“The FAA is concerned with the system’s ability to maintain the current volume of operations.” The federal government shutdown, now in its 38th day, prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to issue a temporary emergency order Thursday prohibiting commercial rocket launches from occurring during “peak hours” of air traffic. The…
The end of HBO Max is “certainly plausible.” Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has a ‘for sale’ sign up. And that could mean big changes for subscribers to the company’s most popular streaming service, HBO Max. After receiving unsolicited acquisition offers, WBD recently declared itself open to “strategic alternatives to…
Vampire Survivors-esque battler sets itself apart with great weapons, unique graphics. If you’ve played any number of RPGs, you probably know the skill tree as a break from the game’s core action. It’s a place to pause, take a breather, and scroll through a massive visual menu of upgrade…
The automaker says it has plenty of electric F-150 pickups in inventory, though. When Ford electrified its bestselling pickup truck, it pulled out all the stops. The F-150 Lightning may look virtually identical to other versions of the pickup, but it’s smoother, faster, and obviously far, far more efficient…
This technological tradition lasted longer than Homo sapiens have even been a species. At a site in Kenya, archaeologists recently unearthed layer upon layer of stone stools from deposits that span 300,000 years, and include a period of intense environmental upheaval. The oldest tools at the site date back…
Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket gave an environmental monitoring satellite a perfect ride to space. Welcome to Edition 8.18 of the Rocket Report! NASA is getting a heck of a deal from Blue Origin for launching the agency’s ESCAPADE mission to Mars. Blue Origin is charging NASA about $20 million…
But the differences are likely to be subtle, so it won’t be easy. The Event Horizon Telescope only recently gave us the first images of the environment immediately surrounding a black hole. Since then, it has been boosting the resolution and filling in the details of an environment dominated…
Sandworm and other Russian-state hackers unleash data-destroying payloads on their neighbors. One of the world’s most ruthless and advanced hacking groups, the Russian state-controlled Sandworm, launched a series of destructive cyberattacks in the country’s ongoing war against neighboring Ukraine, researchers reported Thursday. In April, the group targeted a Ukrainian…
Tesla investors back Musk pay despite his busy schedule running other companies. Tesla shareholders today voted to approve a compensation plan that would pay Elon Musk more than $1 trillion over the next decade if he hits all of the plan’s goals. Musk won over 75 percent of the…
Deep Research and predictions based on Kalshi and Polymarket data are coming soon to Google Finance. Google has announced new features in the popular Google Finance platform, and it leans heavily on Google’s tried-and-true strategy of more AI in more places. This builds on Google’s last Finance update, which…
