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CNET

You’ll want to protect your camera and its lenses, too, if you’re among the throngs who’ll be aiming a smartphone or DSLR at the sun in hopes of capturing that perfect image to share on social media of the last total solar eclipse in the US for the next 20 …

The Verge

Word, Excel, PowerPoint; Pages, Numbers, Keynote; Docs, Sheets, Slides. Now Google is proposing to add another to that triumvirate: an app called Vids that aims to help companies and consumers make collaborative, shareable video more easily than ever.

Forbes

Apple’s ingenious Find My feature has been around for several years, helping users find mislaid iPhones, iPads and AirTags, for instance. Today, Google has announced its own version: Find My Device. Here’s what’s coming.

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Consumer tech startup Nothing, which is expected to launch its newest earbuds later this month, will also debut a new color variant that evokes a certain yellow handheld, according to leaked renders shared by Android Headlines.

The Verge

With the update, you’ll be able to find your phone even if it’s offline by using help from other Android devices silently relaying your phone’s approximate location. If your lost device is nearby, you can get visual cues in the Find My Device app as you …

The New York Times

According to Cloudflare, a cloud-computing service used by about 20 percent of websites globally, internet traffic dipped along the path of totality as spellbound viewers took a break from their phones and computers to catch a glimpse of the real-life …

Smithsonian

Three private U.S. companies—Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost and Venturi Astrolab—have been selected by NASA to advance preliminary concepts for the Artemis mission’s next lunar terrain vehicle (LTV). They will have the next …

The Verge

Olive-colored Sennheiser Momentum Sport buds in their case on top of a patterned book. These buds are a more comfy replacement for a chest strap.

Aviation Week

HOUSTON—Recently retired and long-serving Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata has joined Axiom Space to serve as the Houston-based company’s chief technical officer for the Asia-Pacific region and as a private astronaut.

CNET

And without internet, you might be in a bind, especially if you’re visiting somewhere in the path of totality and you know nothing of the area. Getting from one place to another could be impossible without access to online maps.