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Instagram founders open Artifact news app to everyone

Instagram’s a hard act to follow, but the app’s two creators are having a go with a new effort called Artifact, which opened to everyone on Wednesday.
China's Zhurong Mars rover, captured by a wireless camera.

China’s Mars rover appears to have stopped roving

Images from a NASA Mars orbiter show that China's Zhurong Mars rover hasn't moved for the last five months, suggesting the vehicle has stopped working.
SpaceX's Super Heavy and Starship.

SpaceX confirms readiness for launch of most powerful rocket

SpaceX says that following a successful static-fire test of the Super Heavy’s engines, the next-generation rocket is now ready for its first test flight.
SpaceX's Crew-6 astronauts.

NASA, SpaceX delay Crew-6 launch to space station

NASA and SpaceX have announced a slight delay to the Crew-6 flight to the International Space Station, which was originally set for early on Sunday.
Close up of ChatGPT and OpenAI logo.

ChatGPT behind influx of AI-written books on Amazon

Wannabe novelists who don’t want to put in the time or effort to create their literary masterpiece are turning to ChatGPT for help.
Mercury's silhouetted in front of the sun's atmosphere.

New Mercury images offer boost for Solar Orbiter mission

Several striking image captures by the Solar Orbiter have the added bonus of allowing the mission team to better calibrate the spacecraft's instruments.
Microsoft Outlook app landing page.

Outlook users express alarm as inboxes flood with spam

Microsoft Outlook users were having to deal with inboxes full of spam on Monday after filters that usually send them to the junk folder stopped working.
Meta's Boston office.

Meta is working on making its offices a little more peaceful

The hybrid workplace is a noisier workplace, at least for Meta. In a bid to make its offices a little more peaceful, the firm has called in the experts.
Mark Zuckurburg introduces Facebook's new name, Meta.

Meta unveils paid verification service for Instagram and Facebook users

Meta is offering Facebook and Instagram users a paid verification service. Similar to Twitter Blue, subscribers will get a blue badge and various perks.
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Google Meet’s 360-degree virtual backgrounds move with you during video chats

Google Meet has launched 360-degree video backgrounds that use your device’s gyroscope to make a virtual background move with you instead of keeping it static.
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter.

NASA’s Mars helicopter aces longest flight in almost a year

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter recently aced its 43rd flight, one that turned out to be its longest in almost a year.
Beta of Tesla's FSD in a car.

Tesla recalls 363,000 of its vehicles over safety issue

Tesla has issued a voluntary recall for about 363,000 of its electric vehicles in the U.S. to fix a safety issue with its Full Self-Driving beta software.
A map showing Japan.

Digital mapping technology doubles Japan’s island count

For decades, Japan thought it had around 7,000 islands, but a new survey involving digital mapping has revealed it actually has double that.
A rendering of an Apple mixed-reality headset (Reality Pro) in a gray color seen from the front.

Apple delays unveiling of mixed-reality headset, report claims

Needing to resolve a number of hardware and software issues, it appears that Apple will now unveil its mixed-reality headset several months later than expected.
The site of Perseverance's sample depot.

Perseverance Mars rover shares detailed panorama of sample depot

Captured by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover, a new panoramic image shows in great detail humanity’s first sample depot on another planet.
A digital image of Elon Musk in front of a stylized background with the Twitter logo repeating.

Elon Musk reportedly tweaked algorithm to boost his tweets

Disappointed with how few people have been viewing his tweets, Elon Musk reportedly told Twitter engineers to create a system that would prioritize his posts.
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Voice actors seeing an increasing threat from AI

Voice actors are increasingly being asked to sign contracts that hand over the rights to their voices so that they can be used to create AI-generated versions.
A Starlink dish.

SpaceX restricts Ukraine from ‘weaponizing’ its Starlink internet

SpaceX has taken action to stop the Ukrainian army from using its Starlink internet service to control drones on the battlefield.
A lot of white Twitter logos against a blue background.

Twitter expands tweet character limit massively

If you often find that 280 characters are too few for you to be able to effectively express yourself on Twitter, then perhaps 4,000 characters will suffice.
An illustration of NASA's experimental X-57 electric airplane.

NASA’s experimental electric plane takes ‘major step’ toward first flight

NASA says its experimental electric X-57 airplane has taken a major step toward its maiden flight following successful tests of a critical component.
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Zoom lays off 15% of its workforce, citing ‘mistakes’

Responding to the challenging economic conditions, Zoom has become the latest technology firm to announce staff reductions.
A Google search page for most popular movie of 2022 is shown falling into a vortex.

How to watch Google’s highly anticipated AI event in Paris today

Determined to steal some of the limelight from Microsoft-backed OpenAI and its impressive ChatGPT chatbot, Google is set to show off its own version today.
A conveyor-belt sushi restaurant in Japan.

Restaurant chain to use AI to combat ‘sushi terrorism’

Japan's conveyor-belt sushi restaurants are scrambling to reassure diners following some shocking videos that emerged online recently. AI could be the answer.
Twitter logo in white stacked on top of a blue stylized background with the Twitter logo repeating in shades of blue.

Yay! Twitter has just become less annoying

Twitter has finally updated its Android and iPhone apps so that you once again return to the timeline that you were looking at last.
SpaceX's Starship spacecraft being placed atop the Super Heavy rocket.

Elon Musk says SpaceX eying March for first orbital test of Starship rocket

SpaceX is eyeing March for the first launch of its next-generation rocket, though CEO Elon Musk admitted that the mission's success is far from guaranteed.
A meteorite discovered on Mars in 2023.

NASA Mars rover has discovered an alien rock

While NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover usually gets all the headlines, the older Curiosity rover is still seeking out interesting finds. And it’s just made one.
Earth as seen from the space station.

Watch highlights of NASA’s second spacewalk of 2023

NASA has shared clips of its second International Space Station spacewalk of 2023, which Nicole Mann and Koichi Wakata conducted on Thursday.
TikTok icon illustration.

TikTok should be expelled from app stores, senator says

Citing national security concerns, a Democratic senator has called on Apple and Google to ban TikTok from their app stores.
Jony Ive's red nose.

Jony Ive’s latest design masterpiece? A comedy nose!

Jony Ive, the designer of iconic Apple products such as the iPod, the Mac, the Apple Watch and, of course, the iPhone, has unveiled his latest work: A red nose.
The radioactive capsule found by a search team in Australia.

A search team somehow found that tiny radioactive capsule

Likened to finding a needle in a haystack, a search team has managed to locate a tiny radioactive capsule that recently went missing in Western Australia.
Samsung's Galaxy S23 Ultra phone.

All of Samsung’s videos from today’s Galaxy Unpacked event

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked took place earlier today and the tech giant was busy pulling the wraps off gear like it was Christmas all over again.
Person holding an Apple AirTag.

AirTag helps flyer find his AirTag – but not his missing wallet

A frequent flyer thought his AirTag was tracking his lost wallet as he watched it fly around the U.S. But it turned out it was only tracking itself.
Open star clusters many light years from Earth.

Check out NASA’s skywatching tips for February

February is just about upon us and so it's time for NASA to once again share its suggestions on what to look out for in the skies in the coming weeks.
A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft docked at the ISS.

SpaceX offers ride to Soyuz astronaut in case of ISS emergency

A damaged Soyuz capsule has forced NASA and its Russian counterpart to consider solutions in case the space station needs to be evacuated in an emergency.