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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.)