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A Garbage Piece of Gaming History is Up For Auction
A Garbage Piece of Gaming History is Up For Auction

The Phantom Gaming System breaks cover again, but don't let the auction verbiage fool you. This was no plucky also-ran.

We Might Be Able to Nuke Asteroids to Save the Planet After All
We Might Be Able to Nuke Asteroids to Save the Planet After All

A new simulation from researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) suggests that nuclear "disruption" of an asteroid might be a viable option, even if the expected impact is just months away. Of course, that only matters if you can deliver a spacecraft to the asteroid, which still requires a lot of planning.

HTC Announces Smaller, Lighter Vive Flow VR Headset
HTC Announces Smaller, Lighter Vive Flow VR Headset

The lightweight headset is styled more like a pair of glasses, making it easier to pop them on to watch some Netflix or play a simple game. However, you're going to need an external power source, and the Flow headset isn't cheap at $500.

Third-Ever Tardigrade Fossil Discovered Hiding in a Hunk of Amber
Third-Ever Tardigrade Fossil Discovered Hiding in a Hunk of Amber

Scientists have discovered just the third fossil tardigrade we've ever found — while they were looking for something else entirely.

Researchers Announce Most Precise Measurement Ever Taken of a Free Neutron’s Lifetime
Researchers Announce Most Precise Measurement Ever Taken of a Free Neutron’s Lifetime

A worldwide collaboration of scientists has announced the most precise measurement ever taken of a neutron's lifetime. How? By giving neutrons a nice long soak in an ultracold "neutron bathtub."

Drones Have Now Been Used to Deliver Lungs for Medical Transplant
Drones Have Now Been Used to Deliver Lungs for Medical Transplant

Eighteen months of preparation made the extremely sensitive organ transportation a success.

The Radeon RX 6600 is AMD’s Weakest RDNA2 GPU Yet
The Radeon RX 6600 is AMD’s Weakest RDNA2 GPU Yet

AMD's latest Radeon RX 6600 GPU is now available, but the card is not the value proposition we had hoped it would be.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Arrives at Launch Site
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Arrives at Launch Site

It's a moment 20 years in the making—NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has arrived at the launch site.

William Shatner Rides Blue Origin Rocket to Space and Back
William Shatner Rides Blue Origin Rocket to Space and Back

William Shatner gained worldwide notoriety playing a spaceman on TV, and now he's become one for real.

An Engineering Student Has Created a Makeshift USB-C iPhone
An Engineering Student Has Created a Makeshift USB-C iPhone

Between this and the European Commission's recent decision regarding USB-C ports, Apple's going to run out of excuses not to make the switch.

Netgear Has the First Quad-Band Wi-Fi 6E Mesh Router, but it Costs $1,500
Netgear Has the First Quad-Band Wi-Fi 6E Mesh Router, but it Costs $1,500

Mesh routers are all the rage right now. Google, Amazon, Asus, Linksys, and many others have their own dual or tri-band mesh setups. Netgear says it has something new—the world's first quad-band Wi-Fi 6E system.

AMD Will Offer V-Cache on AM4, Updated AM5 With Next-Gen PCIe 5.0 Coming in 2022
AMD Will Offer V-Cache on AM4, Updated AM5 With Next-Gen PCIe 5.0 Coming in 2022

AMD is celebrating five years of Ryzen — and sharing a few details on its upcoming product roadmaps.