Before we were entranced by the screens that we’ve plastered on every surface and carry around in our pockets, humanity looked to the stars for inspiration and guidance. The infinite majesty of the cosmos is way better than any show you can stream on Netflix, and it doesn’t take much …

All of the wondrous gadgets and gizmos that have built the modern technological world come with a major drawback—they eventually end up in the trash. E-waste has been a growing problem for years, and efforts to solve this conundrum have mostly fallen flat. Engineers at MIT have developed a new …

X, formerly Twitter, is moving out of its San Francisco home after 18 years, according to an internal email sent by CEO Linda Yaccarino. The company is closing the San Francisco office—and existing employees will be relocated to new locations around the Bay Area—such as its current digs in San …

Boeing seemed like the safe bet in 2014 when NASA awarded it and SpaceX contracts to build new crewed spacecraft for the agency. SpaceX has been flying astronauts to and from the International Space Station (ISS) for several years, but Boeing is struggling to complete its crewed demo mission. In …

Logitech is reportedly working on a computer mouse made to withstand longer-than-normal use. Although the mouse is a part of Logitech’s effort to deliver reliability to customers, that’s a perk users might have to pay for again and again. According to CEO Hanneke Faber, the mouse might require a monthly …

For months now, it’s been reported that Intel Core i9-13900K and 14900K CPUs have been exhibiting instability in gaming. The reports have led to a flurry of bad press for Intel and several attempts by the company to rectify the issue. Still, this whole time, it’s been unclear how many CPUs …

Over the past weekend, millions of people around the world learned the name of the cybersecurity company CrowdStrike—not for preventing PC armageddon, but for causing it. CrowdStrike famously pushed a faulty update to enterprise Windows machines early Friday morning, causing millions of PCs to get stuck in a blue screen …

Our efforts to find hints of extraterrestrial life have been focused on Mars, but an increasing number of scientists are turning to Venus as a potential home for alien organisms. At a recent meeting of astronomers in the UK, two separate teams presented evidence for potential biosignatures in the clouds …

It’s only a matter of time before a large asteroid hits Earth—it’s happened before, and it will happen again. The more we know about asteroids, the more likely it is that humanity could do something about it, though. The European Space Agency (ESA) has just kicked off a new project …

DVDs were the main source for watching movies at home not too long ago. For too many of us, massive collections of DVDs have been collecting dust in our cabinets and living rooms for what’s starting to turn into decades. To preserve those movies and make them easier to watch …