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Astronomers find mysterious lemon-shaped exoplanet with NASA's Webb telescope
Space is full of unsolved mysteries, and a team using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have recently turned up a doozy. "I remember after we got the data down, our collective reaction was...
Brendan Carr doesn’t regret his threats to broadcasters
A defiant Brendan Carr testified before the Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday in his first public appearance before lawmakers since threatening broadcasters who aired comedian Jimmy Kimmel's...
Jared Isaacman is NASA's new leader
NASA has a leader again. On Wednesday, the US Senate confirmed Jared Isaacman as the agency's administrator, with a 67-30 vote. The billionaire entrepreneur (and Elon Musk ally) will have his...
Billboard's charts are increasingly weighted towards on-demand streaming, but not enough for YouTube
YouTube announced that it will no longer share data with Billboard for the creation of the Billboard Hot 100 and other charts because the video platform doesn't believe they're calculated...
Meta pauses third-party Horizon VR headsets program
Meta has "paused" its program to license its VR operating system to other hardware companies so they could build their own headsets using the platform, as reported by Road to VR . With the program,...
Democratic lawmakers are investigating data centers’ impact on electricity costs
A Meta data center in Ashburn, Virginia. | Photo: Getty Images Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) fired off a letter on Tuesday to Google,...
You can snag a pair of the Beats Solo 4 headphones for under $100 right now
If you’re looking for a gadget to get as a last-minute Christmas gift, we’ve got your back. The Beats Solo 4 are among the best on-ear headphones we’ve tested in the last year or two, and they’re...
The first post-EA FIFA soccer sim will be a Netflix Games exclusive
FIFA's first true soccer sim after the end of its EA partnership will be available exclusively on Netflix, the streaming service announced. This "reimagined FIFA football simulation...
Amazon has a new leader for its ‘AGI’ group as it plays catch-up on AI
Amazon's head of artificial general intelligence (AGI), Rohit Prasad, is leaving the company next year as it reaches an "inflection point" in its development of the technology, CEO Andy Jassy...
Study links Amazon's algorithmic pricing with erratic, inflated costs for school districts
When it comes to convenience, it’s hard to beat Amazon. And that rationale isn’t limited to consumers: Many local districts shopping for supplies with public funds apply the same logic. But the...