Mae Jemison, the first black woman in space, participated in crew egress training for Space Shuttle Endeavour’s STS-47 mission during the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test. Mae Jemison Trains for Her Space Shuttle Flight Source: NASA
Read MoreThe Symfonisk remote control now has an official product page showing a price of €14.99. First spotted on the French Ikea website by Tweakers, the remote is designed to control Ikea’s Sonos-compatible Symfonisk speakers and will begin shipping in the UK and beyond on October 1st, according to the reliable Dutch tech site. It’s not
Read MoreYakuza 7 — or to be precise, Ryu ga Gotoku 7, which means “Like a Dragon 7,” which will drop the “7” and go by Yakuza: Like a Dragon in the West for some reason — made its public debut today at Tokyo Game Show. It was my first chance to see how its controversial
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge In 2016, Facebook killed off a part of the service that highlighted trending news articles, following a hysterical overreaction to a Gizmodo piece that claimed, weakly, that the company was “routinely suppressing conservative news.” (It turns out that when human editors are told to pick the day’s most
Read MoreHTC is releasing its PC-powered Vive Cosmos VR headset next month. Originally unveiled earlier this year at CES, the Cosmos is HTC’s latest bid at a mainstream VR headset. Unlike the original HTC Vive, the Cosmos doesn’t require external sensors and uses fully tracked motion controllers. HTC has also upgraded the LCD panels, with a
Read MoreThe US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has expanded its partnership with Israeli digital forensics firm Cellebrite to unlock and extract data from mobile phones, reports The Daily Beast. According to a federal filing dated June 24, the ICE is expected to pay the company anywhere between $30 and $35 million for an order to
Read MoreIf you’ve been reading Hackaday for awhile, there’s an excellent chance you’ve seen a project or two powered by the Smoothieboard. The open source controller took Kickstarter by storm in 2013, promising to be the last word in CNC thanks to its powerful 32-bit ARM processor. Since then we’ve seen it put to use in
Read MoreDisney+ on Android and Apple TV (background). | Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge I just spent the last few minutes signing up for Disney+ and downloading apps for iOS, Android, and Apple TV. I then spent a few more minutes, several actually, streaming titles like Avengers Infinity War, Star Wars The Last Jedi,
Read MoreYet another salvo fired in the EV performance wars as Tesla claims it has secured a production lap record at the Laguna Seca Raceway. We’re not so sure. Tesla claims Laguna Seca lap record, but what's under the hood? – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreThe new Cosmos VR headset does away with Lighthouse base stations and the hassle of setup. Oh, and it’s modular, too. The HTC Vive Cosmos VR is a polished overdue upgrade – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe features aim to combat the opioid crisis. Google Maps adds tools to find drug addiction recovery resources – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google is launching a new website it’s calling “Recover Together” that collates resources for addiction recovery in the United States. The site includes Google Maps-based search for resources like recovery support meetings and pharmacies that offer Naloxone without a prescription — it’s a drug that can be used
Read MorePhoto by David Bush / The Verge Tesla teased a prototype Model S that Elon Musk says can go faster than the “Ludicrous” speed the company’s cars currently achieve. The new powertrain is dubbed “Plaid” and is “about a year away from production,” Musk tweeted Wednesday. (Both names are a reference to the Mel Brooks
Read MoreUber has said it has no plans to reclassify its vast army of drivers as employees, in light of the the gig workers’ rights bill passed in the California Senate yesterday. “We continue to believe drivers are properly classified as independent, and because we’ll continue to be responsive to what the vast majority of drivers
Read MoreBlake Montgomery / The Daily Beast: Filing: ICE will pay Cellebrite, an Israeli hacking tools vendor, between $30M to $35M over the next one to five years, more than ten times their 2017 contract — The agency’s previous contract with Cellebrite was worth $2.2 million. — ICE wants to hack more phones. A lot more.
Read MoreAlong with a bunch of devices announced at its events, the company has quietly made some changes to the payment plans for its AppleCare+ device warranty that’s worth knowing about: you can now pay for the company’s extended warranty plan on a monthly basis, for as long as you like. Apple rolled out a monthly
Read MoreWater vapor spotted on Exoplanet K2-18b, an alien world where climate might be right for life. Vapor found at potentially habitable planet: 'Possible this is a water world' – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreI’m currently on my 25th or so re-watch of NBC’s hit mockumentary series, The Office, and it’s not because I didn’t get all the jokes the first 24 times. The show is pure comedy gold, thanks in no small part to its phenomenal cast. Now, six years since the show’s season nine finale, actors Jenna Fischer
Read More[Bitluni]’s motto seems to be, “When you’re busy, get busier.” At least that would explain adding even more work to his plate in the run-up to the Hanover Maker Faire and coming up with a ten-player game console from scratch. As for this being extra work, recall that [bitluni] had already committed to building a
Read MoreFinally. Emo Spider-Man deepfake replaces Tobey Maguire with Tom Holland – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe latest installment in the sci-fi game series that inspired the “looter-shooter” genre is nearly here. Borderlands 3: Mayhem mode, pre-load times and everything else we know – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWe break down the best value for your money. iPhone 11 Pro versus Samsung Galaxy phones: What a ,000 phone buys you – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA look into the next year in gaming. All the best trailers from Tokyo Game Show: Final Fantasy, Death Stranding and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreOculus VR inventor’s Anduril Industries has attracted investment from Silicon Valley VC Andreessen Horowitz, CNBC reports. Palmer Luckey's virtual border wall startup reportedly notches B valuation – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe legislation has earned praise from privacy and civil rights advocates. California could become the largest state to ban facial recognition in body cameras Source: Washington Post Tech
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