Hypersonic drones by 2026-2027
Startup Hermeus is developing hypersonic propulsion system for their Quarterhorse and Darkhorse vehicles. This could be achieving mach 5 speeds in 2026 to 2027. Quarterhorse Development Timeline: Mk 1: The…
The Borderlands movie hides its best ideas under painful jokes
Image: Lionsgate And now you can watch it at home. Continue reading…
AnandTech, mainstay of computer hardware reviews, closes after 27 years
Enlarge (credit: AnandTech) Few ’90s tech sites other than Ars Technica are still operating here in 2024, and today, there’s one fewer. AnandTech, a staple of CPU and GPU news…
NASA Extended a Solar Sail in Orbit on August 29, 2024
NASA plans to build larger solar sails that can generate more thrust. A new unique composite carbon fiber booms, the ACS3 system has the potential to support sails as large…
Path to Fast Solar Sails
We need to make bigger solar sails from materials that can take high temperatures. Taking high temperatures means the solar sails could fly closer to the sun. If we got…
CrowdStrike exec will testify to Congress about July’s global IT meltdown
Image: The Verge A senior CrowdStrike executive will testify before the House Homeland Security Committee next month about the IT outage that grounded planes and workplaces to a halt globally…
Judge who owns Tesla stock greenlights X lawsuit against critics
Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo by Grzegorz Wajda, Getty Images A lawsuit aimed at punishing critics of Elon Musk’s X will go forward, thanks to a…
NASA shuffles Crew-9 astronauts that will bring Starliner crew home
Image: NASA SpaceX’s Crew-9 mission will launch to the International Space Station with only NASA’s Nick Hague and Roscosmos’ Aleksandr Gorbunov on board, according to an update on Friday. Crew-9…
Blood puddles, mold, tainted meat, bugs: Boar’s Head inspections are horrifying
Enlarge / A recall notice is posted next to Boar’s Head meats that are displayed at a Safeway store on July 31, 2024, in San Rafael, California. (credit: Getty |…
Tumblr migrates more than 500 million blogs to WordPress
Enlarge / “You’ll never be bored again” is one of the more fitting slogans attached to Tumblr. (credit: Getty Images) Once-great social media and blogging platform Tumblr has gone through…