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The Morning After: A Toyota-backed flying car completes piloted test-flight

Posted: 31 Aug 2020 04:30 AM PDT

SkyDrive is yet another flying car startup, but one that has the backing of auto giant Toyota. That means we kinda have to pay attention. Fortunately, we did: SkyDrive finally achieved the first public crewed test flight for its flying car prototype,...

SpaceX makes first polar orbit launch from Florida in 'decades'

Posted: 31 Aug 2020 02:02 AM PDT

While SpaceX didn't pull off a doubleheader Sunday launch like it planned, the company still managed a rare feat. Instead of launching eastward like every other Cape Canaveral rocket, the Falcon 9 headed south toward Cuba, close to populated areas on...

Rocket Lab's Electron rocket makes a successful return to flight

Posted: 31 Aug 2020 12:08 AM PDT

Rocket Lab has made a successful return to flight following a failure last month. The company's Electron rocket launched a 100 kg (220 pound) Earth observation satellite from its facility on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand at 11:05 PM EDT on Augus...

Apple resurrects its iPod 'Music Quiz' game for iOS 14

Posted: 30 Aug 2020 02:40 PM PDT

Apple is still feeling nostalgic for iPod games, it seems. The 9to5Mac team has discovered that iOS 14 brings back the classic Music Quiz game, where your device plays songs at random and asks you to name them and rack up a score. The company didn't...

Watch ULA abort a rocket launch at the last moment

Posted: 30 Aug 2020 01:59 PM PDT

Most rocket launch aborts are largely uneventful, but United Launch Alliance's latest was... dramatic. The spaceflight outfit had to abort its NROL-44 mission (via Parabolic Arc) just three seconds before it was due to start, with the Delta IV rocket...

Samsung says its latest mobile memory is a production breakthrough

Posted: 30 Aug 2020 01:20 PM PDT

Samsung is fond of bragging about its progress on memory chips, but this is one time where it made a particularly notable breakthrough. The Korean firm has started mass production of 16-gigabit LPDDR5 mobile RAM chips that are billed as the first mem...

Samsung teases premium Thom Browne Edition of the Galaxy Z Fold 2

Posted: 30 Aug 2020 10:33 AM PDT

Samsung's special edition Galaxy Z Flip definitely wasn't a one-off. The tech giant has teased (via SamMobile) a Thom Browne Edition of the upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 2. As you might imagine, it spices up the already premium-looking foldable phone with B...

GoPro's Hero 9 Black might include a color front screen for vloggers

Posted: 30 Aug 2020 09:43 AM PDT

How does GoPro expand the audience for its Hero action cameras? By courting the vlogging crowd, according to a leak. WinFuture claims to have images of the Hero 9 Black that show a color front screen rather than the usual data-only monochrome display...

After Math: 15-Minute COVID tests and 27,000 not-so-great scots

Posted: 30 Aug 2020 08:30 AM PDT

Congratulations on making it through another seven days as the world burns around us — in California's case, quite literally — so let's take a look at some of the top headlines from the week that was. Engadget TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer quits just three...

Twitter says Chadwick Boseman's final post is the most liked tweet ever

Posted: 30 Aug 2020 07:53 AM PDT

Twitter has a new record for the most liked tweet, but it's a bittersweet moment. The social network has confirmed (via Deadline) that the late Chadwick Boseman's last post, the news of his death by his family, is the "most liked tweet ever." The Bla...
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