March 29, 2025
Airbus SE has won a £150 million ($194 million) contract to develop a landing platform that will deliver a UK-built rover onto Mars for a mission to look for signs of life. Source link
March 29, 2025
This is a deal that I can personally stand behind, because I bought the Hollyland Lark M2 Wireless Lavalier Microphone back in December 2024, and it wasn’t this cheap! The kit comes in a charging case, with two microphones and a receiver. You can get versions with Apple’s lightning connector, as well as a shoe connector for DSLRs. For me, I chose the USB Type-C version for use with my Android phone, and via a USB Type-C to USB Type-A adapter I use it for team meetings and for presenting our show, The Pi Cast. I just clip the microphone
March 29, 2025
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March 29, 2025
Despite recent test failures, NASA has added SpaceX’s Starship to its Launch Services Program contract, allowing it to compete for future science missions once it achieves a successful orbital flight. Florida Today reports: NASA announced the addition Friday to its current launch provider contract with SpaceX, which covers the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy. This opens the possibility of Starship flying future NASA science missions — that is once Starship reaches a successful orbital flight. “NASA has awarded SpaceX of Starbase, Texas, a modification under the NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract to add Starship to their existing Falcon 9
March 29, 2025
Welcome to Edition 7.37 of the Rocket Report! It’s been interesting to watch how quickly European officials have embraced ensuring they have a space launch capability independent of other countries. A few years ago, European government satellites regularly launched on Russian Soyuz rockets, and more recently on SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets from the United States. Russia is now non grata in European government circles, and the Trump administration is widening the trans-Atlantic rift. European leaders have cited the Trump administration and its close association with Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, as prime reasons to support sovereign access to space, a
March 29, 2025
Imagine making a big mess, only to realize it was for naught. A judge has dismissed Samsung’s attempt at striking before the iron’s hot. Last summer, before Samsung had even released the Galaxy Ring to the public, the company filed a lawsuit asking a judge to proclaim its business didn’t infringe on any patents, specifically, patents related to the Oura Ring. This week, the judge ruled this as malarkey (not a direct quote), and Samsung has until late April to appeal the decision with an amended complaint. What does all this legal back-and-forth mean? Samsung struck before Oura, the company
March 29, 2025
The conversation surrounding the best robot vacuums is a multi-faceted one in which four or five brands have a word at any given moment, fluctuating very few months as someone releases yet another new model. But regardless of the stiff competition that the Roborocks and Eufys of the world continue to pose, the Shark vs. Roomba debate is forever a heated one — exemplified when even a generic search of “robot vacuum” on Google triggers the “People also ask” box to populate with “Is Shark or iRobot better?” Cementing a definitive answer on the better robot vacuum brand is tricky
March 29, 2025
You can pick up the Amazon Fire TV Stick HD for only $20 right now thanks to Amazon’s Spring Sale. Not only is that a $15 discount, but its only a couple of dollars more than the record-low price we’ve tracked. Amazon released the Fire TV Stick HD last October and, soon after, it became the top budget pick in our guide to the best streaming devices. It’s a basic streamer that received a couple of much-needed updates when Amazon revamped its Fire TV devices last year. The Fire TV Stick HD has HDR support and streams with full HD
March 29, 2025
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Before we jump into the transportation news of the week, it’s worth pointing you to a couple of articles that are focused on Elon Musk, the CEO and largest shareholder of Tesla and the founder of several other companies, including SpaceX and Neuralink. You might recall an investigation the team here at TechCrunch published in February on the people in Elon Musk’s DOGE universe. The article, which continues to be updated, focused
March 29, 2025
Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today’s Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today’s Wordle puzzle answer is a pretty common word, but some of the letters might not be the first ones you guess. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in English words. If you need hints and the answer, read on. Today’s Wordle hints Before we show you today’s Wordle answer, we’ll give you some hints. If you don’t