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• NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is collecting samples that could be evidence of ancient alien life.
• But NASA's Mars Sample Return mission to bring them to Earth will now cost $11 billion and take two decades.
• NASA is scrapping that plan now and asking companies for a better idea.

NASA bit off more than it could chew

• YouTube tech reviewer Marques Brownlee gave a scathing review of Humane's new AI pin.
• One Humane staffer conceded the feedback was "honest" and "solid."
• Some X users said Brownlee's review would mark a death knell for the company.

Marques Brownlee, the massively influential YouTube tech reviewer whose channel moniker is MKBHD, delivered a scathing review of Humane's new

After what feels like a very long cryogenic sleep in an underground nuclear bunker, Amazon’s take on Fallout dropped like a bomb on Prime Video late last week—but whether or not you’re complete newbie to the world of Interplay and Bethesda’s legendary roleplaying games, or a series veteran, was it worth the wait? We…

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to propose new regulations that would require data brokers to comply with the Fair Credit Reporting Act. In a speech at the White House earlier this month, CFPB Director Rohit Chopra said the agency is looking into policies to “ensure greater accountability”

If you're a gamer with a design bug, IKEA thinks you'll love it's new collection of "gaming furniture," due in stores in September 2024.

The furniture giant says that its 20-piece Brännboll collection "challenges traditional gaming design" and should more peacefully co-exist in aesthetic harmony within your home than, say, a Secretlab gaming chair.

Over the last few days, Tesla has delayed some Cybertruck deliveries. The company hasn’t specified why or even publicly commented on the delays, but commenters in the Cybertruck Owners Club forum have reported receiving texts or calls telling them their deliveries were being rescheduled.

One user said they’d been told by their dealer that

If you’ve been feeling the weight of insomnia lately, you’re far from alone. A new Gallup poll out Monday shows that a majority of American adults report not getting enough sleep—a first in the survey’s history. Though there are likely several reasons for this, many struggling with sleep also report feeling…

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Budget constraints have NASA looking for a faster and cheaper method to bring samples from Mars’ surface back to Earth. In a teleconference on Monday, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said that an independent review concluded that the agency’s current plan to bring the first samples collected by the

• A key former Facebook exec has reignited discussion of Oculus founder Palmer Luckey's 2016 firing.
• Former Oculus CTO and ex-Meta VR exec John Carmack said on X that he regrets not defending Luckey.
• The posts caused Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth and Luckey himself to weigh in on the discussion.

John Carmack, a key player in

• Hyatt is expanding one of its family-friendly all-inclusive resorts with an adults-only section.
• The expanded property is set to use modular, tiny home-sized units as hotel rooms.
• The 52 units are scheduled to open in June

The third Sonic movie already seemed like it was going to kick all kinds of ass by bringing Shadow the Hedgehog into the picture, but Paramount’s just upped the ante by adding one Keanu Reeves to its cast.

According to both The Hollywood Reporter and Variety, Keanu Reeves has been tapped to voice Shadow, the anthropomorphic

The FBI has opened a criminal investigation into the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, a key commuter bridge in Maryland right outside of Baltimore that was struck by a cargo ship several weeks ago and subsequently collapsed.

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