Why Do Pilots Say ‘Mayday’ In An Emergency? The History Behind The Term You’ve heard it before in plenty of TV shows and movies. A plane is plummeting to the ground or it loses engine power and the pilot says, “Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!” and air traffic control (ATC) immediately jumps into action because they know the aircraft is in danger. A pilot saying “Mayday” three times in succession is globally recognized as the aviation distress call....

Why The NYPD Is Asking People To Put Apple AirTags In Their Cars In May 2023, New York City Mayor Eric Adams gave a press conference at the Castle Hill Library. While speaking, Adams dubbedthe convenient AirTagan “excellent tracking device,” but he wasn’t there to endorse the product for Apple. In the view of the NYPD, AirTags are an excellent weapon against car thieves. Adams stated that thefts and other violent crimes were tracking downwards in the city, but that grand larceny of autos remained a growing problem....

Why You Should Probably Stop Allowing App Installations From Unknown Sources On Android Phones If you have an Android phone, you may have, at some point, installed an app from an unknown, third-party source outside the Google Play Store. Although this privilege isn’t available to iPhone users, it has a major caveat that most of us ignore. When you’re installing from unknown sources, you’re skipping all the security checks that Google puts on apps before they are uploaded and distributed to over two billion people using the Android operating system....

Microsoft announce the next games to be joining Xbox Game Pass this May including Final Fantasy X | X-2 HD Remaster, Outlast II, Red Dead Online and more. Xbox Game Pass Adds Final Fantasy X | X-2 HD Remaster, Remnant From The Ashes, and More in May For the month of May, Xbox Game Pass is getting some new titles for both console and PC. In early May you will be seeing the addition of Outlast II, Steep, Final Fantasy X | X-2 HD Remaster, Red Dead Online,Remnant: From the Ashesand more....

F. Scott Fitzgerald may have opined that “there are no second acts in American lives,” but the comeback story remains beloved in popular culture, and people relate to them greatly, both on-screen and off. The lateBetty Whiteis a prime example– the adored actor was 88 when she rediscovered massive success, hostingSaturday Night Liveand starring in the seriesHot in Cleveland. For many actors, success comes relatively early in their careers, but sometimes situations arise in which they either burn out or fade away....

Apple has its own augmented reality (AR) platform. Known as ARKit, there are a bunch of ARKit-enabled apps you can use on your iOS device. While virtual reality immerses you into a space, essentially replacing everything you see in a physical world, AR takes the world around you and adds virtual objects to it. With ARKit, you’re able to place virtual furniture within your own room, for instance. You can also battle virtual enemies scuttling along your floor or even place a potential car purchase in your garage!...

10 New Toyota Grand Highlander Features Worth Getting Excited About A brand new addition to Toyota’s lineup for 2024, the Grand Highlander is a new SUV with a familiar nameplate. It’s more than simplya scaled-up Highlander, however, with a host of upgrades and new features to justify its higher asking price. It’s aimed squarely at buyers looking to comfortably transport a family and their luggage, and offers more space than many other SUVs in its segment....

Xiaomi has launched a new range of flagships, adding a spec bump and camera improvementsto the 12-seriesand giving them that ‘T’ label, just to let you know that this is the upgraded one. There are two models in this end-of-year refresh: the Xiaomi 12T and the 12T Pro, with both sharing a very similar design, but with the ‘Pro’ version offering slightly higher spec in some departments. Like manyother Android phoneslaunching at the tail end of 2022, the higher spec Pro phone is powered by the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, offering slightly better performance and battery efficiency than the Xiaomi 12 Pro....

2025 Tesla Model Y Refresh: Specs, Pricing And Details Barely a couple of weeksafter its arrival in Chinaand a few other Asia-Pacific markets, Tesla has finally introduced its Model Y refresh in the U.S. market. The new trim brings a host of crucial upgrades, aside from some aesthetic tweaks for the front and rear. Tesla currently has listed only the Launch Series Long Range AWD version on its website, which bumps up the range figures from 277-337 miles to the 303-320 miles EPA ballpark for the 2025 build....

Expanding your cassette collection can be as easy as stopping by a thrift store orrecord storeand sifting through their stock, but if you live in a place with limited options, or want to look for more specific tapes in other places – well, it’s a good thing we have the internet. Whether you’re looking for a local band’s new cassette or your favorite dad rock album from the 80s, you can definitely source something cool from various sellers andretailers online, so you can closeSpotifyand get back to basics....

6 Ways To Keep Your iPad Battery From Draining So Fast iPads have great battery life. The iPad Mini, the razor-thin iPad Pro, the latest11th Generation iPad (2025), andtheiPad Air 7 (2025) all get roughly 10 hours of screen-on time. Or at least, they should. Anecdotally, a lot of users have noticed that iPads don’t have the best standby time; they can lose up to 10% a day when left unused and idling....

Ever since World of Warcraft’s Mists of Pandaria expansion, a classic dungeon has been forever lost to time. I’m talking, of course, about Scarlet Monastery. This fan-favorite dungeon was redone for the expansion with a new layout, new bosses, and new drops. Unfortunately, this meant the old version became inaccessible. But things might be about to change. World of Warcraft: the Scarlet Monastery of Old In the newest build of the PTR for patch 10....

NCSoftrecently held a closed-doorFocus Group Test forAion 2, and while most of the content is stillNDA-bound, several participants shared early impressions that give us a decent picture of what the studio is cooking. And make no mistake—this is shaping up to be a massive cross-platformMMORPGwith serious ambitions. But as always withNCSoft, we’re left juggling two feelings: genuine hype and cautious skepticism. Monetization and Pay-to-Win Concerns Let’s address the elephant in the room first: monetization....