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This Mars mission is relatively modest in cost, so NASA thinks it's worth the risk.

Altman has agreement to return, while most of the board that fired him is out.

In the future, F1 teams may need to adapt to using fewer tires each weekend.

Upgrade your home theater with these sweet TV and soundbar deals.

$130 nostalgia box is useful for seeing your old cartridges in HD, and that's about it.

"Along this loop is a set of red rock hoodoos that pop out of seemingly nowhere."

Black Friday week brings in the best headphone deals we've seen all year.

LitterDrifter's means of self-propagation are simple. So why is it spreading so widely?

Binance CEO popularly known as CZ names successor in emotional X post.

Can playing 16:9 content on a 21:9 screen affect burn-in risk? Apparently.

Fake gearshifts and powertrain noises enhance Hyundai's electric hot hatch-mostly.

Amazon has had a notoriously hard time making money from Alexa.

"Altman would return only if the board members who fired him left," report says.

The "Manifest V3" rollout is back after letting tensions cool for a year.

"Personally, I don't think that would be the end of the world."

Respiratory virus season is in full swing as people ready for family gatherings.

The Z-machine allowed porting from mainframes to TRS-80, Apple II, and others.

From Apple to Asus and Lenovo to HP, there are plenty of savings on a new laptop.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei quickly declined job offer and merger, reports say.

In lawsuit, Musk says ads next to antisemitic posts are Media Matters' fault.

The Korean automaker's latest facility is a test bed for new ideas.

OpenAI's future hangs in the balance as staff says they'll join former CEO at Microsoft.

Webb reveals the Sagittarius C region of the Milky Way.

Want to play console-style games on your phone? These are your options.

Hybrid prototypes from Acura, BMW, Cadillac, and Porsche wowed the crowds.

Nothing promised end-to-end encryption, then stored texts publicly in plaintext.

Factory seconds, returned products, and B-stock can all save a bit of money.

Let's not send a few thousand people to Mars as a big experiment in survival.

Court cannot grant X Corp.'s flawed legal motion, magistrate judge rules.

Brands claim ad controls don't work, urge X CEO to quit over antisemitism.

Scientists have identified a flavonol called quercetin as the most likely culprit.

GM-owned Cruise "failed to disclose" full video and key crash details, DMV said.

Games are more responsive on the OLED screen, even when running at 60 fps or below.

On just its second flight, Starship now is arguably as successful as NASA's SLS rocket.

Ilya Sutskever announces regret; 700+ OpenAI employees sign letter asking board to resign.

After the first day of practice, many were ready to write off the event completely.

"We had a lovely string of clear nights in late September and early October."

Cars deemed unfixable in North America are resurrected in Eastern Europe.

Elaborate parking booths, Q4 financials, game engines, and the nature of sims.

Think of it as an alternative to a supercar.

Cleared of malfeasance, Altman's unpopular firing may be undone-if he's interested.

Starship reached a speed of 15,000 mph, then self-destructed over the Gulf of Mexico.

SIM swaps and port-out scams are a fact of life. New rules aren't likely to change that.

Microsoft CEO "furious"; OpenAI President and 3 researchers resign. COO says "No malfeasance."

A recent book takes a dim view of the Europe-centric view of the origin of science.

As a layer is printed, an optical scan IDs flaws and corrects them in the next layer.

E-bikes and scooters displace 4x as much demand for oil as all of the EVs in the world.

Lotus is ready to sell you a super EV SUV. What is it, and can it be a winner?

SpaceX's giant Starship rocket is poised to head for space from South Texas.

Details emerge in Sam Altman firing, which blindsided Microsoft and investors.