ULA Delays Final Launch of Its ‘Most Metal’ Rocket Due to Liquid Pump Failure

Update: March 28, 4:18 p.m. More time is needed to instill confidence in the system, ULAwroteon X. We will continue to work with our customer to confirm our next launch attempt. TheDelta IV Heavy rocketis scheduled to launch on Thursday at 2:03 p.m. ULA’s Delta IV Heavy on its launchpad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.Photo: C&J Images ET from Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida....

March 28, 2024 · 1 min · 186 words · Christine Ingram

Unmarked Remains in West Virginia Are Actually George Washington’s Descendants

A new DNA analysis has now certified three sets of identities from the site. The teams IDing of the bone remains waspublishedtoday in iScience. The research team used Y chromosome DNA to study the paternal relationships in the Washington family tree. The big man himself.Illustration:Gilbert Stuart SNPs are specific combinations of base pairs along the DNA strand. These SNP methods will provide us with a method of positive identification from nuclear DNA, Marshall added....

March 28, 2024 · 1 min · 163 words · Craig Blair

Updates FromStar Trek: Strange New Worlds, and More

Maggie Gyllenhaals Bride of Frankenstein movie gets a shorter name and a new cast member. Get a look at not one, but two young vampire movies. Milla Jovovich has signed up for Brad Andersons new sci-fi thriller. Image: Paramount Plus, whats coming on Invincible. The Bride! Deadlinealso reports Julianne Hough has joined the cast of Maggie Gyllenhaals Bride of Frankenstein movienow titled The Bride! with an exclamation point. The two reinvigorate a murdered young woman and the Bride is born....

March 28, 2024 · 1 min · 174 words · Candace Williams

Your Essential Guide to Having the Best Possible Solar Eclipse Experience

The big dayApril 8is almost upon us. Youre probably aware of the key details by now, but heres a quick breakdown. Thats your executive summarynow onto the nitty-gritty of preparing for (and best experiencing) the upcoming stellar spectacle. People in Madras, Oregon, enjoying the total solar eclipse on August 21, 2-17.Photo: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani News from the future, delivered to your present. Cloudy for the Eclipse?

March 28, 2024 · 1 min · 65 words · Matthew Weaver

‘This Is a Sputnik Moment’: NYC Is Adding AI Metal Detectors to the Subway

NYC Mayor Eric Adams has a new plan to make thecitys subways safe: metal detectors. But these are not just any metal detectors because these detectors come with AI. As for how well they work, its not looking so good. Photo: NYC Mayor’s Office This is a Sputnik moment, Adams said at a news conference Thursday. When President Kennedy said were gonna put a man on the Moon and everyone responded....

March 28, 2024 · 1 min · 183 words · Devon Young

10 Things AI Chatbots Can Do Besides Yap

Generative AI can perform many burdensome tasks on your behalf. Many of these applications are free to use through online chatbots likeGoogle Gemini,Microsoft Copilot, orOpenAIs ChatGPT. However, some of the examples listed here require access to paid tools like OpenAIs GPT store. Photo: Mamun sheikh K (Shutterstock) Here are 10 things ChatGPT and other chatbots can do besides chatting. News from the future, delivered to your present. Two banks say Amazon has paused negotiations on some international data centers....

March 27, 2024 · 1 min · 105 words · Dana Dickerson

Apple Users Are Getting Bombarded With ‘Reset Password’ Requests

In some cases, the scammers have even called individuals and pretended to be Apple Support. The attack doesnt end there, though. First, around 6:36pm yesterday all of my Apple devices started blowing up with Reset Password notifications. Beware of a ton of random “reset password” requests suddenly popping up on your Apple devices.Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) However, he figured out the call wasnt really from Apple Support when the scammers got his name wrong....

March 27, 2024 · 1 min · 148 words · Dillon Mccoy

Astronomers Watch in Real Time as Epic Supernova Potentially Births a Black Hole

Supernovae are massive explosions that occur when massive stars die. These events sometimes leave nebulae, neutron stars, or even black holes in their wake. The teams analysis of this cataclysmic cosmic event was published today in Nature. The Pinwheel Galaxy, with supernova SN 2023ixf pointed out as a bright blue dot at bottom.Image:Florian Rünger But the numbers didnt line up, leading the team to a satisfying conclusion. But even the initial paper is something of a cosmic bombshell....

March 27, 2024 · 1 min · 136 words · Tyler Henderson

Carrie-Anne Moss’s 10 Most Memorable Genre Performances (So Far)

The first association most fans have withCarrie-Anne Mossis the black-clad badass Trinity in The Matrixand that makes sense. News from the future, delivered to your present. Get your finest dark clothing and all your creepy things, part one ofWednesdayseason two is dropping in August. Carrie-Anne Moss as Jedi Master Indara in The Acolyte.Image: Lucasfilm

March 27, 2024 · 1 min · 54 words · Sarah Morales

Disney’s War With Ron DeSantis Might Finally Be Winding Down

After extensive back and forth theres now a resolution. Want more io9 news? News from the future, delivered to your present. Photo: AaronP/Bauer-Griffin (Getty Images)

March 27, 2024 · 1 min · 25 words · Christopher Clark

Facebook Allegedly Killed Its Own Streaming Service to Help Sell Netflix Ads

Do you rememberFacebook Watch? For nearly a decade, Netflix and Facebook enjoyed a special relationship, said plaintiffs infilingsmade public on Saturday. The filings detail Hastings uncomfortably close relationship with Metas upper management, including Zuckerberg andSheryl Sandberg. Photo: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg (Getty Images) A year later, the service attempted to license the popular 90s TV show Dawsons Creek. In hindsight, I wish I added a materiality qualifier like not generally bidding on the same content....

March 27, 2024 · 1 min · 195 words · Jeff White

First Look: Samsung’s 4K, 8K QLED and OLED TVs Are Some of the Best TVs for Gamers

Samsungs latest TV slate includes a new4Kand8K Neo QLEDand the showstoppingS95D OLED model. These screens all run Samsungs own HDR10+. Its sharp and bright with damn good contrast. As usual, Samsung’s S95D OLED screen is a looker, but ignoring all the supposed AI enhancements, the Game Bar 4.0 makes fine-tuning your screen extra easy for gaming.Photo: Angel Fajardo / Gizmodo We recorded a peak HDR brightness at 521 nits at full screen in Standard mode at default controls....

March 27, 2024 · 3 min · 466 words · Hector Coleman

Florence Pugh Takes Us on a Tour of theThunderboltsSet

Theres a new crew of neer do wells joining up to save the world inMarvel StudiosThunderbolts. Agent (Wyatt Russell), and Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko) alongside Black Widow. Florence Pugh is here to show you a few things she can’t show you. Image: Marvel Studios They go back and forth teasing that they really shouldnt be showing any of this. Check the reel out here: View this post on Instagram Thunderbolts arrives in theaters May 2, 2025....

March 27, 2024 · 1 min · 95 words · Manuel Hampton