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Just three weeks after it began, Samsung has paused the Android 16-based One UI 8 update for Galaxy S23s. The update first started reaching users in late September, but it’s no longer available on Samsung’s servers. Devices are reverting to the previous Android 15 firmware version ending in DYI3, meaning …

Samsung Electronics has faced what might generously be called a financial slap on the wrist after allegedly exposing its workers to harmful radiation. Following the conclusion of a nearly four-month investigation, Samsung’s consumer electronics division was issued a fine of “as much as 10.5 million won,” or just under $8,000.On …

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 …

It’s a busy time aboard the International Space Station (ISS), which usually hosts a crew of seven astronauts. With the extended Starliner demo flight, the count is up to nine with Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. NASA was happy to have the help as it planned a pair of spacewalks …

NASA’s InSight lander may have ended its run on Mars, but the data it collected is still reverberating around the scientific community, not unlike the seismic waves it tracked within the red planet. After initially chalking a marsquake up to an asteroid impact, researchers now report that this massive quake …

NASA launched the twin Voyager probes in 1977 on a mission to study the outer solar system and beyond. Now, almost 50 years later, both spacecraft are still going strong. Well, Voyager 2 was doing fine the last time we heard from it, but a small mistake means the iconic …

Google released Android 13 in the fall of 2022, so most people still don’t have it. How many do, though? We finally have some idea now that Google has released updated Android device distribution numbers. So far, 5.2% of the world’s Android devices are running on Android 13. Although that …

Ingenuity’s mission on Mars has been a resounding success, but it is not without its emergent challenges; reports have returned from the space copter’s latest exploits, and things are getting tough out there. This fall, we experienced solar conjunction with Mars, where the two planets line up on exactly opposite …

For years, the conventional wisdom has been that you can’t just nuke an incoming asteroid to save the planet, no matter what Hollywood movies have told you. The logic is quite straightforward; blowing space rocks into pieces would cause an even deadlier rain of smaller astroids that would pelt the …

About 66 million years ago, a massive asteroid crashed into Earth near the site of the small town of Chicxulub in what is now Mexico. The impact eradicated roughly 75% of the animal and plant species on Earth, including whole groups like non-avian dinosaurs and ammonites. New research from the …