Crucial Rocket Parts End Up Crushed in a Landfill, Imperiling Satellite Mission

The final mission of the European Space Agencys Vega rocket has encountered a bizarre setback. Its common for wallets to go missing. Same for car keys and mobile phones. A Vega C rocket ahead of launch.Photo: ESA But for two propellant tanks belonging to a 98-foot-tall rocket to go missing? Theyre normally stored in Avios production department in Colleferro, which recently underwent renovations. However, due to the current situation, Avio is unlikely to meet its commitment to launch on schedule....

December 5, 2023 · 1 min · 194 words · William Thomas

ExpressVPN Adds Support for Apple TVs So You Can Watch Region-Locked Shows

Tired of not being able to watch region-locked content through your Apple TV? That service grants access to servers in more than 88 countries. TheExpress VPN apponly works with tvOS 17, allowing users access to servers in 105 countries. Apple TV added VPN app support earlier this year, though few major providers have yet to offer official apps, until now.Photo: Vladimka production (Shutterstock) AppleTV+ content isnt necessarily region-specific, though other apps definitely are....

December 5, 2023 · 1 min · 149 words · Manuel Carr

Logitech’s New Wireless Gaming Headset Completely Ditches the Dongles

TheLogitech G Astro A50 Xpromises to solve a pretty common issue for console gamers. The A50 Xs biggest flex is its one-click switching between console and PC platforms. The base station sports a handful of USB key in-C and a pair of HDMI ports. Image: Logitech Another cool thing about this headsets connectivity is that it intelligently manages audio. When the headset is docked to the base station, your TV handles audio and video....

December 5, 2023 · 1 min · 119 words · Taylor Sullivan

Magic: The GatheringGets Mysterious and Murderous in Its Latest Expansion

Click through to see tons more cards from Murders at Karlov Manor! News from the future, delivered to your present. Image: Wizards of the Coast Image: Wizards of the Coast

December 5, 2023 · 1 min · 30 words · Christopher Cunningham MD

Martin Starr Is Finally the Star in Holiday Horror ComedyThere’s Something in the Barn

The elf is cool with the family being there… until they start breaking his rules. Then all hell breaks loose. How did you end up in a Norweigan holiday horror comedy? Martin Starr in There’s Something in the Barn.Image: Sony Home Entertainment Martin Starr: I worked with the producer previously and he reached out. At the time I couldnt be a part of it because there was a scheduling conflict....

December 5, 2023 · 5 min · 992 words · Bryan Stewart

Master & Dynamic MW09 ANC Earbuds Review: A Private Audio Oasis

Verdict A great premium earbud worth the investment for the busy commuter. You do feel like youre paying for something premium. The buds sound as good as they look. Image: Dua Rashid M&D MW09 ANC Earphones Design Theyre so beautiful it hurts. The sapphire glass and aluminum earbud body is well-crafted and robust, offering excellent attention to detail. I wasnt crazy about the stainless steel charging case for theMW08since it was a fingerprint magnet....

December 5, 2023 · 3 min · 605 words · Mrs. Taylor Weber

Meta and IBM Launch AI Alliance, Promise to Be ‘Open’

OpenAIsinstability in Novemberproved it may be too unstable to lead the world into the AI revolution. Llama2, Stable Diffusion, StarCoder, and Bloom are the largest open-sourced models within the AI alliance. Lastly, the group seeks to educate the public and regulators about the risks and benefits of AI. Screenshot: AI Alliance News from the future, delivered to your present.

December 5, 2023 · 1 min · 59 words · Richard Thompson

Mice Pass the ‘Mirror Test,’ Suggesting They Recognize Themselves

When you look in the mirror, what do you see? In all likelihood, you see a complex shape that you immediately recognize as yourself. Now, a team of researchers has found that mice appear capable of doing the same thing. Lab mice can show signs of self-recognition when raised alongside similar-looking mice.Photo: (Getty Images) Researcherspublisheddetails of their experiments with mice and mirrors today in the journal Neuron. Researchers usually examine how the brain encodes or recognizes others, but the self-information aspect is unclear....

December 5, 2023 · 2 min · 221 words · Thomas Buckley

Microsoft Will Eventually Start Charging You for Windows 10 Security Updates

More importantly, we still dont know how much it will cost individual users to avoid making the switch. The company last employed anESU for Windows 7, whichlasted from 2019 up to January of this year. Otherwise, Microsoft is really, really emphasizing that users should move on to Windows 11. Windows 10 will lose all official support in 2025. The operating system won’t be getting any more big feature updates from now until then....

December 5, 2023 · 1 min · 172 words · Joseph Eaton

Microsoft’s AI Narration App Expands to Android for Blind Users

The app identifies currency, reads books, spots products, and scans barcodes. It can also recognize and save friends faces and provide an estimate of their age, gender and expression. Seeing AI is one of many accessibility products that utilize the power of generative AI. Photo: OpturaDesign (Shutterstock) Googlereleased Magnifierin October, helping low-vision users to zoom in on the smallest details of the world around them. Magnifier also lets users add color filters to increase contrast, improving the visibility of minute details....

December 5, 2023 · 1 min · 144 words · Daniel Walker

Microsoft’s Copilot Is Getting a GPT-4 Turbo Boost

Microsoft Copilot, the companys AI-fueled workflow companion, is getting an upgrade. The new and improved large language model offers a couple of basic improvements over the original GPT-4. News from the future, delivered to your present. Photo: monticello (Shutterstock) Two banks say Amazon has paused negotiations on some international data centers. Why the Hell Is OpenAI Building an X Clone? OpenAI is reportedly planning on making a social media platform because content to train on ain’t cheap....

December 5, 2023 · 1 min · 77 words · Rhonda Martinez

PlayStation Permanently Suspends Online Accounts for No Clear Reason

Still, so far the company has yet to make any official response. Players took to forums such asResetEraand to Twitter to share their suspensions and question why the company isnt acceptingappeals. Banned users say they havent posted any lewd or insulting messages online or had anychargebackon their accounts. Many players claim they were booted from their PlayStation accounts yet they had barely touched their consoles in the last few months.Photo: Kyle Barr / Gizmodo...

December 5, 2023 · 1 min · 193 words · Hailey Dunn

Russell T. Davies TalksDoctor WhoFandom’s Wild Anniversary Expectations

Doctor Who fans, when given a speculatory inch, will take themost absurd mileyou can imagine. Butshowrunner Russell T. Daviesthinks he might have gone a little too far with this weeks anniversary special. Companions from the distant and recent past! Image: BBC Multiple Doctors!Future Doctors! Everything was, in their minds, on the cards. Why else would the BBC keep it a secret? We kept this very secret. I think that might have had an unfortunate effect....

December 5, 2023 · 1 min · 136 words · Matthew Galvan DDS