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1 day ago · This is all pretty bonkers for a lot of reasons. On Thursday NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are scheduled to don spacesuits to exit the International Space …

16 hours ago · Tesla released its financial results for 2024 on Wednesday afternoon, following the close of the markets. The maker of electric vehicles may have to invest in stocks of red ink, …

1 day ago · For this car, Porsche has also worked on reducing its emissions, fitting four catalytic converters to the exhaust, plus a pair of particulate filters, which together help cut NOx …

1 day ago · The group in Germany tried a somewhat different approach. Rather than disperse loose cells, they grew a sheet of cardiomyocytes, and a separate sheet of what's called …

3 days ago · One of the key questions about Blue Origin is whether it will push toward full reusability with New Glenn. In 2021, Ars first reported on an effort codenamed "Project Jarvis" …

3 days ago · As is custom, Apple rolled out software updates to all its platforms at once today. All users should now have access to the public releases of iOS 18.3, macOS Sequoia 15.3, …

Dec 25, 2024 · xz Utils is a popular open-source data-compression utility for *nix OSes. In late March, one developer floored developers everywhere when he revealed a backdoor in the …

Aug 21, 2024 · The two big new features of the Pixel 9 lineup, as hardware devices, are 1) that their camera bars have a new design and shape, and 2) that Google says the phones are …

Feb 12, 2024 · Hue bulbs did a Trojan horse on me, and I am thankful. Two brands have done a savvy job of incorporating Zigbee into their tech without making a big deal of it: Philips Hue …