results with your friends on social media.
Here's a hint for today's Connections categoriesWant a hit about the categories without being told the categories? Then give these a try:
Yellow: Political advocacy
Green: Physical condition
Blue: Things needed to build
Purple: Words found on a calculator
Need a little extra help? Today's connections fall into the following categories:
Yellow: Ways to Support a Candidate
Green: Constitution
Blue: Carpentry Tools
Purple: Math Abbreviations
Looking for Wordle today? Here's the answer to today's Wordle.
Ready for the answers? This is your last chance to turn back and solve today's puzzle before we reveal the solutions.
Drumroll, please!
The solution to today's Connections #406 is...
What is the answer to Connections todayWays to Support a Candidate: CAMPAIGN, CANVASS, ORGANIZE, STUMP
Constitution: COMPOSITION, FABRIC, MAKEUP, STRUCTURE
Carpentry Tools: CLAMP, FILE, LEVEL, SAW
Math Abbreviations: LOG, MAX, MOD, TAN
Don't feel down if you didn't manage to guess it this time. There will be new Connections for you to stretch your brain with tomorrow, and we'll be back again to guide you with more helpful hints.
Are you also playing NYT Strands? See hints and answers for today's Strands.
Is this not the Connections game you were looking for? Here are the hints and answers to yesterday's Connections.
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Former President Donald Trump — once again officially the Republican candidate for president — is no longer banned from Twitch, the streaming platform.
SEE ALSO: Elon Musk's X adds pro-Trump icons for Trump hashtagsTrump was banned indefinitely back in 2021 after the Jan. 6 attempted insurrection at the Capitol. His ban was somewhat quietly lifted on Friday — as seemingly the entire online infrastructure melted down due to the CrowdStrike outages. The reason Trump's allowed back? Well, after this week's Republican National Convention, he's officially the presidential nominee and thus, Twitch reasoned, newsworthy enough to be brought back.
"We reinstated former President Trump’s Twitch channel," said a Twitch spokesperson, via The Verge. "We believe there is value in hearing from Presidential nominees directly, when possible. Trump is now the official Republican nominee for US president."
Trump could find himself in hot water with Twitch again, however, because he will be subject to the company's normal community guidelines. The former president has proven time and again that abiding by such guidelines proves to be a difficult task for him.
"We continue to enforce our Community Guidelines and take necessary enforcement action when we identify violations of our rules," the Twitch spokesperson said. "Twitch doesn’t have a 'public figure policy,' meaning all channels are equally subject to our guidelines, regardless of whether the channel belongs to a public figure."
You'd be forgiven if you thought Twitch had already made this move — many of the other social media sites have already allowed Trump to return. YouTube and Elon Musk's X dropped the bans and Meta recently removed heightened suspension penalties previously in place for Trump's Instagram and Facebook pages.
In short: Trump is fully back online.
X is developing a new tool that'll allow users to block links in replies, which could help cut down on spam.
SEE ALSO: X is flirting with dislike and downvote features (again)Engadget noted that the new tool first surfaced online via a post from independent app researcher Nima Owji, who has discovered such unreleased features in the past.
Owji, simply enough, posted, "X is working on the ability to let you disable links in the replies of your posts!" Owji included a screenshot of what the potentially forthcoming tool looks like.
Tweet may have been deletedThe feature looks simple enough. It'll just be a box to check to disable links in the replies. That could be helpful to stop the accounts that flood popular posts with spammy links, often to questionable products. Others post links intentionally trying to mislead you. So blocking replies with links could certainly prove helpful.
Christopher Stanley, senior director for security engineering at X, posted a reply about the feature, confirming that it was real and that his team built the tool.
Tweet may have been deletedSoon enough you might be able to post a dumb joke without worrying about weird links in your replies. There's been a lot of recent bad change for X, formerly Twitter, but maybe this could be a helpful tool.
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.
SEE ALSO: NYT Connections today: See hints and answers for July 20 SEE ALSO: Wordle today: Here's the answer hints for July 20Here are the clues and answers to NYT's The Mini for Saturday, July 20, 2024:
AcrossReggae relativeThe answer is Ska.
The answer is Chant.
The answer is Out do.
The answer is Synenergy.
The answer is Hot yoga.
The answer is Ate.
The answer is Ill.
The answer is Med.
The answer is Dee.
The answer is Shunted.
The answer is Katey.
The answer is Android.
The answer is Coyote.
The answer is Toggle.
The answer is Sham.
The answer is Yale.
Are you also playing NYT Strands? See hints and answers for today's Strands.
At 19-years-old, JuJu Watkins is juggling a full court press of college coursework along with a high-profile basketball career that will likely see her go pro in just a few short years. But Watkins isn't breaking a sweat. In fact, she's eager to add another proverbial ball to the mix.
"I actually wanted to learn to play guitar and then I had season, and now I'm on to different things," she tells Mashable while in town for an event hosted by Meta AI. There she told the NYC crowd that she hopes aspiring athletes can use the tool to access resources like training plans. As for herself, "Maybe I can ask Meta AI where to start [with guitar]," she says, noting that her guitar does need a little love. "It's in my living room, but for now it's just decoration."
Read on for more about Watkins' favorite apps, ways to relax off the court, and her summer side quests.
SEE ALSO: Caitlin Clark's rookie WNBA salary sparks controversy. But there's more to the numbers. I watched some of your highlights last night. The clean "swish" of the ball going through the net over and over is like ASMR.Yes! I feel the same way.
Do you listen to ASMR? Or is there a sound like that that calms you down?I don't watch ASMR but I love stress balls. I use them when I study.
You're going to be a sophomore at USC. How is school?School is great. I recently took a feminist theory class, which is like, crazy. I've actually taken two classes so far, learning about the different theories has been cool and so has learning about the history and how it all comes together. Right now I'm on track to be a communications major.
I noticed a few Bear Bricks in an Instagram photo you posted of your room. Are you a collector?I was collecting them and then I was just like, "Why am I spending so much money on these?" So unless I see one that I really really can't live without, I won't buy it. But it was a hobby of mine for a couple months. I have a Michael Jackson, Joker, and a Basquiat.
I think, honestly, that I go through phases when it comes to collecting — a lot of phases. And then I'll be like, why am I doing this? Sneakers I think will always be something I collect, though. I never seem to get tired of that. Right now I store them in shoeboxes, which I have to fix. I have to go to The Container Store and buy something more aesthetic, like the clear acrylic boxes.
I've seen you're doing a lot more on camera work, how has that been? Your Morgan and Morgan ad was actually iconic.It's definitely crazy. I consider it like a side quest, honestly. I'm just doing things and getting better at it slowly. Sometimes I get a little nervous just because it's kind of out of my comfort zone.
For example, Morgan and Morgan were like "show personality [laughs], try to be quirky" or something. When they give you a specific emotion and you try to replicate it, that's always the awkward part. When I feel like, "I wouldn't do that," it's like, "Okay, I have to act." And acting is out of the box for me a little.
In March, basketball great Cheryl Miller asked if you'd found a "space for yourself" amidst all the pressure of your career and you said no. Has anything changed since then?I've definitely gotten better, I think, just being in the offseason. During season, it could get a bit much. But then after season, you get to take a deep breath in and just chill. You grind and then you have vacation. I think that's just the circle of life. But I'm having fun. I went on my first vacation recently. I went to Mexico for a couple days and shopped. But I love LA, so that's just a vacation in itself.
You're from Watts and a USC girl. How do you feel about New York?[Laughs] It's not my fave. You guys have got great food, which is something I can always appreciate. I don't know, it just might be a little too much going on. It's a little busy for me. I like calmness. And the weather I can't really get with. Honestly, though, I feel like I haven't really gotten a chance to truly explore so maybe if I explore more, I'll enjoy it.
View this post on Instagram Another Instagram post of your included the quote "Your idea of me is not my responsibility to live up to."[Laughs] Everybody thinks that's so deep, I just found it on Pinterest and I liked it.
You're a Pinterest girly?I am! I am a Pinterest girly. I use it to find inspo, tattoos, interior design for how I want to do my apartment.
I'm also on Instagram a lot more. Whenever I have cute pictures, I'll post them. But honestly, I'm not like an avid [poster], I just want to keep my fans engaged and try to show my personality a bit. I'm pretty chill about it.
I'm also on Snapchat. [My team is] getting me out of my shell a little bit with social media. She follows me everywhere [laughs, pointing at a team member] for content so that's how we do Snapchat.
And I love TikTok. Whenever I'm chilling, I'll just scroll. I usually find up and coming artists that way, like this one called Skaiwater. In terms of what I'm listening to right now, Kaytranada dropped an album that I was a fan of. I think I'm generally in an up tempo mood because it's summer.
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
Great floods once poured down a towering Martian mountain.
And NASA's dust-covered Curiosity rover has proof.
The car-sized NASA robot has spent much of 2024 exploring the Gediz Vallis channel, a dried-up waterway that travels down the three-mile-high Mount Sharp. Although Mars today is 1,000 times drier than the driest desert on Earth, the rover has spotted clues that long ago the Red Planet experienced momentous floods. It was a wet world.
"This was not a quiet period on Mars," Becky Williams, a scientist at the Planetary Science Institute who researches Mars using the rover's Mast Camera, said in a statement. "There was an exciting amount of activity here. We’re looking at multiple flows down the channel, including energetic floods and boulder-rich flows."
SEE ALSO: NASA scientist viewed first Voyager images. What he saw gave him chills.The images below show what Curiosity has recently found.
Below is a wide-view photo of a section of Gediz Vallis as it winds down Mount Sharp. You can see prominent buildups of rocks and boulders, such as those in the foreground on left. "This area was likely formed by large floods of water and debris that piled jumbles of rocks into mounds within the channel," NASA explained. Impressively, this debris pile-up extends some two miles down the mountain (though some of this was likely caused by landslides, too).
Mars' Gediz Vallis channel with large buildups of rocky debris. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSSCuriosity also closely examined these water-tumbled rocks. A number of them contain telltale "halo" markings, as seen in the image below. "Finally, water soaked into all the material that settled here," the space agency explained. "Chemical reactions caused by the water bleached white 'halo' shapes into some of the rocks."
At center, a Martian rock displaying a clear "halo" created by ancient interactions with water. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSSUnlike Earth, Mars no longer harbors an insulating atmosphere. The Red Planet's hot metallic core deep below its surface cooled long ago, and without a heated interior to generate a protective magnetic field, the once water-rich world was exposed to a relentless flow of particles from the sun, called the solar wind. The solar wind progressively stripped Mars of its thick atmosphere, leaving it the frigid, callous, irradiated desert we see today.
The Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars in 2012, continues to scour Mars to determine if the planet could have ever harbored habitable conditions for microbial life. Meanwhile, NASA's Perseverance rover, which landed in 2020, is equipped with instruments that sleuth for hints of past life called "biosignatures" — elements, substances, or features providing evidence of ancient organisms. This could mean telltale chains of molecules or structures that were almost certainly produced by single-celled Martians.
Although it's clear that Mars once hosted bounties of water, robotic Martian explorers have spotted no evidence, so far, that this rocky world ever hosted life.
Wondering what everyone's watching on YouTube but don’t have the time to scroll to find out? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered.
We’ve pulled together some of the top trending videos of the last week that you should know about (so you can keep up in conversations with the cool kids). You're welcome.
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This 11-minute highlight reel from the Spain vs. England UEFA Euro 2024 Finals posted July 14 has more than 1.8 million views.
Engineer and educator Mark Rober’s video – on creating a robot that can solve jigsaw puzzles by processing things differently than a human would – saw more than 11 million views in a week after being posted to his YouTube channel on July 13.
More than 17 million people viewed the July 12 trailer for the new Captain America movie, which finally shows Sam Wilson, played by Anthony Mackie, picking up the mantle of the American hero, Steve Rogers (Chris Evans). Captain America: Brave New World is expected to hit theaters July 14, 2025.
Flying is cool; so are stunts. But it’s not everyday you see someone doing stunts while flying. More than 5 million people watched the five-man stunt group try to land darts, make baskets and more, mid-flight with the help of the U.S. Air Force, after the video was posted July 13.
What do robots, competitions, and streamers Kai Cenat and Sketch all have in common? More than 2 million viewers who tuned in to watch them build and battle robots in this July 12 video.
Sports and gaming YouTuber QJB’s College Football 25 video game stream saw more than 1.7 million views after being posted July 11. The hype is real, with many gearing up for the launch after years of not having a major college football video game. Fans may want to tune in to get some tips on how to score.
Unpack the question of what’s under the ice of the Antarctic, according to RealLifeLore's Joseph Pisenti, in under 40 minutes. This video has garnered more than 2 million views after being posted July 12.
This 10-minute video details how one man changed the lives of many in Los Angeles, using his artistic skills to change a sign, according to The Drive's YouTube channel. It's a lesson you might not have learned in school. More than 2 million people watched after it dropped July 12.
Amelia Dimoldenberg and Billie Eilish's 'Chicken Shop Date'You may never get the chance to go on a date with Billie Eilish but you can join the 4 million-plus people that watched her “date” with Youtuber Amelia Dimoldenberg. In one of the most-viewed videos of Dimoldenberg's Chicken Shop Date web series the two have what some might call an awkward conversation – and others would call comedic gold. Take a look and decide for yourself.
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TL;DR: Give your living room a classy touch with the Dreamscreens 4K Digital Art Gallery on sale for $32.97 (reg. $49.99) through July 21.
Opens in a new window Credit: Dreamscreens Dreamscreens: Turn Your TV into a 4K Digital Art Gallery $32.97 at The Mashable ShopYou're finally throwing that fancy dinner party you've been thinking about since you moved into your house. If you're looking for a way to impress your guests even more, you could turn your TV into an art gallery.
That's exactly what Dreamscreens does, displaying over 500 iconic paintings in 4K quality right on your TV. Through July 21, you can get it on sale for $32.97 (reg. $49.99).
All you need to do is plug the Dream Art Collection drive into the USB slot of your Smart TV, and you can start enjoying an artsy slideshow of timeless masterpieces. Whether you choose to display one painting at a time, play them as a video with background music, or run a continuous slideshow, the crisp 4K images will make you feel like you’re standing in front of the originals at a museum.
With Dreamscreens, you get versatility and ease of use. The collection includes both standard and widescreen versions of each painting, ensuring the best fit for your TV. You can enjoy the paintings in their original size, which might have black bars around them, or opt for the widescreen version that fills your entire screen.
The dual-screen feature enhances compatibility across different devices, making it work seamlessly on smart TVs and digital frames. Just make sure your TV supports NTFS-formatted USB drives, or you can use a media server app to play the slideshow effortlessly.
Show your artsy side with the Dreamscreens 4K Digital Art Gallery available for $32.97 until July 21 at 11:59 p.m. PT.
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TL;DR: Beef up your résumé by learning a new language with Babbel. A lifetime subscription is on sale for $129.97 until July 21.
In today's competitive job market, standing out is crucial. Adding language proficiency to your résumé can significantly increase your marketability. Babbel's lifetime subscription offers access to 14 languages, giving you the tools to learn at your own pace and begin the journey of improving your professional prospects.
Through July 21, you can get lifetime access to Babbel Language Learning discounted to $129.97. The lifetime access means that you can use this program forever, even as you advance in your language learning journey and utilize travel or conversation groups to get you closer to fluency.
Babbel's language courses are designed by experts and tailored to real-life situations, helping you gain practical communication skills. With interactive lessons, speech-recognition technology, and engaging exercises, you can build confidence in your language abilities.
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Opens in a new window Credit: Babbel Babbel Language Learning: Lifetime Subscription (All Languages) $129.97 at The Mashable ShopTL;DR: Set your creativity free with this deal on a MacBook Pro refurb on sale for $369.97 until July 21.
If you're a graphic designer, video editor, or any other type of creative professional or hobbyist, you've probably worked on an Apple computer for most, if not all, of your projects. From the simple interface to the stunning graphics, it's no secret that Macs are the go-to choice.
MacBook Pros, in particular, uphold a high standard for Mac computers in terms of performance and reliability, in addition to the perks that come along with having most Apple products. This refurbished MacBook Pro from 2015 may have a few years on it, but still works just like new. Through July 21, you can get it on sale for $369.97 (reg. $441).
Powered by a 2.2GHz Intel Core i7 processor and equipped with 16GB of RAM, this refurbished laptop handles multitasking with ease. Whether you're editing videos, creating graphics, or running demanding applications, the MacBook Pro offers a smooth and efficient workflow. Its 256GB SSD provides fast boot times and ample storage for all your important files and projects.
Its large 15.4-inch Retina display offers stunning visuals with vibrant colors and sharp details, making it a great option for creative professionals and entertainment enthusiasts alike. The integrated Intel Iris Pro Graphics delivers impressive performance for both everyday tasks and intensive graphic work. With its sleek aluminum design, durable structure, and advanced features like the Force Touch trackpad and a long battery life, this MacBook Pro combines style, durability, and functionality.
This MacBook Pro received a grade "B" rating, meaning it may show some cosmetic signs of wear-and-tear, but has been certified to function properly.
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Opens in a new window Credit: Apple Apple MacBook Pro (2015) 15.4", i7 2.2GHz, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD (Refurbished) $369.97 at The Mashable ShopScientists have long suspected the moon may harbor dark labyrinths. They now have proof one exists.
In 2010, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, a satellite orbiting the moon, captured imagery of an intriguing pit on the moon's surface, in the same region where the Apollo 11 astronauts landed. It was unknown if this was part of greater caverns, but planetary scientists have reanalyzed the spacecraft's observations and determined it is indeed a cave. And elsewhere on the moon, there could be many more.
"We're just seeing the tip of the iceberg," Wes Patterson, a planetary scientist at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory who coauthored the new research in Nature Astronomy, told Mashable.
SEE ALSO: The U.S. is exploring a railroad for the moon. It has a good reason.These caverns are most likely a lava tube, a geologic phenomenon created by volcanic eruptions. Found in regions around Earth, lava tubes are created by molten rock, or magma, leaking up near or onto a world's surface, and forming these natural tunnels. Tubes form from crusted-over lava, and the conduits are emptied when lava drains out or is diverted elsewhere. You can walk though giant lava tubes on Earth.
To determine if the pit was part of a greater tunnel system, the researchers looked at other data collected by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, specifically from a radar instrument called the Miniature Radio-Frequency. While flying over the pit in the volcanic plains of Mare Tranquillitatis (popularly called the "Sea of Tranquility"), the spacecraft sent a signal into the opening, which bounced back, ultimately providing (with the help of geometry and computer simulations) evidence of a tunnel at least some 130 feet (40 meters) wide and perhaps as much as 80 meters, or some 260 feet, long. It turns out the pit is actually a skylight.
"This is our first direct evidence of a conduit associated with one of those pits," Patterson said.
To buttress their lunar results, the researchers performed a similar analysis on a lava tube here on Earth. Their process worked.
Different pits observed by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. The middle pit in the top row, labeled for the region "Mare Tranquillitatis," leads to the recently identified cave. Credit: NASA / GSFC / Arizona State UniversitySuch a tunnel isn't simply an intriguing geologic find. It could prove vital for future moon exploration, or colonization.
"It is a place that can protect us," Patterson said.
On the moon's surface, astronauts from NASA and other agencies will be threatened by a quadruple whammy of micrometeorites, extreme cold, extreme heat, and radiation — particularly from the sun. The moon lacks an atmosphere, meaning, for example, humans would be exposed to temperatures reaching some 260 degrees Fahrenheit (127 Celsius) on the moon's illuminated side. They'll need shelter. (The space agency plans to return astronauts to the moon as soon as late 2026.)
"It is a place that can protect us.""We could build things on the moon that would be just as safe as sitting in a lava tube, but it would take a lot more infrastructure to do so," Patterson noted.
Lava tubes might not be the only caverns on the moon. Conduits created by intense, heat-generating impacts might exist in other regions of the moon, near the poles. But this large lava tube in the Sea of Tranquility might be necessary for a future moon base, or landing area.
And there could be much bigger, or interconnected, caverns out there. What else will future observations, perhaps from future moon-orbiting spacecraft, reveal about the moon's lava tubes?
"They may create extensive networks," Patterson said.
In the latest season of The Bear, cousin Richie insults chef Carmy with a memorable dig during one of their rapid-fire kitchen fights, calling him a "baby replicant who's not self-actualized."
The line, which appears to be a Blade Runner reference, gets a laugh. It also sums up not just Carmy's trajectory over the show's three seasons, but also the frustrating nature of its latest outing. Season 3 leaves its terrific actors and their superbly flawed characters flailing in a tedious study of professional trauma.
In order for Season 4 of The Bear to succeed, Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) has to evolve beyond his stunted identity as a tortured chef. His desperation to achieve culinary genius — while ignoring his many psychic wounds — is poisoning everyone else around him, including Richie (Ebon Moss-Bachrach); his second-in-command, Sydney (Ayo Edebiri); and chef Tina (Liza Colón-Zayas).
In his own way, Carmy could even experience post-traumatic growth, putting him in the company of countless people who've endured hell but over time made something meaningful of their journey.
SEE ALSO: How to watch 'The Bear' online for free: when does Season 3 start streaming?This could be The Bear's plan, but this loyal viewer would be grateful if Season 4 relied far less on heavy-handed repetition, and I'm not alone in that criticism.
The Bear's ambitious stylistic treatment of workplace hazing and its psychological toll, for example, doesn't enlighten. The plot frequently stalls with flashbacks to Carmy's experience in a kitchen where an abusive chef berates and belittles him. These and other scenes from his past play in loops, blurring past and present. He's otherwise personally frozen with fear, unable to apologize to his former girlfriend for cruelly abandoning their relationship.
The redundant flashbacks drag the viewer into a thematic cul-de-sac from which there is no escape. Not even the charming weirdo Fak brothers (Matty Matheson and Ricky Staffieri) or Jon Cena's delightful cameo as a floor-buffing pro can save the most plodding episodes. (Don't say Mashable entertainment reporter Belen Edwards didn't warn you in her expectation-lowering review.)
Carmy does little more than painstakingly assemble dishes only to throw them in the garbage. Viewers could be forgiven for wanting to do the same with the series after this season's 10 episodes.
Feeling trapped may indeed be the point. As Smriti Joshi, chief psychologist at the mental health platform Wysa and a fan of The Bear, pointed out to me in an email, Season 3 begins right after Carmy is freed from the walk-in refrigerator where he spent the final moments of Season 2 temporarily imprisoned by a broken door.
Everything that went wrong during his meltdown there — accidentally rejecting his girlfriend, alienating his family and staff, unwillingly disappearing on the most important night of his life — has plunged Carmy right back into his past trauma.
Joshi, who felt the season's repetitiveness was warranted given Carmy's mental state, told me that his standstill can't realistically come to a quick end. Instead, his icebox reflections result in him feeling even more "haunted" than he did before. In Season 3, being haunted is played for laughs by the Fak brothers, but the idea is clearly more than just comic relief. Intrusive thoughts like the ones Carmy experiences again and again are like ghosts, too.
"Trauma doesn't have a neat resolution, and Carmy's character reflects the messy, often stagnant nature of living with unprocessed pain," Joshi said.
As someone who covers the depiction of mental health in popular culture, I have admired The Bear's handling of the subject. I applauded the first season's sensitive treatment of suicide loss. Watching the second season, I was struck by how certain storylines subtly pressed chaotic characters into a state of mindfulness.
Trauma doesn't have a neat resolution, and Carmy's character reflects the messy, often stagnant nature of living with unprocessed pain. - Smriti Joshi, chief psychologist for WysaI think the effort to take viewers deep inside Carmy's mind was brave, but the season didn't need to pivot so obsessively around his memories for those of us watching to understand that he's stuck in damaging ways, or that he's plagued by intrusive thoughts.
You needn't look farther than the summer blockbuster Inside Out 2 to see a wholly original and moving depiction of emotional and physiological paralysis. The movie's culminating scene, in which a teen girl experiences a panic attack observed both from the outside and from within her own mind, doesn't take more than a few minutes to make its point.
Of course, an animated feature is not a 30-minute television "comedy," but every form of entertainment can draw power from trusting its audience.
I am personally rooting for The Bear's next season to claw its way out of the claustrophobic world it has constructed for its characters. Though permanently trapping Carmy in arrested development may be truer to reality, The Bear's biggest champions watch because they believe that something beautiful can be salvaged from the mess of every character's life.
Hollywood seems to understand the brilliance of The Bear's past seasons, too. On July 17, the show earned a record 23 Emmy nominations for a comedy.
Because of the eligibility calendar, those accolades recognize Season 2, which aired profound episodes of television. These include "Forks," in which Richie arguably becomes self-actualized, and "Fishes," a masterful if tense portrayal of family dysfunction guest starring Jamie Lee Curtis as Carmy's mother, who misuses alcohol in ways that devastate her children.
Barring a couple standout episodes in Season 3, including the return of Curtis in "Ice Chips," I would be surprised if The Bear garners the same awards-season praise next year.
The show is at a crossroads. Liberating it from the oppressive tendencies of Season 3 could look like cutting a path toward post-traumatic growth for Carmy. Joshi said she'd love to see him reframe negative thoughts so that they're more positive and compassionate, and to make the space to process his trauma.
Frank conversations with his mother, Richie, and his sister, Sugar (Abby Elliott), about their difficulties with self-compassion could help too, along with individual grief therapy to fully grapple with the death of his brother Mikey (Jon Bernthal).
"Although it might not make for explosive TV, if Carmy experienced post-traumatic growth, viewers would gain valuable insight into the genuinely difficult work it takes to overcome intertwined grief and trauma," Joshi said.
This may sound too prescriptive, or like a recipe for turning The Bear into a predictable show about the virtues of therapy. But I hope its creators and writers ultimately transform Carmy, slowly but surely, into a fully integrated human being, as Richie might say.
The blueprint for that surfaced this season if you squinted hard enough. Every time Carmy or another character discussed their legacy, in the kitchen or in life, you could see Carmy registering and then suppressing a flicker of recognition that interpersonal conflict could be what he leaves behind, even to those he loves.
But at some point, The Bear has to stop dancing around the menacing titular beast that makes an occasional appearance in Carmy's nightmares.
"In order to grow, Carmy must face the bear in the cage and let him out," Joshi said.
TL;DR: For a limited time, you can get a lifetime subscription to SwiftScan VIP, an app that turns your phone into a real-life scanner, on sale for only £37.16 (reg. £154.86) when you use the code SAVENOW.
Opens in a new window Credit: Maple Media SwiftScan VIP: Lifetime Subscription £37.16 at The Mashable ShopGone are the days when your desk looked like an office supply store. Tools like typewriters, calculators, and fax machines have all been booted out by sleek laptops and smartphones. Scanners should have faced the same fate, though, let's be real, the default scanning apps on your phone are subpar at best.
For a limited time, you can get a lifetime subscription to SwiftScan VIP, an app that turns your smartphone into a real-life scanner, on sale for only £37.16 (reg. £154.86). Just be sure to use the discount code SAVENOW at checkout to get this newly discounted pricing.
Highly rated on both the App Store and Google Play, SwiftScan turns your phone into a high-quality scanner. It can handle everything from important printed documents to receipts and the messy notes your professor made on the whiteboard to doodles on a sketchbook. SwiftScan even scans QR codes and barcodes to save contacts, find locations, open websites, and more. It takes only a single tap to create digital files, which you can then export as PDFs or JPGs and easily send via email, upload to the cloud, or even fax.
With a built-in PDF editor, SwiftScan is also capable of annotating notes on a document, adding signatures, redacting or highlighting sections, and removing, adding, or rearranging the order of pages. Plus, with its OCR technology, your scans are searchable, making it easy to find exactly what you need in the digital haystack. You can also organise your scans in folders and rename them with predefined placeholders to make everything clutter-free, even if the files just live inside your phone.
Ditch your clunky scanner. A lifetime subscription to SwiftScan VIP normally goes for £154.86, but you can get it on sale for only £37.16 using the discount code SAVENOW.
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