The U.S. Space Force has tapped SpaceX for a $81.6 million National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 1 task order to loft the Weather System Follow-on–Microwave 2 (WSF-M2) satellite and a rideshare stack of small DoD spacecraft (the BLAZE-2 mission) in the first half of fiscal 2027. The award—designated mission USSF-178—marks SpaceX’s third…
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Destiny 2 Players Push Back Against Edge of Fate Grind Changes Bungie’s upcoming Edge of Fate expansion for Destiny 2 is drawing community ire over its new loot and progression systems. According to Forbes, the expansion introduces a “new form of loot grinding and seasonal bonuses” that many players are already unhappy with. Edge of…
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Background and Mission Objectives The European Space Agency’s Biomass mission is a groundbreaking Earth observation program focused on measuring the amount of carbon stored in the world’s forests. Selected in 2013 as ESA’s seventh Earth Explorer research mission, Biomass was conceived to address a critical gap in our understanding of the global carbon cycle en.wikipedia.org…
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Overview of June 2025 AI Developments June 2025 was a pivotal month for artificial intelligence, marked by high-profile product launches, substantial investments, and significant policy moves. Generative AI continued its rapid advance with new models for image and video creation, while robotics saw AI-driven breakthroughs from factory floors to sports arenas. The enterprise AIlandscape was defined by billion-dollar…
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Tempe has officially joined the short but fast‑growing list of U‑S cities getting symmetrical multi‑gigabit internet from Google Fiber (GFiber). Construction began this month in the Warner Ranch neighborhood and the first customer activations are slated for 2026. City leaders say the project closes a long‑running campaign to improve local connectivity, while GFiber executives frame Tempe…
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Cyngn Inc.’s one‑paragraph press release announcing a showcase of its DriveMod‑powered autonomous vehicles on NVIDIA’s Isaac robotics platform at Automatica 2025 set off a chain reaction: the stock rocketed as much as 483 % in a single session, trading volume smashed annual records and analysts suddenly began to treat the once‑obscure firm as a credible contender in industrial…
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Google Gemini CLI: The Open‑Source AI Agent Transforming Your Terminal Overview – What Is Google Gemini CLI? Google Gemini CLI is an open-source command-line interface (CLI) tool introduced by Google in mid-2025 that brings the power of Google’s Gemini AI models directly into developers’ terminals theverge.com blog.google. In essence, it’s a terminal-based AI assistant (or…
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A surprisingly busy 24 hours of seismic activity saw a M 5.7–5.8 quake off the Dominican Republic that rattled Puerto Rico, a M 6.3–6.5 event east of the Philippine archipelago that was felt as far as Thailand and Myanmar, and a widely‑felt but harmless M 2.7 jolt under Los Angeles. Dozens of smaller shocks—most notably in Chile, Papua New Guinea and Nevada—rounded…
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A shallow, 2.7‑magnitude earthquake jolted Sherman Oaks at lunchtime on 24 June 2025, startling thousands of Angelenos and instantly reigniting the perennial question: Are we ready for the Big One? Drawing on U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data, real‑time local reporting, and commentary from leading seismologists, this deep dive unpacks what actually happened beneath the Valley floor, what scientists know (and…
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A rare alignment of space‑weather ingredients is expected to push shimmering curtains of green, pink and violet as far south as the lower Great Lakes and Pacific Northwest overnight on 24–25 June 2025. NOAA has issued a G1–G2 geomagnetic‑storm watch with the Kp index forecast to peak at 5.67, enough to expand the auroral oval into at least 15…
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