Three International Space Station astronauts land in Kazakhstan
Member of the International Space Station (ISS) crew Britain's Tim Peake gestures shortly after landing near the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Saturday, June 18, 2016. A three-person crew from the International Space Station has landed …more.>> view originalTwitch Tries to Exterminate Bot Infestation With Legal Action
Twitch IRL. Image: TwitchMaking a name for oneself on the popular video game streaming network Twitch is a bit of a rough job these days, particularly with around 100 million monthly visitors struggling for attention. To scramble to the top of that pile, some of Twitch's broadcasters have been shelling out cash to companies who shower their channels with bogus viewers and followers for a price. Yesterday, though, Twitch announced it was sick of it and that it was doing something about it beside..>> view originalWaze will help you avoid difficult intersections
You know those intersections with no traffic lights and everyone's trying to cross at the same time? Waze calls them "difficult intersections," and the navigation app will help you avoid them altogether, so long as you're in Los Angeles. The app now calculates the best possible route and ETA with as few of them as possible. It could bypass them entirely if there's route that allows you to do that. But if avoiding them will make your commute unbearably long, then Waze could still s..>> view originalMercedes Benz's E300 is a luxury car that happens to be high-tech
It's easy to get caught up in the luxury of the E300. It's luxurious and swift (thanks to 241 horsepower and 273 pounds of torque), with features you didn't think you needed until you actually experience them. For instance, when you take a corner, the sides of the chair expand to keep you from sliding in your seat. It's like a side hug for g-forces.Keeping your butt in the seat (which isn't novel, but still pretty necessary) is one of those instances where Mercedes takes an idea and gives it a ..>> view originalWatch Livestream Blue Origin Reusable Rocket Launch And Attempt To (Crash) Land On Sunday
Blue Origin will attempt to land a rocket for the fourth time. This time, the event will be broadcast to the public. ( Blue Origin ) Out of the blue, private spaceflight firm Blue Origin is just about to host its first ever live stream of one of its rocket launches. Don't miss today's live stream. The rocket launch was initially set to take place last Friday, but it was delayed to repair a faulty O-ring in the capsule's nitrogen pressurization system. Now the reusable New Shepar..>> view originalThe More Powerful PlayStation Neo Has A Release Date
Word has been spreading rapidly that the next PlayStation console called the "Neo" will be releasing this year. The home console will supposedly be designed to take advantage of 4K gaming and virtual reality support for the upcoming PlayStation VR, and it's rumored to be out this November. Gamespot picked up the news from Eurogamer, where Digital Foundry's engineering expert, Richard Leadbetter, did a detailed report on the state of the PlayStation Neo and Xbox Scorpio, making some very cogent ..>> view originalAntarctic CO2 levels highest in 4 million years: Is that a problem?
Antarctica recently witnessed an event that last took place four million years ago: Carbon dioxide levels broke through the barrier of 400 parts per million (ppm).In fact, the frozen continent is a laggard in this respect. The announcement Wednesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) gave the date of this milestone as May 23. But the global annual mean concentration of carbon dioxide already surpassed 400 ppm last year, the first time that has happened in human histor..>> view originalNo Man's Sky can keep its name after developer settles with Sky TV
No Man's Sky, the hotly anticipated adventure game due out this summer, won't suffer a last-minute name change. Hello Games founder Sean Murray tweeted last night that the company had just settled with Sky, the UK's largest pay-TV broadcaster. Murray didn't state what the terms of the settlement are, but apparently the legal battle has been plaguing Hello for years: Yay! We finally settled with Sky (they own the word "Sky"). We can call our game No Man's Sky. 3 years of secret stupid legal non..>> view originalAstronomers Find Unusually Large Number Of Hot Jupiters In Dense Star Cluster
Excess number of hot Jupiters were discovered in Messier 67. What's behind the high concentration of these gas giants in the dense star cluster? ( NASA, ESA & G. Bacon ) Hot Jupiters are giant exoplanets whose size is comparable to that of the biggest planet in the Solar System. Unlike Jupiter whose year lasts around 12 Earth-years, however, these planets orbit very close to their parent stars having an orbital period of just less than 10 days. The conditions in regions very cl..>> view original
Sunday, June 19, 2016
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