SpaceX Booster 18 suffered an anomaly during gas system pressure testing… No propellant was on the vehicle, and engines were not yet installed. The SpaceX teams need time to investigate before they are confident of the cause. There were no engines inside. There was no damage to the site. This is not unusual for aContinue Reading
Kissing occurs in most living large apes, and likely also occurred in Neanderthals, first evolving in the ancestor to this group 21.5-16.9 million years ago, according to new research led by University of Oxford scientists. The post Kissing Likely Evolved in Common Ancestor of Humans and Large Apes 21 MillionContinue Reading
Hiroyuki Takei, Sesuji, Miyuki Okumura, others launch new series in December 19 magazine…Read MoreContinue Reading
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Five Years Ago This week in 2020, we featured a guest post about the many problems with the idea of upload filters, while Poland was trying to get them excluded from the EU Copyright Directive. Twitch was continuing to trip over itself in response to its DMCA apocalypse, and weContinue Reading
Driivz, a Vontier company, has released Platform Version 9, an updated electric vehicle charging and energy management software suite designed to support EV charging networks and service providers. The new version is now available to its global customer base, which operates in more than 30 countries. Platform Version 9 introducesContinue Reading
Sponsored by dSpace. Electromobility is evolving rapidly. New vehicle concepts, complex E/E architectures, and increasingly powerful battery systems are pushing developers to their limits. At the same time, the pressure to shorten development cycles and reduce costs is growing. In this dynamic environment, one method is gaining significant traction: Software-in-the-Loop (SIL)Continue Reading
Fairplay issued an advisory on Thursday, warning about the dangers of AI toys., Fairplay issued an advisory on Thursday, warning about the dangers of AI toys., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
Tired of AI slop? With a new feature, users can control how much or how little AI-generated content they see., Tired of AI slop? With a new feature, users can control how much or how little AI-generated content they see., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
Nvidia has confirmed that last month’s security updates are causing gaming performance issues on Windows 11 24H2 and Windows 11 25H2 systems. …Continue Reading
An Inspired Enterprise – A History of Star Trek with Glen Swanson – YouTube Watch On On Episode 187 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Glen Swanson, author of the new Star Trek history book “Inspired Enterprise.” From Gene Roddenberry’s original inspiration to working with Caltech, the RAND CorporationContinue Reading
The Lion Nebula as captured by astrophotographer Ronald Brecher in October 2025. (Image credit: Ronald Brecher) A nebula takes on the appearance of a rampaging lion in a new deep space vista captured by astrophotographer Ronald Brecher under a near-full moon from his home in Ontario, Canada, in October earlier this year. ZWO ASI533MC ProContinue Reading
Having been delivered to SWISS International Air Lines over a month ago, the carrier’s first A350 flight has been operating various short-haul flights in the past month. However, on Thursday, the carrier deployed the aircraft on its very first long-haul flight from its base in Zurich, across the Atlantic, toContinue Reading