The new Riven remake is even better than Myst
Enlarge / The same gorgeous vistas return in the Riven remake. (credit: Samuel Axon) A remake of Riven: The Sequel to Myst launched this week, made by the original game’s…
Nature interrupted: Impact of the US-Mexico border wall on wildlife
Enlarge / This aerial picture taken on December 8, 2023, shows the US-Mexico border wall in Sasabe, Arizona. (credit: VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images) In a vast stretch of the…
How AI will shape the future of creative agencies
All professional services are being transformed by generative AI, but the impact is especially pointed for creative agencies. Agencies need to reconfigure themselves for a substantially different future. The nature…
Breakthrough Computational Warp Drive Design Without Needing Negative Energy
Applied Physics unveils a new type of warp drive—a theoretical method of space travel that complies with general relativity and operates at a constant subluminal speed without requiring unphysical forms…
The biggest trailers of the week: June 23rd to June 29th
Willem Dafoe in Nosferatu. | Screenshot: YouTube I’m stuck in a weird spot when it comes to movies and TV, these days. On one hand, the constant churn of remakes,…
New DARPA Stealth Drone is Designated X-plane XRQ-73
DARPA and Northrop Grumman have made a new drone with X-plane designation XRQ-73. The Series Hybrid Electric Propulsion AiRcraft Demonstration program is known as SHEPARD. SHEPARD is an X-prime program,…
NASA Defines Lunar Cargo Mobility Needs as Part of Larger Moon, Mars Plans
NASA is creating plans and white papers to describe what they will need for lunar cargo movement in near term exploration and development plans. NASA has already defined a Lunar…
Supreme Court Reduces SEC Powers to Impose Fines
The Supreme Court SEC decision took away the major method of penalizing those found to have committed fraud in the securities industry. Congress strengthened law in 2010 by authorizing the…
Supreme Court Deregulates Tesla FSD and Cars
The Supreme Court overruled the Chevron Deference. This ruling has existed for 40 years. It was the courts letting regulatory agencies of the US government decide about ambiguous situations. The…
Amazon’s last-gen Kindle Paperwhite is on sale for 50 bucks right now
The 10th-gen Kindle Paperwhite may lack USB-C and don a smaller display, but it still nails the basics. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Lately, it seems…