China’s Chang’e-6 mission returned lunar samples from the far side of the moon, the largely unexplored hemisphere, to Earth on Tuesday, June 25, 2024.
‘House of the Dragon’ played the Evil Twin card, for better or worse
“House of the Dragon” Season 2, episode 2 saw Arryk and Erryk plunged into the Evil Twin and Fake Twin Gambit tropes. Whyyyyy…
NASA mission spots Chinese spacecraft on far side of the moon
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured an image of China’s Chang’e 6 spacecraft, which recently landed on the far side of the moon and collected samples.
William Anders, astronaut who took the famous ‘Earthrise’ photo, dies at 90
William A. Anders, the astronaut behind perhaps the single most iconic photo of our planet, has died at the age of 90. On Friday morning, Anders was piloting […]
Hades 2 Changes A Lot In Its Biggest Early Access Patch Yet
Just a month into Hades 2’s Early Access launch, the acclaimed action-RPG is already getting its second update, and it’s a major one. Patch 2 is full of dozens of buffs and bug fixes, as well one change that reduces how often final boss Chronos is “patently unfair.”
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Basalt plans to hack a defunct satellite to install its space-specific OS
Space startup Basalt Technologies started in a shed behind a Los Angeles dentist’s office, but things have escalated quickly: soon it will try to hack a derelict satellite […]
The Best Build For Beating Chronos
It’s not often you’ll hear someone say “I cannot wait to get my ass beat.” But when Supergiant Games released Hades 2—the highly-anticipated sequel to the GOTY-winning 2020 roguelike—into early access on May 6, I could not wait to get my ass beat.
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Hades 2 Is An Unbelievable Sequel To One Of The Best Games Ever
Playing Hades in the throes of the anguish that was 2020 was exactly the balm I needed. It was the rare roguelike that worked for me, marrying a story that toyed with a pantheon and mythos I’d loved since childhood with some of the most white-knuckle combat I’d experienced in a game. Whether I wanted to check out for…
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Astronauts fall over. Robotic limbs can help them back up.
We all fall down sometimes. Astronauts are no exception. You need to be in peak physical condition for space travel, but bulky space suits and lower gravity levels […]
MongoDB CEO Dev Ittycheria talks AI hype and the database evolution as he crosses 10-year mark
A lot has happened since Dev Ittycheria took the reins at MongoDB, the $26 billion database company he’s led as president and CEO since September 2014. Ittycheria has […]