You’re just going to have to wait a little longer for an all-female spacewalk.

NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Anne McClain were scheduled to walk together in the historic moment, but NASA has pulled the event due to suit availability on the International Space Station.

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Fellow NASA astronaut Nick Hague completed the first of the series of spacewalks last Friday with McClain, who found out that a particular suit size fit her best. Unfortunately, there’ll only be one suit available in this size — and it also fits Koch.

Because of that issue, mission managers decided Hague will be sent out instead of McClain, and will join Koch on the second spacewalk this Friday. 

“McClain learned during her first spacewalk that a medium-size hard upper torso — essentially the shirt of the spacesuit — fits her best,” NASA said in a statement online. “Because only one medium-size torso can be made ready by Friday, Mar. 29, Koch will wear it.”

On their spacewalk, Hague and Koch are tasked with replacing older, nickel-hydrogen batteries, with lithium-ion versions for one pair of the station’s solar arrays. 

It’s a continuation of the work performed on the first spacewalk, and the battery upgrades are set to be performed over the next couple of years.

McClain’s next spacewalk will instead take place on Apr. 8, where she’ll be sent out with Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques.

They’ll lay out cables to provide power to a Canadian-built robotic arm, Canadarm2, as well as installing cables to help expand wireless communications outside of the ISS.

Friday’s spacewalk is expected to take 6.5 hours, and you can catch it live on NASA’s website.

Many of us have woken up to the reality that all of the “reasonably priced” subscription services we pay for add up to a lot of cash money all together. 

So when Apple debuted its Apple TV+ subscription service on Monday, we wondered: who among us would be willing to give rich AF Apple even more money for yet another streaming service?

During Apple’s event on Monday, in which the company touted its services as opposed to its hardware, Apple announced the debut of its new pay TV subscription service: TV+. Stars including Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Anniston, Steven Spielberg, and even Oprah teased the television series and films that they were working on specifically to air on Apple TV+.

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Apple trotted out a bunch of celebs to celebrate the occasion, but that did not sufficiently distract viewers from the reality that the Apple TV+ announcement left us with a ton of questions. 

First, it gave just one teaser trailer for all of the content — providing no meaningful look at what these shows will actually be. Most glaringly, it neglected to tell us how much TV+ will actually cost. What we know now, according to Apple’s press release, is that “pricing and availability for the Apple TV+ video subscription service will be announced later this fall.”

Basically, Apple announced a service — and expected us all to be stoked about it — with a slim description of the product, and zero information about the price.

But this is Apple we’re talking about, and Oprah and Reese are big enough draws on their own to get us interested in TV+. So the team at Mashable wondered: given what we currently know about TV+, how much would we be willing to pay for it? And does that number, and that potential willingness, change depending on how many other streaming platforms you already subscribe to?

We decided to ask the content lovers at Mashable and Mashable’s parent companies how they felt about Apple TV+. This isn’t meant to be scientific, of course. Think of this survey as a first reaction gut check to how Apple’s big Hollywood play might land with an already passionate user-base. 

“I don’t hate the idea and I guess this was kind of inevitable,” Dylan Hass, a commerce fellow at Mashable, said. “I super don’t want to pay for another TV subscription but if the exclusive shows are good… I’m not sure I can be stopped.”

Here’s what we found.

Over half of the Mashable employees surveyed would pay between $9.99 and $12.99; it seems that ~11ish could be the magic number. That answer tracks with a recent Hollywood Reporter survey that found that the ideal price range for an ad-free streaming service is between $10 and $16. 

Those numbers are also comparable to other streaming services: both Amazon Prime and Netflix HD subscriptions cost $12.99 per month, and ad-free Hulu costs $11.99. Of course, on Amazon, Netflix, and Hulu, you can watch platform originals in addition to other content. 

What’s more, you can still access most of that competing content with the the Apple TV app, especially with its Channels section, also announced Monday. But at this point, considering we don’t know whether TV+ will also contain non-Apple-produced content, it seems that Apple apparently wants us to pony up more cash for just ~its~ originals.

“It’s just all unproven, original content,” tech reporter Matt Binder responded. “Where’s the beloved series? Where’s a single established franchise?”

Apple emphasized its “high quality” content, and with figures like JJ Abrams and Steven Spielberg signed on, it’s at least lining up the squad to make that happen (whether Tim Cook’s interference will allow them to deliver is another question). But how much that content is worth is a question we can only ask in context: given how much most of us already pay for, or at least have access to through shared passwords, how willing are we to pay for yet another subscription service?

According to Mashable’s employees, not very willing. We here at Mashable love our content, and spend about $43 on average for streaming services, including cable. That’s higher than the national average of how much US households pay for streaming services, which is about $17, according to a Deloitte survey (although that did not include cable). Considering how much cash we’re already giving Amazon, Netflix, Hulu, and HBO, Mashable employees were mostly not likely to sign up for TV+.

There was one caveat: as prior surveys have shown, willingness to pay for a subscription service often comes down to the actual content. Three quarters of the surveyed Mashable employees said they were not sure whether they have room for another streaming service in their lives — but the answer to that question would depend on how how good the shows are.

“I’m not sure how much more TV people can actually fit into their lives, not to mention how much more they can afford it,” Jessica Joho, a Mashable staff writer said. “To make it, Apple will need to put out content that’s super culturally sticky — like Handmaid’s Tale or Game of Thrones levels.”

That’s a high bar that even HBO has been struggling to reach, with the end of Game of Thrones imminent.  

At this point, there are too many unknowns to say whether this is a good deal that’s got the folks at Mashable, and potentially others, ready to join in on the fun. But one thing’s for sure: the subscription fatigue is already very, very real. 

Or, as Angie Han, Mashable’s deputy entertainment editor put it: “I hope it fails just so I don’t have to subscribe to another freaking streaming service.”

Apple announcements are usually a big event, but the first of 2019 was a bit more celebrity-laden than usual. 

Jennifer Anniston, Steve Carrell, Reese Witherspoon, Jason Momoa, and even Oprah all gathered at the Steve Jobs Theatre today to promote Apple’s new upcoming streaming video subscription service, Apple TV+.

With a slew of shows slated featuring big Hollywood celebrities, Apple’s stepping into the streaming video subscription ring with current heavyweight Netflix obviously dominating headlines. But it’s Apple’s other TV-related announcement, Apple TV Channels, that’s primed to cause a more immediate shakeup in the market — and it’s Amazon that should be worried.

Come this May, Apple will relaunch its TV app to turn it into a home screen for all its users’ movie and TV-watching needs. With this Apple TV update comes a new feature called Apple TV Channels, which gives users the ability to build their own cable bundle featuring only the channels they want to pay for. Users can subscribe to channels like HBO, Starz, and ESPN+, as well as streaming services like PlayStation Vue, and pay for them all under one subscription. 

If this sounds familiar, that’s because Amazon Prime Video provides a very similar service with its own Channels platform. In fact, Apple TV Channels will provide a better deal than Amazon straight out of the gate.

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To subscribe to channels like HBO and Showtime via Amazon Prime Video, a user must first be an Amazon Prime paid subscriber. Apple, however, will not require a subscription to its premium video streaming service in order for its users to take advantage of the Apple TV Channels feature.

Furthermore, Apple’s moves to transform the TV app into a one-stop video streaming destination, will give the company another leg up over Amazon. 

Users will be able to connect all of their various subscriptions from their cable provider, like Spectrum and DirectTV, in order to access on-demand content from platforms like CBS All Access, much like they do now. But, instead of having to jump to different apps to watch specific shows, users will be able to watch it all from within the TV app. It will also keep track of what its users are watching, regardless of the content provider, and make new recommendations based on that. 

In addition, Apple will be making its new TV app cross-platform. Everything from iOS devices and Macs to select smart TVs, Roku devices, and even Amazon Fire tablets will be able to run Apple’s TV app.

Based on what’s currently known about the streaming service, it will be impossible for Apple TV+ to even consider itself as competition to Netflix, with its massive library of popular original series’ and established licensed content, like Friends.

But, Apple’s other new TV feature, Apple TV Channels, can pose an immediate threat to Amazon and possibly provide a better offer to customers than its more established video streaming competitor.

Spoiler alert: If you haven’t seen The Good Place yet (and what are you waiting for?), beware. This post reveals a huge plot point.

Holy forking shirtballs, the world Apple unveiled at its media event Monday looks like a tempting place to live.

Right from the kickass 1960s movie-style opening credits video (which boasted, among other things, that Apple is powered by “100% renewable energy”), through the unveiling of Apple News+ (which reminded us that now more than ever, “quality journalism matters”), via the titanium Apple Pay credit card, to the star-studded Apple TV+ launch (with its soft focus on optimistic stories and diversity), Apple CEO Tim Cook was sending one strong message: You’re in The Good Place.

The mighty media giant Facebook was not mentioned once, yet its presence was felt everywhere. We are for security and privacy, Cook said meaningfully. Subtweet: They are not. Technology firewalls mean Apple doesn’t know what you’re reading or watching. Translation: Facebook does, and it’s creepy. We don’t show you ads, nor will ads based on your browsing or buying habits follow you around the web, said Apple. That’s Bad Place stuff! 

Never mind that it isn’t totally clear how much partner content the Apple News+ service — $10 a month for a range of newspaper and magazine subscriptions — will offer users. Pay no attention to the giant evil corporation behind the credit card, Goldman Sachs, or to the fact that its “low interest rate” was not announced. Forget that Apple Arcade (the safe, ad-free place for games) and Apple TV+ also didn’t come with price tags. Who needs actual TV show trailers when you’ve got celebrity introductions, a theme tune performed on piano, and tiny snippets of content mashed together with dramatic music?

Just focus on the gauzy feeling of being wrapped in a safe, beautiful ecosystem, a perfect world of uplifting infotainment. Focus on Oprah, who’s going to “convene a meeting of the minds” and give us “a unique opportunity to rise to our best selves” via a book club that will somehow be different from the book club she’s been running in the real world since 1996 (and online since 2012). 

All in all, it was the keynote version of a neighborhood full of froyo shops and fashion statements: colorful, interesting, somewhat unsatisfying. Spoiler alert for anyone who hasn’t finished Season 1 of The Good Place yet: the froyo comparison does not portend well. 

Here’s that spoiler: The Good Place turns out not to be Heaven after all, but a highly advanced experiment devised by The Bad Place. Ted Danson’s character Michael, purportedly an angel, created a neighborhood that was all soft-pastel surface. 

Here, our heroes were supposed to be grateful to have avoided landing in Hell, but also eternally irritated and anxious at the appearance that everyone around them was living their best lives. 

Now I’m not saying that Tim Cook is actually a millennia-old demon trying to torture us with devilish new designs. But it is clear that his goal is not as altruistic as events like this make out. He is not trying to save journalism. He is a stone-cold businessman with a trillion-dollar business. 

His mission, now as ever, is to make more of us spend more dollars on more products and subscriptions. Even as he makes noises about us using our iPhones too much, he wants you to turn over more of your life to Apple than ever before. 

If and when you turn around and have an Eleanor Shellstrop moment — “wait a minute, this is the Bad Place!” — it’ll be too late. 

Some of us have already fallen for everything Apple sells so far, initial skepticism notwithstanding. I watched the event on my Apple TV while typing on my Macbook and glancing at my iPhone, rising from my couch ten minutes to every hour because my Apple Watch told me to do so. 

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That level of immersion is only going to get more common. One largely unnoticed aspect of the Apple TV upgrade is that you’ll now be able to get Apple TV as an app on Roku, Amazon Fire, and smart TVs made by LG, Samsung, Sony, and Vizio. How many millions more converts to the church of Apple do you think that will bring in? 

That titanium laser-etched credit card, meanwhile, will turn millions of consumers into walking Apple ads. Now, this status symbol requires you to use another status symbol — an iPhone — before it will work at all. But that subtle limitation won’t stop its enthusiastic users from flexing. 

This summer, expect to roll your eyes in line for the checkout when some guy ahead of you casually pulls his shiny rectangle out of his wallet a little too early. Maybe he’ll fan himself or cool his face with it. Boy, what a day, huh? Hot enough for ya? 

Flexing is basically what Apple is doing in the entertainment realm, too. None of the shows the company unveiled offered a must-see premise. All relied instead on the star power of celebs like Jennifer Aniston and Jason Momoa and Steven Spielberg. Apple’s goals were to get people talking, to head off the unveiling of other new streaming services such as Disney+, to solicit more content from more of Hollywood, and to warn Netflix that there was a muscular new competitor in town.

Right now, Netflix and HBO are the kings of streaming content, each launching at least a couple of big buzzworthy original hits every month. Then there’s Amazon Prime — where, despite the many millions Jeff Bezos is spending, there’s little beyond The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel that qualifies as must-watch. Based purely on this initial outing, it seems that Apple is doomed to fall into the second category. 

But who cares if this isn’t really the good place for TV? It’s another subscription to sell, another notch in Apple’s financial belt. Even if you don’t sign up for the service, maybe it’ll make it more likely that you’ll download the Apple TV app on your non-Apple smart TV. 

Then you marvel at the beautiful design, the crisp and awesome screensavers, the surprising ability to offer your favorite shows and channels — and suggested viewing based on your favorite shows and channels — without ever leaving the walled garden. 

Bingo: You’re a convert, someone who is suddenly more likely to wander into an Apple Store and be upsold to something else. 

You can check out of the Good Place any time you like, but you can never leave. 

As the world got ready for another one of Apple’s two-hour-long announcement events, some people held out hope that we might finally hear more about AirPower, the company’s wireless charging pad. The product was first announced all the way back in 2017, but we haven’t heard much since then.

Hopes were dashed on Monday when Apple focused entirely on services rather than hardware. Original TV content, news and magazine subscriptions, and gaming took precedence over the kinds of things we’ve grown accustomed to at Apple press conferences. 

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That meant there was no mention of AirPower at all. Monday marked the 559th day since the product was first announced and we still have no idea when it’s coming out. Apple’s original plan was to launch in 2018, but that whole year came and went without the company’s wireless charging solution.

Apple has held a handful of flashy stage shows to reveal new products or services since then, but AirPower has yet to show up at any of them. 

In fairness to Apple, AirPower showing up at Monday’s event always seemed like a long-shot. Apple ran with the “showtime” motif in the week leading up to the entertainment-focused event and got minor hardware updates out of the way beforehand. There was a new round of rumors about AirPower’s long-awaited launch before the event, but they failed to come to fruition.

What makes the radio silence surrounding AirPower concerning is how unusual it is for Apple. Typically, Apple announces products shortly before they are ready to be shipped without massive delays like this. Some exceptions include the HomePod and AirPods, but still, those products eventually made it into people’s hands. 

Reports last year suggested Apple was having trouble getting AirPower to work without serious overheating. It makes sense that a serious hardware problem like that would be the source for such an extensive delay, but it doesn’t make the situation any less unusual for Apple.

It’s not the end of the world that one of Apple’s many product announcements from the last few years hasn’t made it to market yet. People have kept charging their phones, watches and headphones without any trouble in the meantime. Still, as long as Apple keeps saying nothing, we’re going to keep wondering just what happened to AirPower.