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Suborbital space tourism finally arrives | FCC prepares to run public C-band auction | The big four in the U.S. launch industry — United Launch Alliance, SpaceX, Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman — hope to be one of two providers that will receive five-year contracts later this year to launch national security payloads starting in 2022. | China’s launch rate stays high | The International Space Station is the largest ever crewed object in space.

 
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon to splash down in...
SpaceX is making final preparations to bring home the Fram2 crew, which launched to orbit in a private mission on Monday. The Crew Dragon and its four crewmembers will splash down off the coast of California on Friday, marking the first Crew Dragon mission to land in the Pacific Ocean Recommended Videos Up to now, the Crew Dragon capsules have landed off the coast of Florida, but to eliminate risks on the ground involving fragments of the trunk section...

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Watch a free episode of The Studio...
For those who are looking for a fun new show to watch, check out The Studio from Apple TV+. If you haven’t subscribed to the service yet as you’ve been waiting for it to appear in streaming deals, the good news is that you can actually watch the first episode of the comedy series for free! Just click on the link below and access the free episode either by signing in with your Apple account or creating one. If...

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Nvidia RTX 5070 available at suggested price...
It may be the day after April Fool’s Day, but this is no joke. The coveted Nvidia RTX 5070 is currently available at the major retailer, Best Buy, at its regularly suggested price of $550.  There have already been reports of increased availability of the RTX 50-series graphics cards, such as news of exclusive offerings for Amazon Prime members. However, this sighting is a lucky opportunity for those who don’t want to spend in excess for a graphic component....

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The Apple AirPods Pro 2 have a...
Wireless earbuds are all the rage these days, and one of the best brands on the market for TWS ANC tech is Apple. For years, the AirPods Pro have been a staple of in-ear audio tech, and it just so happens that the latest and greatest version of these buds are on sale today: For a limited time, when you purchase the Apple AirPods Pro 2 with USB-C and Apple’s Hearing Aid Feature, you’ll only pay $200. The full...

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What is happening with Michael Jackson biopic?...
The Michael Jackson biopic hit another snag. Per Deadline, Michael could be split into two movies. The current cut of Michael is approximately four hours. Furthermore, the movie will likely be removed from its release date — October 3, 2025 — and pushed to 2026. Recommended Videos While Jeff Sneider reports that Michael will be removed from the 2025 calendar, Deadline’s report says Michael could still find a new release date later this year. Universal Studios will handle the international distribution of Michael,...

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Alienware gaming PC with RTX 5080 is...
If your plan is to spend a huge amount of cash on a gaming PC deals so you’ll end with an extremely powerful machine, you may want to set your sights on Dell’s offer for the Alienware Area 51. This configuration of the gaming desktop with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 graphics card usually sells for $5,050, but it’s currently down to $4,650 following a $400 discount. The savings aren’t that huge compared to the price, but you might...

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The machines are rising — but developers...
Provided byThoughtworks Rumors of the ongoing death of software development — that it’s being slain by AI — are greatly exaggerated. In reality, software development is at a fork in the road: embracing the (currently) far-off notion of fully automated software development or acknowledging the work of a software developer is much more than just writing lines of code. The decision the industry makes could have significant long-term consequences. Increasing complacency around AI-generated code and a shift to what...

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Cybersecurity Professor Faced China-Funding Inquiry Before Disappearing,...
Before the official faculty profiles of renowned Indiana University, Bloomington (IU) data privacy professor Xiaofeng Wang and his wife disappeared and the FBI raided two of the couple’s homes last week, the school is said to have been reviewing for months whether the professor received unreported research funding from China, WIRED has learned. Indiana University contacted Wang in December to ask about a 2017-2018 grant in China that listed Wang as a researcher, according to an unsigned statement that...

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Search-and-Rescue Dogs at Work
When search-and-rescue teams deploy to any of the numerous natural or man-made disasters around the world, they bring along their own teams of highly trained dogs to help discover victims in need. When these dogs are not in the field, they frequently take part in training sessions simulating events such as earthquakes, wildfires, and water or avalanche rescues. Gathered below are images of some of these rescue dogs and their handlers, on the job and in training, from the...

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The Download: how to make better cooling...
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How 3D printing could make better cooling systems A new 3D-printed design could make an integral part of cooling systems like air conditioners or refrigerators smaller and more efficient, according to new research. Heat exchangers are devices that whisk away heat, and they’re everywhere—used in data centers, ships, factories, and buildings. The aim is to pass as...

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How 3D printing could make better cooling...
A new 3D-printed design could make an integral part of cooling systems like air conditioners or refrigerators smaller and more efficient, according to new research.   Heat exchangers are devices that whisk away heat, and they’re everywhere—used in data centers, ships, factories, and buildings. The aim is to pass as much heat as possible from one side of the device to the other. Most use one of a few standard designs that have historically been easiest and cheapest to make. ...

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The Download: brain-computer interfaces, and teaching an...
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Brain-computer interfaces face a critical test Brain computer interfaces (BCIs) are electrodes put in paralyzed people’s brains so they can use imagined movements to send commands from their neurons through a wire, or via radio, to a computer. In this way, they can control a computer cursor or, in few cases, produce speech.   Recently, this field has...

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Brain-computer interfaces face a critical test
Tech companies are always trying out new ways for people to interact with computers—consider efforts like Google Glass, the Apple Watch, and Amazon’s Alexa. You’ve probably used at least one. But the most radical option has been tried by fewer than 100 people on Earth—those who have lived for months or years with implanted brain-computer interfaces, or BCIs. Implanted BCIs are electrodes put in paralyzed people’s brains so they can use imagined movements to send commands from their neurons...

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How do you teach an AI model...
On March 27, the results of the first clinical trial for a generative AI therapy bot were published, and they showed that people in the trial who had depression or anxiety or were at risk for eating disorders benefited from chatting with the bot.  I was surprised by those results, which you can read about in my full story. There are lots of reasons to be skeptical that an AI model trained to provide therapy is the solution for...

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Cybersecurity Professor Mysteriously Disappears as FBI Raids...
A prominent computer scientist who has spent 20 years publishing academic papers on cryptography, privacy, and cybersecurity has gone incommunicado, had his professor profile, email account, and phone number removed by his employer, Indiana University, and had his homes raided by the FBI. No one knows why. Xiaofeng Wang has a long list of prestigious titles. He was the associate dean for research at Indiana University’s Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering, a fellow at the Institute of...

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