Date of discovery: July 26, 2026Location of sighting: Mars Source: https://mars.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/msss/03393/mcam/3393ML1015160341305084C00_DXXX.jpgGuys, this is a unexploded missile laying on the surface of Mars just meter from the…
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Date of discovery: July 27, 2026Location of discovery: In orbit between Jupiter and MarsSource: https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/PIA07881/PIA07881~orig.jpgI found a comet in the NASA index and I wanted to…
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Enlarge / The mushroom cloud from the Soviet detonation of "Tsar Bomba" on October 30, 1961, was so large that the photographers had a hard time capturing its full dimensions. (credit: Rosatom) The detonation of the first nuclear bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 is seared into our collective memory, and the world…
Enlarge / A Fortnite loading screen displayed on an iPhone in 2018, when Apple and Epic weren't at each other's throats. (credit: Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images) Apple has won a last-minute stay on an injunction that would have required the company to begin allowing iPhone and iPad app developers to direct users…
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) The Tor anonymity service and anticensorship tool has come under fire from two threats in recent weeks: The Russian government has blocked most Tor nodes in that country, and hundreds of malicious servers have been relaying traffic. Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media, known as…
Enlarge / The official Stadia Controller in "clearly white." (credit: Google) In arguably the first good news for Stadia in 2021, Google's beleaguered game-streaming service has finally landed on a single company's TVs—and only those manufactured in 2020 and beyond. That's not necessarily a reason to strike up the band and throw a "Stadia is…
Enlarge / Galaxy brain, meet Ubisoft brain... (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images | Ubisoft) Ubisoft became the first big-name game publisher to jump on the non-fungible token bandwagon Tuesday. After teasing its interest in the space last month, the company is officially rolling out Quartz, a system of in-game cosmetic items powered by a…
Enlarge / Razer Phone Cooler Chroma. (credit: Razer) PC gamers know about heat. When you're in the middle of an intense in-game battle, the last thing you want is for your computer to start acting up because your CPU or GPU got too hot. That's why gamers and other extreme users rely on products like…
Enlarge / A privacy notice appears on an iPhone 12 under the new iOS 14.5.1 operating system. Developers of an application have to ask for the user's permission to allow cross-app tracking. (credit: Picture Alliance | Getty Images) Apple has allowed app developers to collect data from its 1 billion iPhone users for targeted advertising,…
