“We should think about this as a springboard to doing even harder things.” They made it. On Sunday afternoon a slightly charred spacecraft dropped out of the blue sky and splashed down into a placid Gulf of Mexico. The safe return of NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken from orbit capped a nearly … Continue reading After a splendid flight test, NASA now has a new ride to space Continue Reading
Contrast with Microsoft’s plan to bring Xbox One controllers forward for Series X. You won’t be able to use Sony’s DualShock 4 or other third-party PS4 gamepads to play PlayStation 5 games, Sony confirmed in a blog post today. Those older gamepads will still work with “supported PS4 games” running on the PS5, Sony said, and … Continue reading PS4 gamepads won’t work for PS5 games, Sony says Continue Reading
The big news of the week is leaks and rumors for upcoming devices. We think the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 is due in a few days, and we know the Google Pixel 4a is due tomorrow. The Google Pixel 4a is shaping up to be a respectable mid-tier device, expected to come with a Snapdragon 730 chipset, 6GB of RAM, and … Continue reading This week in Android: Pixel 4a and Note 20 coming soon, OnePlus 8 Pro giveaway Continue Reading
If you could only use two words to describe the Samsung Galaxy Note series, they would likely be “big” and “expensive.” Regardless of the Note phone you’ve owned, they’re all enormous compared to almost all of their contemporaries and come with premium price tags to match. In this article looking at the history of Samsung Galaxy … Continue reading How the prices of Samsung Galaxy Note phones have changed over the years Continue Reading
If you spend a lot of money on a Nintendo Switch or Switch Lite, you’ll probably want a case to keep it safe. Plus, your ever-growing collection of Switch games will need protection and organization too, and a case is the perfect way to do that. You can get a case to protect your Switch … Continue reading The best Nintendo Switch cases: Protect your Switch in style Continue Reading
That is, assuming a hurricane doesn’t delay the journey. SpaceX’s historic first crewed mission is about to come to an end, and you can watch the conclusion as it happens. NASA TV is providing live coverage as astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley undock Crew Dragon and return to Earth. The broadcast starts at 5PM Eastern, although Behnken and Hurley … Continue reading Watch SpaceX return Crew Dragon astronauts to Earth starting at 5:45PM ET Continue Reading
It kicks off September 25th, although there will be safety precautions. At least one major eSports league is determined to push forward with in-person finals despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Riot Games has announced that the League of Legends World Championship 2020 will take place in Shanghai between September 25th and October 31st, with the finals held at the new … Continue reading ‘League of Legends’ championship will start in Shanghai despite pandemic Continue Reading
Its Electron rockets will soon be ferrying payloads to orbit again. Rocket Lab’s Electron vehicle will resume ferrying satellites and other payloads to space this month. The FAA has given the company the go-ahead to launch Electron rockets again after figuring out why its 13th mission ended in failure. In early July, Rocket Lab’s “Pics Or … Continue reading Rocket Lab will resume missions in August following launch failure Continue Reading
Chrome will drop third-party cookie support when the tokens are ready. Google has taken one step closer to banishing third-party cookies from Chrome. The internet giant has started testing its trust tokens with developers, with promises that more would move to live tests “soon.” As before, the company hoped to phase out third-party cookies in Chrome once it could … Continue reading Google starts testing its replacement for third-party cookies Continue Reading
You’ll have to turn elsewhere for detailed weather on Android. Like it or not, you’ll have to move on from Dark Sky if you’re an Android user. The 9to5Google reports that Apple has shut down Dark Sky on Android and Wear OS as promised, leaving users without the app’s highly localized weather. Apple had initially planned to shutter these … Continue reading Dark Sky on Android shuts down following Apple deal Continue Reading