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Microsoft Office can now be controlled with Logitech’s MX Creative Console

Logitech’s Creative Console and other MX accessories are now compatible with several productivity apps. | Image: Logitech Logitech has announced a new suite of Productivity Plugins for its entire MX line of accessories, including its Stream Deck alternative, the MX Creative Console. Since the console launched in September 2024, Logitech has been expanding its capabilities with plug-ins that support creativity-focused apps such as Final Cut Pro, Adobe Lightroom, and Figma. That is now expanding

The Verge

Fiery Fall Color in Southern Chile

The beech forests of southern Patagonia put on vibrant autumn displays.

NASA News

Jury selection in Musk v. Altman: ‘People don’t like him’

On Monday, the courtroom battle between Elon Musk and Sam Altman over alleged broken promises at OpenAI started, as usual, with jury selection. The only tricky part? A lot of the prospective jurors already have an opinion about Elon Musk, and it's not a good one. The Verge reporter Elizabeth Lopatto, who was there at the courthouse, quoted statements from some of the juror questionnaires: "Elon Musk is a greedy, racist, homophobic piece of garbage." "Elon Musk is a world-class jerk." "I very mu

The Verge

Starship - Test Like You Fly

Three years since the first flight of Starship, the next generation is here. New ship. New booster. New engines. New pad and new test site. SpaceX engineers are working to solve one of the most difficult engineering challenges in history: developing a fully, rapidly reusable rocket. “Test Like You Fly” launches a series that takes you inside the factories and onto the launch pads where humanity's future in space is unfolding. submitted by /u/CurtisLeow [link] [comments]

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Jared Isaacman testified before congress twice in one week.

Reposting because the crosspost failed. The NASA administrator stuck to his guns on the reduced funding despite congressional concerns, went into more detail about workforce initiative implementations, commercialization. Glad congress is concerned, but to what end does that concern prevent the administration from impounding the funds and continuing to cancel programs? PBR Review with Congress (04/22) submitted by /u/Engin1nj4 [link] [comments]

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What was the progress in the last 10 years (2015-2026) for longevity?

Web search did not find similar posts, so I do one. I look at longevity topics time after time. The goal of the post is two-fold: find out if I missed some big news and get your opinion about what were most important news/research in the last 10 years. Please up to 5 most important points (in your opinion) per top level comment. TIA submitted by /u/alex20_202020 [link] [comments]

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Put it in pencil: NASA's Artemis III mission will launch no earlier than late 2027

SpaceX and Blue Origin tell NASA their lunar landers will be ready for Artemis III in late 2027.

Ars Technica Science

Google is testing AI chatbot search for YouTube

Google is trying out an AI Mode-like search experience for YouTube. The company is now testing "a new way to search on YouTube that feels more like a conversation," with results pulling in things like longform videos, YouTube Shorts, and text about what you're searching for. The "experiment" is now available if you're a YouTube Premium subscriber in the US who is 18 or older. I turned it on for my account. Now, in the search bar, I see an "Ask YouTube" button, and clicking the search bar shows p

The Verge

China’s latest push to commercialize research: match 680,000 innovators with companies

Nature News

Elon Musk and Sam Altman are going to court over OpenAI’s future

After a yearslong legal feud, Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are heading to trial this week in Northern California in a case that could have sweeping consequences. Ahead of OpenAI’s highly anticipated IPO, the court could rule on whether the company is allowed to exist as a for-profit enterprise and might even oust…

MIT Tech Review AI

Did decaying dark matter help create the universe's first supermassive black holes.

"With the James Webb Space Telescope now revealing more supermassive black holes in the early universe, this mechanism may help bridge the gap between theory and observation." New research suggests that supermassive black holes that existed before the cosmos was 1 billion years old may have formed with a helping hand from dark matter, the universe's most mysterious stuff. Ever since the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) first began reporting data back to Earth in the summer of 2022, it has bee

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Article on astrochemistry: Potential signs of life on distant planets sound exciting but confirmation can take years

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