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 / A slightly grimy Hyundai Ioniq 5 on an unusually wet and gray day in Southern California. (credit: Jonathan Gitlin) The car I've been most excited about in 2021 is the Hyundai Ioniq 5. The Korean automaker has impressed with each new model we've tried, and its smaller electric vehicles are some of the few…
Enlarge (credit: Microsoft) If comedy equals tragedy plus time, this one is hilarious: Microsoft is now selling $25 "premium posters" to commemorate the "Red Ring of Death," a systemic hardware failure in early Xbox 360 consoles that cost the company over $1 billion to fix. It may be a funny story a decade and a half…
Enlarge / The Google Toolbar website was running until about a week ago. Up until sometime this past week, deep in the bowels of Google headquarters, a dusty, forgotten server still whirred along. "Take the best of Google everywhere on the web!" it would shout to any poor soul who wandered by the darkened closet.…
Enlarge (credit: Westend61 | Getty Images) Have you ever had an otherwise perfect photo ruined by someone who moved too quickly and caused a blur? Scientists have the same issue while recording images of proteins that change their structure in response to light. This process is common in nature, so for years researchers have tried…
Enlarge / Returning champion Aleksander Kubica successful defended his title and won the second annual quantum chess tournament during last week's Q2B conference on quantum computing. (credit: lucadp/Getty Images) Returning champion Aleksander Kubica successful defended his title and won the second annual quantum chess tournament during last week's Q2B conference on quantum computing. The tournament was…
Enlarge (credit: Ars Technica) It's time for another Dealmaster. Leading today's roundup of the best tech deals we can find is a new low price for the latest Apple AirPods, as the third-gen model of the popular wireless earbuds is currently down to $140 at Amazon. The full discount should appear at checkout. This price is…
Enlarge (credit: Vivaldi) Vivaldi is one of our favorite web browsers, and the company (of the same name) behind it recently announced another major release. Vivaldi 5.0 is now available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and, perhaps most notably given the changes in this release, Android. Version 5 of Vivaldi has some new features for the…
Enlarge Any new battle royale title needs a hook: after all, we all know the formula, and Halo Infinite's popularity suggests that people may be tired of it. With that in mind, here's the hook of Iron Galaxy's new title, Rumbleverse: wrestling, and no guns. The game was conceived back in October 2017, explains Adam…
Enlarge / Four vector drawings show the five-slit spiral lock mechanism used by Mary, Queen of Scots; the front and back of a locked letter packet using this method; and an unfolded lock. Sections are numbered 1-20 to show the different areas created by folding. (credit: Unlocking History Research Group) On the eve of her…
Enlarge / A minimalist view of the Firefox web browser. (credit: Firefox) Mozilla has released the latest version of Firefox, Firefox 95, for Windows and macOS. It's available now for all users on both platforms. The Firefox team says the new macOS version reduces CPU usage during event processing and that power usage is reduced…
