May 24
Seven people have died this week alone on Mount Everest as climbers face heavy traffic at the mountain’s dangerous summit.
May 24
Last year, Telltale games closed its doors for good. It was a sad end to a studio that had persisted in the games industry for 14 years, building a name for itself with episodic adventure games based on big-name licenses. Now, nearly eight months after the company went defunct, GOG has announced that it will soon be removing all remaining … Continue reading
May 24
SpaceX Launches 60 Satellites for Elon Musk’s Starlink Internet Constellation
Posted in: Today's ChiliWith one launch in the books and potentially dozens still to go, SpaceX has begun its build-out of the ambitious Starlink internet constellation—a series of interconnected satellites designed to deliver high-speed internet to paying customers around the globe.
May 24
A further 18 Earth-sized exoplanets have been spotted, hidden in NASA Kepler data, at least one of which could well support life researchers say. New algorithms were applied to data gathered by the Kepler Space Telescope, unlocking fresh discoveries despite the spacecraft itself being retired in 2018. Kepler’s mission was deceptively simple. Launched in early 2009, the orbiting space telescope … Continue reading
May 24
The Company That Makes the U.S. Border's License Plate Scanners Has Been Hacked
Posted in: Today's ChiliPerceptics, the firm that bills itself as “the sole provider of stationary LPRs” (license plate readers) at border crossing lanes for privately owned vehicles in the U.S., has been hacked. Tens of thousands of its internal files are now reportedly floating around the dark web for anyone to download.
May 24
Extraterrestrial Organic Matter Found in 3.3-Billion-Year-Old Volcanic Rock
Posted in: Today's ChiliGeologists in France and Italy have spotted what appear to be organic molecules from outer space in 3.3-billion-year-old rocks in South Africa, according to a new study.
May 24
The best computer speakers
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May 24
May 24
Season 2 of the brilliant dark comedy wraps up Fleabag’s narrative arc with an unconventional love story.
May 24
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