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NASA and Vast have signed an order for the sixth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, targeted to launch no earlier than summer 2027 from Florida. This private astronaut mission marks the company’s first selection to the orbiting laboratory, underscoring NASA’s ongoing investment in fostering a commercial space economy and expanding opportunities for private industry in low Earth orbit. “Private astronaut missions represent more than access to the International Space Station — they create opportunities for new ideas, companies, and capabilities that further enhance American leadership in low Earth orbit and open doors for what’s next,” said NASA…

Samsung’s Exynos 2600 SoC, which will power (at least) the base model Galaxy S26 models (in some regions, it remains to be seen), boasts the best Ray Tracing in the game. The Exynos 2600’s graphics processor, the Xclipse 960, posted a chart-topping 8,321 points in Basemark’s In Vitro 1.0’s Ray Tracing test, beating out the Adreno 840 inside the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 by some 8%, and the Mali-G1-Ultra inside the MediaTek Dimensity 9500 by 17%. The Xclipse 960 uses AMD’s latest RDNA 4 Ray Tracing technology, found in AMD’s current-gen graphics cards. So if graphics are your focus,…

I live in my browser just like most internet users, and I’ve gotten used to opening tabs and visiting websites to get basic things done. However, not every single daily task requires a browser. In fact, for many of these, you can do them more cleanly, faster, and more reliably using the terminal. Let me introduce you to some of the everyday tasks I now perform on my terminal. When you see them in action, you’ll wonder why you haven’t tried them sooner. These are not bash shortcuts for programmers or complex commands with a steep learning curve. Download files…

Nearly all security professionals agree automation reduces response timesOnly around half are currently using AI in key cybersecurity workflowsMany organizations have now experienced deepfake phishing attacksMost (91%) UK security teams now agree that while adopting the next generation of agentic AI is a priority, many companies are still struggling with uniform AI adoption due to the same old challenges.For years, now, AI adoption has been held back by a skills shortages and poor policy enforcement, and new research from Ivanti shows those barriers are yet to be broken down.In fact, a shortage of skills was cited as the number one…

You’re lying on an operating table. A doctor injects a milky white liquid into your veins. Within a minute, your breathing slows, your face relaxes, and you remain limp when asked to squeeze a hand. You’ve been temporarily put to sleep.We lose consciousness every night with the conviction that a blaring alarm or the whiff of fresh brewed coffee will drag us out of our slumber. Giving up awareness is engrained in the way our brain works. With anesthesia, doctors can artificially induce the process to spare patients from the experience of surgery.Despite decades of research, however, we’re still in…

Why you can trust TechRadar We spend hours testing every product or service we review, so you can be sure you’re buying the best. Find out more about how we test. Fractal Scape review: one-minute reviewThe bar keeps being raised in gaming peripherals lately, and as such, there’s no room for overpriced or feature-bloated models whose specs don’t translate to a great user experience. Fractal Design clearly knows this very well as it enters the wireless gaming headset market with a $200 model that looks like something Apple would try to sell you for $500, and comes with a charging…

Administrators and IT professionals often encounter issues when the Microsoft 365 Office Deployment Tool (ODT) fails to function as expected. This can prevent the installation of critical productivity software within an organization. Problems usually show up as confusing error messages like We couldn’t find the specified configuration file, Download failed, or a general installation error. […] This article Microsoft 365 Deployment Tool not working properly first appeared on TheWindowsClub.com.

The Poco X8 Pro and Poco X8 Pro Max are definitely both coming soon, since we’ve already seen them getting certified by various authorities across the globe. Today, the Poco X8 Pro has been spotted in the Geekbench online database, because a prototype has run the benchmark. As you can see from the screenshot below, it managed a single-core score of 1,708 and a multi-core score of 6,297. It’s powered by the recently unveiled MediaTek Dimensity 8500 SoC, the benchmark listing confirms. In the prototype that ran the benchmark, this was paired with 12GB of RAM, but of course Poco…

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Nearly 500 elementary school children in Texas play on fields where a whistleblower says he once spread tons of radioactive fracking waste — a noxious hell-brew he believes melted the bones in his own jaw. Lee Oldham is a 52-year-old former waste disposal worker from Cleburne, Texas, on the southern outskirts of Dallas-Fort Worth. In an interview with Texas-based publication the Barbed Wire, Oldham detailed how he went from waste handler to corporate whistleblower, and the horrifying apathy of state politicians that led him there. Since the fracking boom of the…

Shark’s higher-end vacuum for pet owners is now far more affordable thanks to this offer, but today is the last day, so you need to be quick. Even though there are great alternatives from the likes of Xiaomi and Roidmi, when it comes to the cordless vacuum cleaner market, it’s Shark and Dyson that really rule the roost. The Shark Stratos Anti Hair Wrap Plus Pet Pro Cordless Vacuum IZ400UKT has just plummeted to only £249.99 (RRP £429.99). That’s a great offer on a vacuum, with £180 off, plus, you’ll get a free car kit worth over £25. Last chance…