Here in 2018, drones are flying high — both figuratively and literally. Whether it’s military applications or product deliveries, these are 10 of the most significant milestones that explain how unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) became the ultra-hot product category that they are today. The earliest breakthroughs 1907:The world’s first quadcopter was created by inventor brothers Jacques and Louis Bréguet, working with controversial Nobel Prize winner Professor Charles Richet. While undoubtedly exciting, it had some big limitations: being unsteerable, requiring four men to steady it, and — in its first flight — lifting just two feet off the ground....

It could take a while before Android phones allow satellite connectivity to assist users in emergency scenarios, thanks in no part to Qualcomm canceling its ambitiousSnapdragon Satellite plans. Apple introducedsatellite SOS supportlast year with the iPhone 14 series, with the intention of helping people when they are out of cellular or broadband coverage range. The feature allows you to text emergency responders, share locations, and request roadside assistance. But not long after, hope emerged for Android phones....

Asus announced two new OLED gaming monitors at CES 2022, including the world’s first 42-inch 4K OLED display. The monitors may target gaming with their high resolutions and refresh rates, but Asus says they come with excellent color and contrast thanks to the OLED panel, as well. There are two versions available, a 48-inch model (PG48UQ) and a 42-inch one (PG42UQ). We’ve seen 48-inch OLED displays before, including the Gigabyte Aorus FO48U andLG C1, but never a 42-inch display....

Irish rock band U2 plays in front of a visualized Las Vegas Strip as seen on the 16K-by-16K spherical display inside the Sphere.Rich Fury / MSG I recall sitting in the back of a Las Vegas taxi in January 2022. CES was upon us. While Las Vegas is extra on a typical Tuesday,CES weekramps things up to a totally different level. The pandemic meant a couple of years without having to do the CES thing, and Vegas reinvents itself in the blink of an eye....

Summary Barriss Offeemakes her long-awaited return to theStar Warsfranchise inStar Wars: Tales of the Empire, and while the series picks up whereStar Wars: The Clone Warsleft off, it does so with noticeable flaws. Barriss Offee was significantly reimagined for the modernStar Warscanon inThe Clone Wars, which not only made her far younger than her Legends-era incarnation but also gave her a drastically different story. While her original version was a Jedi healer who died on Felucia duringOrder 66, the newer version betrayed the Jedi and fell to the dark side....

The past two decades of America’s war on terror have taken a high toll on those who served in those conflicts. While medical technology has gotten better over time, the number of service members who are coming back with post-traumatic stress injuries and missing limbs has climbed higher over time. But one charitable organization is taking a futuristic approach to veterans’ post-modern challenges by designing smart homes for them that are designed to empower them with real independence....

Although theX-Menhaven’t had their own movie sinceDark Phoenixin 2019, Marvel Studios has reportedly decided on the director it wants to bring the mutant heroes back to the big screen. According toThe Hollywood Reporter,Thunderboltsdirector Jake Schreier is now in negotiations with Marvel to direct the X-Men reboot movie.Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakesscreenwriter Michael Lesslie is writing the script for that film, which is expected to be a clean break from the 20th Century Fox X-Men movies....

TikTok CEO responds after US President signs bill banning app US President Joe Biden has just signed the bill into law that forces ByteDance to either sell off its US TikTok operations or face a ban in the country — prompting a response from TikTok’s CEO. After the US House of Representatives passed a bill forcingTikTok’sparent company to either sell its US operations within six months or face a ban in the country back in March, the short-form video app’s future became questionable....

An amazing achievement for a tiny spacecraft from Israel: the Beresheet lander has entered orbit around the moon, making Israel just the seventh nation to do so. The Beresheet lander, a washing machine-sized craft created by Israeli non-profitSpaceIL, has been traveling in increasingly large circles around Earth for the past six weeks since itslaunch in February. Each time the craft came back around to approach close to Earth after an approximately 19 hour revolution, it gained velocity and sped away from the planet....

For a few golden months,Wordlewas themost talked-about game of the year. The ingenious word game had a simple premise, tasking players to guess a five-letter word each day in six guesses. The short daily time commitment and an easy to understand puzzle premise made it an instant phenomenon — so much so that theNew York Times acquired it. Though after months of Twitter score sharing andcountless clones, the fad seems to have died down for now....

Getting mentioned by one of your followers on Twitter can feel like a badge of honor. Sometimes, however, you may get mentioned by someone in a conversation you never asked to be a part of in the first place. Twitter now provides a solution to that problem with its new “Unmentioning” feature. As the name suggests, Unmentioning allows users to remove themselves from a Tweet or thread that includes their username....

Professionals and students who need a dependable laptop should set their sights on the third-generation Lenovo ThinkPad L14, especially now that it’s on sale from Lenovo with a 62% discount. Originally priced at $1,749, the laptop will be yours for only $650, which is equivalent to massive savings of $1,099. You need to hurry if you want to get the device for this cheap though, as there’s no telling how much time is remaining on this offer fromLenovo ThinkPad dealsbefore it expires....

If you hear about a Disney-owned property called Stickman you could be forgiven for thinking that it’s the next Marvel Cinematic Universe character in line for a movie adaptation. In fact, it’s an innovative robot created by researchers from the animation giant’s research and development wing Disney Research. Given the name Stickman due to the fact that, well, it looks like a stick, this unorthodox robot is capable of performing acrobatic flips better than any robotsince Boston Dynamics’ Atlas started upping his gymnastics game....