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Cassian Holt

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Animals

Google plans to release 64 million lab-raised mosquitoes to crash the populations that spread disease

June 13, 2026

Consumer Tech

The world’s first webcam was set up in 1991 just to watch a coffee pot

June 13, 2026

Space Systems

The space station fires its engines now and then to keep from slowly falling back to Earth

June 13, 2026

Animals

Flamingos are born gray and turn pink from pigments in the food they eat

June 13, 2026

Cybersecurity

Reusing one password means a single leaked site can unlock all of your accounts

June 13, 2026

Commercial Aircraft

At cruising height the outside air is so thin and cold the cabin must be pressurized to keep you safe

June 13, 2026

Space Systems

SpaceX launched 29 more Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral on Friday morning

June 13, 2026

Commercial Aircraft

A jetliner’s tires are pumped to about six times the pressure of a car tire

June 13, 2026

Cybersecurity

The Oracle server bug hit universities hardest, with the extortion crew stealing data and demanding payment

June 13, 2026

Software, Apps, and Big Tech

The first item ever sold over the web, in 1994, was a Sting CD

June 13, 2026

Space Systems

Roscosmos paused its risky repair on the station leak to gather more data before cutting further

June 12, 2026

Space Systems

Tianwen-2 will scoop a sample from asteroid Kamoʻoalewa, a rock thought to be a chip of the Moon

June 12, 2026

Telecom and Connectivity

More than 95% of internet traffic crosses the oceans through cables on the seafloor

June 12, 2026

Consumer Tech

The very first computer “bug” was a real moth trapped in a machine in 1947

June 12, 2026

Telecom and Connectivity

One hair-thin strand of optical fiber can carry trillions of bits of data a second

June 12, 2026

Telecom and Connectivity

Wi-Fi, radio and visible light are all the same thing: electromagnetic waves

June 12, 2026

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