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Prime Video drops full trailer for Spider-Noir
26 April 2026 @ 5:20 pm
It's "a detective story, but the detective happens to also have spider powers.”—EP Chris Miller
New robotic control software avoids jamming their joints
26 April 2026 @ 11:09 am
Software lets robots learn from each other even if they have different hardware.
Artemis II broke Fred Haise's distance record, but he is happy to pass it on
25 April 2026 @ 11:40 am
"It wasn't a big deal. It just coincided with the fact that Moon was farther away from the Earth."
Palantir employees are talking about company's "descent into fascism"
25 April 2026 @ 10:49 am
Slack messages, interviews with current and former works paint picture of company in turmoil.
This is who's developing Golden Dome's orbital interceptors—if they're ever built
25 April 2026 @ 2:52 am
"If boost-phase intercept from space is not affordable and scalable, we will not produce it."
Google will invest as much as $40 billion in Anthropic
24 April 2026 @ 10:05 pm
This follows a similar, but smaller, investment by Amazon just days ago.
Europe—not US—first to authorize Moderna's combo mRNA flu-COVID vaccine
24 April 2026 @ 9:11 pm
Amid RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine agenda, Moderna withdrew its FDA application last year.
FCC: Router ban includes portable hotspots, but not phones with hotspot features
24 April 2026 @ 7:30 pm
FCC defines consumer routers expansively, updates FAQ to include Wi-Fi hotspots.
Why are top university websites serving porn? It comes down to shoddy housekeeping.
24 April 2026 @ 7:00 pm
Hundreds of subdomains from dozens of universities have been hijacked by scammers.
In rare chickenpox case, itchy blisters mushroom into large, rubbery nodules
24 April 2026 @ 6:44 pm
Treatment options are tricky. The teen opted to live with the masses.