Live on “Mars

🚀 Live on “Mars”: NASA’s on the hunt for volunteers for a Mars simulation in Houston, kicking off in spring 2025. You’ll spend a year in a 3D-printed hut, doing space chores and farming, all in the name of science. Requirements: Be a U.S. citizen, age 30 to 55, with a STEM-related master’s degree and relevant experience. It’s a paid gig, but the salary’s a mystery.

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The signs you need a new phone, like, now

You know by now your phone’s battery performance degrades the older it gets. That’s just how lithium-ion batteries work, unfortunately. With each charging cycle, they wear down a bit. Eventually, it becomes too big a problem to ignore.

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Amazon owns a lot, check these alternatives

I bet you used Amazon today. Maybe you picked up chicken soup ingredients from Whole Foods, streamed “Fast Car” on Amazon Music or went old-school and bought a book on Amazon.com — naturally, with your Prime Rewards Visa card.

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Trivia

As you’d probably guess, New York City is the most expensive city for an Uber ride. Which city takes the No. 2 slot — Las Vegas, Washington, D.C., Seattle or Nashville?

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14,700 years ago 

When folks living in caves routinely ate each other. Wait, what? Yep, scientists have found lots of evidence of cannibalism in ancient societies — primarily as a way to honor and respect the dead. Yum.

Stop the constant interruptions

🤳🏻 Does it bother you when you’re talking with someone and they get a notification on their phone, look down and read it? It’s like your convo with them wasn’t as important as knowing the exact moment someone liked a tweet or posted a new vacation photo. So rude.

My solution: Let notifications come through at specific times. This way, you can stay focused on what matters.

On iPhone:

  • Go to Settings > Notifications and scroll to select the app for which you want to receive notifications. (NOTE: You’ll need to enable Allow Notifications for this to work.)
  • Tap Notification Grouping. Here, you can choose Automatic, By App or Off. To batch your notifications, select By App.
  • In iOS 15 and later, you can also receive a summary of notifications at specific times. To set this up, go to Settings > Notifications > Scheduled Summary and enable it.

On Android:

  • Go to Settings > Apps & Notifications. Steps may vary slightly depending on your phone.
  • Tap to see a list of all your apps. Pick the app you want batch notifications for, then tap Notifications.
  • On the next window, look for an option called Notification Grouping or Bundled Notifications. Turn it on or select how you want your app’s notifications grouped.

$225,000 plus travel

How much a 27-year-old government contractor made in a year. That year, though, she worked 92 hours a week in Taiwan. Ouch. Fascinating read.

$60M per year

That’s how much Reddit is getting paid to hand over user content for AI training. The “who” is a mystery for now, but just know that you agree to this in the terms and conditions if you use Reddit.

5-second detection

Scientists say a $5 circuit board can sample saliva to detect breast cancer. The test strips cost a few cents each. As someone who hates cancer, I love this.

$90M in revenue

That’s what video game Baldur’s Gate 3 brought in for Hasbro last year. It’s based on Dungeons & Dragons. Old-school nerds, this one is for you!

$8,000 price drop for Lucid Motor’s cheapest EV

The Air Pure now starts at $69,900. I’d steer clear. Fisker did the same thing with its hybrid before the company went out of business.