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A special thanks to the person who combined the Apple TV remote and an AirTag, Chaim Gartenberg

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Photo: PrintSpiredDesigns / Etsy Here are a few unrelated facts: Up until few weeks ago, Apple was selling the Siri Remote, one of the least popular (and most easily lost) remote controls ever made, with a slick glass and metal chassis that’s practically designed to slip behind a couch cushion. Apple also recently released its AirTag trackers, which use a …

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How cyberattacks could shut off power in the US – CNET,

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Spooh/Getty Images On Friday, the operator of Colonial Pipeline, the largest fuel pipeline in the US, fell victim to a ransomware attack and ceased all pipeline operations. Three days later, it’s still offline, but the company said Monday it expects to be largely back in service by the end of the week. This is the second time this year that …

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Brilliant fireball spotted over Minnesota by doorbell cameras, ,

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A dazzling fireball lit up the skies above the Minneapolis-St. Paul area early Sunday morning (May 9), at 3 a.m. local time, according to reports. The American Meteor Society’s website received 39 reports about the fireball (including six videos and one photo), from observers in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Given the early morning hour of the fireball, …

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Watch live @ 4 pm ET: NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft departs asteroid Bennu, heads back to Earth, ,

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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will depart asteroid Bennu and begin its journey back to Earth today (May 10), and you can follow it live here, courtesy of NASA. The OSIRIS-REx mission (known formally as Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer), which spent more than two years studying Bennu up close, will bring samples of the space rock back home …