After 31 cargo missions, NASA finds Dragon still has some new tricks
A Cargo Dragon spacecraft docked to the International Space Station on Tuesday morning, less than a day after lifting off from Florida. As space missions go, this one was fairly routine, ferrying about 6,000 pounds (2,700 kg) of cargo and…
Boeing strike ends after workers vote to accept “life-changing” wage increase
“Our members are critical to that mission, and now have a stronger voice in the decision-making process to ensure those needed improvements are made,” Holden said. “‘There is no Boeing without the IAM’ has been our battle cry, and we…
Metal Slug Tactics gives turn-based strategy a hyper-stylized shot of adrenaline
Metal Slug Tactics pushes hard on the boundaries of the vaunted run-and-gun arcade series. You can run when it’s your character’s turn, but it’s a certain number of tiles. You can gun, but not rapidly, and only after considering the…
Hundreds of code libraries posted to NPM try to install malware on dev machines
The IP address returned by a package Phylum analyzed was: hxxp://193.233.201[.]21:3001. While the method was likely intended to conceal the source of second-stage infections, it ironically had the effect of leaving a trail of previous addresses the attackers had used…
Drugmaker shut down after black schmutz found in injectable weight-loss drug
It’s unclear how widely the pharmacy’s drugs were distributed. Fullerton Wellness could not be reached for comment. Bigger battles This is just the latest warning on weight-loss drugs from the FDA, which has repeatedly cautioned about quality and safety problems…
Facebook, Nvidia push SCOTUS to limit “nuisance” investor suits after scandals
According to Facebook, news broke about the Cambridge Analytica data breach in 2015, and its business wasn’t immediately harmed. Following that logic, the social media company hopes that SCOTUS will agree that Facebook was only required to disclose the data…
New Zemeckis film used AI to de-age Tom Hanks and Robin Wright
On Friday, TriStar Pictures released Here, a $50 million Robert Zemeckis-directed film that used real time generative AI face transformation techniques to portray actors Tom Hanks and Robin Wright across a 60-year span, marking one of Hollywood’s first full-length features…
black hole feeds at 40 times the theoretical limit
How did supermassive black holes end up at the center of every galaxy? A while back, it wasn’t that hard to explain: That’s where the highest concentration of matter is, and the black holes had billions of years to feed…
The Trek Checkpoint SL 7 AXS Gen 3 may be the perfect gravel bike
As I followed a friend down a flow-y, undulating single-track trail, I started laughing. Unlike my mountain bike-riding companion, I was on a gravel bike, the new Trek Checkpoint SL 7 AXS Gen 3. You might be wondering why a…
Guy makes “dodgy e-bike” from 130 used vapes to make point about e-waste
Disposable vapes are indefensible. Many, or maybe most, of them contain rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, but manufacturers prefer to sell new ones. More than 260 million vape batteries are estimated to enter the trash stream every year in the UK alone….