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Meteorites give the Moon its extremely thin atmosphere

Moon's atmosphere formed by meteorites

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by Elizabeth Rayne / 8h

Enlarge / Artist's rendition of the LADEE mission above the lunar surface. (credit: NASA/ Dana Berry ) The Moon may not have much of an atmosphere, mostly because of its weak gravitational field (whether it had a substantial atmosphere billions of years ago is debatable ). But it is thought to presently be maintaining its tenuous atmosphere—also known as an exosphere—because of meteorite impacts.

Smart sous vide cooker to start charging $2/month for 10-year-old companion app

100+by Scharon Harding / 1d

Enlarge (credit: Anova ) Anova, a company that sells smart sous vide cookers, is getting backlash from customers after announcing that it will soon charge a subscription fee for the device's companion app. Sous vide cooking, per Ars Technica sister site Bon appétit , "is the process of sealing food in an airtight container—usually a vacuum sealed bag—and then cooking that food in temperature-cont

Explosion of cicada-eating mites has the state of Illinois scratching

100+by Beth Mole / 1d

Enlarge / A cicada from a 17-year cicada brood clings to a tree on May 29, 2024, in Park Ridge, Illinois. The state experienced an emergence of cicadas from Brood XIII and Brood XIX simultaneously. This rare occurrence hasn't taken place since 1803. (credit: Getty | Scott Olson ) A plague of parasitic mites has descended upon Illinois in the wake of this year's historic crop of cicadas, leaving r

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Judge calls foul on Venu, blocks launch of ESPN-Warner-Fox streaming service

Judge blocks Fox Disney sports service

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by Financial Times / 17h

Enlarge (credit: Gina Ferazzi via Getty) A US judge has temporarily blocked the launch of a sports streaming service formed by Disney’s ESPN, Warner Bros and Fox, finding that it was likely to “substantially lessen competition” in the market. The service, dubbed Venu, was expected to launch later this year. But FuboTV, a sports-focused streaming platform, filed an antitrust suit in February to bl

Chinese social media users hilariously mock AI video fails

25by Benj Edwards / 1d

Enlarge / Still from a Chinese social media video featuring two people imitating imperfect AI-generated video outputs. (credit: BiliBili ) It's no secret that despite significant investment from companies like OpenAI and Runway, AI-generated videos still struggle to achieve convincing realism at times. Some of the most amusing fails end up on social media, which has led to a new response trend on

Epic Games Store and Fortnite arrive on EU iPhones

AltStore PAL becomes free for EU

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by Samuel Axon / 1d

Enlarge / Artist's conception of Epic dodging harm from Apple's decisions (and perhaps its own). It's been four years since Fortnite , one of the world's most popular games, was pulled from the Apple App Store in a blaze of controversy and finger-pointing. Today, it's returning to the iPhone—but only in the European Union. Today marks the launch of the Epic Games Store on Android and iOS—iOS just

The Crimson Diamond is a wonderful EGA-like graphic adventure game for 2024

The Crimson Diamond is a retro adventure

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by Kevin Purdy / 1d

In my mind, this image is slowly drawing into place, with the text arriving last. (credit: Julia Minamata) A text parser? Typing in “Open drawer,” then “Look in drawer,” then “Take brochures,” in the year 2024, on a computer that can generate a 4K 3D model of the Acropolis if I ask it to? Is that really what The Crimson Diamond asks of us? Yes, it is, and solo developer/writer/producer Julia Mina

New Windows 11 build removes ancient, arbitrary 32GB size limit for FAT32 disks

Microsoft raises FAT32 limit to 2TB

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by Andrew Cunningham / 1d

Enlarge / If you've formatted a disk in Windows in the last 30 years, you may have come across this dialog box. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) As we wait for this fall's Windows 11 24H2 update to be released to the general public, work continues on other new features that could be part of other future Windows updates. A new Canary channel Windows Insider build released yesterday fixes a decades-old

ISP to Supreme Court: We shouldn’t have to disconnect users accused of piracy

Cox seeks Supreme Court review

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by Jon Brodkin / 1d

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Bosca78 ) A large Internet service provider wants the Supreme Court to rule that ISPs shouldn't have to disconnect broadband users who have been accused of piracy. Cable firm Cox Communications, which is trying to overturn a ruling in a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by Sony, petitioned the Supreme Court to take up the case yesterday. Cox said in a press re

Saudi man earns world record for 444 game consoles hooked to one TV

Ibrahim Al-Nasser sets console record

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100+by Kyle Orland / 1d

Those of us who collect classic game consoles and computers ( here's looking at you, AI reporter Benj Edwards ) know the difficulty of keeping all that hardware not just working but instantly accessible with a simple press of a power button. Too often, large hardware collections end up languishing, boxed up on shelves, or sitting loose and unconnected to a display for long periods. Saudi Arabia's

Popular AI “nudify” sites sued amid shocking rise in victims globally

San Francisco sues AI deepfake websites

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by Ashley Belanger / 1d

Enlarge (credit: Viktoriya Skorikova | Moment ) San Francisco's city attorney David Chiu is suing to shut down 16 of the most popular websites and apps allowing users to "nudify" or "undress" photos of mostly women and girls who have been increasingly harassed and exploited by bad actors online. These sites, Chiu's suit claimed, are "intentionally" designed to "create fake, nude images of women a

BMW makes the Internet happy, brings M5 station wagon to the US

2025 BMW M5 Touring leaks ahead reveal

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by Jonathan M. Gitlin / 1d

Enlarge / Everyone loves a wagon, especially when it's an M5. (credit: Fabian Kirchbauer Photography/BMW) Telling someone they can't have something is a great way to make them want it. Take the station wagon, for example. This once-popular form factor for family transport has all but disappeared from new car showrooms in North America, consequently making the station wagon all kinds of cool in th

Passing part of a medical licensing exam doesn’t make ChatGPT a good doctor

by Jacek Krywko / 1d

Enlarge / For now, "you should see a doctor" remains good advice. ChatGPT was able to pass some of the United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE) tests in a study done in 2022. This year, a team of Canadian medical professionals checked to see if it’s any good at actual doctoring. And it’s not. ChatGPT vs. Medscape “Our source for medical questions was the Medscape questions bank,” said Amrit K

Why the Fiat 500e could be your ideal second EV

by Eric Bangeman / 1d

Enlarge / The Fiat 500e Inspired by Beauty. (credit: BradleyWarren Photography) Over two decades of parenting has left me with a healthy appreciation for SUVs and minivans. But there comes a time when the nest empties and transportation needs change. While it's useful to have a larger car around for road trips and hauling stuff around, one such vehicle is sufficient. The second car can be small,

Rocket Report: ULA is losing engineers; SpaceX is launching every two days

SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites

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29by Stephen Clark / 1d

Enlarge / A Falcon 9 booster returns to landing at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station following a launch Thursday with two WorldView Earth observation satellites for Maxar. (credit: SpaceX ) Welcome to Edition 7.07 of the Rocket Report! SpaceX has not missed a beat since the Federal Aviation Administration gave the company a green light to resume Falcon 9 launches after a failure last month. In 1

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