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Programmer Gets Doom Running On a Space Satellite
An Icelandic programmer successfully ran Doom on the European Space Agency's OPS-SAT satellite, proving that the iconic 1993 shooter can now run not just everywhere on Earth -- but in orbit. ZDNet reports: Olafur Waage, a senior software developer from Iceland who now works in Norway, explained at U...
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Dinosaurs Were Thriving Until Asteroid Struck, Research Suggests
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Dinosaurs would not have become extinct had it not been for a catastrophic asteroid strike, researchers have said, challenging the idea the animals were already in decline. About 66 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period, a huge sp...
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Trump Eyes Government Control of Quantum Computing Firms
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Donald Trump is eyeing taking equity stakes in quantum computing firms in exchange for federal funding, The Wall Street Journal reported. At least five companies are weighing whether allowing the government to become a shareholder would be worth...
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Three Decades After Clippy, Microsoft Launches Mico
Nearly three decades after Clippy appeared as Microsoft's Office assistant, the company is introducing Mico, a virtual character for Copilot's voice mode. The bouncing orb responds with real-time expressions during conversations and is being turned on by default, The Verge reports. Users can disable...
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Apple Readies New Framework To Let iPhone Users Migrate App Data To Android
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 9to5Mac: Apple has been working on a new framework called AppMigrationKit, which will be compatible with devices running iOS 26.1 and later, as well as iPadOS 26.1 and later. Like iOS and iPadOS 26.1, the framework is currently in beta and will allow develope...
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