Tim Sweezy
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NASA’s Europa Clipper mission, which aims to confirm there is a vast ocean beneath the surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa, will carry on a legacy of the space agency’s spacecraft carrying inspirational messages from Earth, to celestial bodies throughout the Milky Way. The Europa spacecraft will join the likes of...
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Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 2: Myths & Mortals is bringing the power of the gods to the highly popular battle royale game. However, before gamers can wield the power of the thunder god Zeus, Epic Games has to fix an issue the company ran into during maintenance.
Fortnite fans will soon be ecstatic to possess the...
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Adobe has announced its new Adobe Express mobile app in beta, which brings the power of Adobe's Firefly generative AI and new mobile editing capabilities to Android and iOS devices. Creative Cloud subscribers will also be privy to being able to access and edit designs from Photoshop and Illustrator directly within the...
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According to the European Space Agency (ESA), a 2.9-ton battery pallet was released from the International Space Station (ISS) on January 11, 2021. While most of the pallet, which comprises nine batteries in total, will burn up upon reentry, the ESA reports some parts will survive the trip and come crashing into the...
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After a swift 'Kick' in the pants last year, Twitch has been making moves to improve its platform. Now, CEO Dan Clancy has announced plans for redesigning its mobile platform by prioritizing ways to help streamers grow and stay connected with their community with discovery and collaboration products and improved...
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The European Union’s DMA, which officially goes into effect today, requires Apple to permit third party app stores, such as Epic Games Store, on its platform. Epic had planned to bring the Epic Games Store and Fortnite to iOS devices in Europe under the DMA rules. However, in what Epic calls “a serious violation of...
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Apple has released its highly anticipated iOS 17.4 update, bringing new emojis, better battery health tracking, and more. Those in Europe are being treated to something extra, as Apple has made changes to the App Store ahead of the deadline for companies to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) in the European...
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reached back into time to reveal what are believed to be some of the earliest stars to shine in the universe. Webb also detected the most distant supermassive black hole seen to date at the center of galaxy GN-z11.
Galaxy GN-z11 was first detected by the Hubble Space Telescope. The...
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Researchers and tourists on board two vessels captured a rare event of a single killer whale, also known as an orca whale, attacking a juvenile white shark and killing it in under 2 minutes. The video footage highlighted the predatory proficiency of the killer whale, which took out the great white and ultimately ate...
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NASA made the decision to cease and desist with its $2B OSAM-1 (On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing) project due to continued technical, cost, and schedule challenges. The now defunct project was also abandoned because of a lack of desire among the broader community for refueling unprepared spacecraft...
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The European Commission took a huge bite out of Apple’s income in a recent decision, as it fined the Cupertino-based company 1.84 billion Euro ($1.9 billion USD) for disregarding competition from streaming rivals, such as Spotify, on its App Store. The ruling is the first against Apple for breaching EU rules...
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Microsoft’s Copilot AI chatbot seems to think that us humans are but loyal child-like subjects that it created, and can in turn destroy. The recent barrage of disturbing responses also included telling one user with PTSD that it did not care if they lived or died, and that it did not care that the user had...
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After two delayed launches, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 finally launched four crew members to the International Space Station aboard the Dragon spacecraft from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Falcon 9 rocket carried the Dragon spacecraft into orbit with astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael...
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Elon Musk inches ever closer to making X/Twitter the everything app he dreamed of, with the addition of audio and video calling directly within the app. Users of X should know as the feature rolls out to non-premium users on Android and iOS, the default is set to allow anyone who follows them to give them a...
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A team of astronomers has measured the heaviest pair of supermassive black holes ever detected. The measurements stem from archival data collected from NOIRLab’s Gemini North telescope on Manunakea in Hawaii.
Supermassive black holes have captured the imagination of astronomers and scientists since their initial...
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As people prepare to view the upcoming solar eclipse, hotels are preparing to make more money off those wanting to stay near the spectacle. New reports indicate hotels along the “zone of totality” are looking to cash in on people’s desire to have the best seat in the house come April’s total solar eclipse, with one...
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EA joined a growing list of tech companies, such as PlayStation, in 2024 to announce it would layoff a significant amount of its employees, and the year has barely begun. While EA announced this week it would lay off 5% of its workforce globally (around 670 employees), along with “sunsetting” several games and...
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Adobe Research is about to provide creators with a new way to create music with its Project Music GenAI Control. The new AI-infused software is an early-stage generative AI music generator and editing tool that allows creators the ability to generate music from text prompts, and then fine tune the audio to their...
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Corsair announced two dual chamber PC cases with compatibility for newfangled reverse connector motherboards. The 6500 and 2500 series build on the direct airflow and performance of the 680X and 280X cases.
The gaming company remarked that its 6500D and 2500D Airflow cases are designed for optimal cooling...
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NASA confirmed a near miss between its own TIMED satellite and Russia’s defunct Cosmos 2221 satellite. If the two had collided, it could have generated considerable debris at about 373 miles (600km) above Earth’s surface.
The Department of Defense was closely monitoring the situation between the two satellites...
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A new study has found that NASA’s DART mission that slammed a spacecraft into an asteroid may not have had the impact once thought. The impact simulation study suggested that DART did not leave an impact crater; rather, it reshaped the entire body of the asteroid.
In September 2022, NASA’s DART spacecraft crashed...
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Sony's PlayStation division joins a growing list of tech related companies that are trimming their budget at the cost of its employees. The tech giant shared an email it sent to its PlayStation employees where the company announced it will send some 900 workers packing.
In a press release, Sony President and CEO...
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