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GETTY Beautiful Nantes is a great base for exploring the France’s Loire river And you needn’t even endure a long flight or trek through a sweltering jungle to enjoy such adventures. For they are all to be had just a short, low-cost flight away in Nantes, birthplace of the writer Jules Verne, gateway to the […]
Enlarge / NASA’s version of what a deep space gateway might look like. (credit: NASA) Russia is assembling a new group of engineers who will be responsible for crafting the nation’s lunar exploration strategy. It’s another sign that a highly ambitious human space program is gaining steam in Moscow. The new department was created inside […]
It’s no secret that modems provided by your ISP can leave a lot to be desired. While we generally recommend you use your own hardware when it comes to your internet connection, plenty of people just go with the standard default modem and router. Comcast is making that process just a little bit easier thanks […]
Commodore International declared itself insolvent on April 29, 1994 under Chapter 7 of US bankruptcy law. Ordinarily, this would have been followed immediately by an auction of all the company’s assets. However, Commodore’s Byzantine organizational structure—designed to serve as a tax shelter for financier Irving Gould—made this process far more lengthy and complicated than it […]
In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Watch video of the ubiquitous James Franco invading Halloween Horror Nights. Take a peek inside the revamped Universal Studios’ Classic Monster Cafe. See concept art of Woody’s Lunch Box in Toy Story Land at Hollywood Studios. Find out more about what Pixar Fest will entail at Disneyland Resort next […]
Ron Amadeo How much can you slice away from a Google Home and have it still be good? That was the question asked of Google’s hardware team when it created the Google Home Mini, a device that slashes the $ 129 Google Home down to a mere $ 50. The result is a smaller, cheaper, […]
Enlarge / What the Deep Space Gateway might look like based on NASA concept drawings. (credit: NASA) Editor’s note: NASA’s proposed Deep Space Gateway has been in the news recently due to a joint statement of support for the project from US and Russian officials. However, as former space shuttle pilot and International Space Station commander […]
The quaint town of Swakopmund is Namibia’s fastest-growing tourist destination. Visitors flock here to experience the incongruity of German colonial buildings on the edge of an African desert, the allure of the treacherous Skeleton Coast and the promise of seeing 1,500-year-old welwitschias growing in the so-called Moon Landscape. What the weiss-sipping, pumpernickel-munching tourists don’t know […]
Tech-savvy fire alarm systems aren’t without their share of problems, it seems. Honeywell is recalling its SWIFT wireless gateway after learning that the smoke detectors connected to the gateway (usually found in apartments, hotels and offices) won’t always kick in — in other words, they can’t accomplish their one and only mission. The company hasn’t […]
PH The River Wharfe alongside the Devonshire Arms is a relaxing spot for walks in the Dales The handsome Bolton Abbey Estate, a 50 square mile tract of parkland which acts as the gateway to the Yorkshire Dales, has remained in the hands of successive Dukes of Devonshire since 1753 and with it the hotel […]
