Instagram is making it so much easier to share your pronouns on the app. Instead of writing them into your bio (or leaving out your pronouns to make room for more characters), you can now utilize the official field in your profile set up specifically for pronouns. If you haven't used the new feature yet, here's how to add pronouns to your Instagram profile. Instagram announced … [Read more...]
Do we have any control over what the post-pandemic world looks like?
As more of the nation becomes vaccinated, restrictions are lifting, and we're beginning to imagine what our "new normal" might look like. There are some things we want to change for good after the pandemic, and other parts of our lives we want to return to the way they were in 2019. But, with so many of our expectations dependent on the actions of others, how much control do … [Read more...]
Ford adds Alexa voice assistant to new cars
“Alexa, what’s the traffic like on my commute?” That's something you'll soon be able to ask in Ford's newest cars, including the upcoming electric F-150 Lightning pickup and first electric Mustang Mach-E. On Thursday, the Michigan-based company announced that Amazon's Alexa digital assistant would be built into future Ford cars. It'll be available in all cars, not just those … [Read more...]
Firefighters Gaining Ground Against California’s Deadliest Ever Blazes
Firefighters began gaining ground on wildfires that killed at least 40 people in the past week, the deadliest blazes in California’s history, as winds eased and searchers combed charred ruins for more victims with hundreds still missing. Two of the three most destructive Northern California fires were more than half contained early on Monday, and some residents who fled the … [Read more...]
Las Vegas Mourns A Day That Wasn’t Supposed To Happen
LAS VEGAS ― Hundreds of people gathered Monday evening in vigils to mourn dozens of people who were brutally murdered the day before, on what was supposed to be a festive weekend night on the iconic Las Vegas Strip. About 22,000 people had been listening to American country star Jason Aldean at the Route 91 Harvest Festival on Sunday night, when 64-year-old Stephen Craig … [Read more...]
13-year Saturn Mission Ends In Fiery Space Crash
U.S. space agency NASA received the final signal from its Cassini spacecraft, which ended a groundbreaking 13-year Saturn mission on Friday with a meteor-like plunge into the planet’s atmosphere, transmitting data until the final moment. Cassini, the first spacecraft to orbit Saturn, ended its mission at 7:55 a.m. EDT (1155 GMT), shortly after it lost contact with … [Read more...]
Sideways in the Snow
The Lucid team recently took the alpha development prototypes to northern Minnesota for winter testing, as the region provides the perfect environment for honing many vehicle attributes. Temperatures as low as -18F (-28C) are tough on just about every element of a vehicle. This extreme environment allows us to build upon extensive simulations and climate chamber development, … [Read more...]
USA Experiences Total Solar Eclipse 2017
The United States saw its first total solar eclipse since 1979 on August 21, 2017, as the lunar event crossed the country with a wide path of totality from Oregon to South Carolina. People across the country went outside to view the historic event with special glasses. NASA and scientists around the world used the occasion to collect data. The sun shines behind the moon … [Read more...]
Costumes from Comic-Con in San Diego
G20 Summit not going as planned in Hamburg Germany
HAMBURG, GERMANY — “Welcome to Hell.” That's the greeting for U.S. President Donald Trump and other world leaders from anti-capitalist protesters in Hamburg who aim to disrupt the G-20 summit, already rife with tensions over trade and climate change. Thousands of protesters from around Europe were pouring into the port city to join big demonstrations later. Police expected … [Read more...]