The cargo pallet after being tossed by the by the Canadarm2 robotic arm in 2021.Photo: NASA On Friday, March 8, a pallet of used batteries from the International Space Station (ISS) reentered Earth’s atmosphere over the Gulf of Mexico following an unpredictable journey through orbit. Taking out the Trash (in Space) The pallet contained nine … Read more
The New York Community Bank (NYCB) headquarters in Hicksville, New York, US, on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Bing Guan | Bloomberg | Getty Images New York Community Bank’s shares whipsawed between losses and gains early Wednesday after Moody’s Investors Service downgraded the bank’s credit ratings two notches to junk. NYCB shares fell 2.8%, reversing earlier … Read more
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney is none too pleased with Apple’s new App Store rules, dubbing them once again a case of “malicious compliance” and filled with “junk fees.” As reported earlier this week, Apple decided it will charge fees on “sideloaded” apps in the EU — that is, apps and games downloaded from outside … Read more
Alienware’s laptops have, for a long time, been a bit on the big side. That’s especially true in one particular dimension we’ll be gentle and refer to as the M-series laptop brand’s “posterior.” Alienware returned to the drawing board and redesigned the m16 so it’s smaller thanks to its contracted rear and makes some use … Read more
Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos speaks to the media on the company’s sustainability efforts in Washington on September 19, 2019. Eric Baradat | AFP | Getty Images Amazon flooded its search results with irrelevant “defect” ads at the direction of Founder Jeff Bezos, pumping Amazon profits while steering shoppers to higher-priced goods, the Federal … Read more
An illustration of the ClearSpace-1 mission, which is about to launch in 2026.Illustration: ESA In a tragic case of debris-on-debris crime, a defunct payload adapter that was chosen as the topic of an area particles cleanup mission was itself hit by a bit of house junk. First Full-Colour Photos From Webb Area Telescope The VESPA … Read more