Get out there and marvel at the harvest moon, and come back on Halloween to see a rare blue moon light up the skies. Catch October's harvest moon as you wait for the rare Halloween blue moon – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreElon Musk’s company is ready to escort a new Space Force spacecraft into orbit, but it didn’t happen Friday night as planned. Saturday night will bring another chance. SpaceX aborts launch of GPS Space Force satellite with two seconds to go – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreUpdate October 2nd, 10:00PM ET: Just 2 seconds before liftoff, SpaceX stopped the launch of its Falcon 9 rocket, without giving a clear indication of what went wrong. The next opportunity for SpaceX to fly is Saturday evening, though a launch date hasn’t been confirmed yet. Original Story: Late Friday night, SpaceX is slated to
Read MoreOver the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, down past Chincoteague toward the southern tip of the Eastern Shore, sits an isolated spit of shoreline, near a wildlife refuge, that is home to one of the most unusual, and little known, rocket launch sites in the country. Virginia has a rocket launch site, and it’s about to grow
Read MoreA virtual hearing will take place Oct. 28. Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey, Sundar Pichai to testify before Congress this month – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhen the power goes out, these generators will kick into gear to keep things up and running. 8 generators to keep your lights on – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by MANDEL NGAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey have agreed to testify virtually before the Senate Commerce Committee on October 28th, Politico reported Friday evening. Assuming that the hearing is live-streamed in some way, that means you’ll be able to watch some of
Read MoreFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey will appear in front of a Senate committee in late October, a move that comes after lawmakers threatened to send them a subpoena. Facebook, Google and Twitter chief executives to testify to Congress ahead of 2020 election Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThe new Microsoft Flight Simulator is an immersive beast of a PC game, and we can only imagine how immersive it might get in VR — but you might not have to imagine much longer, because Microsoft has just opened signups (via Eurogamer) for a closed beta of the virtual reality experience. There are quite
Read MoreElon Musk’s company is ready to escort a new Space Force spacecraft into orbit. How to watch SpaceX launch a GPS Space Force satellite on Friday night – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe new Fast and Furious film is now expected to debut a full year after its original planned release date. Fast and Furious 9 release delayed until May 2021 due to coronavirus – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreBond set the standard for secret agents on screen, and the film franchise has stood the test of time. But don’t jump in just anywhere. James Bond movies: Watch these first while awaiting No Time to Die – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHe’s now taking an experimental antibody cocktail from a US company called Regeneron. President Trump flown to hospital out 'of caution' after testing positive for COVID-19 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge President Trump reportedly has COVID-19, and while some are wishing for his speedy recovery, others have publicly tweeted a hope that he’ll die of the disease. As you might imagine, that’s expressly against Twitter’s rules — and the company tells Motherboard that it will enforce them. In other
Read More{$inline_image} Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge President Trump reportedly has COVID-19, and while some are wishing for his speedy recovery, others have publicly tweeted a hope that he’ll die of the disease. As you might imagine, that’s expressly against Twitter’s rules — and the company tells Motherboard that it will enforce them. In
Read MoreTesla reported record deliveries in the third quarter as growing interest in electric vehicles and other cars boosted sales across the industry. Tesla Third-Quarter Auto Sales Surge Source: NY Times Tech
Read More{$inline_image} Before this year’s Amazon Prime Day empties your wallet on Oct. 13, it’s a good idea to turn off 1-Click shopping in your Amazon account. It will be worth it if it helps you avoid the buyer’s remorse—a survey revealed that impulse shopping increased by 18% early in the pandemic—much of it online, on Amazon,
Read MorePhoto by James Bareham / The Verge Two members of a console hacking and piracy organization known as Team Xecuter have been arrested and charged with fraud, one of whom is named Gary Bowser. French national Max Louarn and Bowser, originally from Canada but arrested in the Dominican Republic, allegedly led the group, which makes
Read More{$inline_image} Photo by James Bareham / The Verge Two members of a console hacking and piracy organization known as Team Xecuter have been arrested and charged with fraud, one of whom is named Gary Bowser. French national Max Louarn and Bowser, originally from Canada but arrested in the Dominican Republic, allegedly led the group, which
Read MoreWelcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. iOS 14 now lets you install widgets on your screen — a useful new feature that completely changes how your phone screen looks, depending on how many of them you
Read MorePhoto: DANJAQ and MGM / Nicola Dove No Time to Die, the 25th James Bond film, has been pushed back an entire year. It will now arrive on April 2nd, 2021, the film’s producers confirmed today. Originally, the film was supposed to arrive in April 2020, before getting delayed to this November due to the
Read MoreRice University’s OpenStax open educational resources initiative has announced plans to grow its library of free textbooks from its current selection of 42 books to nearly 90 titles. OpenStax to Double Its Textbook Library Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreAn Apple patent application published yesterday reveals an idea for a foldable smartphone that would include a “self-healing” display cover, allowing the device to repair dents or scratches covering the screen. The application, spotted by Patently Apple, was originally filed by Apple in January. As Apple wrote in the patent application, the proposed concept’s display
Read MoreEver since I saw Contagion earlier this year, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about the guy hocking “forsythia,” that universe’s counterpart to hydroxychloroquine. In the 2011 movie, pandemic misinformation is personified in one blogger who claims that the CDC is suppressing the fake cure. People stampede and… Read more… It's Worth Watching 'Contagion'
Read More{$inline_image} Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Operating system updates can often suffer from unwanted glitches, and it seems that the latest iOS 14 and watchOS 7 releases from Apple are not immune. There have been complaints over the last few days that some people who have updated their devices have found — instead
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