The International Space Station (ISS) is about to take delivery of several ultra-high-definition cameras that will offer free access to live-streamed Earth imagery from 250 miles up. The 4K system is the work ofa British firm called Sen, which already beams live video of Earth from a small satellite that it launched two years ago. Charles Black, the boss and founder of Sen, told BBC Radio on Thursday that one of the three cameras will over a wide-angle panoramic scene capturing sunrises and sunsets, another will point straight down for a tighter view that reveals features as small as 197 feet (60 meters) across, and a third will be positioned to capture the arrivals and departures of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft, and also Boeing’s Starliner capsuleonce it’s operational....

Television data firm Parrot Analytics has revealed that based on viewer demand,The Witcheris the biggest show worldwide at the moment. Most impressively, it has beaten outThe Mandalorian, which has been hugely popular not only because of its Star Wars connection, but also due to the meme-ready character known as “The Child,” who the internet has collectively dubbed Baby Yoda. Due to his popularity, many pieces of official merchandise, including plush toys, were released shortly after the show premiered....

Baldur’s Gate 3 negative Steam reviews keep targeting romance options Baldur’s Gate 3 reviews won’t stop talking about the adult content in the game, especially in the Steam reviews. Whether romance is good or bad differs from player to player, proving that you can’t satisfy everyone. Baldur’s Gate 3 has earned memetic status for its bizarre love scenes. This is the game where romancing a vampire elf is among the more vanilla options, with Mind Flayers, devils, and even aDruid transformed into a bearsitting on the other end of the spectrum....

With its rocky launch just five days ago,Battlefield 2042‘s developers have been busy patching out its issues, with two more massive game-changing updates one the way. Titled Update 2 and Update 3, the first is set to arrive on November 25 while the second is slated for early December. While the patches both touch on issues like performance, server stability, and balancing, neither adds in one of the game’s sorely missed features: Voice chat....

At the start of this year, NASA’s InSight lander successfullyplaced its seismometeron the surface of Mars andcovered it with a heat shieldto protect it from the elements. But problems arose when InSight tried todeploy its second instrument, the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package (HP3) or heat probe. The lander is equipped with a drill known as “the mole” designed to tunnel up to 16 feet beneath the surface so it can place the probe underground for more accurate readings....

Stop looking everyone, the stupidest product of the year has arrived. It’s thePalm (2018), a device that should never have got past the point of conception, and certainly never have actually been made. It’s so baffling, even those that made it don’t know what it’s for. However, heads were nodded, budgets allotted, boxes were ticked, and production lines were fired into life. And now it has been vomited into the world....

CS:GO Paris Major reportedly brought in over $110 million in sticker sales The BLAST.tv Paris Major is reportedly the most successful CS:GO tournament in terms of sticker sales as the amount of money teams and players earned is over $110 million. Valve has slowly been revealing just how much teams and players have been getting from sticker sales over the past few years. The developerclaimedin 2019 that the StarLadder Major Berlin earned its 24 participating teams and 120 players over $11 million....

Some craters near the Moon’s poles never receive any sunlight. Permanently engulfed in frigid darkness, these craters are appropriately called cold traps.NASA As the Earth rotates, it tilts on its axis bringing some parts of the planet closer to the sun than others — which is why we have seasons. But on the Moon, the lack of tilt means there are some regions that are never exposed to sunlight at all....

Anthemreleased less than two weeks ago, and reviews haven’t exactly been the kindest.In our own, we criticized the game for its repetition and poor progression system, but PlayStation 4 players have reported an even worse issue: Theirconsoles shutting off entirely. Electronic Arts is aware of the issue, but thecompany doesn’t seem to actually knowwhat is causing it. “We are currently in [the] process of gathering information about the PS4 issues so we can determine the root cause,” EA community manager Matt Rivera in a post on theEA Answers site....

Summary The History Channel’shit reality show,The Curse of Oak Island, has captivated audiences with its quest to uncover the mysterious treasures hidden on Oak Island, and season 10 introduced the immediate fan-favorite, Emma Culligan. The show follows brothers Rick and Marty Lagina, alongsideshow producer Peter Fornetti, as they employ modern technology and a team of experts to solve the centuries-old mystery. Among the distinguished experts is Emma Culligan, a multifaceted professional who significantly contributes to the ongoing exploration with her expertise in archaeology, engineering, and metallurgy....

What’s brand new and already a little rusty? The latest version of the Firefox browser for the desktop will have a component based on thenew Mozilla-backed Rust language, said Dave Herman, a principal researcher and director of strategy at Mozillathis week. Rust is billed as an alternative to C++, and promises that programmers can be more productive and suffer less headaches regarding troublesome memory exploits. According to the post, Firefox 48 will includeMozilla’s first Rust media parser....

Formovie, the Chinese projector maker that made a splash a couple of years ago with its excellentFormovie Theater UST projector, today announced that preorders are now open for its new, affordable compact 1080p projector, the adorable $299 Xming Episode One. Falling under Formovie’s independent sub-brand, Xming, the Episode One should fit in nicely with the portable projector set. Its lightweight and diminutive design — it weighs 2.8 pounds and measures 6....

With the right speaker, you can easily make Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant a part of your home theater setup, a great choice for streaming high-quality music playback! Here’s everything you need to get started, and how to link up Alexa the right way. Step 1: Find an Alexa-compatible speaker Your first step is to find a speaker that you connect to using Alexa. If you already have a Bluetooth speaker setup that you like, just double-check that it’s compatible with Alexa....