NASA wants to train the James Webb Space Telescope on gas giants before searching for habitable worlds
When NASA finally sends its mega-powerful James Webb Space Telescope it will be the end of a long and troubled road, but it will also …
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Apple Store thieves made off with $27,000 worth of iPhones, MacBooks and more
Surveillance video of a robbery on Saturday morning shows a group of men snagging dozens of items worth tens of thousands of dollars at the Fresno …
Nearby exoplanet Ross 128 b is looking more and more like Earth’s bigger cousin
Exoplanet discoveries have been coming fast and furious for several years now, thanks in large part to increasingly power telescope technology that allows us to …
You can now test Google’s biggest Chrome redesign in years
For the past several months, Google has been releasing updates for its Chrome browser in preparation for a massive redesign. We’ve seen bits and pieces …
New telescope camera snaps gorgeous image of distant star cluster
NASA regularly delivers outer space eye candy snapped with its various telescopes, but the European Southern Observatory has plenty of star-gazing power as well, and …
PayPal just demanded payment from a dead woman
PayPal has never had a reputation for being a particularly upstanding organization to deal with, but its latest public misstep shows that there is nothing …
The oldest known color made by a living creature on Earth is not what you’d guess
Today, when you look around the Earth, you see a lot of green. It’s easy to imagine that things were the same before humans or …
If you hate that the Note 9 reuses the Note 8’s design, then you’re doing smartphones wrong
We’ve been telling you for the better part of the year that the Galaxy Note 9 will look almost exactly like the Galaxy Note 8, …
Average internet speeds rose 23 percent last year
With Google Fiber’s public mission to destroy the cable companies on hold and 5G networks properly launching only in 2019, you’d be forgiven for thinking …
Multivitamins are doing absolutely nothing for your heart, researchers say
Head to the pharmacy or any grocery store and you’ll find shelves lined with multivitamins promising to make you healthier. Some claim to boost your …
Samsung’s Gear S4 smartwatch to ditch S Voice in favor of Bixby
Modest upgrades are the name of the game for Samsung in 2018. After failing to make waves with the Galaxy S9 and S9+ earlier this …
You still have time to get 10% almost any electronics on eBay
The shopping event of the summer that many of you are waiting for is just around the corner. Prime Day 2018 kicks off on Monday, …
Cox reps stole personal information and created fake accounts, whistleblower claims
By this point, we’re certainly not shocked by allegations that telecoms salespeople lie to customers, add services to accounts without permission, and generally do anything …
Russia just crushed the record for fastest trip to the International Space Station
Russian cargo resupply trips to the International Space Station have become such a regular, predictable thing that even NASA rarely bothers to make a big …
Tesla commits to 500,000-car factory in China as tarrifs kick in
Tesla CEO and wannabe cave diver Elon Musk was in Shanghai on Tuesday to secure a deal with Chinese authorities to build an ambitious new …
Video captures fireball streaking across the Midwestern US, visible from 10 states
Skywatchers in 10 states in the Midwestern United States got a treat early on Sunday evening as a fireball careened through the atmosphere and produced …
Former astronaut says humans could have made it to Mars decades ago, but most would probably die
You’ve heard a whole lot about humans on Mars in recent years thanks to advancements in various technologies that could allow us to get there …
Exclusive: Apple to deploy 1Password to all 123,000 employees, acquisition talks underway
Apple acquires an average of 15 to 20 companies a year, according to CEO Tim Cook. Of that number, we only hear about a couple, …
The anti-hacking security Apple built into iOS 11.4.1 can be ‘cracked’
iOS 12 may be the hottest iPhone operating system you can run right now, but that’s still in beta. If you want finalized software, iOS …
China central bank brags about killing Bitcoin trading in the country
Bitcoin had a fantastic run last year, but the fun only lasted until January 2018 when a variety of factors contributed to Bitcoin’s massive fall. …
The brightest object in the universe was just discovered, but is it still there?
Space is dark, which makes finding bright things like stars pretty darn easy. It also makes it possible for high-powered telescopes to spot things that …
Check out the insane heat shield NASA just installed on the Parker Solar Probe
The Parker Solar Probe is going to get close to the Sun than any spacecraft mankind has ever launched into space. It’s going to study …
An ambitious plan to bring Mars samples back to Earth has been set into motion
We’ve learned an incredible amount of information about Mars in the past two decades, and much of it is thanks to the small fleet of …
Alexa vs. Google Assistant: One is better at commerce, the other at understanding you
With the smart speaker wars heating up and voice looking to be one of the next major computing platforms, Amazon and Google have taken commanding …
Terrifying new wasp species wears a massive, sword-like stinger on its butt
Wasps suck. Unlike many common species of bees, wasps (which are NOT bees) are often openly hostile, and sometimes they seem to pick a fight …
How ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’ clearly hints the dead Infinity War heroes will be resurrected
Ever since I saw Avengers: Infinity War back in April, I told you that all the superheroes who died at the end — hey, this …
Thai cave rescue operation saves four, just as Elon Musk preps mini submarine made from Falcon tube
Remember those soccer boys who spent more than two weeks in a Thai cave after water from heavy rain blocked their exit? We’ve got good …
Twitter swung the ban hammer 70 million times in the last two months
Twitter and bots are like flies and horse manure, and anyone who has spent more than one month on President Trump’s favorite social media platform …
Apple Music is reportedly bigger than Spotify in the United States now
Despite launching nearly four years later, Apple Music’s subscriber count has reportedly surpassed that of Spotify. Citing a source said to be a US-based distributor, …
A pride of lions brutally killed a bunch of poachers and I’m struggling to feel sad
Despite all the very clear evidence that illegal hunting is pushing many species into extinction, animals like rhinos are still being taken down by low-life …
