Tim Sweezy
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While it may seem like NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunni Williams have been stuck in space since arriving at the International Space Station, the space agency is making it clear they are not. Williams and Wilmore arrived at the ISS on June 6, and have been integrated into the Expedition 71 crew while they await...
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Tesla wants to pay humans up to $48 an hour to suit up in a motion capture suit to help train its Optimus humanoid robot. Candidates need to be able to walk 7+ hours a day while carrying up to 30lbs, and need to be within a certain height range in order to work with the motion capture suit.
Humanoid robots have...
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The highly anticipated, Tencent-backed game Black Myth: Wukong has taken Steam by storm, surging past 2 million concurrent players to claim a single-player record. The action RPG surpassed the all-time peaks of games such as Palworld, Elden Ring, Dota 2, Cyberpunk 2077, and Counter-Strike 2, representing a mix of...
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SpaceX is preparing for its upcoming Polaris Dawn mission, which will feature the space company’s first-ever spacewalk attempt. The four-person crew will comprise billionaire Jared Isaacman, colleague Scott Poteet, and two SpaceX employees, Anna Menon and Sarah Gillis, and is scheduled to launch no sooner than August...
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While Apple unveiled its M4 processor onboard the new iPad Pro in May of this year, many have been patiently waiting for the company’s latest silicon to arrive powering a new MacBook. Well, as well-informed reports have it, the wait may not be much longer.
According to founder and CEO of Display Supply Chain...
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An app designed for Verizon in-store demos, identified as Showcase.apk, has left several generations of Pixel smartphones vulnerable to a number of different types of attacks. The app has been around since 2017, and places nearly every Pixel device sold during that time at risk. However, Google remarked it is...
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Next week’s full Moon is a rare Supermoon, also referred to as a Blue Moon, Sturgeon Moon, or Dog Moon, among other names. The term “supermoon” was coined by astrologer Richard Nolle in 1979, referring to either a new or full Moon that occurs when the Moon is within 90% of its closest approach to Earth.
While the...
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While a widower filed a lawsuit against Disney Parks and Resorts for the wrongful death of his wife, Disney wants the case thrown out because the man signed up for a free month of Disney+ in 2019.
The plaintiff, Jeffrey Piccolo, is suing Disney for $50,000 after his wife, Kanokporn Tangsuan, died from an allergic...
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An international group of astronomers may have solved an 843-year-old mystery surrounding the origins of a zombie star. The researchers connected ancient records from China and Japan, which spoke about a supernova event near the constellation Cassiopeia in the year 1181, to a zombie star seen today, called guest star...
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As AI continues to rule the roost in the tech world, Google is reimagining its digital assistant with Gemini Live, a mobile conversational experience that allows users to have “free-flowing conversations” with Gemini. Gemini Live is expected to rival OpenAI’s Advanced Voice Mode on ChatGPT, which recently rolled out...
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A group of researchers have concluded the most probable explanation concerning data collected about Mars’ planetary crust from the Mars InSight Lander is the crust has stores of liquid water. If true, the group believes it sets the stage for new research considering the planet’s habitability and continuing a search...
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TikTok has been under fire from the US government for a while over the platform being owned by Chinese company ByteDance. While the US government aims to force the popular platform to sell to a US-owned company, or face being banned in the country, the platform itself continues to focus on its users and bringing new...
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Mars and Jupiter are set to dazzle stargazers in a rare event tonight, as the two planets appear just a third of a degree from one another in the night sky. The close conjunction of the two planets has not occurred since 2015, and won’t happen again until 2033.
All of the major planets in the solar system orbit the...
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A group of engineering students have developed a robotic fish to help solve mysteries of the ocean. The soft robotic underwater fish, called Eve, blends into a coral reef environment, allowing operators to take isolated eDNA samples and high resolution video for extensive data gathering.
Studying ocean life is not...
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NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were only meant to stay onboard the International Space Station for a week or so in space after docking aboard Boeing’s Starliner. Now, the duo who have already been on the ISS for a little over two months, may end up having to extend their stay another six...
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Samsung is offering Galaxy Z Fold6 buyers a healthy $300 credit toward the purchase of accessories or compantion devices, including the Galaxy Watch or Galaxy Buds3, which are already 25% off.
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6
The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6 brings subtle changes and significant refinements over its predecessor...
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As home prices continue to skyrocket, some companies are looking at new methods of building homes to hopefully reduce the strain on the market. Such is the case with ICON, a company focused on building 3D printed houses to combat the global housing crisis.
In other markets, NASA has been looking into 3D printed...
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While many Samsung smartphone owners may have been waiting for One UI 6.1.1 to drop this month, the company instead dropped an urgent security patch for millions of Galaxy devices. The new August security update addresses a few security vulnerabilities, and Samsung is urging its users to update ASAP.
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As China attempts to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink satellites, the country’s first launch for an upcoming Chinese megaconstellation ended up littering a bunch of space junk in low-Earth orbit (LEO). US Space Command confirmed the break-up of a Chinese Long March 6A rocket that launched on August 6, 2024, resulting in...
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Intel is revving up its GPU engines with its first-ever discrete graphics processing unit (dGPU) for automotive applications, the Intel Arc Graphics for Automotive with Arc A760A. The product, announced at the company’s AI Cockpit Innovation Experience event, will be commercially deployed in vehicles as soon as...
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A small group of scientists and engineers have proposed releasing metal nanorods into the atmosphere of Mars to make the planet more habitable for life. The researchers created models that point to aerosols made from materials that are readily available on the Red Planet, such as 9-micrometer long nanorods made from...
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NASA has postponed Boeing Starliner Crew-9’s return to Earth to give teams time to evaluate the spaceship’s reliability. The delay also allows time for the next SpaceX rotation with the upcoming Soyuz handover, which is scheduled for no earlier than mid-September.
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams arrived...
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