Tim Sweezy
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The 2024 annular solar eclipse is happening tomorrow and will include a ring of fire. While the path of the eclipse will take it mainly through the Southern Hemisphere, those north will still be able to watch via livestream.
Back in early April of this year, many across North America took time out of their busy day...
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**Update 10/1/2024 9:30am EDT: According to the Downdetector website, most Verizon customers regained service by 6am today. However, there are still those commenting on the website and social media they are still without service. Verizon did suggest if someone still does not have service, to restart their device...
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A comet that has not been seen from Earth in 80,000 years is about to make its grand return. Comet 2023 A3, also known as Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, will be observable with the naked eye in the northern hemisphere during two viewing periods, with the first being this week.
Back in May of this year, the Eta Aquariids meteor...
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The historic Polaris Dawn mission was filled with many memorable moments for its crew, including the first-ever commercial spacewalk. So, it is no surprise that crew members were able to capture some epic moments during their time in space, and tey've just shared them with the rest of the world.
A SpaceX Falcon 9...
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Astronomers using NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope just made a wild discovery of a “blowtorch-like” jet from a supermassive black hole, and it seems to cause stars to erupt along its trajectory.
Currently, an international group of astronomers are awaiting a once-in-a-lifetime event, when a binary system in the...
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A new California law will force digital stores to admit users are simply licensing games, and not actually buying them. California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the new law (AB 2426), which will come into effect next year.
GOG, formerly known as Good Old Games, took a potshot at Ubisoft at the beginning of this...
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NASA has a SSPICY take on how to enable commercial inspection of defunct, or inoperable, satellites in low Earth orbit. The Small Spacecraft Propulsion and Inspection Capability (SSPICY) mission will be a precursor to capturing and repairing, or removing, the satellites.
With more satellites going up into low Earth...
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Meta announced its AI will be gaining a voice (or two), along with other clever tricks at the company’s Meta Connect 2024 event. The tech giant added voice options for its AI chatbot that include the likes of Dame Judi Dench and John Cena, while also being able to get information from AI versions of Awkwafina...
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NASA’s Perseverance rover spotted a striped rock unlike any seen on the Red Planet before. The unusual textures were spotted from a distance by team members as the rover made its way toward the Jezero Crater rim.
The new find is not the first striped rock spotted by Perseverance on its trek across Mars. It also...
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Popular YouTube tech reviewer MKBHD (Marques Brownlee) has responded to the backlash that his new Panels app is receiving. User complaints have ranged from the $50 per year subscription plan to permissions the app requires.
MKBHD has made a name for himself in the world of tech, with reviews that date as far back...
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Thousands of people in the US Northwest took to social media to share video of a bright fireball streaking across the night sky late Monday (similar to the one that scorched North Carolina's skies earlier this month). Many described the fireball as appearing green, while some added it had a yellow tail.
Reports of...
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The European Commission (EC) has been quite busy lately passing new laws that are meant to protect consumers, and investigating tech giants such as Google, Apple, and Microsoft for violating those laws. However, tech giants are not the only entities the EC has in its sights, as it now also requires all new vehicles in...
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A group of physicists designed a first-of-its-kind experiment to simulate what might happen if a nuclear bomb was detonated near an asteroid approaching Earth. The experiment recorded in nanosecond detail how a very large pulse of radiation from a nuclear blast could essentially vaporize the side of an approaching...
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Some owners of Apple’s new iPhone 16 Pro models have reported issues with the screens being unresponsive at times on their shiny new smartphones. While the issue may be frustrating, there is hope it can be fixed with a future update.
Apple’s latest iPhone 16 models began hitting the hands of consumers this past Friday, with the highly anticipated
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Elon Musk made a bold claim on X that SpaceX plans to launch about five uncrewed Starships to Mars in two years. Musk noted that if all uncrewed missions land safely on the Red Planet, crewed missions are possible in four years’ time. However, according to Musk, that timeline could be threatened by the bureaucratic...
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The summer heat may be coming to an end, but hot deals on home electronics and other tech gadgets such as OLED TVs, laptops, and headphones are still sizzling ahead of Amazon Prime Day, which is only a few weeks away. Check out a few deals from brands like LG, Sony, Apple, and JBL while they last.
LG 55-inch OLED...
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Scientists who conducted a six-year study of the Thwaites glacier, often dubbed the “doomsday glacier,” say the outlook for the massive iceberg is “grim.” The research team, using ice-breaking ships and underwater robots, determined the iceberg is melting at an accelerating rate which could put it on an irreversible...
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A new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) staff report accuses social media and video streaming sites of engaging in vast surveillance of consumers in order to monetize personal information, while failing to adequately protect children and teens.
The government’s battle with social media is nothing new. The US Senate...
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NASA’s Webb telescope tells an elliptical and spiral galaxy to say “Cheese!” The image is a composite of images, combining observations from Webb’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) and NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) of a pair of galaxies collectively known as Arp 107.
The pair of galaxies, located 465 million...
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YouTube unveiled new creation tools at its annual Made on YouTube event aimed at helping creators build communities by enhancing viewer interaction and creator monetization. From YouTube Veo to the new Community Hub, there were plenty of announcements to help creators big and small.
Just What Is Veo
Dream Screen...
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Astronomers have detected the largest pair of black hole jets ever seen. The pair spans 23-million light-years, or the equivalent to lining up 140 Milky Way galaxies back to back.
According to NASA, supermassive black holes are millions to tens of billions times the mass of the Sun. A census using the Hubble Space...
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Snap has announced its next generation Spectacles, a new see-through, standalone pair of AR glasses. The glasses are powered by Snap OS, the company’s new operating system designed to enhance how people naturally interact with the world.
Snap put its first pair of shades on back in 2016 with the first generation of...
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