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NASA just lost contact with a Mars orbiter, and will soon lose another one

11 December 2025 @ 12:29 am

If NASA is serious about exploring Mars, it's past time to send new missions.

After years of resisting it, SpaceX now plans to go public. Why?

10 December 2025 @ 11:16 pm

"Much of the AI race comes down to amassing and deploying assets."

After NPR and PBS defunding, FCC receives call to take away station licenses

10 December 2025 @ 9:05 pm

NPR and PBS stations targeted by group involved in Carr's news-distortion probes.

A new open-weights AI coding model is closing in on proprietary options

10 December 2025 @ 8:38 pm

Devstral 2 model scores 72% on industry benchmark, nearing proprietary rivals.

Cable channel subscribers grew for the first time in 8 years last quarter

10 December 2025 @ 8:07 pm

Sports and YouTube TV played big roles, MoffettNathanson report says.

Kindle Scribe Colorsoft brings color e-ink to Amazon’s 11-inch e-reader

10 December 2025 @ 6:40 pm

Amazon has added color e-ink to its devices more slowly than its competitors.

US taking 25% cut of Nvidia chip sales “makes no sense,” experts say

10 December 2025 @ 6:30 pm

Trump’s odd Nvidia reversal may open the door for China to demand Blackwell access.

After key Russian launch site is damaged, NASA accelerates Dragon supply missions

10 December 2025 @ 6:13 pm

It is by no means certain that Russia will be able to fix Site 31 soon.

Ugly infotainment mars the 2025 Subaru Forester Hybrid experience

10 December 2025 @ 6:00 pm

It drives fine, but the first hybrid Forester is not without its flaws.

This is the oldest evidence of people starting fires

10 December 2025 @ 5:14 pm

We didn't start the fire. (Neanderthals did, at least 400,000 years ago.)