Microsoft Develops Set-Top Box Microsoft has been developing designs for a simple set-top device for streaming video and other entertainment options. More
Amazon may be working on a smartphone with hologram-like 3D Amazon is reportedly developing a smartphone that sports a 3D screen that relies on retina-tracking technology to make images seem to float above the screen like a hologram. With the smartphone, users would be able to navigate through content by using their eyes alone, according to two unnamed people who discussed the phone with the Wall Street Journal. More
YouTube launches pay channels with campy flicks Roger Corman's campy B movies, children's shows like "Sesame Street" and "Inspector Gadget," and inspirational monologues by celebrities — these are among the 30 channels that will require a paid monthly subscription on YouTube coming soon. More
NASA rover drives through ancient Mars river, snaps stunning view In early June, the space agency's Perseverance rover drove across the Neretva Vallis river channel, now a wide, dried-up waterway. The Mars robot, en route to examine new areas of interest, looked up ... 06/14/2024 - 10:30 pm | View Link
NASA rover discovers mysterious Mars boulder unlike any others Perseverance, a car-size lab on six wheels, traveled into the Red Planet's Neretva Vallis last week. Though this region may look like a barren desert, it was once an ancient river channel that fed ... 06/14/2024 - 10:00 pm | View Link
Perseverance Mars Rover Takes Shortcut Through Ancient River Bed The rover dropped down into the river bed, shaving weeks off the trip. It also spotted some interesting geologic formations while making the journey. Before the Ingenuity helicopter was finally ... 06/14/2024 - 2:02 am | View Link
Fact Check: What to Know About 'Otherworldly Wreckage' on Mars Spotted by NASA A NASA photo authentically shows “otherworldly wreckage" on Mars. Rating: Context: While the photograph is genuine, what it shows is the NASA lander's aeroshell (heat-shielded protective shell ... 06/10/2024 - 12:00 am | View Link
NASA’s Mars rover has a companion, and it’s named after WWE’s The Rock Perhaps the isolation is getting to Perseverance because the Mars rover has seemingly made friends with a rock. NASA’s Perseverance social media channels have shared an image of a rock nestled in one ... 06/3/2024 - 4:45 am | View Link