Tim Sweezy
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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...
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Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon has confirmed that the company is working with Google and Samsung on a pair of mixed reality glasses linked to a smartphone. The news of the trio of tech giants working together on a pair of XR glasses was teased at the end of Samsung’s Unpacked 2023 event.
It seems it is a good time to...
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NASA and Boeing are preparing to bring the Starliner spacecraft back to Earth, albeit uncrewed. Starliner will depart from the International Space Station (ISS) later today for a rendezvous back on Earth at one of several possible landing sites.
Early in the mission, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams...
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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...
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GoPro is adding two new action cameras to its lineup, including the Hero13 Black, which is its new flagship offering, and a smaller (and cheaper) 4K Hero.
Action content creation often requires different types of cameras to get the desired footage. Whether it be using the Blackmagic Camera app on an iPhone to...
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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...
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An international team of scientists reported the first successful detection of Earth’s ambipolar electric field, first hypothesized more than 60 years ago. According to NASA, the ambipolar electric field is a weak, planet-wide electric field as fundamental as Earth’s gravity and magnetic fields.
Spacecraft flying...
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HotHardware fearless leader Dave Altavilla went hands on with a few upcoming Intel Core Ultra 200 series Lunar Lake powered laptops ahead of IFA 2024, from companies such as Samsung, LG, Dell, and ASUS.
IFA is one of the largest consumer electronics and home appliances shows in the world. So, it is not a surprise...
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A Kobe University researcher has confirmed that an asteroid which struck Jupiter’s moon Ganymede was about 20 times larger than the one that ended the age of the dinosaurs on Earth. According to the new study, when the asteroid struck Ganymede, the largest moon in the solar system, its axis shifted because of the...
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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...
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“Houston. I have a question about Starliner,” is what Butch Wilmore radioed ground control this past Saturday after hearing a “strange noise coming through the speaker.” The report from Wilmore comes just days ahead of the spacecraft’s scheduled departure from the International Space Station (ISS) without any crew...
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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.
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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...
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Intuitive Machines will receive $116.9 million to deliver six NASA payloads to the Moon’s South Pole in 2027. The new set of science experiments and technology demonstrations are part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, including support for missions with crew on the lunar surface.
The lunar...
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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...
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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
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The Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) has grounded all SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets following an incident where a booster rocket burst into flames shortly after landing atop a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean, delaying the historic launch of the upcoming Polaris Dawn mission. The incident comes on the heels of a rocket...
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Elgato is teaming up with Adobe to bring content creators a simple way of dialing in a Stream Deck with Photoshop editing tools. To celebrate the partnership, the two companies are offering two months of free access to Creative Cloud with the purchase of any Stream Deck device.
Elgato has been helping make content...
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Tecno has announced its Phantom Ultimate 2, an ultra-thin tri-fold concept smartphone, to re-imagine the large screen in a pocket experience. When folded, the device only measures 11mm in thickness, while unfolded it reveals a large 10-inch screen with TDDI technology.
In the world of foldable smartphones...
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While the James Webb Space Telescope has been solving the Universe's riddles in the last couple of years, Hubble continues to prove its value. One recent example was a new image comprising more than 500 images from Hubble spanning two decades of the innermost region of Omega Centauri, providing new evidence for the...
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Reflect Orbital aims to provide and sell sunlight in the dark of night by redirecting light with a giant mirror in space. CEO Ben Nowack presented his plan during the International Conference on Energy from Space in London this past April, and has now launched a website where people can sign up for a chance to access...
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Samsung has announced its new ultra-short throw laser projectors, the Premiere 9 and the Premiere 7. The company touts the new projectors as bringing cutting-edge laser technology to the living room.
Projectors make extremely large screens possible nearly anywhere there is a surface to project the image onto. Last...
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