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Apple Reportedly Testing USB-C iPhone For 2023
A series of reports in the last week claim that not only is Apple planning to transition the iPhone to the universal, reversible USB-C port, but prototypes with the new port exist and are being actively tested.
iPod Inventor Tony Fadell: ‘F*ck The Metaverse’
Chalk up another tech heavyweight who thinks the metaverse is unnecessary.
Boeing May Be Headed For Another Round of Starliner Design Changes
The company is barreling toward a crucial May 19th test flight, but a new report says Boeing is still bickering with supplier Aerojet Rocketdyne about who is to blame for the vessel's defective fuel valves. The end result may be a complete redesign of the system before the spacecraft is ready for crewed flights.
Crypto Crash: Bad News For Investors, Good News For Gamers
A full-blown cryptocurrency meltdown is currently underway. This is bad news for investors, but good news for gamers who've been waiting two years to buy a GPU.
ICE Found Effectively Operating as Domestic Spy Agency
ICE has probably looked at your driver's license information, tracked vehicles in your city, or examined your utility bill. If it hasn't, it certainly has the ability to.
Mark Zuckerberg Demos Top-Secret Project Cambria Headset
Zuckerberg has demonstrated the functionality of its high-end Project Cambria headset for the first time in a brief video that includes gremlins and yoga.
This Week In Space: We Can Still Have Nice Things
Good morning, gentle reader, and welcome to your Friday roundup of the best stories and images from This Week in Space. Today may be Friday the 13th, but this week, it's all good news.
Plants Can Grow in Lunar Soil, But They Suck at It
Introducing a new market: lunar fertilizer.
Microsoft Could Bring Disc-Only Games to Consoles Like Xbox Series S
Microsoft is reportedly considering ways to make disc-only games available on its cheaper console without an optical drive, and a newly revealed patent filing shows how it might work.
Gravitational Waves Might Allow Us to Detect Earthquakes at the Speed of Light
A team from Côte d’Azur University developed a machine learning algorithm that can detect and interpret gravity waves produced by seismic events at the speed of light.
Event Horizon Telescope Releases Jaw-dropping First Images of Sagittarius A*
In a worldwide press conference this morning, the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration revealed the first direct images ever taken of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.
Google Introduces Monk Skin Tone Scale to Improve AI Color Equity
Google has introduced a new scale for skin colors to reduce bias in AI and improve training results.