Virgin Galactic shares footage of final space tourism flight test
Thursday's successful mission paves the way for Virgin Galactic's first commercial space tourism flight, which is currently scheduled for next month......»»
Cisco security head: AI could be bigger than the internet
“Massive shift” when it comes to AI could mean big changes in the security space, Jeetu Patel says......»»
Apple accidentally releases public iOS 17 beta early [u]
The developer-only beta of iOS 17 is available to all users, seemingly by mistake.Apple announced at WWDC 2023 that a public beta, or test, release of the forthcoming iOS 17 would be released in July. But it is now already available in what has to be.....»»
Apple will make dev kits available to help developers build and test apps for Vision Pro headset
Apple unveiled the Apple Vision Pro headset today at WWDC in part to reinforce the developer story behind it; the company wants a vibrant app ecosystem to emerge for this new spatial computing platform, even if the first iteration of the headset wil.....»»
Apple accidentally releases public iOS 17 beta early
The developer-only beta of iOS 17 is available to all users, seemingly by mistake.Apple announced at WWDC 2023 that a public beta, or test, release of the forthcoming iOS 17 would be released in July. But it is now already available in what has to be.....»»
Apple rejected nearly one million apps for privacy violations between 2020 and 2022
Between 2020 to 2022, Apple rejected almost one million apps from the App Store for privacy violations, and the number is increasing substantially.Privacy is a major reason for App Store rejectionsThe company routinely shares annual reports of App St.....»»
Not your average space explosion: Very long baseline array finds classical novae are anything but simple
While studying classical novae using the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA), a graduate researcher uncovered evidence showing that the objects may have been erroneously typecast as simple. The new observations, whi.....»»
How activity in outer space will affect regional inequalities in the future
Science fiction has always been a tool for processing life on Earth. Norwegian sci-fi expert Karl Kristian Swane Bambini has said that the space-bound genre is well placed to "interrogate and reimagine real-world economic disparities"......»»
With 7,000+ satellites and growing, is space sustainable? An Ars Frontiers recap
"We've been using space as our own personal operating dumping ground." Enlarge / Eric Berger (upper left) moderated a panel featuring (clockwise) Alex Fielding, Charity Weeden, and Bhavya Lal on the topic of satellites and low-Ea.....»»
First detection of secondary supermassive black hole in a well-known binary system
Supermassive black holes that weigh several billion times the mass of our sun are present at the centers of active galaxies. Astronomers observe them as bright galactic cores where the galaxy's supermassive black hole devours matter from a violent wh.....»»
Nearly two decades after NASA, China and Europe eye commercial cargo plans
Doing so, however, will be challenging. Enlarge / SpaceX launches its 28th supply mission to the International Space Station on Monday, June 5, 2023. (credit: SpaceX) In just the last month, both the European and Chinese.....»»
IC socket orders for Nvidia chips ramping up
GPU vendor Nvidia has placed additional orders for various products with IC test socket manufacturers, according to industry sources......»»
Manifest season 4 part 2’s ending, explained
Manifest finally came to its conclusion in part 2 of season 4, fittingly on the Death Date of June 2. Here's how everything ended for the Flight 828 passengers......»»
“Dead Duck Day” marks that time a scientist witnessed gay duck necrophilia
One dead duck can change your life. Enlarge / This drake mallard duck has ceased to be! And suffered one final post-mortem ignominy by a fellow duck. (credit: C.W. Moeliker, 2001) On June 5, 1995, a Dutch ornithologist n.....»»
Here’s what happens when you send a NASCAR stock car to Le Mans
Fears that the big V8-powered stock car would be slow proved very ill-founded. Enlarge / The NASCAR/Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 leads a Ferrari 499P and assorted other racing cars at a test day at the Circuit de la.....»»
The MacBook Air gets bigger with new 15-inch model
The 13-inch MacBook Air gets a price cut, too. The color options (left to right): midnight, starlight, space gray, and silver. [credit:.....»»
As rumored, the Mac Studio gets an M2 refresh, including fused-together M2 Ultra
The Studio shares its most powerful chip with the new Mac Pro. Enlarge / Apple's new Mac Studio offers the M2 Ultra chip, which, like its M1 counterpart, provides vastly greater computing power. (credit: Apple) CUPERTIN.....»»
Homo naledi were burying their dead at least 100,000 years before humans
Lee Berger: "We feel [this meets] the litmus test of the most ancient human burials." Enlarge / Exploration team members Megan Berger and Rick Hunter navigate the narrow chutes leading to the Dinaledi Chamber of the Rising Star c.....»»
Early universe crackled with bursts of star formation, Webb Telescope shows
Among the most fundamental questions in astronomy is: How did the first stars and galaxies form? NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is already providing new insights into this question. One of the largest programs in Webb's first year of science is th.....»»
Is frying food possible in space?
The food we eat determines how we feel, and nothing beats a good fry-up, although in moderation of course. As we prepare for missions to the moon and on to Mars, astronauts will be happy to hear from researchers that one staple comfort food is not ou.....»»
Webb Space Telescope peers behind barred spiral galaxy NGC 5068
A delicate tracery of dust and bright star clusters threads across this image from the James Webb Space Telescope. The bright tendrils of gas and stars belong to the barred spiral galaxy NGC 5068, whose bright central bar is visible in the upper left.....»»