[ad_1] NASA may well have succeeded in its first attempt to sample an asteroid on Tuesday when its OSIRIS-REx probe landed for a few moments on the surface of the asteroid Bennu, kicking up a dramatic shower of rocks and dust. During its six seconds in contact with the surface, …
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[ad_1] NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner took off in April, when about half the world’s population was living under lock and key. ALMATY (KAZAKHSTAN) – An American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts landed on the Kazakh steppe on Thursday, completing a 196-day mission …
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[ad_1] It is a beetle that can withstand bird bites, animal footprints, and even being run over by a Toyota Camry. Now scientists are studying what the insect’s crush-resistant shell might teach them about designing stronger airplanes and buildings. “This beetle is super tough,” said Purdue University civil engineer Pablo …
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[ad_1] Quibi short-form or “fast bits” video viewing services are shutting down. which Raising $ 1.75 billion was not enough for Quibi to be a success. Nor was it a massive spending on advertising. The short-form video startup had a short lifespan of six months during which it spent at …
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[ad_1] When Apple announced their new MagSafe cases, many wondered if they would need to get a “MagSafe compatible” case in order to charge the new line of iPhone 12 with the new MagSafe charger. Apple built the MagSafe magnet in its own case, as did the Otterbox, so people …
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[ad_1] Credit: Dreamstime Microsoft has released its first browser for Linux, offering a preview of Edge on its Dev channel that runs on the open source operating system. Edge’s appearance fulfilled a previous promise from Microsoft that it would be available this month. “With this release, Microsoft Edge is now …
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[ad_1] Although players still set up camps divided along platform lines, never before has there been a greater push to build bridges between these competing platforms. Cross-platform saves and cross-play have become selling points for many recent games that try to attract as many players as possible across multiple devices. …
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[ad_1] PayPal Inc. today launched a new service that will allow users to buy, hold and sell cryptocurrencies directly from their existing PayPal accounts. The service will initially support bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, and Litecoin and will be available to PayPal users in the US in the coming weeks. Cryptocurrency …
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[ad_1] Intelligent virtual assistants, powered by AI, are certainly useful, at least for those who have really found uses for them. However, for better or for worse, they all have to be “woken up” manually, usually via a wake phrase. It’s a bit tricky, especially when you’re already standing in …
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[ad_1] iOS 14.2 Public Beta 4 Anthony Karcz If you get a new iPhone 12 or 12 Pro on Friday, you need to switch now. As I predicted last week, iOS 14.1 was released to the public to support the release of the iPhone 12 and 12 Pro. And while …
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