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NASA’s Space Launch System Is Rolling Out Ahead of Schedule
NASA's Space Launch System is ready, and it's rolling out to the launchpad ahead of schedule.
Asteroid Material Provides ‘Most Uncontaminated’ Extraterrestrial Samples Ever
Researchers from the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science Technology confirm that the bits of asteroid Ryugu collected by the probe represent "undoubtedly among the most uncontaminated Solar System materials available for laboratory study."
Intel Is Offering CPUs to Winners of Arc GPU Scavenger Hunt
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Mars InSight Lander Unexpectedly Finds Little to No Ice
Defying expectations, there is little to no ice in the top 300 meters under InSight.
Microsoft Alleges Sony Pays Developers to Keep Games Off Game Pass
Microsoft isn't thrilled about Sony's comments regarding Call of Duty and horizontal competition concerns, and it's got its own points to make.
The Pixel 6a’s OLED Screen Can Be Modded to Run at 90Hz
Pixel fans have found that with some tinkering, it's possible to increase the display's refresh rate from 60Hz to a nice, smooth 90Hz.
This Week in Space: A Telescope, A Bugbot, and Betelgeuse Blows its Stack
Hello, lovelies, and welcome to your favorite Friday roundup of space news: the one corner of current events that doesn't suck.
Planned Obsolescence Rears Its Ugly Head in Epson Printer Spat
Epson's response is a reminder that many of the devices you own come with secret expiration dates.
Hubble Helps Demystify Dimming Supergiant Star Betelgeuse
With the aid of the Hubble Space Telescope, scientists from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have identified the cause of Betelgeuse's 2019 dimming: an unfathomably large Surface Mass Ejection (SME), which is something we've never observed before.
Samsung Exec: Foldables Will Become ‘New Standard’ for Phones in 3 Years
Roh Tae-moon, the head of Samsung's mobile division, predicted in a new interview that foldables will make up more than 50 percent of Samsung's premium device sales by 2025.
Ring Doorbell Footage TV Show Gets Green Light
Social media’s monopoly on viral smart doorbell videos is coming to a close.
Google Fiber Begins First Expansion Since 2015
The Alphabet subsidiary has barely expanded its super-fast gigabit internet service since it was spun off from Google in 2015, but CEO Dinni Jain says the company is now focusing on "more build velocity" with expansions in five different states.