“Who wants a Skittle?” With those four words delivered from high above Earth, Jeff Bezos not only launched a handful of the fruit-flavored candies floating about his Blue Origin New Shepard space capsule, but also inspired a new, limited-edition variety of the popular colorful treats. Mars, Incorporated, the confectioner behind the “Taste the Rainbow” brand, announced on Thursday (July 22) …
Boeing’s Starliner capsule is ‘go’ for July 30 test launch for NASA, ,
Boeing’s astronaut taxi has cleared a big hurdle on the road to its July 30 launch to the International Space Station. The CST-100 Starliner capsule has passed its flight readiness review (FRR) for the upcoming liftoff, which will kick off the uncrewed Orbital Flight Test 2 (OFT-2) mission to the station, NASA and Boeing representatives announced Thursday (July 22). “After …
What would happen if the moon were twice as close to Earth?, ,
In the 2003 Jim Carrey movie “Bruce Almighty,” Carrey’s character suddenly acquires God-like powers, and uses those powers to lasso the full moon and pull it closer to Earth to woo his beloved. Later in the movie, background shots show TV news reports about massive, unprecedented flooding around the world. While the film is obviously fantastical, it does raise a …
Nomad could not resist draping the Apple MagSafe Battery Pack in leather, Sean Hollister
Frankly, now that we’ve seen a leather case for your MagSafe charging puck, it’s all uphill from here. At least Apple’s new $99 MagSafe Battery Pack is something you’ll actually be carrying around and touching on a regular basis, where leather might make it nicer to hold. Perhaps you already have a matching leather case for your iPhone, too? It …
Nomad could not resist draping the Apple MagSafe Battery Pack in leather, Sean Hollister
Frankly, now that we’ve seen a leather case for your MagSafe charging puck, it’s all uphill from here. At least Apple’s new $99 MagSafe Battery Pack is something you’ll actually be carrying around and touching on a regular basis, where leather might make it nicer to hold. Perhaps you already have a matching leather case for your iPhone, too? It …
Watch live Sunday: Russian cargo craft departs space station to dispose of old module, ,
Russia’s Progress 77 cargo spacecraft is scheduled to undock from the International Space Station this weekend, carrying with it the decommissioned Pirs docking component. The undocking, now scheduled for Sunday (June 25), has been delayed twice, first from Friday (June 23) to Saturday (June 24). Mission controllers in Houston informed the space station crew about the latest delay Friday afternoon …
Space webcasts: NASA, Boeing discuss Starliner’s flight readiness review, ,
NASA and Boeing officials have completed a flight readiness review (FRR) for the upcoming test flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, and they discussed it today (July 22) in a media teleconference beginning at 6 p.m. EDT (2200 GMT). You can listen to a replay in the window above, courtesy of NASA. Starliner is scheduled to attempt its second uncrewed test …
Listen live now! NASA, Boeing discuss Starliner’s flight readiness review, ,
NASA and Boeing officials have completed a flight readiness review (FRR) for the upcoming test flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, and they will discuss it today (July 22) in a media teleconference beginning at 6 p.m. EDT (2200 GMT). You can listen live in the window above, courtesy of NASA. Starliner is scheduled to attempt its second uncrewed test flight …
Old Vidme embeds turn into a hub of porn after domain purchase, Kim Lyons
Here’s (yet another) argument against using third-party embeds on your respectable website: Porn company 5 Star HD Porn bought the expired domain for video hosting site Vidme, which went out of business in 2017. This means that any websites with Vidme embeds now have porn on them. According to Motherboard, which reported the story first, the list of websites with …
Intel teases plan to speed up chip advancements, Chaim Gartenberg
Intel has struggled recently with getting its more advanced chip architectures out the door, but that might be changing soon. CEO Pat Gelsinger announced today on Intel’s Q2 earnings call that “7nm is progressing well,” and the company is gearing up to announce news on how its “accelerating its annual cadence of innovation with new advancements in semiconductor process and …