But first, the space agency must figure out how welds perform in the microgravity environment of space. Another in-space welding experiment, called theNanoracks Astrobeat, recently launched to the ISS aboard the31st resupply mission. According to NASA, conducting in-space repairs from within the spacecraft could be safer and more efficient. NASA Marshall engineers and scientists, along with their collaborators from Ohio State University, monitor laser beam welding in a vacuum chamber during a Boeing 727 parabolic flight....

With all ofHereticspromotional material referencingblueberry pie andHugh Grant being creepy, we bet you didnt think about Jodie Foster. Theres a lot of religious horror. This interview was edited for length and clarity. Hugh Grant in Heretic, written and directed by Scott Beck and Bryan WoodsImage: A24 Not to go too deep into it. Theres a degree at which religion intersected intoContactin such a bombastic way, personally. io9: What about it directly related to this movie?...

Yeah, of course its an emotional blow, Hoult admitted. And Rob is fantastic in that movie. That was the right decision. Nicholas Hoult looking baffled as Renfield. © Universal But you get excited by the prospect. Its a brilliant character. You run through all those things. And I was like, Its not confirmed yet! Im auditioning next weekend. Give me a chance.' That was very kind of them. There was an element of them being like, We like you as an actor....

Good stuff rarely comes for free, yet, NordVPN is dangerously close to being free. This74% discountthat everyone blabbers about is live! Not free logically but $2.99 a month can be afforded by pretty much anyone. © Gizmodo.com Take advantage of the NordVPN promotion What Makes NordVPNs 74% Off Deal So Special? Thats a better-formulated question. For example, you’re able to enjoy over6,500 servers in 111 countries; more than most providers....

As Trump prepares to take office, tech overlords are bending the knee andkissing his ass in public. Billionaires likeMark Zuckerbergare already way richer than they were on Monday. And Elon Musk is now one of themost powerful people in the world. : Sam Altman Co-founder and CEO of OpenAI speaks during the Italian Tech Week 2024 at OGR Officine Grandi Riparazioni on September 25, 2024 in Turin, Italy.© Photo by Stefano Guidi/Getty Images...

This post was updated to include the details about the test; the original article follows. The boost will mark a first for Dragon, as its never been used for this task before. At the time, NASA had estimated its ISS tug would cost around $1 billion in total. The ISS is due to retire by 2030.NASAA Instead, NASAtasked SpaceX with designing a new deorbit vehicleas part of a $843 million contract....

Halloween may be over, but spooky season is getting an extension this year. Here are some film critic reactions toNosferatu, starting with io9s own Germain Lussier. Robert Eggers#Nosferatuis a knockout. Image: Focus Features Gory, creepy, propulsive, with a hint of devilish humor. Eggers' most assured work, one in which you might feel his obsessions flow through every nocturnal frame. Devilishly bloody and grotesque. Superbly crafted film and great sound design couple with a haunting score....

Sony sold far fewer PS5 consoles than at the same time last year. It was in the leadup to the much-anticipatedPlayStation 5 Pro console,so maybe it was expected. Similarly, Sony citedBlack Myth Wukongas a major moneymaker this season. © Image: Sony Interactive Entertainment. Sony also shared sales figures for its console business, and it doesnt look nearly as good for PlayStation. This would make sense, as players were waiting for news about thejust-released PlayStation 5 Pro....

Everyone in Silicon Valley seems to be dreaming the same dream: AR glasses. Meta has itsprototype Orion glasses. Apple is reportedly developing its ownvariety of smart glassesin its Cupertino spaceship headquarters. © Photo: Miroslav Kotalík Zero is an all-in-one pair of AR glasses powered by a Raspberry Pi Zero. It runs web apps natively and doesnt require any extra processing puck or external battery. Thats where I got the idea to make my own....

One of the biggest pain points of texting between iOS and Android may finally be over. However, iPhone users still have limited control over whether messages send as RCS or SMS. Personally, I experience issues where messages randomly switch between the two, even within the same thread. © Florence Ion Apple previously made it clear that it only supports the most basic version of RCS in iOS 18. However, emoji reactions only work on RCS version 2....

For centuries, scholars have puzzled over the origins of the worlds first writing system. Cuneiform evolved from proto-cuneiform, a precursor script composed of simple symbolic pictographs that gradually incorporatedsyllabic elements. Researchers have long suspected that proto-cuneiform itself developed from ancient accounting methods. Example of a cylinder seal and its design imprinted onto clayImage: Frank Raux, Musée du Louvre Among other things, cylinder seals and proto-cuneiform tablets were ancient accounting tools....

Were truly living in the age of the AI-fication of everything. A software I last expected to receive AI capabilities, NotePad, just proved me wrong. This one is harder to stomach. Microsoft Why couldnt we let this ancient, 41-year-old app live a plain, simple life? The AI feature coming to the text editoris calledRewrite,poweredby Microsofts GPT AI model. The keyboard shortcut for this is Ctrl + I. You could also just press Rewrite in the toolbar....

Lately, Amazon has been on a tear making live action video game adaptations likeFalloutandLike a Dragon: Yakuza. The news of AmazonsMass EffectTV show officially kicking into gear comes from a new report inVariety. These alien species view the human race as naive babies at the table of space relations. © BioWare Instead, we hope the show widens the games alreadydense universeby telling a tale beyond Commander Shepards reach. It also wouldnt hurt if it made anelcora central character to the show....