A sleuthing enthusiast says he found the US military’s X-37B spaceplane (arstechnica.com) angielski
Bluesky: wybieranie instancji na mastodonie jest za trudne. Też Bluesky: zbuduj własne feedy używając regexpów (mkultra.monster)
Scientists Baffled After Finding 4 Gigantic Mountains Lurking Under the Ocean (futurism.com)
A team of scientists on board an exploration vessel off the coast of South America have made a startling discovery: four previously unknown massive underwater mountains, ranging from 5,200 to 8,800 feet tall. The discovery highlights just how little we know about the oceans covering much of our planet. According to recent...
ESA Publishes Call for Reusable Rocket Booster Concepts (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
The Boosters for European Space Transportation (BEST!) initiative is being managed by ESA’s Space Transportation Directorate under its Future Launcher Preparatory Programme (FLPP). According to the initiative’s call, the aim of BEST! is to allow the development of new launcher architectures or the improvement of existing...
New 'Judas' game trailer teases a dystopian sci-fi romp in outer space (www.space.com) angielski
Straight from PlayStation's latest State of Play event, here's the second look at Ghost Story Games' riff on the familiar formula, new mystery included.
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10 years preparing for 'Armageddon' (www.esa.int) angielski
It’s a scenario made famous by the 1998 film ‘Armageddon’: an asteroid is spotted on a collision course with Earth, and experts scramble to plan a space mission to rendezvous with the asteroid and mitigate the danger. It’s classic science fiction, but did you know there is a very real group responsible for recommending...
ATMOS Raises €1.3M More to Fund Development of Return Capsule (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
ESA Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti to Lead Agency’s LEO Cargo Return Initiative (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
How Venus Ended Up with a Mini-Moon Named Zoozve (skyandtelescope.org) angielski
A quasi-satellite of Venus has just received an unusual name.
Francis Ford Coppola Reveals First Look at His Sci-Fi Epic Megalopolis (movieweb.com) angielski
Francis Ford Coppola has at last revealed our first look at his dream project, Megalopolis, starring Adam Driver.
Neal Stephenson’s Most Stunning Prediction (www.theatlantic.com) angielski
Science fiction, when revisited years later, sometimes doesn’t come across as all that fictional. Speculative novels have an impressive track record at prophesying what innovations are to come, and how they might upend the world: H. G. Wells wrote about an atomic bomb decades before World War II, and Ray Bradbury’s 1953...
februrary IT guy pocket dump (slrpnk.net) angielski
middle-aged IT generalist guy, United States. from left, lens cleaning cloth, REI 1L nalgene, handkerchief, coffee tumbler, ridge wallet, generic grid lined notebook, Leatherman Signal, Pilot G2 .07 pen, keys for work with included tiny flashlight, and phone case (Peak Design Mobile) to represent the phone (Pixel 7 Pro) used to...
Jak rząd finansuje prywatny sektor (wydarzenia.interia.pl)
TLDR: polski rząd planuje dofinansowanie budowy fabryki Intela w Miękini pod Wrocławiem...
Star Trek: Section 31 starts production with Michelle Yeoh (www.scifinow.co.uk) angielski
In Star Trek: Section 31, Yeoh will reprise her role as Emperor Philippa Georgiou – a character she played in Star Trek: Discovery’s first season – who joins a secret division of Starfleet. Tasked with protecting the United Federation of Planets, she also must face the sins of her past....
Narodowy Bank Polski ma już ujemne fundusze własne (www.onet.pl)
Odczytali zwęglone zwoje ze starożytnych czasów. Potężna nagroda w rękach studentów (businessinsider.com.pl)
Alarmujące dane z Niemiec. Mówią o "największym krachu od pokolenia" (businessinsider.com.pl)
NASA’s New Experimental Antenna Tracks Deep Space Laser | Psyche Mission (psyche.asu.edu) angielski
Capable of receiving both radio frequency and optical signals, the DSN’s hybrid antenna has tracked and decoded the downlink laser from DSOC, aboard NASA’s Psyche mission.
Ołeksandr Syrski za Wałerija Załużnego. W Ukrainie rysuje się "plan B" (wiadomosci.onet.pl)
Apple idzie na starcie z UE w sprawie aktu o rynkach cyfrowych - ICD Weekend #11 (www.internet-czas-dzialac.pl)
Kuba i Arek omawiają m.in.: nowe unijne prawo do naprawy, krytykę Apple za ich posunięcia w związku z aktem o rynkach cyfrowych UE. Ujawniamy także nasze fundacyjne postępy w nowym projekcie o nazwie Rentgendroid.
Zmiana klimatu. Za nami najcieplejszy styczeń w historii pomiarów (oko.press)
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The 7th Guest VR director discuss rebuilding the mansion & working with the original creator (www.shacknews.com)
Helldivers II – wysoka liczba graczy... i błędów. (pograne.eu)
Trudno o bardziej niejednoznaczną premierę gry. Helldivers II na pecetach sprzedaje się świetnie i przyciąga mnóstwo graczy, którzy z kolei krytykują jej liczne błędy. 🫤