Month July 2020

Musk: SpaceX Starship Prototype Could Fly ‘Soon’

SpaceX has a good thing going with the Falcon 9. It has almost perfected landings, allowing it to reuse the boosters, and NASA has certified the Falcon 9 to carry its most important cargo and even astronauts. The company is… Continue Reading →

Study: US adults who mostly rely on social media for news are less informed, exposed to more conspiracies

A new report from Pew Research makes an attempt to better understand U.S. adults who get their news largely from social media platforms, and compare their understanding of current events and political knowledge to those who use other sources, like… Continue Reading →

MIT: ‘Snowball Earth’ Came From Huge Drop in Sunlight

ice sheet. Credit: Stephen Hudson / CC BY 2.5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_Plateau#/media/File:AntarcticaDomeCSnow.jpg The last ice age on Earth ended about 11,000 years ago, but that was just a few flurries compared to so-called Snowball Earth scenarios. Scientists believe Earth experienced several of… Continue Reading →

Perseverance Rover Will Take a Tiny Piece of Mars Home to the Red Planet

The Perseverance rover will set the stage by collecting samples from Mars. NASA’s Perseverance rover is set to lift off this week to begin its journey toward the red planet. The robot carries a plethora of instruments, a helicopter, and… Continue Reading →

Amazon Sells Customer 16TB External HDD With an 8TB Drive Installed

When you purchase a pre-owned or refurbished item from a company, you’re essentially trading on trust. Because these products often have short warranty periods (or no warranty periods) and similarly limited support options, customers are often wary of being taken… Continue Reading →

After ad revenue drop, Twitter tells investors it’s eyeing subscription options

After reporting Q2 earnings that showed a marked dip in ad revenue, Twitter has said its exploring alternatives — dangling the possibility of a subscription option. Earlier today the social media giant reported ad revenues of $562M, down almost a… Continue Reading →

Venus May Be Geologically Active After All

Venus is sometimes called Earth’s “sister planet,” a distinction that came about before we knew how profoundly unpleasant it was. The crushing atmospheric pressure and clouds of acid make it an unappealing vacation spot, but scientists may have made a… Continue Reading →

What’s the Long-Term Fate of the Xbox One?

Last week, Microsoft canceled the Xbox One X and the Xbox One S Digital Edition. It also declared its intent to keep the Xbox One S in-market as a low-end, entry-level product for the next generation of hardware. It’s an… Continue Reading →

Daily Crunch: More details emerge in Twitter hack

Fallout continues from this week’s big Twitter hack, podcaster Harry Stebbings launches a small VC fund and robots help with sorting the mail. Here’s your Daily Crunch for July 17, 2020. The big story: More details emerge in Twitter hack… Continue Reading →

ET Deals: Intel 665p 1TB NVMe SSD $109, Intel Core i9-9900K $449, Gigabyte Aorus CV27F Curved 1080p 165Hz HDR FreeSync Gaming Monitor $229

Upgrade your PC with a fast 1TB NVMe SSD designed by Intel. With data transfer speeds up to 2,000MB/s, this drive is multiple times faster than any SATA HDD or SSD, and you can get it now with a $50… Continue Reading →

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