After twenty years of service, the International Space Station flies into an uncertain future ~space spaceflight.scientific Article 1227 words 11 votes
NASA formally objects to AST & Science proposal for megaconstellation of large satellites, citing risk of "catastrophic collision" ~space satellites Article 941 words 8 votes
RIP Google Play Music, 2011–2020 - A look back at the nine-year life of Google's music service ~music Article 24 votes
One resolution to rule them all: Lord of the Rings trilogy coming to 4K Blu-ray ~movies Article 363 words 13 votes
Everything we know so far about the mysterious and confusing deal between TikTok, Oracle, and Walmart ~tech social media Article 1915 words 4 votes
Making Civilization Revolution work on consoles - A chapter reprint from the new book Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games ~games Article 1181 words 6 votes
Online voting is much more difficult to do securely, and a fundamental problem with the concept is that most voters won't be able to understand whether it's secure or not ~tech security Article 21 votes
Scientists detect first-of-its-kind "intermediate-mass" black hole as a result of most massive merger ever observed ~space Article 1455 words 8 votes
Requiring a Facebook account for Oculus VR is bad for users, devs, and competition ~tech facebook privacy social media Article 1566 words 17 votes
NSA and FBI warn that previously undisclosed Drovorub malware for Linux threatens national security ~tech linux security.national Article 957 words 22 votes
The MUGEN community has put two decades of fan work into creating the ultimate fighting game crossover ~games Article 1082 words 6 votes
Android is now the world’s largest earthquake detection network ~tech android google Article 707 words 7 votes
Magicians’ priming techniques are effective at influencing choice ~science psychology Article 1491 words, published Jul 23 2020 5 votes
Untitled Goose Game ditches plastic for its eco-friendly game cases ~games Article 825 words, published Aug 6 2020 17 votes
Lawn chairs and kitchen tables - Ergonomics in the involuntary work-from-home era ~life.home_improvement Article 1287 words 6 votes
Hands-on: The $300 Kano PC, a “build-it-yourself” Chromebook competitor ~tech Article 635 words 7 votes
US phone carriers may soon be able to block all calls from robocallers' carriers ~tech Article 593 words, published Jul 17 2020 16 votes
2K Games breaks gaming's de facto $60 (USD) price ceiling, announces MSRP for next-gen NBA 2K21 as $70 ~games Article 815 words 21 votes
After Tuesday’s GPS III-03 launch, SpaceX expands its fleet of used rockets with another booster recovery ~space spaceflight.military Article 796 words 4 votes
Developers leak Geekbench benchmarks from the Apple silicon-Mac Developer Transition Kit, running the 2020 iPad's A12Z Bionic processor ~tech apple Article 666 words 8 votes
Google is messing with the address bar again—new experiment hides URL path ~tech browsers google internet Article 384 words 16 votes
SpaceX scrubs Friday launch attempt of its tenth batch of Starlink satellites—the first launch that will see all satellites equipped with visors to reduce ground brightness ~space Article 460 words 10 votes
With YouTube Music, Google is holding my speakers for ransom ~tech google Article 1601 words 19 votes
Tesla included in JD Power survey for the first time, and it’s bad ~transport Article 468 words 14 votes
White House ordered NIH to cancel coronavirus research funding, Fauci says ~health Article 795 words 15 votes
Immunity to COVID-19 may wane just two to three months after infection, study suggests ~health Article 748 words 13 votes
An ancient Roman city has been fully mapped using ground-penetrating radar ~humanities.history Article 961 words 8 votes
CDA Section 230 explained: The important and often-misunderstood legal foundation of the social internet ~tech social media internet Article 3539 words 6 votes
Can we save the night sky from satellite streaks? Legal comment launches as constellation companies scramble to satisfy astronomers' concerns ~space satellites astronomy Article 714 words 5 votes
New analysis suggests that assumptions about the source of early cases in Washington state might have been wrong, but the resulting reaction may have prevented a more severe outbreak ~health Article 1544 words 4 votes
US court grants permission to recover Marconi telegraph from Titanic wreckage—but NOAA is fiercely opposed to the controversial salvage mission ~transport Article 1379 words 6 votes
Zuckerberg dismisses fact-checking after bragging about fact-checking ~tech social media facebook Article 457 words 6 votes
It’s a wonderful afterlife: Smart, funny Upload is a sheer delight ~tv reviews Article 1169 words 11 votes
2020 looks like the year US renewables first out-produce coal ~enviro energy.renewable Article 10 votes
Riot Games' new Vanguard anti-cheat system for Valorant involves a kernel mode driver that launches at boot, raising security concerns ~games Article 1332 words 28 votes
Face ID doesn’t work when you’re wearing a mask—Apple’s about to address that ~tech apple security Article 375 words 12 votes
First drug known to work against SARS-CoV-2— remdesivir—imaged in action ~health medicine Article 1116 words 11 votes
NASA is counting on a lot of unproven rockets for its Artemis plan ~space spaceflight.commercial spaceflight.crewed Article 1467 words 5 votes