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DJI’s latest power station is proof that good things come in mini packages

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The Power 1000 Mini is the smallest 1kWh power station you can buy.

Thomas Ricker
Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
Meet Samsung’s new AI robot.

Project Luna — a round screen with a swiveling head that reminds me of Samsung’s “AI OLED Turntable” — offers a glimpse of what’s to come from Samsung’s design, according to chief design officer, Mauro Porcini. Samsung teased the bot in a YouTube Shorts, and now Fast Company has some exclusive details.

A GIF showing Samsung Design’s Project Luna AI Assistant robot.
Project Luna is only a design concept for now, but Porcini says it could “really happen in the near future.”
GIF: Samsung Design / Fast Company
Tom Warren
Tom Warren
Xbox mode is nearly here for all PCs.

Microsoft just added its Xbox mode to the Release Preview version of Windows 11. That means the Xbox mode, that adds a full-screen interface to the Xbox PC app, is just days away from being available on all PCs. Microsoft did promise last month that it would roll out the Xbox mode to all PCs in April, and it looks like it’s rolling out on time.

The Xbox mode on Windows devices.
The Xbox mode on Windows devices.
Image: Microsoft
Thomas Ricker
Thomas Ricker
“Duuude. No. Way.”

Astronauts having very human reactions to witnessing Earthset. “Gone! It’s gone. Oh my god.”

Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
The NSA reportedly has access to Anthropic’s Mythos despite being labeled a supply-chain risk.

Sources told Axios that the agency was among the roughly 40 organizations granted access. This, despite the Pentagon arguing that Anthropic is a threat to national security. The NSA has reportedly been using it primarily to identify vulnerabilities in its own network, but considering its track record, it’s understandable if you’re wary.

John Higgins
John Higgins
Asus ProArt displays are the first to be validated for Adobe Premiere.

The new Adobe Premiere Color Mode, which is available in the latest Premiere beta, is a color grading system built inside the editing program replacing Lumetri. The Asus ProArt validation extends to full HDR editing workflows with the new Premiere feature.

Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
Someone recreated Nintendo’s exceptionally rare first arcade game.

Resurrecting 1974’s Wild Gunman isn’t a matter of extracting a ROM and firing up an emulator. The light gun game used two projectors and live-action footage spread across multiple film reels. Callan Brown managed to get his hands on them, scan them, and built a replica of the original cabinet.

Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
Coachella wraps up today with Karol G.

This is also your last chance to catch any performances you might have missed. Last week I missed out on Clipse, Young Thug, The Rapture, and Tomora, so they’re my priority. But I also am looking forward to Röyksopp, who didn’t make the stream last weekend. Head over to the official Coachella YouTube channel.

Coachella livestream schedule for April 19th, 2026.
Image: Coachella / Goldenvoice
TC Sottek
TC Sottek
NASA’s Artemis II posters are incredible.

We just flew around the Moon, which remains an incredible feat for human beings. On this planet, I’m really psyched to print and frame the official NASA posters for the Artemis II mission. And because they’re public works you can get them for free. What a great use of taxes.

Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
NASA turns off more instruments on Voyager 1 to keep it going.

Some parts of the probe were powered down last year, but power dropped unexpectedly during a maneuver on February 27th, leading NASA to shut down the Low-energy Charged Particles experiment (LECP) earlier than expected. A fix is in the works that could extend the life of both Voyagers and possibly bring LECP back online.

“While shutting down a science instrument is not anybody’s preference, it is the best option available,” said Kareem Badaruddin, Voyager mission manager at JPL. “Voyager 1 still has two remaining operating science instruments — one that listens to plasma waves and one that measures magnetic fields. They are still working great, sending back data from a region of space no other human-made craft has ever explored. The team remains focused on keeping both Voyagers going for as long as possible.”

Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
Horror Lex is a free database of academic literature for horror nerds.

I love horror movies and overanalyzing things, so Horror Lex scratches a really specific itch. It doesn’t actually host any papers or books. Instead, it’s a hand-selected index of over 13,000 documents, many of them from peer-reviewed journals. A lot of them are free to read, too.

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