February 2022 Graeme Cavers and his team of archaeologists set out to find a mysterious underground passage called the basement. There are about 500 such Iron Age structures scattered throughout the Scottish Highlands, but no one knows what they were built for, and no one has ever found a single one intact. “Perhaps they were...

Electric Vehicles (EV) are not new. Battery-powered vehicles have been on city roads for over a century. And sales of electric vehicles have grown steadily over the past decade. The introduction of electric vehicles is already widespread in Europe and is penetrating into the US. In 2021, EV sales tripled in China and doubled globally,...

“Everyone is so engrossed ho about therapy these days. I myself was curious, but I’m not ready to pay for it. It seems like a mental health app could be a worthy stepping stone. But are they really useful? — Attentive skeptic Dear Mindful, When you first open Headspace, one of the most popular mental...

If you want a little more power there is also Fire HD 8 Plus ($150), which offers an extra gig of RAM, wireless charging, and a 5MP camera (compared to the 2MP base model – both aren’t great, so don’t let that be a Plus advantage). The extra RAM is welcome, but the difference isn’t...

Tens of thousands people have been laid off at Amazon, Meta, Salesforce and other once-gluttonous tech employers in recent months. But one group of workers has been particularly left out: US immigrants holding H-1B visas for workers with special skills. These highly sought-after visas are issued to employer-sponsored immigrants to come to the US, and...

Finally a year or so, Netflix and Apple TV+ were the ones vying for the most prestigious movie offerings (congrats, CODA!) but that doesn’t mean other streaming services don’t have great deals. Like Amazon Prime. The streamer was one of the first to round up favorite film festivals and other favorites, and they’re all still...

Quantum computers have huge problem. Or, to be more precise, a lot of incredibly tiny ones. These futuristic devices promise to revolutionize everything from the financial industry to drug discovery by harnessing the power of quantum uncertainty—instead of using bits like your laptop or phone, quantum computers use qubits, which means they can perform certain...

I mean british volt to be the UK’s answer to Tesla. By 2024, the company was to produce hundreds of thousands of lithium-ion batteries a year for the British automotive sector and help rejuvenate the economically disadvantaged north-east of the country. Since its launch in 2019, the company has raised nearly $2.5 billion in funding...

new year, new MacBooks. With little fanfare, Apple has unveiled updated 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros that now feature Apple-made M2 ​​Pro and M2 Max chipsets. This is pretty much the only major difference from the 2021 MacBook Pro predecessors. However, this is not the only announcement of new equipment. There’s also a more powerful...

Not every good product can claim to be the best in its category, but there are a few more bags we tested that deserve a mention. Eagle Creek Cargo Hauler 40L for $119: It was my former favorite duffel bag, but it was supplanted by the REI Co-Op Big Haul and dropped down a notch....