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After 60 years of spaceflight patches, here are some of our favorites
29 December 2024 @ 12:00 pm
It turns out the US spy satellite agency is the best of the best at patch design.
Tech worker movements grow as threats of RTO, AI loom
28 December 2024 @ 12:00 pm
Advocates say tech workers movements got too big to ignore in 2024.
After a 24-second test of its engines, the New Glenn rocket is ready to fly
28 December 2024 @ 2:20 am
Also on Friday, the company obtained a launch license for New Glenn launch attempts.
YouTuber won DMCA fight with fake Nintendo lawyer by detecting spoofed email
27 December 2024 @ 7:16 pm
Gamer urges YouTube to change DMCA takedown process to end copyright abuse.
The physics of ugly Christmas sweaters
27 December 2024 @ 7:00 pm
The ways a sweater is folded, stretched or rumpled determines how it settles into one of several resting meta-states.
OpenAI defends for-profit shift as critical to sustain humanitarian mission
27 December 2024 @ 4:58 pm
Elon Musk may be the last obstacle to stop OpenAI’s for-profit shift.
Hertz continues EV purge, asks renters if they want to buy instead of return
27 December 2024 @ 4:48 pm
Get a used Chevy Bolt for a bit over $18,000 or a 2023 Tesla Model 3 for a bit less.
Could microwaved grapes be used for quantum sensing?
27 December 2024 @ 3:46 pm
Halved grapes boost magnetic fields, paving way for alternative microwave resonators for quantum sensing devices.
FTC launches probe of Microsoft over bundling
27 December 2024 @ 3:06 pm
Redmond's packing of Office with security, cloud computing services under scrutiny.
Magnetic shape-shifting surface can move stuff without grasping it
27 December 2024 @ 1:45 pm
A “ferromagnetic elastomer” sheet can bulge and bend under magnetic influences.