A new interactive 360 experience offers a glimpse into the lives of researchers working in Antarctica. In 1955, Sir Edmund Hillary, a New Zealand mountaineer and explorer, led a group of researchers called the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition team into Earth’s coldest continent, where the Austral summer temperatures are consistently below 0° C (32 °F), and
Month: August 2020
A Larian Studios executive gave a word of caution to players who are thinking about securing a pre-order for the highly anticipated Baldur’s Gate 3. Larian Studios is planning to launch Baldur’s Gate 3, which is set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe, on early access in August. The game currently has no release date
NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are on their way home to Earth after spending two months at the International Space Station as part of Demo-2, the first crewed test flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule. The Crew Dragon successfully undocked from the Harmony module of the International Space Station at 7:35 p.m.
A beautiful image of an unusual planetary nebula has been captured by the European Southern Observatory (ESO)’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). The object, technically known as NGC 2899, is located between 3,000 and 6,500 light-years away in the constellation of Vela (the Sails) and has been imaged in detail for the first time, showing off
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In Soap and Water and Common Sense, Dr Bonnie Henry traces the evolution of common sicknesses and explains how staying healthy boils down to basic hygiene. As the coronavirus intensifies it’s grip on the world, the 2009 book Soap and Water and Common Sense: The Definitive Guide to Viruses, Bacteria, Parasites, and Disease by Dr Bonnie
If you recently got a new iPhone or a new email address, connecting your email account to your phone is probably a top priority. Apple makes this process as painless as possible, but it’s still important to know where to go so you can link your account when you have a couple of spare minutes. Here’s
Mediatonic is hoping that the plan to roll out Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout as a free game will help it reach the same level of success as Psyonix’s Rocket League. In an Ask Me Anything session on the PlayStation 4 subreddit, members of the Mediatonic development team answered various questions on Fall Guys, which is
Photo: Olivier Douliery (Getty Images) I’m about to blow through The Umbrella Academy season 2 in record time, you guys. Advertisement Netflix is rolling out new options to let users binge content at faster and slower speeds, the streaming giant announced in a blog update on Friday after confirming the news to the Verge. Beginning this
New AR-enhanced stories featuring famous children’s characters arrive on the mobile platform. Kids build a connection with their favorite toy characters through play, imagination, and entertainment. When it comes to reading, however, keeping children engaged, motivated, and inspired can be a significant challenge, especially into today’s modern world. According to Scholastic’s Kids & Family Reading
A culture change helped propel the PlayStation 4 into a successful launch, a former Sony executive revealed in an upcoming documentary. Shahid Ahmad, who served as director of strategic content at Sony Computer Entertainment Europe at the time of his departure in 2015, was interviewed for The PlayStation Revolution, a documentary on the rise of
The newly introduced version of Apple’s mobile operating system — iOS 14 — is only months away, but there’s still an abundance of features that you may not be familiar with on the current version. Digital Trends has taken an in-depth look at iOS 13 from multiple angles, including security and privacy issues like location
If you want to check in on NASA’s Perseverance rover, launched this week on its journey to Mars, there’s a NASA simulator that you can use to follow along with the mission’s progress. Using NASA’s Eyes software, you can see a simulated view of the Mars 2020 spacecraft in real time as it travels on
NASA and SpaceX plan to go ahead with the return mission for the brand new Crew Dragon capsule from the International Space Station on Saturday, August 1, although a hurricane off the Florida coast could necessitate a delay to the mission if it moves closer to the landing sites. Earlier this week, there had been
Graham Ivan Clark, 17, was identified as the mastermind of a scheme that commandeered prominent Twitter accounts and scammed people A Florida teen was identified Friday as the mastermind of a scheme earlier this month that commandeered Twitter accounts of prominent politicians, celebrities and technology moguls and scammed people around the globe out of more
FP TrendingAug 01, 2020 14:36:57 IST Eid-ul-Adha or Bakri-Id is a very important festival in India. On this day, people pray to the almighty and celebrate the occasion with their near and dear ones. Known as the festival of sacrifice, Eid-ul-Adha is also a public holiday when schools, colleges and several businesses stay shut. This
Although traditional hard drives will always have a place — especially when it comes to large desktop external hard drives — solid-state drives are quickly becoming the new standard for computer data storage. The reasons are quite simple: SSDs are faster, less complicated, and generally more reliable (due to the fact that they have no
When you’re putting together a gaming PC, one of the most expensive (if not the single most expensive) components is going to be the must-have dedicated graphics card. Thankfully, the GPU shortage we saw a few years ago is in the rear-view mirror now, and there are plenty of bargains waiting to be found today.
Kodak World Headquarters in Rochester, New York, pictured here in 2011. Photo: Guy Solimano (Getty Images) The Eastman Kodak Company gave its CEO 1.75 million stock options just one day before the company’s stock soared amid news that it would receive a $765 million federal loan to manufacture critical drug components, the New York Times