Why buying a new 4K TV will probably force you to give up Freeview for something completely new

If you’re looking to upgrade to a new smart TV in the coming months, the change will likely mean giving up Freeview. That’s because Freely, a new broadband-powered alternative from the Freeview team, is fast becoming the new standard for TV manufacturers in the UK. Free, which launched in april with a single TV brand … Read more

Scientists intrigued after finding a completely different kind of rock on Mars

NASA’s Perseverance rover, known as Percy, is designed to explore Mars’ Jezero Crater as part of NASA’s Mars 2020 mission. It successfully landed on the Red Planet on February 18, 2021 and has been providing scientists with crucial information ever since. Recently, the rover attracted a lot of scientific attention because it discovered something truly … Read more

DNA-based bacterial parasite uses a completely new DNA editing method

Enlarge / Top row: individual steps in the reaction process. Bottom row: Cartoon diagram of the top row, showing the position of each DNA and RNA strand. Hiraizumi, etc. al. While CRISPR is probably the most prominent gene editing technology, there are others, some developed before and since. And humans have developed CRISPR variants to … Read more

NASA discovers that humanity would completely disrupt asteroid defenses

Earth has a “limited willingness” to “rapidly conduct” the necessary space missions to defend itself against a devastating asteroid impact, even with fourteen years’ notice. During an exercise involving multiple U.S. government agencies in April 2024, NASA conducted a so-called “tabletop” game in which participants plotted their response to a 72 percent chance that an … Read more

NASA discovers that humanity would completely disrupt asteroid defenses

Earth has a “limited willingness” to “rapidly conduct” the necessary space missions to defend itself against a devastating asteroid impact, even with fourteen years’ notice. During an exercise involving multiple U.S. government agencies in April 2024, NASA conducted a so-called “tabletop” game in which participants plotted their response to a 72 percent chance that an … Read more

Dragon Age: Veilguard director says “You can play this game completely offline,” and there will be no microtransactions or battle passes

Dragon Age: The Veilguard preview Dragon

What you need to know Dragon Age is an upcoming action-adventure role-playing title created by BioWare. BioWare is also the creators of the award-winning Mass Effect franchise. In a Q&A session on their Discord, the BioWare developers answered a long list of questions from their community. During the session they revealed that there would be … Read more