On paper, “Epic RPG” is a fully fleshed-out video game. Intrepid adventurers grind out currency to purchase enchanted armaments from their local outfitters, and delve into dungeons to slay wolves, scorpions and killer robots. You fish, cut down trees, and scavenge for food, and a continuous drizzle of experience points showers your character. Every two […]
OnePlus may have struck a partnership to help elevate the camera system on its next smartphone to the level seen on Samsung, Apple, and Huawei phones. A leak suggests OnePlus will work with camera maker Hasselblad in some capacity for the OnePlus 9 Pro, potentially in a similar way to how Huawei has worked with […]
Heading into Saturday’s much-anticipated engine test of NASA’s massive moon rocket, the space agency said repeatedly it was confident the test would be successful as it worked toward the rocket’s first flight by the end of this year in a quest to return astronauts to the lunar surface. But during a private briefing Tuesday morning, […]
It was a historic moment for SpaceX, which became the first private corporation to launch people into orbit, and for NASA, which has struggled to regain its footing after retiring the Space Shuttle in 2011, leaving the U.S. no option but to rely on Russia to ferry its astronauts to space for as much as […]
Amazon unveiled a metric ton of new products this week during an event in Seattle, including a beefed-up Echo and a pair of Alexa-imbued smart glasses. But the practical implications of perhaps the most intriguing reveal — that of Amazon Sidewalk — won’t be borne out for months, and possibly years. If ever. Amazon SVP […]
In this image taken June 25, 2019, engineers install the SuperCam instrument on Mars 2020’s rover. This image was taken in the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California. NASA/JPL-Caltech The Mars 2020 rover reached another milestone this week, when technicians installed its mast, the SuperCam Mast Unit. The rover already has […]
NASA astronauts Nick Hague (top) and Anne McClain work to swap batteries in the Port-4 truss structure during the spacewalk. NASA The International Space Station (ISS) was treated to some new batteries on Friday, thanks to the NASA astronauts who took a spacewalk for nearly seven hours in order to complete the upgrades. This was […]
Oprah Winfrey.Paul Drinkwater/NBCUniversal via Getty Images In 1989, Oprah Winfrey’s breakout talk show had only been on the air for a few years, and it was following what was then the daytime TV trend towards shocking content. One particular episode gave Winfrey qualms: She had interviewed a group of skinheads rooting for the Klu Klux […]
In 2018, Indiegogo campaigns took 1,300 products from ideas to shipped products. The crowdfunding platform shared the statistic for the first time at the start of the new year, along with reviewing milestones like new partnerships designed to bring more projects to life. Last year, about 1.4 million people made 2.1 million contributions to projects […]
Enlarge / A 1979 issue of Shang-Chi’s primary Marvel Comics series. Marvel Marvel Studios has already teased major announcements this week in the form of new Captain Marvel and Avengers 4 film trailers. But one additional piece of big Marvel news has leaked out before either of those dropped. According to Deadline Hollywood, Marvel Studios […]