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Want more iPhone storage? Here’s the absolute fastest way to clear out junk pictures you (probably) don’t need anymore

Is your iPhone constantly running low on storage? There may be an easy way to clear out a lot of your unneeded pictures from the Photos app without losing your precious memories. If you’re like me, one of the most used features on my iPhone is taking screenshots (side button + volume up on the best iPhones). While that’s great for having loads of memes on my iPhone 15 Pro Max it also means I have a lot of junk pictures taking up precious storage space.Luckily, there’s a very quick way to get rid of all the screenshots on…

ISS Space Junk Reenters Earth Atmosphere Battery Pallet

The cargo pallet after being tossed by the by the Canadarm2 robotic arm in 2021.Photo: NASAOn Friday, March 8, a pallet of used batteries from the International Space Station (ISS) reentered Earth’s atmosphere over the Gulf of Mexico following an unpredictable journey through orbit.Taking out the Trash (in Space)The pallet contained nine batteries and weighed in at 2.9 tons. It had been tossed by the Canadarm2 robotic arm in March 2021 and and has since been tumbling towards Earth in an uncontrolled reentry. The chaotic

The Unexpected Key to Safe Gene Therapy: Bird Junk DNA

PRINT, a new gene therapy technique, employs bird-derived retrotransposons to insert whole genes into a safe zone of the human genome, offering a complementary approach to CRISPR-Cas9 by potentially enabling the treatment of diseases without the risk of gene disruption or cancer. Credit: SciTechDaily.comRetrotransposons can insert new genes into a “safe harbor” in the genome, complementing CRISPR gene editing.The recent greenlighting of a CRISPR-Cas9 treatment for sickle cell disease underscores the efficacy of gene…

Three easy ways to clear out the junk on your phone

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‘A hunk of junk’: After watching ‘Coyote vs. Acme,’ Will Forte explains whether or not the film falls off a cliff

Warner Bros. Discovery threatened to deal another harsh blow to moviemaking as a whole when it considered shelving Coyote vs. Acme for a $30 million tax write-down, eliciting the fury of film fans around the world. Now lead actor Will Forte is offering his two cents. Coyote vs. Acme is a comedy movie mixing animation with live-action from the Looney Tunes franchise, where Wile E. Coyote decides to sue Acme Corporation, hiring a struggling attorney (Forte) to go up against Wile E.’s former boss (John Cena), now…

Space junk solution has to prove it can actually catch it first

Astroscale Japan is closer than any other company to creating a working space junk solution. The first test of the solution is currently ongoing, with a spacecraft crucial to the plan reaching orbit earlier this week.ADRAS-J is a small satellite that will attempt to catch a defunct upper state of a Japanese H-IIA rocket, which has been spinning through Earth orbit since 2009. The maneuvers required to put ADRAS-J near enough to space trash to catch it aren’t anything new. In fact, spacecraft to the International…

A satellite designed to inspect space junk just made it to orbit

Astroscale’s ADRAS-J spacecraft, a demonstration satellite that could inform future space junk cleanup efforts, is now in orbit after a successful launch from New Zealand on Sunday. The satellite was sent to space atop an Electron rocket from Rocket Lab. Its mission, which was selected by Japan’s space agency (JAXA) for Phase I of the Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration program, will see ADRAS-J rendezvous with an old Japanese rocket upper stage that’s been in orbit since 2009.There it goes! 🛰️👋ADRAS-J is now in…

Moody’s downgrades bank’s credit rating to junk; shares tumble

A sign is pictured above a branch of the New York Community Bank in Yonkers, New York, U.S., January 31, 2024. Mike Segar | ReutersNew York Community Bank's shares continued their downward spiral Wednesday after Moody's Investors Service cut the firm's credit rating two notches to junk status.NYCB shares fell about 3%, trimming earlier losses of around 10%, in premarket trading. That followed a 22% decline Tuesday.The regional bank has been in freefall since reporting a surprise loss last week, along with mounting losses…

Epic Games CEO calls out Apple’s DMA rules as ‘malicious compliance’ and full of ‘junk fees’

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney is none too pleased with Apple’s new App Store rules, dubbing them once again a case of “malicious compliance” and filled with “junk fees.” As reported earlier this week, Apple today announced it will charge fees on “sideloaded” apps in the EU — that is, apps and games downloaded from outside its own App Store, like those Epic plans to offer. Apple’s new rules, which go into effect in the EU as part of the tech giant’s compliance with the bloc’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), target larger…

Ryan Reynolds’ Junk Proclaims Deadpool 3 Filming Complete

Ryan Reynolds celebrated the conclusion of filming Deadpool 3 in the most Deadpool way imaginable. With a picture of his genitals. They were behind a costume, of course—but still, it’s clearly a photo of Deadpool’s junk.Who Should Be The New Wolverine? io9 Picks“The suit hides the blood. Also sweat... But today, with Deadpool wrapping, it’s mostly tears,” Reynolds posted to his social media. “A giant and forever thanks to the cast and crew of our film who battled wind, rain, strikes and ... all under the stalwart…