OnePlus has designed attachable trigger peripherals that transform its phones, giving the devices better controls for gaming. The clip-on peripheral is available only in India for now.

LG ThinQ's recent integration with Amazon lets appliance owners automatically purchase related supplies such as laundry detergent and filters via Amazon's smart reorders. Once the user links their Amazon account to the LG ThinkQ app, the appliance will order supplies when the user runs low.

Geofencing may provide an answer to those challenging the green credentials of plug-in hybrid vehicles. The technology serves to ensure that electric power alone is used in congested areas and, overall, encourages users to keep batteries charged to maximize the use of electric power.

The next updates for the iPad and iPhone operating systems will reportedly let users customize notification preferences or use pre-set categories like driving or working and notify them when apps collect data. Sources also say the iPad will get major home screen upgrades and that Apple plans to add social network components to iMessage.

Walmart will phase out the 17-foot-tall pickup towers that were placed in more than 1,500 stores to help customers collect online orders, as part of a bigger move away from in-store automated technology and toward a heavier focus on the retailer's curbside pickup service that has become instrumental to pandemic-era shopping. Walmart is in the process of removing about 300 of the towers after "hibernating" another 1,300, and the retailer also removed inventory-tracking robots that roamed store aisles last year.

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter successfully completed a historic flight on the surface of Mars, marking the first powered, controlled flight on another planet. Learn more about the technology that makes up the small helicopter and why it's critical for flight on Mars.

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