China just launched another ambitious lunar mission. Is NASA falling behind?
Chang'e-6 builds upon the Chinese space program's successful lunar program. In 2019, the Chang'e-4 mission made a soft landing on the far side of the Moon, the first time this had ever been done by a ...
Microsoft ties executive pay to security following multiple failures and breaches
To attempt to turn things around, Microsoft announced something it called the " Secure Future Initiative " back in November of 2023. As part of that initiative, Microsoft today announced a series of ...
Ecobee kills off the “world’s first smart thermostat” after 16 years
Ecobee is killing off some of its oldest thermostats. The "Ecobee Smart" (Model # : EB-STAT-02) and the Ecobee Energy Management System (EMS) business thermostat (Model #: EB-EMS-02) are losing web ...
Two seconds of hope for fusion power
Using nuclear fusion, the process that powers the stars, to produce electricity on Earth has famously been 30 years away for ...
What’s happening at Tesla? Here’s what experts think.
"Gigacasting" has been a much-hyped idea to cut costs even further by using massive single-piece castings for the car's ...
Mayans burned and buried dead political regimes
The team of archaeologists, led by Christina T. Halperin of the University of Montreal, think this was the doing of a new ...
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Apple’s Q2 2024 earnings reveal a drop in iPhone, iPad sales
Apple's earnings report for the second quarter of the company's 2024 fiscal year showed a slide in hardware sales, especially ...
Google tells court that Epic asked for way too much in proposed injunction
Epic's proposal would require Google to allow distribution of third-party app stores on the Google Play store for at least six years. Google would also have to provide third-party app stores access to ...
Jaguar wins 1-2 in Monaco as it prepares its rebirth as EV-only brand
And a step change is what Jaguar Land Rover CEO (and Glover's boss) Thierry Bolloré wants for Jaguar: for it to move upmarket, the way Range Rover has. Tearing up the electric XJ was a bold step—it ...
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Storing energy with compressed air is about to have its moment of truth
The need for long-duration energy storage, which helps to fill the longest gaps when wind and solar are not producing enough ...
Rocket Report: Astroscale chases down dead rocket; Ariane 6 on the pad
German rocket arrives at Scottish spaceport. Rocket Factory Augsburg has delivered a booster for its privately developed RFA One rocket to SaxaVord Spaceport in Scotland, the company announced on X.
Mini Settlers is a city builder that you can both enjoy and actually put down
Mini Settlers is "mini" like minimalism. It is in the same genre, but quite far from, games like Cities: Skylines 2 (a choice with some proven merit ). Your buildings are not 3D-rendered with ...