From ExtremeTech: NASA's Psyche spacecraft is en route to an asteroid of the same name, but it won't arrive until 2028. In the meantime, NASA has used Psyche to test a new technology that could change how it communicates with spacecraft. The Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment has...
Back in August, when I was in Toronto, I was standing in line at the Hockey Hall of Fame's gift shop. I am not normally one to buy things at a gift shop, especially since they are usually a bit more expensive, but I really wanted a baseball cap. As I was standing in line, there was a family ahead of me talking to the cashier during their checkout. Both the father and his son were wearing New York Islanders paraphernalia, making their loyalties...
From PC Mag: UPDATE: Sam Altman has published a tweet about his departure. He didn't elaborate on why he was forced to step down, but he signaled he already has a new project in the works.
"Will have more to say about what’s next later," he wrote.
OpenAI's President and co-founder Greg Brockman...
From PC Mag: SpaceX has quietly revealed a new Starlink dish that’s geared toward residential users and will likely offer a boost in broadband quality.
The company published specs, images, and videos of the new dish on Starlink.com, which comes about two months after SpaceX received FCC clearance...
From PC World: Microsoft is currently investigating a problem that prevents the activation of Windows 10 and Windows 11, as The Verge reports. The issue affects computers on which users have upgraded from Windows 7 or Windows 8 to the newer Windows versions free of charge. If you’ve subsequently...
From The Verge: The blue versus green bubble debate may finally be winding down. Apple says, in 2024, the iPhone will add support for RCS messaging, the messaging standard used by most Android phones, according to a report from 9to5Mac.
“Later next year, we will be adding support for RCS Universal...
From Tom's Hardware: Western Digital stated it had started volume shipment of its Ultrastar DC HC580 and WD Gold 24TB hard disk drives that use conventional magnetic recording, as well as volume production start of its Ultrastar DC HC680 28TB HDDs that rely on shingled magnetic recording. The drives...
From TechCrunch: In May this year, Alexis Hancock’s daughter got a children’s tablet for her birthday. Being a security researcher, Hancock was immediately worried.
“I looked at it kind of sideways because I’ve never heard of Dragon Touch,” Hancock told TechCrunch, referring to the tablet’s maker...
From The Verge: Microsoft is bringing its AI-powered Copilot to Windows 10. In a surprise move, the software giant will soon release Copilot for Windows 10 to Release Preview testers, just months after signaling an end of major Windows 10 updates.
“It’s a key opportunity for us to bring Copilot...
From The Verge: Android users on WhatsApp won’t have a free ride anymore when it comes to backups. The change comes after five years of Android users’ backups not counting toward Google Drive storage limits at all — something that was never true for iOS users.
Google and WhatsApp both announced...
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