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SpaceX Successfully Tests Crewed Dragon Launch Abort Engines
The company had to push back its launch plans after the stunning explosion of a Crew Dragon capsule during testing earlier this year. Now, SpaceX has successfully tested the engines without incident, paving the way for a test flight next year.

Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Allowing 3D-Printed Guns
The number of people using 3D printers is still small, but some of them are using the devices to make guns. Last year, the Trump administration moved to settle with a gun printing non-profit and make those weapons legal. However, a federal court has blocked that deal, calling it "unlawful."

Crytek Launches ‘Neon Noir’ Ray-Tracing Benchmark With AMD, Nvidia GPU Support
Crytek has released its Neon Noir benchmark, one of the first GPU-agnostic tests of ray tracing to hit the market since the feature began rolling out over a year ago.

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Review: This CPU Goes Way Past 11
After a several week delay, AMD's Ryzen 9 3950X is here. It was absolutely worth the wait.

Stadia Developers Reveal Missing Launch Features in Reddit AMA
Unfortunately, the AMA revealed that device support will be very limited at launch, and some of Google's signature features won't work right away.

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Spots Unexplained Oxygen Spike on Mars
NASA reports that the rover has detected a perplexing increase in oxygen concentrations on the red planet. While the cause is unclear, this comes just months after the rover detected a spike in methane, another biomarker gas.

Udemy Class Review: How to Create Android Apps Without Coding Advance Course
This course from Udemy does an excellent job explaining how to create an app using Mobincube, but potential students should test the software first and see how far they get on their own.

Apple Redesigns the MacBook Pro, Boosts SSD Storage, Adds AMD RDNA, and Dumps Butterfly Keyboard
Apple's new 16-inch MacBook Pro doesn't pack any single earthshaking improvement, but it's a solid set of changes in a number of areas, including fixing the much-disliked butterfly keyboard.

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New Horizons Flyby Target ‘2014 MU69’ Now Officially Named ‘Arrokoth’
New Horizons took a look at a small Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) known as 2014 MU69 early this year. Now, NASA has announced that object has a new name. It's "Arrokoth," a Native American term that means "sky" in the Powhatan and Algonquian languages.

Valve Might Be Working on a Steam Cloud Gaming Service
Cloud gaming services are all the rage these days. Microsoft and Google are both making major pushes into the area, joining services like Nvidia’s GeForce Now and PlayStation Now. The exact features of each service differ, however, and they aren’t fungible — the game libraries you can access and the requirements as far as local…

Researchers Find More Than 1 Million Alternatives to DNA
A new analysis from researchers at Emory University and the Tokyo Institute of Technology suggests a plethora of molecules could serve the same basic task of organizing and storing genetic information.