NASA has surpassed a ‘major milestone’ on its last mission to Mars, as the space agency was able to successfully attach the helicopter to the Perseverance rover, known as Ingenuity. The six lithium-ion batteries that support Ingenuity and were charged on August 7, NASA said in a statement. It took …
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5 Things Learned at Packers Training Camp – Aug. 19
“I want to be great. I want to be great like ‘Sweetness’ (Walter Payton), like he was and his work ethic in the offseason. I want to run hills and make sure I work hard like it’s training camp, but even harder. “ On a personal level, Williams was also …
Read More »Postal Service receives tribute from Ben Gibbard of the Postal Service: Watch
The U.S. Postal Service has been at the forefront of the political conversation for the past few weeks. And incidentally, so has the Postal Service’s ongoing indie-pop project, Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello, mostly because it’s hard not to make a joke about the duo when the postal service arrives. …
Read More »Palmer Luckey ‘Really Beloved’ Oculus would never claim Facebook
Oculus founder and Rift inventor Palmer Luckey says he “truly believed” Oculus headsets would never need a Facebook login to operate, based on promises made during his time at the company. Yesterday, Facebook announced that from October, first sign-ups for Oculus headsets will require a Facebook account. Existing Oculus accounts …
Read More »Larry Kudlow on Trump’s desire for US to get cut from a TikTok sale
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow told CNBC on Wednesday that President Donald Trump wants to prevent China from collecting some form of payment in a deal to sell TikTok. “I think he probably wants to deny China some of the proceeds from the TikTok sale. It’s not something that …
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