Hurricanes are getting stronger, and climate change may be a factor

Hurricanes are getting stronger, and climate change may be a factor

NASA astronaut Nick Hague of the ISS took this photo of Hurricane Dorian’s eye. NASA / Nick Hague Barry. Dorian. Humberto. Lorenzo. The Atlantic hurricane season last year was devastating. The bad news is that stronger hurricanes are part of an ongoing trend. Hurricanes are getting windier. This sobering result comes from a study by…

NASA renames space telescope after Nancy Grace Roman, trailblazing astronomer

NASA renames space telescope after Nancy Grace Roman, trailblazing astronomer

NASA’s wide-field infrared measuring telescope (Wfirst) is now called Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, after NASA’s first head of astronomy. NASA NASA is giving a planned space telescope a name and a face that scientists can use to search the cosmos for mysterious dark matter and dark energy and to study distant worlds. The space…

Best kids tablet for 2020: Amazon Fire, Apple iPad and more compared

Best kids tablet for 2020: Amazon Fire, Apple iPad and more compared

Joshua Goldman / CNET You want to introduce your child Educational apps and child-friendly content – maybe even some YouTube kids Videos and TV shows – but how much should you spend on the first tablet? Should you go straight to the iPad or find something that is a little cheaper as the first device,…

The Snyder Cut: Everything we know about HBO Max's Justice League

The Snyder Cut: Everything we know about HBO Max’s Justice League

You are back for the second round. Warner Bros. You’ve probably heard of The Snyder Cut at some point in the past year and a half. #ReleaseTheSnyderCut regularly shows trends on Twitter and the next major streaming service on Wednesday. HBO max, announced it would finally answer the call for The Snyder Cut to be…

Google Pay: One big reason I switched from Samsung Pay

Google Pay: Why I switched from Samsung Pay and haven’t looked back

Samsung Pay has an outstanding function. Lexy Savvides / CNET With the occasional exception that I pulled a credit card out of my wallet, since the middle of March when I started, I barely reached into my purse Work from home and shelter on site. One arm of my sunglasses lazily hangs over the side…

Space Force launch sends the X-37B space plane on a new mission

Space Force launch sends the X-37B space plane on a new mission

The X-37B is ready to go. U.S. Space Force Wednesday, the U.S. Space Force announced its second launch since becoming the newest branch of the American military in December: launch into orbit X-37B room level on May 16 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The autonomous spacecraft took off on Sunday at 9:14…

Elon Musk and Ivanka Trump 'red pill' reference slammed by The Matrix director

Elon Musk and Ivanka Trump ‘red pill’ reference slammed by The Matrix director

Elon Musk is a fan of The Matrix. The Matrix co-creator is not a fan of Elon Musk. Photo by Diego Donamaria / Getty Images for SXSW Elon Musk can be one new father, but he still has time to spark controversy on Twitter. The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX tweeted a note on Sunday…

Donald Trump posts Independence Day deepfake on Twitter and Bill Pullman responds

Donald Trump posts Independence Day deepfake on Twitter and Bill Pullman responds

Axelle / Bauer-Griffin Over the weekend Donald Trump re-posted a deep false meme Video on Twitter, originally created by Twitter account “Mad” ObamaGate “Liberals”. The deepfake video takes a famous monologue from the film Independence Day and replaces Bill Pullman – the actor who plays the fictional US President Thomas J. Whitmore – with Donald…