Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Just 10 days before the U.S. ban on TikTok goes into effect, businessman Frank McCourt’s internet advocacy nonprofit Project Liberty announced Thursday it has submitted a proposal to buy the social media site from Chinese technology company ByteDance. Project Liberty and its partners, known as “The People’s Bid […]
NASA has selected Adam Schlesinger as manager for CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services). Schlesinger previously served as the Gateway Program habitation and logistics outpost project lead engineer at Johnson Space Center. “I am honored and tremendously excited to take on this new role as NASA continues to enable a growing lunar economy while leveraging the […]
It starts with Russell Vought, his pick to lead the little-known Office of Management and Budget. by Amanda Becker, for The 19th Republican President-elect Donald Trump spent the closing months of his campaign trying to distance himself from a blueprint for his second term known as Project 2025. Then, in the days after his victory, Trump picked […]
It looks like the transphobic tirade of Rep. Nancy Mace, Republican of South Carolina, was all for naught, as her proposed bathroom ban was excluded from Republicans’ House Rules package. Following Mike Johnson’s reconfirmation as House Speaker, Congress voted Friday on the proposed rules, which included a provision to make it more difficult to oust […]
An artist’s rendition of the 777-unit The Orie residential condominium project in Top Payoh in … [+] central Singapore. Courtesy of City Developments City Developments Ltd. (CDL)—controlled by billionaire Kwek Leng Beng—and its joint venture partners Thai tycoon Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi and Japan’s Sekisui House will start selling their prime residential condominium project in central Singapore […]
Fellow character actor Kevin Corrigan and indie rock vet Jon Wurster also members of Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon, which played first gig Thursday A new “musical concept” featuring actors Michael Shannon, David Krumholtz, and Kevin Corrigan staged their debut performance Thursday at a New York club. The band — dubbed Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon, and not the […]
Naturally, you can work in a mixed-reality environment with a connected Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, and you can put yourself in an immersive environment if you want to focus, or leave see-through mode turned on to make sure your coworkers aren’t taking photos and giggling while you wear a ridiculous headset to get stuff done. […]
In a surprising turn of events, TCPi and Aardman announced today that they’re teaming up for “a special project” that’s set to be released some time in 2027. In a press release about the collaboration, TCP marketing and media VP Taito Okiura described it as “a dream partnership for Pokémon.” Aardman’s managing director Sean Clarke […]
The board of California’s largest urban water supplier voted on Tuesday to spend $141.6 million for a large share of preliminary planning work for the state’s proposed water tunnel in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. With the decision, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California will continue covering nearly half of the preconstruction costs for […]
When questioned about its controversial cloud computing contract with the Israeli government, Google has repeatedly claimed the so-called Project Nimbus deal is bound by the company’s general cloud computing terms of service policy. While that policy would prohibit uses that lead to deprivation of rights, injury, or death, or other harms, contract documents and an […]
