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SpaceX’s Starship Could Save NASA’s Beleaguered Mars Sample Return Mission Facing budgetary pressure for its Mars Sample Return program, NASA has turned to private industry for ideas—perhaps with one specific company in mind By Jonathan O’Callaghan Ten tubes filled with…

There are a frankly ridiculous number of Chromebooks on sale to choose from, but Google’s Chromebook Plus initiative that launched last fall has gone a long way towards standardizing some key specs for ChromeOS devices. That in turn has made…

It was a slow week for new patent filings at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and in the district courts. This week saw only 18 new filings at the PTAB—one of which was a Post Grant Review, while…

After the EU forced Apple to open up its iOS platform for third-party app stores, we now have the first alternative to Apple’s default App Store.It’s called AltStore PAL, which is rather fitting. Technically, AltStore PALhas been around since 2019,…

US election officials have been urged to take action to counter nation-state influence operations targeting this year’s election cycle. The joint advisory from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Office of the…

Have you ever had trouble finding a friend on Instagram? With almost everyone getting on social media platforms, it is tough to remember different usernames across different platforms; Instagram is one of the most popular social media platforms, and finding…

Clay Canning had an idea while in high school: smartphone screen protectors that featured logos, right on the screen. He later connected with Rashaun Brown, who was working in sports and licensing at the time, and the idea for Screen…

Enlarge / An AI-generated image from DALL-E 2 created with the prompt “A painting by Grant Wood of an astronaut couple, american gothic style.” When OpenAI’s DALL-E 2 debuted on April 6, 2022, the idea that a computer could create…

Patrick Holden strolls across the field, pausing from time to time to bend and point out a bumblebee, or a white butterfly, or a dung beetle. A wide expanse of blue sky stretches above. Beneath, undulating green hills, sprawling hedgerows,…

A keyboard is one of the few pieces of technology you may use for hours every day. Why not make it something that brings you joy? Sure, the people who gush over these things can be intense, but the upgraded…