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Slashdot- First Look At Secretive X-37B Space Plane In Orbit February 22, 2025The U.S. Space Force released the first-ever public image of its secretive X-37B space plane in orbit, captured during its ongoing seventh mission that launched on December 28, 2023. Space.com reports: The photo, released on Thursday (Feb. 20), was taken by a camera onboard the X-37B while the secretive space plane orbited high above the […]
- Mark Zuckerberg's Makeover Didn't Make People Like Him, Study Shows February 22, 2025An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: A study by the Pew Research Center found that Americans' views of Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg skew more negative than positive. While Zuckerberg has sparked chatter in Silicon Valley with his sudden interest in high fashion, the Meta CEO is less popular than President Trump's right-hand […]
- Scientists Question Microsoft's Quantum Computing Claims February 22, 2025Microsoft's announcement of a breakthrough in quantum computing faces skepticism from physicists, who say evidence supporting the company's claims remains insufficient. The tech giant reported creating Majorana particles - a development it says could revolutionize quantum computing - but the accompanying peer-reviewed paper in Nature does not conclusively demonstrate this achievement, according to multiple quantum […]
- Data Is Very Valuable, Just Don't Ask Us To Measure It, Leaders Say February 22, 2025The Register's Lindsay Clark reports: Fifteen years of big data hype, and guess what? Less than one in four of those in charge of analytics projects actually measure the value of the activity to the organization they work for. The result from Gartner -- a staggering one considering the attention heaped on big data and […]
- Asus Continues Fragrant Device Trend With an Aromatic Mouse February 22, 2025Asus has introduced the Fragrance Mouse, a hybrid wireless mouse that features a removable container for fragrance oils. Despite not being a gaming mouse, it includes premium features like PTFE pads, low-noise clicks rated for up to 10 million presses, and three fixed DPI settings (1200, 1600, 2400). Tom's Hardware reports: The selling point of […]
- First Look At Secretive X-37B Space Plane In Orbit February 22, 2025
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- German startup to attempt the first orbital launch from Western Europe February 21, 2025“We are almost ready for the test flight. All we need is the license."
- Texas measles outbreak reaches 90 cases; 9 cases in New Mexico February 21, 2025The Texas cases are largely in children. Sixteen cases have been hospitalized.
- Under new bill, Bigfoot could become California’s “official cryptid” February 21, 2025California has a lot of official symbols. But none are cryptids.
- Leaked chat logs expose inner workings of secretive ransomware group February 21, 2025Researchers are poring over the data and feeding it into ChatGPT.
- Researchers figure out how to get fresh lithium into batteries February 21, 2025Regular doses of lithium let a battery survive nearly 12K cycles (and counting).
- German startup to attempt the first orbital launch from Western Europe February 21, 2025
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