Holiday travel means pure chaos, a time when a second screen could turn a cramped tray table into a makeshift office, or so we think. KYY’s 15.6-inch 1080p FHD USB-C portable monitor, priced at $69.98 (was $99.99), fits the bill here, slim enough to forget it’s in your bag, but large enough to do real work.
Luxury, from the weight of a fountain pen to the subtle sheen of a leather-bound diary, has always felt heavy in the hand. Montblanc, the company that makes those tools, has spent years perfecting the art of putting thoughts on paper. Now, with the Digital Paper, they’re fully invested in the world of screens that mimic paper’s patience.
NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, is back from the dead. After being cancelled in 2024 and pissing off scientists and lawmakers, NASA has contracted Blue Origin to take this golf cart sized rover to the moon’s south pole in late 2027. This is part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program and is a big step towards unlocking the moon’s secrets and paving the way for humans to live off the land in space.
A thousand light-years away, in the constellation Perseus, a cosmic nursery is humming with life. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory have imaged IC 348, a star-forming region in our Milky Way, and it’s a beautiful picture of galactic creation.
Storms roll in, roads flood and you’re scrambling for outlets that don’t exist. That’s when a portable power station like the BLUETTI AC2A, priced at $129 (was $219), comes into play and a blackout feels like any other Tuesday. This thing weighs less than 8 pounds and fits in a backpack. It puts out 300 watts of continuous AC power from a 204 watt hour battery.
