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Firefly Aerospace, nearing the first launch of its Alpha rocket, announced May 4 it raised $75 million in a Series A round that values the company at more than $1 billion. SpaceNews

When you get a new phone number, mobile carriers will often "recycle" your old one--assigning it to a new phone and, therefore, a new customer. Carriers say the reason they do this is to stave off a hypothetical future o...

Elon Musk calls himself the "Dogefather", but here's how Dogecoin got its start...

It may seem complicated at first glance, but Google's note-taking app is essential. Google oversees many services that we all rely on every day, from Gmail to YouTube to the original Google Search. Among the dozens of ap...

A family-run psychotherapy startup grew into a health care giant. It was a huge success--until the data breach and the anonymous ransom notes sent to clients.

The outer reaches of the Milky Way galaxy are a different place. Stars are much harder to come by, with most of this "galactic halo" being made up of empty space. But scientists theorize that there is an abundance of one...

"Programmable matter" technique could enable product designers to churn out prototypes with ease.

It seems that Clubhouse’s time in the limelight is coming to a close. Although its name still has some weight in the social media space, its user base may have started to plateau. After raking in millions of downloads ...

Not every photographer needs to hire agency models for their projects, and, fortunately, there are many freelance models to choose from, however, finding and hiring can be a daunting process for some. Although profession...

Newer Lenovo ThinkPad, IdeaPad, and Yoga Lenovo laptops now have Alexa Show Mode --- an experience that can turn your PC into an Echo Show-like display.

The Swann Extreme security camera has a six-month battery life and heat-sensing capabilities to reduce false alerts.

Apple's augmented reality headset could automatically account for the difference between a user's point of view and an attached camera, while peripheral lighting could make it easier for a user's eyes to adjust to wearin...

Battlegrounds Mobile will be 'customized' for the Indian market. What you need to know PUBG Mobile could be relaunched in India as Battlegrounds Mobile. PUBG Mobile India's official Facebook page has been renamed Battleg...

The iPhone 12 is the best phone Apple made to date, and easily one of the last year's highlights. It's faster than all Android-based competitors, and it's outselling similarly-priced devices significantly. Despite the gr...

Currently, the default font used by Microsoft is called Calibri. Microsoft wants to move away from that default font, and in an effort to find its new default, has commissioned five new custom fonts. The challenge now is...

Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are becoming increasingly popular. At first glance, they have many advantages: Transactions are usually anonymous, fast and inexpensive. But sometimes there are problems with them. In certai...

Heavy-duty diesel engines still power most large vehicles used in the construction, mining and transportation industries in the United States. Engineers are working to improve the fuel efficiency of these engines while m...

May the 4th be with you! If you're hitching a ride on the Millennium Falcon today, you should know a little bit about the bumpy physics of acceleration.

India surpassed 20 million covid-19 cases on Tuesday, becoming only the second country in the world after the United States to reach that dark milestone. And to make matters worse, experts pretty uniformly agree it's a v...

Samsung was traditionally the poster child of how not to do Android updates but that seems to be really a thing of the past. It is, of course, trivial to promise updates beyond the customary two-year period but Samsung�...

(University of California - Riverside) Small changes in the structure of DNA have been implicated in breast cancer and other diseases, but they've been extremely difficult to detect -- until now. Using what they describe...

Epic pays publishers big bucks for PC exclusives and to give away games in its store.