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SAVE $350: As of March 10, the Roborock Qrevo S5V is on sale for $549.99 at Amazon. That's a 39% discount on the list price.

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Looking for a robot vacuum that can both vacuum and mop? As of March 10, the Roborock Qrevo S5V is over $300 off at Amazon.

This vacuum is designed to make your life easier. And with its advanced vacuuming and mopping features, it does exactly that. It uses a brushless motor to create up to 12,000Pa of suction, helping lift dust, pet hair, and stubborn debris from your floors. And for mopping, it uses dual spinning mop pads that rotate up to 200 RPM to tackle stains, and it also has an extendable FlexiArm design to help it reach into awkward corners and around furniture legs.

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And there's next to no maintenance required from you. Its all-in-one dock takes care of it all, including automatically emptying dust into a large bin, washing the mop pads, drying them with warm air, and refilling the water tank so it can continue to mop uninterrupted.

The navigation is self-managed too, and is handled by PreciSense LiDAR and obstacle detection sensors. This allows the robot vacuum to map your home, helping it to avoid objects like cables and toys.

This is a limited-time robot vacuum deal at Amazon, so don't miss out.

SAVE $400: As of March 10, the Hisense 100-inch E6 Series TV is on sale for $1,399.99 at Amazon. That's a 22% discount on the list price.

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If you're looking for a mammoth new TV to transform your living room into a haven for movie nights, sports events, and lazy Sunday mornings, then you need to check out this latest Amazon deal on the Hisense 100-inch E6 Series TV. As of March 10, you can take home this TV for just $1,399.99, a saving of $400 on list price. Not only that, but this is the lowest it has ever been priced at Amazon.

This TV is designed to give you the best possible viewing experience, whatever you're watching. It uses quantum dot technology to produce over a billion shades of color, creating incredibly realistic images with impressive detail. It supports a wide range of HDR formats, including Dolby Vision, HDR10+ Adaptive, HDR10, and HLG, making everything you watch appear brighter with deeper blacks and more accurate colors.

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On the inside, you'll get all the benefits from Fire TV. Live channels, streaming apps, and personalized recommendations are all available and easily accessible on one home screen. With Fire TV you'll also get Alexa voice control, allowing you to search for content and launch apps with simple voice commands.

For gaming, enjoy a native 144Hz panel with AMD FreeSync Premium to get smoother, more responsive gameplay. And for movie nights, the TV's Filmmaker Mode lets movies and shows be viewed with the original color, frame rate, and aspect ratio intended by the creators.

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A NASA spacecraft that smashed into an asteroid on purpose didn't just knock one rock off its course. It also nudged the orbit of the entire asteroid system it belongs to, a new study shows.

Researchers found that the impact from NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission altered the path of the asteroid pair Didymos and Dimorphos around the sun. The discovery further confirms the space agency's asteroid target practice as a valid planetary defense technique for moving a hazardous object off a collision course, should one ever barrel toward Earth in the future.

When the DART spacecraft deliberately crashed into Dimorphos in September 2022, astronomers quickly announced the success of the $330 million mission's primary goal. The crash changed the orbit of the 560-foot-wide rock, which orbits Didymos like a small moon. Dimorphos now circles its larger partner 33 minutes faster than it did before the strike.

But scientists really needed to know whether the impact had accomplished something larger in scope: Push the entire asteroid pair's orbit. Now they have evidence that it did. The findings show that hitting just one asteroid in the pair moved both. 

"This is a tiny change to the orbit," said Tom Statler, NASA's lead scientist for solar system small bodies, in a statement, "but given enough time, even a tiny change can grow to a significant deflection."

SEE ALSO: A big asteroid won't hit the moon. Many scientists had wished it would.

The newly detected change is tiny. The impact altered the asteroid system's speed along its solar orbit by less than two inches per hour. 

To spot that minuscule shift, researchers tracked Didymos for years using radar, telescopes, and a technique called a stellar occultation, which occurs when an asteroid briefly passes in front of a distant star. Those fleeting events can reveal an asteroid's position, even one as small as a half-mile across, like Didymos.

Didymos, a half-mile-wide binary asteroid, takes an elliptical orbit around the sun, traveling with a smaller asteroid that orbits it, called Dimorphos. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech diagram

Millions of asteroids orbit the sun, the majority of which travel between Mars and Jupiter. But those rocks can occasionally get bumped out of the belt into the inner solar system, closer to Earth.

Though no known asteroids pose an existential threat to the planet right now, scientists are on the lookout for any hazardous near-Earth objects. Even smaller rocks can be disastrous. In 2013, an undetected meteor exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, causing an airburst and shockwave that injured 1,600 people. The culprit was only 60 feet wide.

Boulders ejected deliver extra kick

The new DART mission measurements, reported in the journal Science Advances, show that the crash didn't just jolt Dimorphos. Some of the material blasted off the asteroid during the impact escaped the system entirely, carrying momentum with it and giving the whole pair an extra push.

In effect, the explosion of debris helped do the work. Scientists measure that extra boost using something called a momentum enhancement factor. The new analysis finds that the debris roughly doubled the kick delivered by the spacecraft.

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The observations also offer clues about the asteroids themselves. Researchers estimate that Didymos is relatively dense, while Dimorphos appears much lighter and more loosely packed. That difference supports the idea that Dimorphos may have formed from pieces of the larger asteroid long ago.

The size gap between them is enormous. Didymos is about 200 times heavier than its partner, which helps explain why the system's overall motion changed only slightly.

What's next for the DART study

The pair, millions of miles away, continues to pose no danger to Earth, and scientists say it will remain safely distant for at least the next century. But the experiment has already delivered something remarkable: A clear demonstration that humans can alter the motion of a natural object in space.

The story isn’t finished yet. Later this decade, the Hera mission from the European Space Agency will arrive at the asteroid system to inspect the crater left by the DART impact and map the asteroids in detail.

Those close-up observations should reveal exactly how the crash reshaped Dimorphos — and how effective similar missions might be if Earth ever needs to push a dangerous asteroid out of the way.

AI is everywhere. It's in our jobs, our homes, our love lives, and even our children's toys. With new headlines hitting every day about new advancements and backlash, the discourse on artificial intelligence can feel overwhelming, or even impossible to parse alone. But you don't have to.

Mashable's been at the forefront of covering AI's highs and lows. And now we're bringing you an advanced screening of Focus Features' The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist. While the critically heralded documentary opens in theaters on March 27, Mashable readers in Los Angeles and New York City can see it early at no cost on March 25.

All you have to do is enter for your chance to win your tickets.

Enter here for your chance to see The AI Doc early in NYC.

Enter here for your chance to see The AI Doc early in L.A.

Far from a stern lecture about artificial intelligence, The AI Doc springs from a profoundly personal space. Filmmaker Daniel Roher was on the verge of becoming a father for the first time when he became fixated on what the rise of AI could mean for his child's future. So, he asked.

With producer Daniel Kwan and co-director Charlie Tyrell, Roher interviewed OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Google DeepMind CEO and co-founder Demis Hassabis, and Anthropic CEO and co-founder Dario Amodei, along with scads of experts and engineers to explore both sides of the AI debate. Will AI be the end of humanity as we know it? And if so, will that be in a good way or a bad way?!

The AI Doc will empower you with the knowledge to join the conversation, including tools found at their Get Involved website.

But first, you might want to see the movie. So, how can you see it as soon as possible?

How to see The AI Doc early?

Join Mashable and Focus Features for an advanced screening in New York City and Los Angeles, hosted by Mashable's Entertainment Editor Kristy Puchko and Social Good Editor Neal Broverman, respectively.

Details for each advanced screening are below:

The AI Doc: NYC Advanced Screening

Wednesday, March 25 | 7:00 p.m. ET

AMC Lincoln Square | 1998 Broadway, New York, NY 10023

The AI Doc: L.A. Advanced Screening

Wednesday, March 25 | 7:00 p.m. PT

AMC The Grove | 189 The Grove Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90036

How to get The AI Doc advance screening tickets?

To secure your seat for these advance screenings — at no cost — all you have to do is fill out the linked entry form, either for NYC or L.A. Focus Features operates both forms. No purchase is necessary to enter.

From there, watch your email to see if you've won a spot at these advanced screenings of The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist.

Note: If you get confirmed, seating at the events will be first-come, first-served. No one will be admitted without being on Focus Feature's confirmation list.

Following its Texas premiere at SXSW, The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist opens in theaters on March 27. And look for more Mashable coverage out of SXSW.

We love a good unboxing video — and so does Kyle Krueger. 

The 24-year-old content creator has built a massive following on TikTok (@kylekruegerr) and YouTube thanks to his friendly and accessible short-form videos. A follow for Krueger means a steady stream of awesome stuff in your feed, from the latest gadgets and other tech gear, to dinosaur bones and even the occasional snack. (Our wallet has been warned.)

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Much to his audience’s delight, the Florida-based vlogger has unpacked a lot in recent months. And it’s paying off. In the past year, Krueger crossed 7 billion views and reached over 12 million followers across all his platforms — a major milestone for the tech enthusiast. Break that down by the numbers, and Krueger’s audience is comprised of 6.8M subscribers on YouTube, 5.2M followers on TikTok, and nearly 730K followers on Instagram. 

In the background of his videos are often a row of display shelves, lit up with a set of color-changing LED lights from Govee. “They make some of the absolute best smart light strips,” Krueger says.

Add it to the list of products that the creator has come to rely on for his videos. What else makes the cut? We caught up with Krueger to learn about the essential gear and tools he returns to time and again.

When it comes to filming, what are your go-to gadgets?

My absolute essentials are my MacBook for editing, AirPods Max for audio review, a Sony ZV-E10 II as my main camera, an iPhone 17 Pro Max for mobile shots, DJI Mics for crisp sound, Anker battery packs for power on the go, and a collapsible MagSafe tripod for quick B-roll. They are the smoothest, most reliable tools for video creation. The Mac ecosystem is perfectly streamlined, the Sony is versatile enough for both basic short-form and cinematic shots, and the tripod is small enough to throw in any bag.

Has anything you’ve tested turned into a daily staple?

Yes! The new Aiper smart sprinkler, a $1600 Arc Pulse phone case, the Eufy robot vacuum, and the Anker Prime portable battery. Several of these started as sponsors, which perfectly highlights my biggest rule: I only partner with brands whose products I genuinely love and will use every single day.

What’s the secret to a great unboxing video? 

It usually comes down to satisfying ASMR sounds. On the flip side, chaotic unboxings can find an equally massive audience, so it is all about leaning into the vibe of the product.

Biggest viral moment?

I recently made a video about "implanting an arc reactor into my chest" as a joke reply to a comment. That single video has hit over 100 million views across platforms in just under four months!

In My Bag: Govee LED light strips $49.99 at Amazon Shop Now MacBook $2,599.00 at Amazon Shop Now DJI Mic $259.00 at Amazon Shop Now MagSafe Tripod $43.16 Shop Now Anker Prime Power Bank $229.99 at Amazon Shop Now Sony Alpha ZVE10 II camera $1,298.00 Shop Now