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Boeing agrees to plead guilty to conspiracy to defraud the US government
08 Jul

Boeing agrees to plead guilty to conspiracy to defraud the US government

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The US Department of Justice and Boeing have reached an agreement that the latter will plead guilty to a conspiracy to defraud the US government charge stemming from two fatal crashes that killed 346 people in 2018 and 2019, the New York Times reports.In May, the DOJ announced that Boeing violated its 2021 deal to pay penalties and compensation, as well as implement major safety changes — just four months prior, a cabin panel blew off an Alaska Airlines flight while it was at 16,000 feet in the air. The DOJ offered the company a plea deal on June 30,…
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The Morning After: NASA’s year-long Mars simulation volunteers return to the real world
08 Jul

The Morning After: NASA’s year-long Mars simulation volunteers return to the real world

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NASA’s Mission 1 crew — all volunteers — have left their 1700-square-foot habitat at the Johnson Space Center. Since last June 25, they’ve conducted a fair few simulated Mars walks, grown vegetables and performed other tasks designed to support life and work in that environment. They also faced (a simulation of) the stressors actual space travelers to Mars could experience, like 22-minute communication delays with Earth.After 378 days in a mock Mars habitat, the four volunteers for NASA’s yearlong simulation of a stay on the red planet are coming home. The crew — Kelly Haston, Anca Selariu, Ross Brockwell and…
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Nothing’s budget-friendly brand CMF announced three new products, including a $200 smartphone
08 Jul

Nothing’s budget-friendly brand CMF announced three new products, including a $200 smartphone

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CMF, a budget-friendly sub-brand Nothing announced last August, has officially unveiled a trio of new products. There’s a smartphone, a watch and earbuds, all of which seem to be modest in both price and features.Let’s start with the smartphone. Nothing made a splash with its original smartphone, the Nothing Phone 1, and the appropriately-named CMF Phone 1 hopes to follow suit. It wouldn’t be a Nothing-adjacent product without some quirky design elements, and the CMF Phone 1 certainly has its share. CMF by NothingThe back cover is interchangeable, so users can swap out to different colors and designs on the…
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Check out NASCAR’s first electric race car prototype
07 Jul

Check out NASCAR’s first electric race car prototype

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unveiled its first prototype electric racer this weekend at the Chicago Street Race. The $1.5 million electric crossover (per ) was developed in partnership with ABB, Chevrolet, Ford and Toyota to call attention to sustainability efforts under the NASCAR Impact program and show what EVs are capable of. It doesn’t mean NASCAR is moving away from gasoline-powered race cars just yet, but rather that it’s trying to “gauge fan interest in electric racing,” people involved with the initiative told AP.NASCAR’s head of sustainability Riley Nelson told AP that the series and its partners “want to represent electric vehicles, and more…
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Apple Watch Series 10 expected to boast larger displays, while a plastic SE may be in the works
07 Jul

Apple Watch Series 10 expected to boast larger displays, while a plastic SE may be in the works

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Bigger screens are coming to the Apple Watch, according to ’s Mark Gurman. In the Power On newsletter this week, Gurman writes that the Series 10 models will sport larger displays than we’ve seen in past versions of the regular Apple Watch, with one of the options likely to be close in size to the Apple Watch Ultra. The Apple Watch Series 10 is , too, as Gurman previously reported.Apple has also been working on more advanced health features for its smartwatches, but it seems some of these may not be ready in time for the next release. That includes…
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Volunteers who lived in NASA’s Mars simulation for over a year will finally emerge today
06 Jul

Volunteers who lived in NASA’s Mars simulation for over a year will finally emerge today

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After 378 days inside a mock Mars habitat, the four volunteers for NASA’s yearlong simulation of a stay on the red planet are coming home. The crew — Kelly Haston, Anca Selariu, Ross Brockwell and Nathan Jones — is scheduled to exit the 3D-printed habitat in Houston this evening. You can watch the livestream of their return on NASA TV (below) starting at 5PM ET.This marks the end of NASA’s first Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA) mission. There are plans already for two more one-year missions, one of which NASA recently accepted applications for.The Mission 1 crew entered…
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Nike is killing the app for its futuristic Adapt BB sneakers
05 Jul

Nike is killing the app for its futuristic Adapt BB sneakers

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Nike is discontinuing its self-lacing Adapt BB sneakers and providing a case in point of what can happen to tech that relies on apps. First announced in 2019, the sneakers used a Back to the Future II style power-lacing system called FitAdapt that was adjustable either manually or with an app. Now, the company will no longer make new Adapt shoes and is retiring the Nike Adapt App, it announced in a help document spotted by The Verge."After five years, we’re retiring the Adapt App and removing it from the Apple and Android app stores, globally, on August 6, 2024,"…
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Epic says that Apple rejected its third-party app store for the second time
05 Jul

Epic says that Apple rejected its third-party app store for the second time

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Epic says that Apple has once again rejected its submission for a third-party app store, according to a series of posts on X. The company says that Apple rejected the latest submission over the design and position of the “install” button on the app store, claiming that it too closely resembles Apple's own “get” button. Apple also allegedly said that Epic’s “in-app purchases” label is too similar to its own label, used for the same reason.The maker of Fortnite suggests that this is just another salvo in the long-running dispute between the two companies. Epic says that it’s using the…
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The best early Prime Day deals ahead of Amazon’s July sale — shop Apple, Anker and more
05 Jul

The best early Prime Day deals ahead of Amazon’s July sale — shop Apple, Anker and more

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is less than two weeks away, but we’re already seeing a handful of decent early deals go live in advance of the big sale. Per usual, many of the more noteworthy discounts apply to Amazon’s own gadgets and subscription services, but there are a few good offers on devices from the likes of Apple, Anker, Samsung and Bose as well. We’re rounding up the best Prime Day deals we can find below, and we’ll continue to update this post as we get closer to the actual sale. Just remember that you’ll need to to see some (but not all) of…
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Amazon takes a new brick-and-mortar approach with a stake in Neiman Marcus
05 Jul

Amazon takes a new brick-and-mortar approach with a stake in Neiman Marcus

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Amazon changed the face of retail over the last 20 years but has failed miserably to make inroads in the luxury goods market. Now, it's trying something new. The online retailer has purchased a small stake in retailer Neiman Marcus and will reportedly provide data and logistics to Neiman and its new owner, Saks Fifth Avenue.Yesterday, Saks Fifth Avenue and parent HBC announced the $2.65 billion acquisition of Neiman Marcus (which also owns Bergdorf Goodman), putting the largest US luxury retailers under the same roof, The Wall Street Journal reported. Amazon is a minority investor in the deal, which is…
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