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The first US moon landing in 50 years is now at risk due to a critical fuel leak, jeopardizing the planned mission and underscoring the challenges of private lunar exploration.Private firm Astrobotic Technology, based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, estimated that its engine, the Peregrine lander, would start losing power in about 40 hours, compromising its mission of landing on the Moon’s northern hemisphere in late February.Astrobotic Technology had managed to orient its vessel towards the sun so the solar panel…

Throughout the later months of 2023, the drama surrounding the animated feature Coyote vs. Acme looked to be another case of a studio-backed shelving dooming a potential winner. But thanks to large outcry, director Dave Green’s movie was put back into play, sparking a bidding war for potential distribution. Those efforts look to have been officially successful, and I’m ready to slip on some rocket skates to celebrate that the 2024 movie release schedule is about to get some more Looney Tunes. While there hasn’t been any…

2008. 2012. 2019. These and many others will go down in film history as banner years for Marvel Studios — years that established, cemented, and proved beyond all doubt that the MCU was the biggest franchise in the world. 2023, though? Not so much. It’s no secret that, since 2020, Marvel has been on much less surer footing than it was during the golden Infinity Saga era, but even by the end of 2022 there was still much hope and excitement for the future. Compare that to where things stand at the end of 2023, where even…

We all know the story of how a massive dino-killing asteroid slammed into Earth, sending rippling destruction through our planet, annihilating the dinosaurs in one of the biggest extinction events our planet has ever seen. But what if I told you that the dinosaurs were already doomed well before that asteroid hit?At least, that seems to be the argument that researchers are making in a new study published in Science Advances. The researchers say that before the dramatic event that ended the era of dinosaurs hit,…

As the calendar turned to December 2022, the Pac-12 Conference was in a precarious position. Six months after USC and UCLA announced they were joining the Big Ten and the Pac-12 began its media rights negotiations early in response, the 10 remaining schools did not have a new TV deal in place. Worse than that, the Big 12 jumped the Pac-12 in line with ESPN and Fox, agreeing in October 2022 to extend its current deal through 2030-31. But Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff was working on another way to save the…

Andy Boxall / Digital Trends Gesture control systems work best when they are simple, quick, and easy to learn. They also have to feel natural and intuitive, preferably so you remember them, and most of all, they need to be reliable. Apple’s Double Tap on the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 is a good example of a gesture control working well. I think it’s a cool, fun feature, and I’m not alone. However, it’s not the first of its kind, and history shows us that, unfortunately, gestures on mobile devices…

Healthy companies led by competent, commercially successful and globally beloved founders generally don't tend to fire them. And, as Sam Altman walked on stage in San Francisco on Nov. 6, all those things could have described his role at OpenAI.The co-founder and chief executive officer had kicked off a global race for artificial intelligence supremacy, helped OpenAI surpass much larger competitors, and was, by this point, regularly compared to Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. Eleven days later he would be fired — kicking off…

We told you it was going to be a busy week for Disney. The theatrical debut of Haunted Mansion is just 48 hours away. As is customary for potential blockbusters such as these, all eyes are on its box office performance. The movie has received a relatively positive forecast, but unfortunately, its bloated budget, less-than-stellar reviews, and Disney’s recent string of recent box office duds are overshadowing its potential performance. Meanwhile, Secret Invasion is doing everything possible to upset devoted Marvel fans…

Elon Musk has pulled some lousy marketing stunts in his time, but this one reeks of desperation. As Twitter‘s owner has hinted in recent months — and announced more formally on Saturday — the social platform will rebrand as “X,” ditching the company’s original name and iconic bird logo as it (theoretically) adds features including banking and shopping services. The idea, as Musk has outlined before, is to create an “everything app,” with all possible conveniences at users’ fingertips. His handpicked successor as…

The internet can be a terrible place at the best of times, with far too many people hiding behind a keyboard and launching insults at complete strangers for no other reason to amuse themselves. Just when you thought things couldn’t get any stranger, though, Dwayne Johnson is being body-shamed. Yep, the same Dwayne Johnson that’s spent his entire adult life being insanely jacked and looks like he’s been vacuum sealed into every single one of the t-shirts that can barely contain his muscularity has been coming under fire…