The Morning After: NASA and IBM team up for powerful AI weather model
NASA and IBM are building an AI model for weather and climate applications, combining their knowledge and skills in earth science and AI. They say the foundation model (more on that in a bit) should offer “significant advantages over existing technology.” Cur…
SpaceX dominated private spaceflight in 2023, but its competitors (mostly) aren’t quitting
It’s been a busy year for spaceflight — the busiest ever, in fact. This fall, space companies once again broke the record for successful orbital launches in a single year with 2023’s 180th flight — Starlink satellites sent up by SpaceX on November 22, accordi…
Offworld ‘company towns’ are the wrong way to settle the solar system
Company Towns — wherein a single firm provides most or all necessary services, from housing and employment to commerce and amenities to a given community — have dotted America since before the Civil War. As we near the end of the first quarter of the 21st cen…
Expressive E Osmose review: A game-changing MPE keyboard, but a frustrating synthesizer
When I first got to see the Expressive E Osmose way back in 2019, I knew it was special. In my 15-plus years covering technology, it was one of the only devices I’ve experienced that actually had the potential to be truly “game changing.” And I’m not being hy…
Black Friday 2023 laptop deals: Save hundreds on notebooks from our favorite brands like Apple, Dell, Lenovo and others
Laptop deals are always plentiful on Black Friday, but it’s tricky to figure out which are actually good deals — much less decide which deal is the best one for you and the notebook you may be looking to buy. To make things easier, we’ve scoured the web’s Bla…
Black Friday laptop deals for 2023: Save on notebooks from Apple, Microsoft, Dell and more
Black Friday always brings a deluge of laptop deals, but figuring out which notebooks are actually worth your money can be messy. To help you avoid wasting hundreds on a hunk of junk, we’ve scoured the web and sorted out the best Black Friday laptop deals we …
Blue Origin returns to form with a successful rocket launch after being grounded for over a year
Blue Origin’s 24th mission is officially a success. The New Shepard rocket took off as planned this morning and the booster and crew capsule safely separated mid-flight and landed back on this great blue marble we call Earth.
This was an uncrewed mission, but…
Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket will return to flight tomorrow after over a year grounded
Blue Origin, the space company founded by Jeff Bezos, has finally set a date for its New Shepard rocket’s first flight in more than a year, after a failure last September
left it grounded by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The company is targetin…
OnePlus 12 with Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 will be available globally January 23
The OnePlus 12 has officially launched in China
and now the company’s most powerful phone is coming to the rest of the world. OnePlus has announced global availability for January 23, including the US. All told, the company ways the phone will be available …
The Morning After: Apple may launch an M3 MacBook Air in March
According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is planning big hardware announcements for early 2024. In his Power On newsletter, Gurman predicts the company will release the next iPad Pro and iPad Air generation in March. Gurman says the M3 MacBook Air will als…