Axiom Space's first private mission to the ISS has launched successfully
Axiom Space has successfully launched its AX-1 mission, which is taking the first fully private crew of astronauts to the International Space Station. The quartet departed from Kennedy Space Center in...
View ArticleApple Watch Series 7 models drop to $330, plus the rest of this week's best...
It was a great week for Apple lovers as many of the company's most popular gadgets went on sale. Amazon discounted both the Apple Watch Series 7 and the Apple Watch SE to near record-low prices, plus...
View ArticlePuerto Rico is slowly recovering from an island-wide blackout
Puerto Rico is gradually recovering from an island-wide power outage that started on Wednesday evening. However, hundreds of thousands of people still lack electricity as the territory continues to...
View ArticleNissan plans to launch its first solid-state battery EV by 2028
Solid-state batteries promise to shake up the electric car world by reducing prices and improving performance, and Nissan wants to be one of the earliest adopters. The automaker now plans to release...
View ArticleResearchers may have discovered a galaxy barely younger than the Big Bang
It's been a good few weeks for spotting distant objects in the universe. As Forbesnotes, Japanese researchers have detected what might be the most distant galaxy known to date. HD1 is far enough that...
View Article‘Dancing With the Stars’ will be the first live TV show on Disney+
The long-running series Dancing With the Stars is leaving ABC for Disney+. Disney announced that at least two future seasons of the popular competitive dance show will debut on its streaming platform....
View ArticleAmazon Prime is about to get more expensive in Canada
Americans have had to deal with multiple Amazon Prime rate hikes over the years, but not Canadians — these northern neighbors have paid the same $8 CAD per month or $79 CAD per year since Prime became...
View ArticleUS taxpayers unknowingly paid millions to get Starlink terminals to Ukraine
Soon after Russia invaded Ukraine in February, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk pledged to send Starlink internet terminals to the country. His company donated thousands of units and is covering the cost of the...
View ArticleApple hints at its first dual-port USB-C power adapter
Apple isn't exactly known for its cutting edge power adapters — it took ages for the company to embrace gallium nitride (for the current MacBook Pro), and it frequently stuck to basic 5W iPhone...
View ArticleAfter 24 years Black Star is back, but only on the Luminary podcasting platform
In 1998, Brooklyn-based hip-hop superstars Talib Qweli and yasiin bey (still then going by Mos Def and capitalizing his name) found themselves recording solo albums at the same time. With the support...
View ArticleWarnerMedia finalizes $43 billion merger with Discovery
WarnerMedia and Discovery have completed their merger. Warner Bros. Discovery, as the new entity is called, will eventually combine HBO Max and Discovery+ into a single streaming service. The blend of...
View ArticleMeta will close a loophole in its doxxing policy in response to the Oversight...
Meta has agreed to change some of its rules around doxxing in response to recommendations from the Oversight Board. The company had first asked the Oversight Board to help shape its rules last June,...
View ArticleThe first all-civilian space crew has docked with the ISS
A SpaceX Dragon capsule carrying the first fully private space crew has docked with the International Space Station. The quartet launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday morning without...
View Article3D CT scans make even ketchup caps look cool
See that picture up there? It may look like something out of Tron or Blade Runner, but it's actually a CT scan — of a Heinz ketchup cap. A group of "deeply curious engineers" is scanning different...
View ArticleGoogle blocks Russian parliament YouTube channel
Google has blocked Russia’s Duma TV YouTube channel, according to Reuters. On Saturday, the company said it had “terminated” the channel, which airs meetings of Russia’s lower house of parliament, for...
View ArticleNASA delays Artemis 1 Moon rocket test to April 12th
NASA has once again delayed the final test of its next-generation Space Launch System. The agency spent much of last weekend conducting a “wet dress rehearsal” of its upcoming Artemis 1 Moon mission....
View ArticleFirst ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ season three trailer teases a starship hijacking
Amid the deluge of all the Star Trek shows CBS has produced since bringing the franchise back to TV in 2017, Lower Decks has stood out for its fun and smart take on Gene Roddenberry's sci-fi universe....
View ArticleGoogle Fi cuts plan pricing, adds more high-speed data
Google Fi is making its unlimited data plans more affordable. In an email the MVNO sent to Engadget, it shared it was reducing the monthly cost of its Simply Unlimited and Unlimited Plus plans by up to...
View ArticleTwitter reverses change that turned embeds of deleted tweets into blank boxes
Twitter has temporarily walked back a controversial change that made it difficult for people to preserve deleted tweets. On Wednesday, writer Kevin Marks pointed out that the company had recently...
View Article'Kingdom Hearts IV' features a new look for series protagonist Sora
Square Enix is developing a new mainline Kingdom Hearts game, the publisher announced on Sunday during an event in Tokyo celebrating the franchise’s 20th anniversary. Kingdom HeartsIV sees series...
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