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The Starship's seventh test flight ended in an explosion when the vehicle's upper stage "experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly during its ascent burn" over the Atlantic Ocean. SpaceX chief Elon Musk posted a video of the event, with debris streaking across and lighting up the sky. During the company's webcast, Dan Huot from SpaceX's communications team said they "saw engines dropping out on telemetry" by the end of the ascent burn and that they ultimately lost contact with the Ship, which is what the.
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The market share of Apple in China sees decline, dropping from 19% to 15% in 2024. Vivo and Huawei capture the top spots with 17% and 16% market share, respectively. Once the dominant force in the premium smartphone segment in China, Apple has faced unprecedented challenges in 2024 as its market position eroded significantly amid... Read more » Read more ›
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Corinne Busche, who served as game director of Dragon Age: The Veilguard since February 2022, is departing BioWare. Read more Read more ›
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Nintendo's share price has dropped in the wake of the Switch 2's "safe" debut. Read more Read more ›
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A much-awaited feature is coming to the Pokémon TCG Pocket app sometime this month: Trading. In the game, which The Pokémon Company brought to mobile late last year, players can collect cards by opening digital booster packs. They can then use the Pokémon cards they get to battle each other. When the trading feature goes live, they'll also be able to improve their decks by trading with other people, though... Read more ›
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The iPhone 17 lineup will feature a vapor chamber heatsink to improve thermal performance, according to a new report. The news comes from Chinese tech news site MyDrivers, which claims that the entire ‌iPhone 17‌ lineup, consisting of the ‌iPhone 17‌, ‌iPhone 17‌ Air, ‌iPhone 17‌ Pro, and ‌iPhone 17‌ Pro Max, will adopt the improved thermal heat spreader. Vapor chamber technology is already used in many high-end Android devices.... Read more ›
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Japanese police have arrested a man accused of modifying and selling Nintendo Switch consoles. Read more Read more ›
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Riyadh Air is expected to take delivery of just four Boeing Dreamliners in 2025, delaying its launch until the second half of the year. Read more ›
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The angular, divisive electric pickup truck didn't sell as well as some Wall Street analysts expected in 2024. Read more ›
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Sony has cancelled two more of its once-envisioned live service Playstation projects. Read more Read more ›
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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has been Steam Deck verified ahead of its PC release next week. Read more Read more ›
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RedNote, or Xiaohongshu, became the most downloaded iPhone app in the US on Monday. Read more ›
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Walmart has a new 350-acre corporate campus in its hometown of Bentonville, Arkansas, featuring a wide range of amenities. Read more ›
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In an interview with the Hoover Institution, Andreessen speculated over whether President Trump could mandate workers to return to the office. Read more ›
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Worried that the Windows 11 free upgrade might expire before you take the offer? Microsoft has assured us it’s here to stay. Read more ›
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After eons of waiting, Nintendo has finally debuted its next console. Yes, the Switch 2 - as we can now call it officially - was revealed yesterday, with a brief teaser video full of magnetic Joy-Cons and some really rather yummy noises. Read more Read more ›
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A fire broke out at California's Moss Landing Power Plant on Thursday, with authorities urging nearby residents to evacuate. Read more ›
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On Thursday, H2SITE, a deep-tech pioneer of hydrogen separation solutions based in Loiu, Spain, announced it has secured €36M in a Series B funding round from a consortium of investors. The Spanish company has gained support from new co-lead investors, Hy24 and SC Net Zero Ventures. Hy24 is a pure-play investment manager focused on low-carbon ... Read more Read more ›
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The China-controled EV brand has been losing tens of thousands of dollars on every car sold. With a US ban on Chinese car sales looming, the company needs to quickly turn things around. Read more ›
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The two founders jousted for years. This week, they found each other on X while their rocket companies launched missions with mixed results. Read more ›
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Sonos is continuing to clean house as the company recovers from the hits it took following a disastrous mobile app redesign last year. Just a day after CEO Patrick Spence departed the company, chief product officer Maxime Bouvat-Merlin is also leaving. He will act as an advisor to interim CEO Tom Conrad during the leadership transition before fully exiting Sonos. Conrad informed Sonos employees about the latest leadership change in... Read more ›
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Meta isn't stopping at moderation changes. According to both Axios and The New York Times, the company is also pulling the plug on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. That includes removing diversity hiring goals, eliminating the chief diversity officer position and no longer prioritizing minority-owned businesses as vendors, per The Times' reporting. When asked to comment on ending DEI initiatives, Meta confirmed the reporting was accurate. Internally, the company... Read more ›
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Meta is preparing for even more layoffs, according to reporting by Bloomberg. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a company memo that he plans on cutting about five percent of its "low-performers." “I’ve decided to raise the bar on performance management and move out low-performers faster,” Zuckerberg said in the memo. “We typically manage out people who aren’t meeting expectations over the course of a year, but now we’re going to... Read more ›
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Pixelfed is now available as a mobile apps for both iOS and Android. The open source, decentralized platform offers image sharing similar to Instagram. However, Pixelfed has no advertisements and does not share user data with third parties. The platform launched in 2018, but was only available on the web or through third-party app clients. The Android app debuted on January 9 and the iOS app released today. Creator Daniel... Read more ›
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The rise of AI NPCs has felt like a looming threat for years, as if developers couldn't wait to dump human writers and offload NPC conversations to generative AI models. At CES 2025, NVIDIA made it plainly clear the technology was right around the corner. PUBG developer Krafton, for instance, plans to use NVIDIA's ACE (Avatar Cloud Engine) to power AI companions, which will assist and banter with you during... Read more ›
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At CES 2025, Anker announced a slew of new products including a 3-in-1 robot vacuum that turns into a stick vacuum. While you can’t pick that device up quite yet, the company’s newest chargers and power banks are available to buy right now — and at a discount. Anker’s 140W four-port wall charger is $10 off thanks to a coupon you can clip on both Amazon and Anker’s website. The... Read more ›
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At a time when Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have shown that the whims of one person can upend an entire social network, Mastodon’s CEO and creator, Eugen Rochko, is heading the opposite direction. In a blog post published today, the Mastodon team announced its intention to let a new nonprofit organization take over the company. In other words, Rochko is voluntarily handing over the reins to the service he... Read more ›
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Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket was ready for liftoff, but the launch planned for January 13 was scrubbed. After some weather-related delays over the weekend, the Jeff Bezos-owned space company said that the $2.5 billion reusable rocket, which has been in development for nearly 13 years, will target its first launch no earlier than Monday, January 13, but as for now we don't know when to expect it to take... Read more ›
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Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket has successfully made it to space for its maiden flight, a few days after its planned January 13 launch was scrubbed. The vehicle passed the Kármán line, the internationally recognized boundary of space, shortly after 2AM Eastern time on January 16. New Glenn's booster separated from the rest of the rocket to make its way back to Earth towards a landing platform in the ocean... Read more ›
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You’ve probably heard the statistics about indoor air being more polluted than outdoor air. Cleaning products, pet dander, cooking emissions off-gassing furniture and decor — they all contribute. Letting in fresh air from outside is the quickest way to clear things up, but if that’s not possible — due to wildfires, extreme weather, allergies or just plain bad air quality — an air purifier can help clean the air you... Read more ›
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