Welcome to This Week on iTP where we rundown the top stories on the website in the past week!
This past week's top stories here on iTech Post includes the rumored Tesla phone, Amazon raising the salaries of its employees, and numerous NASA-related updates.
Without further ado, here are the top stories you should catch up on
5. Tesla Phone Rumored Specs, Price, and Release Date Leaks
Coming in at number five is our story on the tumored Tesla phone.
It looks like Tesla is working on launching its first mobile phone. There have been numerous rumors surfacing online that the EV company is developing a phone with impressive features.
The phone is said to be called Tesla Model Pi and leaks are claiming that the phone will have a next-generation technology. Leaks have also claimed that it is designed to be capable of mining cryptocurrency and astrophotograph.
In addition, it is also rumored that the external design of the phone will have an adaptable coating, which will cause the phone to adjust its color depending on the weather. However, it is important to note that this has not been officially confirmed by the company.
4. SOAR Telescope Discovers An Asteroid Rotating On The Same Orbit As Earth: 2 Ways To Watch Asteroids
The space telescope SOAR captured an asteroid rotating in the same direction as planet Earth.
When the Pan-STARRS telescope on Haleakala on Maui, Hawaii, made the discovery in December 2020, they called it 2020 XL5. The trailing asteroid is measured at less than a kilometer wide.
Despite the fact that it was discovered in 2020, more observations with the 4.1-meter Southern Astrophysical Research (SOAR) telescope in Chile helped us figure out where it was going.
Aside from being known as 2020 XL5, this asteroid is also referred to as a Trojan partner to the Earth in relation to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids.
3. Amazon is Raising Maximum Base Salary To $350,000 From Previous Max of $160,000
Amazon is reportedly increasing the salary and compensation of its workers. Amazon is going to raise its maximum base pay for corporate and tech employees from $160,000 to $350,000 as part of a larger increase in total compensation.
This is part of the company's effort to retain its current talent and prevent other workers from leaving the company.
Due to the ongoing pandemic and intense labor market, Amazon and other tech companies have acknowledged that failing to provide benefits could have a negative impact on their ability to attract and retain qualified employees.
2. Life on Mars? NASA Discovers Abundant Water Source In The Red Planet
It was previously believed that Mars has an abundant water source 3 billion years ago. However, this was proven incorrect by recent research findings.
Ellen Leask and Bethany Ehlmann are two researchers who proved this is wrong through the data gathered by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter over the last 15 years.
Their study reveals evidence indicating that liquid water on Mars flowed on the planet for approximately a billion years longer than popularly assumed, as recently as 2 billion to 2.5 billion years ago.
1. NASA Perseverance Rover Captures Photo of Odd-Looking Rock: 3 Other Unusual Photos Captured by the Mars Rover
This week's top story here on iTech Post is about yet another photo that NASA's Mars rover has taken of!
The Perseverance Rover of NASA has taken images of a variety of objects it has discovered on Mars, including rocks, regolith materials, and other compounds. Interestingly, the objects have appeared in the strangest shapes and figures.
One of its most recent photographs captured is that of an odd-looking rock that many claimed was that extraterrestrial life exists.
This week's top article also includes previous photos taken by the different Mars rovers of the space agency, including the Curiosity rover.
