Commercial space company SpaceX plans to launch a whopping 52 flights in 2022, a NASA safety panel revealed today during a meeting. If successful, it would be the most launches the company has ever conducted in a single year, with its previous record last year at 31 launches. The impressive Read more…
Texas governor candidate Don Huffines said he is “committed to making Texas the citadel for bitcoin and has released a plan detailing the effort. “As a leader in innovation, Texas needs to lead the nation in Bitcoin & cryptocurrency adoption,” it reads. “Not only by acknowledging, supporting, and promoting the Read more…
Around 1.35 billion smartphones were shipped in 2021, according to IDC’s quarterly mobile phone tracker. Overall, fewer smartphones were shipped in the final quarter of 2021 compared to Q4 2020 but overall, more were shipped last year than in 2020, IDC said Thursday. Samsung retook the top spot for smartphone Read more…
Observations by a long-running Mars mission suggest that liquid water may have flowed on the Red Planet as little as 2 billion years ago, much later than scientists once thought. Scientists charted the presence of chloride salt deposits left behind by flowing water using years of data from NASA’s Mars Read more…
The Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously Thursday to approve a proposal that would require internet service providers to share details about their plans in easy-to-read nutrition labels, similar to those on food. The FCC action, required by law and included in President Biden’s executive order on competition, is meant to Read more…
While mapping radio waves across the universe, astronomers happened upon a celestial object releasing giant bursts of energy — and it’s unlike anything they’ve ever seen before. The spinning space object, spotted in March 2018, beamed out radiation three times per hour. In those moments, it became the brightest source Read more…
A proposed antitrust bill has cast a spotlight on the immense portfolios of dozens of lawmakers. At a December press conference, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was asked her opinion of proposed restrictions on stock trading by members of Congress. Her response was quick and clear: She hated the idea. “We Read more…