Month: August 2024
4 Smart Lighting Accessories I Use to Give My Home the Perfect Vibe
The right smart home adapters and automations can help you get more out of your decor.
The right smart home adapters and automations can help you get more out of your decor.
NASA wants clarity on Orion heat shield issue before stacking Artemis II rocket
“We have still a lot of work to do to close out the heat shield investigation.”
Enlarge / The Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II mission, comprising its crew and service modules, was lifted into a vacuum test chamber at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 4, 2024. (credit: NASA/Amanda Stevenson)
NASA would like to start stacking the Space Launch System rocket for the Artemis II mission—the first human flight around the Moon since 1972—sometime next month, but the agency’s exploration chief says the milestone could be delayed as engineers continue studying the readiness of the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield.
The heat shield, already installed at the base of the Orion spacecraft, will take the brunt of the heating when the capsule blazes through Earth’s atmosphere at the end of the 10-day mission. On the Artemis I test flight in late 2022, NASA sent an Orion spacecraft to the Moon and back without a crew aboard. The only significant blemish on the test flight was a finding that charred chunks of the heat shield unexpectedly stripped away from the capsule during reentry as temperatures increased to nearly 5,000° Fahrenheit (2,760° Celsius).
The spacecraft safely splashed down, and if any astronauts had been aboard, they would have been fine. However, the inspections of the recovered spacecraft showed divots of heat shield material were missing. The heat shield material, called Avcoat, is designed to erode away in a controlled manner during reentry. Instead, fragments fell off the heat shield that left cavities resembling potholes.
IT Tycoon Mike Lynch, Daughter Hannah Found Dead
In a tragic update to Monday’s story, authorities have recovered the bodies of former Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch and his teenage daughter Hannah. The Register reports: Italian divers are said to have found the billionaire father and his daughter, 18, inside one of the sunken vessel’s cabins, according to The Telegraph. The capsized ship presently rests 49 meters below the surface, about half a mile from the coast. […] Angela Bacares, Lynch’s wife, was rescued at sea and is recovering.
Canadian Broadcasting Company News has reported that the body of Recaldo Thomas, a Canadian-born man who resided in Antigua and served as the ship’s cook, has been recovered. Other missing individuals have been identified by The Independent as: Christopher Morvillo, a lawyer who had represented Lynch and wife Neda Morvillo; Jonathan Bloomer, chairman of investment bank Morgan Stanley International and wife Judy Bloomer.
The Register has published an obituary for Mike Lynch.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
In a tragic update to Monday’s story, authorities have recovered the bodies of former Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch and his teenage daughter Hannah. The Register reports: Italian divers are said to have found the billionaire father and his daughter, 18, inside one of the sunken vessel’s cabins, according to The Telegraph. The capsized ship presently rests 49 meters below the surface, about half a mile from the coast. […] Angela Bacares, Lynch’s wife, was rescued at sea and is recovering.
Canadian Broadcasting Company News has reported that the body of Recaldo Thomas, a Canadian-born man who resided in Antigua and served as the ship’s cook, has been recovered. Other missing individuals have been identified by The Independent as: Christopher Morvillo, a lawyer who had represented Lynch and wife Neda Morvillo; Jonathan Bloomer, chairman of investment bank Morgan Stanley International and wife Judy Bloomer.
The Register has published an obituary for Mike Lynch.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
The 16 Best Labor Day Sleep Deals of 2024: Bedding, Bases, Sleep Tech and More
Don’t miss the best Labor Day sleep deals from brand favorites like Purple, Buffy and Eight Sleep.
Don’t miss the best Labor Day sleep deals from brand favorites like Purple, Buffy and Eight Sleep.
Google Gemini AI Adds New Features for Polishing Emails
But you’ve got to be a paying Google Workspace customer to utilize the new options.
But you’ve got to be a paying Google Workspace customer to utilize the new options.
Twitch subscription prices are increasing by $2 on iOS and Android
Twitch is updating subscription costs for mobile purchases. Beginning October 1, Tier 1 sub and gift sub prices made in the company’s mobile app will be $8, up from the current rate of $6 a month. Tier 2 and Tier 3 prices will not be impacted.
📱 Starting October 1, we’re increasing new Tier 1 sub and gift sub prices on the mobile app in over 40 countries.🔴 You can bring your questions to Patch Notes today, August 21 at 12pm PT.📬 We are notifying streamers and subscribers in these countries via email.— Twitch Support (@TwitchSupport) August 21, 2024
The company announced this summer that the Tier 1 price for subscribing to a channel on desktop would be increasing by a dollar in the US, rising from $5 to $6. That change initially took effect in July, the first time Twitch sub costs had risen for US viewers. The move followed similar hikes for Tier 1 subs in the UK, Canada, Australia and Turkey earlier this year.
The bigger increase to sub costs on mobile is likely a response to the fees both major tech companies charge for in-app purchases. This subject has gotten the companies snared in some antitrust suits, and they have reduced their commission percentage for several use cases. Both Apple and Google have also adopted new fee structures in Europe in response to the Digital Markets Act.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/apps/twitch-subscription-prices-are-increasing-by-2-on-ios-and-android-213528826.html?src=rss
Twitch is updating subscription costs for mobile purchases. Beginning October 1, Tier 1 sub and gift sub prices made in the company’s mobile app will be $8, up from the current rate of $6 a month. Tier 2 and Tier 3 prices will not be impacted.
📱 Starting October 1, we’re increasing new Tier 1 sub and gift sub prices on the mobile app in over 40 countries.
🔴 You can bring your questions to Patch Notes today, August 21 at 12pm PT.
📬 We are notifying streamers and subscribers in these countries via email.
— Twitch Support (@TwitchSupport) August 21, 2024
The company announced this summer that the Tier 1 price for subscribing to a channel on desktop would be increasing by a dollar in the US, rising from $5 to $6. That change initially took effect in July, the first time Twitch sub costs had risen for US viewers. The move followed similar hikes for Tier 1 subs in the UK, Canada, Australia and Turkey earlier this year.
The bigger increase to sub costs on mobile is likely a response to the fees both major tech companies charge for in-app purchases. This subject has gotten the companies snared in some antitrust suits, and they have reduced their commission percentage for several use cases. Both Apple and Google have also adopted new fee structures in Europe in response to the Digital Markets Act.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/apps/twitch-subscription-prices-are-increasing-by-2-on-ios-and-android-213528826.html?src=rss