The dramatic docking between two satellites occurred late yesterday about 295 miles (475 kilometers) above Earth. SpaDeX Docking Update: Docking Success Spacecraft docking successfully completed! Lets walk through the SpaDeX docking process: Manoeuvre from 15m to 3m hold point completed. ISRO’s PSLV rocket launching on December 30, 2024.Photo: ISRO Today, ISROannouncedthat the government approved a third launch pad at the agencys Satish Dhawan Space Center. The agency plans to finish construction of the launchpad within four years....

ApplesiPhone 17is months awayall the way on the other side of the year, at this point. The random number you see is the purported code name of whatever model it represents. The iPhones thinnest part could measure about 5.5mm, nearly two millimeters thinner than the currentiPhone 16. © Florence Ion / Gizmodo Theres some speculation that it could replace the iPhone Plus model in the lineup. Chatter about the supposed iPhone Air was also seen on Digital Chat Station on the Chinese social networkWeibo....

Thats whyI felt like I was watching a spoof when Nintendo finallytook the wrapper off the Switch 2. I love mySteam Deck. I love my Switch. © Screenshot: Nintendo / YouTube; Photo: Jorge Jimenez / Gizmodo I fear Nintendo is doing too much to make their handheld interchangeable with the rest. Still, the dark aesthetic of theSwitch 2is incongruent with Nintendos usual design ethos. Nintendo had an innovative design with the Switch 1....

And the timing couldnt be better, as Donald Trump is set to be inaugurated on Monday. How are we so certain that this shift in focus is to help Trump? Trump has previously supported a TikTok ban before pulling a complete 180 inMarch 2024. © Photo: Michael M. Santiago And some reports suggest Trump is planning an executive order to delay the law from going into effect. That was obviously bullshit....

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Nintendo Switch 2is real, for really real this time. The long-awaited reveal confirms many of thedesign rumorsweve had over the past few months. And yes, its just called the Switch 2, and itsin every waya sequel to the original Switch. © Screenshot: Nintendo / YouTube Nintendo revealed Switch 2 console in a new trailer released early Thursday. The sticks now sit on a rounded, beveled edge that looks pretty classy in Nintendos close-ups....

Anduril, along with other Tolkien-named companies like Palantir andSauron, represent a new kind of Silicon Valley. One thats focused on America and willing to manufacture a massive amount of weapons for it. The Hawaiin shirt-wearing arms dealer has been busy. The Anduril Roadrunner-M vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) operator-supervised autonomous air vehicle (AAV) at Anduril’s headquarters in Costa Mesa, California, US, on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023.© Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg via Getty Images...

It was a one-step-forward, one-step-back kind of day for SpaceX. Starship lifted off from the Boca Chica launch mount at 5:37 p.m. ET, soaring into a clear blue Texas sky. Starship’s Super Heavy booster moments before its landing at the Boca Chica launch tower, nicknamed “Mechazilla.“© SpaceX The 403-foot-tall (123-meter) rocket initiated hot staging and booster engine cutoff shortly before the three-minute mark. The booster then began its descent back to Earth, while the upper stage continued its journey into space....

So why is it so hard for American fans to get their paws onPaddingtonmerch? So yes, its that serious. Since the release of the two films, fans have embraced Kings films as modern classics. Paddington gets busted in Paddington 2.© StudioCanal Milnes Winnie-the-Poohhas struggled with making a cinematic impact outside of merchandising. We cant help but wonder if Paddington is being gate-kept. The Nickelodeon series had a limited toy run that evaporated, and good luck finding the seasons on DVD....

Flights from South African Airways have also been affected by warnings of incoming SpaceX debris, according toThe Guardian. Its currently slated to launch today (which you might watch livehere). SpaceX did not respond to a request for comment. The SpaceX Starship rocket sits at the launch pad during inclement weather on January 14, 2025, near Boca Chica, Texas. The Starship Flight 7 test is scheduled to launch on January 16.© SERGIO FLORES/AFP via Getty Images...

We cant fall behind China or other countries as it comes to AV technology, Duffy said. The latest safety investigation into Musks car companybegan just a week ago. Duffy, like a lot of Trumps nominations, has worked for Fox News. © Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images News from the future, delivered to your present. Trump Plans Private Dinner for Largest Buyers of $TRUMP Crypto Trump’s corruption knows no bounds.

It all started when Walgreens tried to pull out of its 10-year contract earlyand for a pretty legit reason. (You know what does reliably show what is in stock without concerns of spontaneous combustion? Regular glass doors.) A chain with a padlock in front of freezer doors at a Walgreens store© Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Weve kind of proven that pretty conclusively. That turned out to be, at best, amassive overstatement of the problem....

James Mangold teases the gothic horror of hisSwamp Thingmovie.Mayfair Witcheshints at desperate alliances in season 2. Plus, get a look at theSiloseason 2 finale. With other kinds of IP, it gets to a religious level. © Warner Bros Inhabitants A young couple is haunted by the vengeful ghost of their childhood youth minister (!) in the trailer forInhabitants, available on demand this February 15.Saturday Night Lives Kevin Nealon co-stars. More at the link....