Can walls of oysters protect shores against hurricanes? Darpa wants to know.
On October 10, 2018, Tyndall Air Force Base on the Gulf of Mexico—a pillar of American air superiority—found itself under aerial attack. Hurricane Michael, first spotted as a Category 2…
SpaceX Starship Launch and Catch Attempt Starting in Minutes
The SpaceX Starship launch and catch attempt broadcast will start in about ten minutes. The launch countdown is down to about 46 minutes.
Starship is about to launch on its fifth flight, and this time there’s a catch
Early Sunday morning, SpaceX will try something no one has ever done before. Around seven minutes after lifting off from South Texas, the huge stainless steel booster from SpaceX’s Starship…
Starship’s fifth test flight is approved: where to watch the launch
Starship preps for its fifth flight test. | Photo: SpaceX SpaceX plans to launch Starship for the fifth time tomorrow, October 13th, during a 30-minute launch window that opens at…
WordPress.org’s latest move involves taking control of a WP Engine plugin
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge WordPress.org has introduced a fork of a popular WP Engine plugin in order “to remove commercial upsells and fix a security problem,” WordPress cofounder…
FAA Gives SpaceX Starship License for Flight 5 and 6
The FAA has given SpaceX Starship the license to fly flight 5 and flight 6. The FAA has granted SpaceX the license to launch Starship 5 as early as tomorrow…
Ryan Hansen Details the SpaceX Starship Catch Which Could Happen Tomorrow
SpaceX is preparing for what could be a launch and catch of the booster tomorrow. Ryan Hansen has an excellent video with renderings of all mechanisms and processes that will…
Hackers took over robovacs to chase pets and yell slurs
The Deebot X2 Omni. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Someone gained access to Ecovacs Deebot X2 Omni robotic vacuums across several US cities earlier this year…
Metaphor: ReFantazio is the rare fantasy game that goes beyond racism 101
Image: Atlus Atlus’ game tackles tough subjects with refreshing nuance, catapulting it beyond simply being ‘Persona with swords.’ Continue reading…
Meta suggests AI Northern Lights pics are as good as the real thing
Meta has a suggestion for folks like me who forgot to go outside and look at the Northern Lights on Thursday night: just use AI to fake it! But Threads…