SpaceX Successfully Splashes Starship In Ocean Despite Ultra-Hard Test & Flight Conditions
SpaceX successfully softly splashed down the second-stage Starship in the Indian Ocean earlier today to finish off Starship Flight 6. The upper-stage Starship spacecraft was the center of the firm's testing attention today, and not only did it feature older heat-shied tiles, but SpaceX also flew it at a much steeper angle during reentry to test out the rocket's flaps at high stress. However, despite the older heat shield and the strenuous reentry profile, the ship performed remarkably well. It culminated its journey
SpaceX Skips Tower Catch On Flight 6 & Lands 232-Foot Tall Booster In Water Instead
After successfully catching the first stage Super Heavy booster with the launch tower on Flight 5, SpaceX chose to skip the booster catch during Starship Flight 6 earlier today. The sixth integrated Starship test flight is still ongoing, and the rocket lifted off on time at 4 pm local time in Texas today. SpaceX had set ambitious goals for the booster's catch today, with Elon Musk sharing before the flight that his firm would attempt a harder catch this time around. However, soon after the booster started its journey back to
Google Just Launched The First Android 16 Developer Preview As It Pushes For An Earlier Release Schedule
Google is aggressively rolling out its AI capabilities, actively working on improving its platform experience and accelerating its operating systems development cycle. While the company has already confirmed that the Android 16 update will be coming out in the second quarter of 2025, it will do developer previews and betas before the full release. As the tech giant intends to bring the update soon, it has already announced the Android 16 Developer Preview 1. Google has officially launched the first Android 16 Developer Preview, highlighting the company
Download: iOS 18.1.1 Released With Important Security Updates For iPhone, Along With macOS 15.1.1 And visionOS 2.1.1
Today, Apple has seen fit to release iOS 18.1.1, macOS 15.1.1, and visionOS 2.1.1 to the general public for all compatible devices. The latest updates come three weeks after the company released the previous major build. If you were waiting for the latest version, you can download the aforementioned updates from th Settings app on your iPhone, Mac, or the Vision Pro headset. Apple has released iOS 18.1.1, macOS 15
Elon Musk Shares SpaceX’s Biggest Test Objectives For Starship Flight 6
SpaceX's Elon Musk has shared key watch items for Starship Flight 6, which is scheduled to take off from Boca Chica, Texas, later today. Starship Flight 6 comes a month after Flight 5 successfully ended in a tower catch for the 232-feet-tall Super Heavy booster and a soft splashdown for the upper-stage Starship spacecraft in the Indian Ocean. According to Musk, the key objectives for Flight 6 will be restarting the Raptor engines in the vacuum of space, landing the ship in daylight
Google Plans To Merge Chrome OS With Android To Create A More Unified Platform Experience And Better Compete With The iPad
Companies are increasingly focusing on improving user interaction by taking a seamless approach to software experience across multiple devices and laying a more unified ground for it. Google's strategy is to actively streamline its platforms across its ecosystem for a more cohesive user experience. Now, a new report suggests that the company is working on merging Chrome OS with Android to put it in a better position to compete with Apple's iPad. Google intends to migrate Chrome OS to Android for a more streamlined user experience Google is working arduously to make
Meta Wants Its Orion Glasses To Become The AirPods Of AR, Making The Device Less Intrusive And Keeping Users Connected To Reality
Meta revealed the first prototype of its Orion AR glasses back in September, and based on the initial impressions, the wearable was quite promising for what it can do and what kind of impact it would have on the AR industry. Meta now believes that it can transform it into an actual product for the masses with applications stretching beyond the avatars. Now, Meta's chief thinks that the Orion glasses could become the AirPods of the AR devices. Meta wants its Orion AR glasses to be the AirPods of the AR industry
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide’s Free Update Releases December 3
If you're still enjoying Warhammer 40,000: Darktide and all it has to offer, you are in for more content coming on December 3, 2024. Fatshark has announced that the Grim Protocols update will be released on all platforms as of December 3. This update introduces a lot of new content as well as quality-of-life improvements to celebrate the second anniversary of Warhammer 40,000: Darktide. To celebrate the announcement made by Fatshark today, a
Epic Games Store’s Black Friday & Cyber Monday Sale Sees Premium Edition Prices Slashed
If you're looking for games to play, or you've had certain titles on your wishlist for a long time, now is the perfect time to check them out on the Epic Games Store. The Black Friday - Cyber Monday Premium Editions Sale has just started over at the Epic Games Store, which sees games like Star Wars Outlaws, Cyberpunk 2077, and Frostpunk 2's Deluxe Editions all on sale for a discounted price. These editions have extra goodies that you can get to enhance your
Battlefield 6 Reportedly Conducting Largest Franchise Playtests to Ensure the Game’s Success
Battlefield 6 simply cannot repeat the mistakes of the recent past. The last truly successful entry in the first-person shooter franchise was 2016's World War One-themed Battlefield 1, which surpassed the combined sales of BF4 and Hardline in its first week. Overall, it sold over 15 million units. Then there was the World War Two-themed Battlefield V, which got a far more mixed reception and lower sales than Electronic Arts had anticipated. Three years later, DICE released Battlefield 2