Tim Sweezy
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Japanese space agency JAXA reported it had received a response from its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) lunar lander from the surface of the moon. The unexpected response came nearly a month after SLIM made a “pinpoint” landing on...
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Lenovo announced two ThinkBook laptops at MWC 2024 this week, that showcase the company’s innovation in the AI PC era. The first is the ThinkBook 14 2-in-1 Gen 4 featuring Intel Core Ultra processors, along with a wild and innovative...
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The Xiaomi 14 Ultra with a Leica Quad camera array, equipped with four 50MP sensors, including a Sony 1-inch sensor, has made its way to the market. The company’s flagship also comes packed with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, and a 6.73-inch 2K AMOLED...
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Blue Origin’s New Glenn, named after the first American astronaut to orbit the Moon, John Glenn, is upright on a launch pad for the first time. The advanced heavy-lift vehicle will support both customer missions and Blue Origin programs...
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Google has had to put the brakes on its Gemini AI text-to-image generation when it comes to humans. The controversy erupted on social media this week, with Google confirming its most powerful AI offering ever was indeed creating images with...
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NASA’s Solar Dynamic Observatory, or SDO, detected three strong solar flares with the potential to disrupt radio communications, electric power grids, navigation signals, and could even pose a risk to spacecraft and astronauts. The first flare...
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Late last year, Google introduced the world to its most capable AI offering ever, Gemini. Since then, Gemini has strengthened with new features, as well as most recently providing an upgrade to Google Assistant. What some may not be aware of...
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Intuitive Machines, as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, is readying to attempt the first successful lunar landing of a spacecraft by the US since Apollo 17 in 1972. An attempt by Astrobotics to land on the...
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Not to be left out of the huge buzz that is AI recently, Arm unveiled its latest advancements in its Neoverse chip technology. The tech company revealed its Neoverse N3 and V3 cores, alongside Neoverse Compute Subsystems (CSS) offerings for...
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It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No! It’s a satellite falling from space! A 2.5-ton European Space Agency (ESA) satellite that launched in 1995 is about to make a grand return to Earth today. During its service life, the ERS-2 satellite collected...
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According to Elon Musk, the first human patient implanted with a brain chip from Neuralink can now control a mouse cursor by simply thinking about it. Musk also added that the patient appears to have fully recovered from the procedure that took...
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Astronomers using the Very Large Telescope (VLT) have detected an extremely bright quasar that is being powered by a supermassive black hole with an insatiable appetite for destruction. The supermassive black is believed to be growing in mass...
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Fans of Sega’s iconic Crazy Taxi video game are fastening their seatbelts in anticipation of a return of the classic, and often chaotic, game that Sega is calling a triple-A title. Crazy Taxi first appeared in arcades in 1999, before making its...
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The European Union (EU) has set its sights on ByteDance’s TikTok app concerning a range of potential violations, including an overly addictive design, privacy shortfalls, and other concerns. EU industry chief Thierry Breton remarked the EU is...
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Privately owned Intuitive Machines just shared some incredible selfies of its lunar lander, Odysseus, shortly after separation from SpaceX’s second stage rocket. As of right now, the Moon lander is on schedule for an attempt at landing on the...
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NASA is seeking applicants to take part in its second simulated one-year Mars surface mission. The mission, called Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA), is designed to help the agency plan for human exploration of the Red...
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Researchers using two of NASA’s X-ray telescopes may be well on their way to possibly cracking a cosmic puzzle surrounding mysterious bursts of radio waves. The observations used for the new study were from a dead star’s “erratic” behavior as...
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An upcoming Samsung Galaxy S24 update will address some user complaints over the display being “washed out,” as well as complaints with the next-gen smartphone’s camera features. Galaxy S24 owners can expect a new “Vividness” option for the...
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The House Intelligence Committee chairman issued a warning this week of a “national security threat” in light of intel suggesting Russia is seeking to put a nuclear weapon in space. Lawmakers quickly tried to ease the public’s mind on the...
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Google has just issued a privacy warning about its latest and greatest AI-infused Gemini app. The next-generation digital assistant, formerly known as Bard, is aimed at replacing Google Assistant on various devices.
As AI continues to be the...
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Apple and Microsoft dodged a big bullet, as the European Commission found the duo to not be designated as “gatekeepers.” The decision closed four market investigations that were first launched in September of last year following the passage of...
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SpaceX has delayed the launch of its Falcon 9 rocket carrying Intuitive Machines IM-1 lunar mission that will attempt to soft land on the Moon’s surface. The mission aims to be the first to successfully land a US vehicle on the moon since...
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