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Here’s What The SpaceX Polaris Dawn Crew Saw Taking Its First Spacewalk Steps

SpaceX has performed the first private spacewalk during the Polaris Dawn mission, viewing Earth 458 miles below. Crew members Jared Isaacman and Sarah Gillis took turns floating just outside the Dragon capsule while wearing specially-designed suits. After having its launch delayed due to the FAA grounding all SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets following an incident where a booster burst into flames shortly after landing atop a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean, Polaris Dawn successfully launched

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Say Hello To Apple Intelligence And More With The New iPhone 16 And 16 Pro

Apple’s Glowtime event introduced a new generation of iPhones packed with AI horsepower, aka Apple Intelligence, new camera button features, and more. In terms of processing power, Apple jumped from the A16 Bionic chip in the iPhone 15 to the new A18 chip in the iPhone 16. The company remarked the new chip was up to 30% faster than its predecessor. The iPhone 16 Pro models are receiving the new A18 Pro chip, with a

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iPads Are Being Blown Out On Great Deals Ahead Of Apple’s Event

With Apple’s Glowtime event happening tomorrow, there are deals aplenty on its current-gen iPads, including the iPad Pro, iPad minis, and more. Apple iPad (10th Generation) The Apple iPad (10th Generation) with an A14 Bionic chip, is a fast and powerful tablet for anyone immersed in the Apple ecosystem that woudl like to get some work done on the go. The A14 Bionic offers plenty of performance and the 10.9-inch Liquid Retina display will also

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DJI Neo 4K Drone Fits In Your Palm And Is Light On The Wallet

DJI just unveiled its newest drone, the compact, lightweight and affordable Neo. The DJI Neo weighs less than 5 ounces (135g), delivers crisp 4K footage, and can take off and land from the palm of a hand. DJI is perhaps the most well-known and popular drone brand around the world, even if members of the US Congress aren’t particularly enamored by the company. For creators and drone enthusiasts alike, however, the brand has brought hours of

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Samsung Unveils Galaxy Book5 Pro 360 With Lunar Lake And 120Hz OLED Display

Samsung has unveiled its Galaxy Book5 Pro 360, a Copilot+ PC, and the first in the all-new Galaxy Book5 series. Noted upgrades from last gen are a new Intel Core Ultra processor (Series 2) codenamed Lunar Lake, an Intel Arc GPU, and a 3K super resolution AMOLED display capable of a 120Hz adaptive refresh rate. While the rumor mill has Samsung working on its own CPUs for its ARM-based Windows laptops, this time around the

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Microsoft Confirms Recall’s Uninstall Option In Windows Is A Bug, Not A Feature

While some users may be jumping for joy over Microsoft’s Recall tool showing up as a removable Windows 11 feature, the tech giant says not to get too excited, as it is just a bug. The change was spotted last week in the latest 24H2 version of Windows 11, with Microsoft confirming a fix is coming. When Recall, a feature Microsoft billed as giving users an explorable timeline of their PC’s past, was first announced

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NASA Left Slackjawed As Huge Meteor Fireball Lights-Up The Sky Over North Carolina

NASA Meteor Watch confirmed what many across nearly a dozen states saw and heard in the early morning hours of August 30 was indeed a meteor. The space agency added the meteor event began about 45 miles above Piney Flats, Tennessee, and moved south and eastward at a breakneck speed of 31,300 miles per hour. The American Meteor Society added it had received over 150 reports of onlookers seeing and hearing the event. While most

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Sorry Xbox Gamers, But Black Myth: Wukong May Have A Secret PS5 Exclusivity Deal

Black Myth: Wukong’s launch has been a huge success on Steam, with it surging past 2 million concurrent players on the PC platform in a matter of days. While Xbox players have been chomping at the bit to get their hands on the game, a new leak purports the title may not make it to Xbox anytime soon because of an exclusivity deal with PlayStation. Millions of PC gamers around the world have been enjoying

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GameStop Turns Select Locations Into Retro Stores With Classic Console Sales

GameStop continues to look for news ways to evolve and stay afloat as it announces it is turning select locations into retro stores. The old take on new stores will focus on retro console classics such as the Sega Dreamcast, and Xbox 360. The move is not the first attempt by the iconic game store to stay afloat. In 2022, it entered the world of NFTs in an attempt to turn things around. Then in

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Google Lifts Ban On Gemini AI Generating Images Of People

Google has announced it will soon lift its ban on creating images of people with its Gemini AI. The text to image generation feature fell under heavy criticism after launch when people began noticing Gemini was not keeping things historical accurate. Shortly after launch, Google decided to pull the ability for its Gemini AI to generate images of people. Some examples shared on social media included renderings of 1943 Nazi Germans being of Asian descent,

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