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NASA will bring the Starliner astronauts home next year on SpaceX’s Crew-9 mission

NASA administrator Bill Nelson announced today that US astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore will return next February with the SpaceX Crew-9 mission after spending

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As broadcast viewership declines, content becomes king at the DNC

Compare clips from the Democratic National Convention, which kicked off on Monday in Chicago, to the Republican National Convention in July. They feel like different

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A Googler’s guide to getting things done

Laura Mae Martin is a big believer in the settings menu. As Google’s executive productivity advisor, Martin spends much of her time working with other

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Californians will be able to add their driver’s licenses to Apple Wallet

Some California residents will be able to add their driver’s licenses and state IDs to Apple Wallet soon, Apple announced Thursday. Apple’s announcement doesn’t say

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Our favorite mopping robovac is on sale for nearly its best price to date

If you like the idea of investing as little effort as possible into mopping your hardwood floors, you might want to check out the current

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Every device that works with Matter (August 2024)

Two years after its launch, Matter — the smart home standard developed by Apple, Google, Amazon, and Samsung — is finally gaining traction. Matter is

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Razer’s Basilisk V3 Pro, one of our favorite gaming mice, is $30 off

Despite having the same shape and layout as the standard V3, the step-up V3 Pro offers Razer’s third-gen optical switches, a more powerful 30K DPI

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Meta could show AI voiced by celebrities like Judi Dench next month

Judi Dench, Keegan-Michael Key, and Awkwafina are among multiple “actors and influencers” whose voices could become part of Meta’s AI offering, Bloomberg reported on Friday.

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A first look at Apple Intelligence and its (slightly) smarter Siri

In iOS 18’s latest developer preview, Siri gets a glow-up. Like, the whole phone actually glows around the edges when you invoke Siri. A splash

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How AI can make movie and TV recommendations better

It’s one of the most common low-stakes annoyances in modern life: you flop down on the couch at the end of the day, finally with