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Nvidia nudges mainstream gaming PCs forward with RTX 5060 series, starting at $299
Rumors from earlier this year that correctly reported the specs of the 5060 series also indicated that Nvidia was planning to launch a low-end RTX 5050 GPU at some point, its first new entry-level GPU ...
Android phones will soon reboot themselves after sitting unused for 3 days
This is similar to a feature known as Inactivity Reboot that Apple added to the iPhone in iOS 18.1. This actually caused some annoyance among law enforcement officials who believed they had suspects' ...
Tuesday Telescope: Is the James Webb Space Telescope worth $10 billion?
In 2009, NASA launched the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE mission, to make infrared observations. This was the latest in a line of space-based, infrared observatories, and it cost about ...
ISPs and robocallers love the FCC plan to “delete” as many rules as possible
Broadband providers that want fewer telecom regulations and debt collectors opposed to robocall rules were among those submitting comments to the FCC in response to Chairman Brendan Carr's request for ...
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Here’s how a satellite ended up as a ghostly apparition on Google Earth
Dig deep on Google Earth and you'll inevitably find a surprise or two. Maybe you're looking at far-flung islands in the middle of an ocean or checking in on something closer to home. A few years ago, ...
FCC head Brendan Carr tells Europe to get on board with Starlink
Last month, Ericsson chief executive Börje Ekholm told the FT the company would consider expanding manufacturing in the US depending on how potential tariffs affected it. The Swedish telecoms ...
Here’s the latest on NASA’s Lunar Gateway, a program many people want to cancel
That sounds like a pretty good deal for NASA, but it still leaves the US space agency with a hefty bill. NASA has spent more ...
CT scans could cause 5% of cancers, study finds; experts note uncertainty
The most common types of cancers estimated to be a result of CT scans were lung cancer and colon cancer—two cancers that are ...
Topic: CT scans
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After Harvard says no to feds, $2.2 billion of research funding put on hold
In response, the Trump administration later put $2.2 billion of Harvard's research funding on hold.
Topic: legal threats
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Should the US prioritize settling Mars?
Mars is back on the agenda. During his address to a joint session of Congress in March, President Donald Trump said the ...