Tim Sweezy
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German start-up Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) watched as one of its rocket engines exploded during a nine-engine test at Britain’s new spaceport in Shetland. The company hopes to launch the UK’s first-ever vertical rocket into orbit.
While it may at times seem easy to launch rockets into space given the regularity...
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People are blurring their homes on Google Maps to maintain privacy, and potentially thwart burglaries. A police officer in California noted home owners are using the blur tactic to minimize any details nefarious characters might find while perusing homes on Google Maps.
While Google Maps is facing stiffer...
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Uber Technologies and Cruise announced a multiyear strategic partnership to bring Cruise autonomous vehicles to the Uber platform. The two companies plan to launch the partnership next year with a dedicated number of Chevy Bolt-based autonomous vehicles, allowing Uber riders to request a qualifying ride on the Uber...
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Typically, Apple releases its new iOS update along with its latest iPhones in mid-September, while it often holds off releasing its macOS update until either October or November. According to some reports, this year the Cupertino-based company may actually launch both at the same time. The decision seems to be based...
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That's right: the photo above is Neuralink’s second brain chip implant patient showing off his newly acquired Jedi mind tricks while playing a round of Counter-Strike 2. The patient, only known as Alex, has been undergoing a smooth recovery, according to Neuralink, and has been improving his ability to play video...
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Space mining company AstroForge has raised $40 million toward the first-ever private asteroid mining mission in 2025. The $40 million Series A funding round brings the total raised to date to $55 million, with investors representing what the company calls “some of the most forward-thinking and innovative folks in...
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New findings by India’s Chandrayaan lunar probe seem to validate an idea called the Lunar Magma Ocean theory concerning how the Moon formed. Scientists have hypothesized that when the Moon formed some 4.5 billion years ago, it started to cool and a lighter mineral called anorthosite rose to the top, forming the Moon’s...
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Razer’s iconic Kraken gaming headset is evolving once again with two new versions, the Kraken V4 and V4 X. Razer touts the new Krakens as building on a legacy spanning over 12 years since the first Razer Kraken headset, and celebrating over 20 million units shipped worldwide.
Razer’s new Kraken V4 gaming headset is...
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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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