
JBL packed a color touchscreen into the charging case of the Live Beam 3 earbuds, priced at $99.95 (was $149.95). That addition changes how people interact with their audio gear during a normal day. Someone heading to work or hitting the gym can open the case and swipe through options right there. Volume goes up or down with a touch. Playback pauses or skips without pulling out a phone. ANC modes switch from full noise blocking to letting in some surroundings. Even EQ presets become accessible on the go.

Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory built this machine years ago as a ground twin for the Perseverance rover. It sat in the Mars Yard outside Pasadena, rolling through simulated terrain while teams tested commands and fixes before beaming them to the real vehicle on another planet. No one planned for it to fly anywhere. Now that same hardware sits at the center of a serious discussion about placing a nuclear-powered rover on the Moon.

Ferrari answered requests from longtime customers who wanted more direct involvement with their cars. The 12Cilindri Manuale adds a physical gated shifter and clutch pedal to the front-engined V12 grand tourer while preserving strong performance and modern reliability. Ferrari will build only 1,499 examples worldwide. That exact number recalls the displacement of the company’s first V12 engine from 1947 and forms part of the car’s identity from the start.

Google released a new commercial that places several of America’s founding figures into a modern shared workspace. The spot runs roughly a minute and carries the simple tagline “Group project, but make it 1776.” It forms part of the company’s push around the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence.

Martin never meant to spend a year and a half building anything nuclear. Another demanding task kept getting pushed aside, and the delay turned into something much larger. What began as avoidance became a complete fusor, a compact device that creates the conditions for atomic nuclei to fuse using straightforward electric fields instead of the enormous machines found in national labs.