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With carriers constantly updating their satellite phone plans, here's all you need to know about satellite connectivity in phones, whether your phone has it and what "satellite optimized" means.
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So, what does Mint Mobile have planned? First of all, you can save up to $440 on one of the best smartphones out there. All these phones have amazing screens, great battery life, are blazing fast, and have cameras that will capture jaw-dropping photos.
Second of all, Mint Mobile is offering 50% off two years of Unlimited. Basically, you're going to use the service for free for a full year. In total, you'll pay a mere $360 for the whole thing which is impressively low.
So what phones can you get with $440 off? The very best, of course. The Samsung Galaxy S25 is usually available for $800, but you can get it for a mere $360 right now. Next one up, the Samsung Galaxy S25 usually costs a round $1,000, but you can get it for $560 at Mint Mobile.
Samsung's $1,100 Galaxy S25 Edge can now be purchased for $660, while the absolutely impressive S25 Ultra is down to $860 from its $1,300 MSRP.
If you'd rather get the Google Pixel 9 and the clean Android, know that this $800 phone is also available for $360. That's a really low price for such a stellar phone.
So there you go, the best chance to get a fantastic new phone and two years of Mint Mobile Unlimited for the price of one. This deal lasts through August 28th or while supplies last, so hurry up!
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If you've had it for years, like I've had my trusty Razer Cobra Pro, there's a familiar safe feeling you get from it in games that's hard to let go of, too. A new mouse can feel awkward and put you off your best game.
While that may be so, a gaming mouse is meant to be a precision tool, and if your old familiar mouse isn't living up to expectations you're also not going to perform at your best. But how can you tell if it's time for an upgrade? These five signs will tell you.
1. It has button issues
You'll know your buttons aren't working properly if they're unresponsive or slower to actuate than normal, or if the clicks aren't smooth like they used to be (i.e. the buttons feel hard to press), or you experience double-clicking that happens unintentionally, or your macros don't work.
If those things are hard to pinpoint, you can take
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Happy Memorial Day, Short Wavers! This holiday, we bring you a meditation on time ... and clocks. There are hundreds of atomic clocks in orbit right now, perched on satellites all over Earth. We depend on them for GPS location, Internet timing, stock trading and even space navigation. In today's encore episode, hosts Emily Kwong and Regina G. Barber learn how to build a better clock. In order to do that, they ask: How do atomic clocks really work, anyway? What makes a clock precise? And how could that process be improved for even greater accuracy?
- For more about Holly's Optical Atomic Strontium Ion Clock, check out the OASIC project on NASA's website.
- For more about the Longitude Problem, check out Dava Sobel's book, Longitude.
Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave at plus.npr.org/shortwave.
Have questions or story ideas? Let us know by emailing shortwave@npr.org!
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