UK Space Agency funds tech for orbital awareness

With tonight’s launch, NASA starts getting serious about planetary defense

Enlarge / The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, spacecraft aboard. (credit: NASA) Weather permitting, a Falcon 9 rocket will launch a key asteroid-deflection mission for NASA on Tuesday night from California. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART mission, will seek to demonstrate the capability to change an […]

Judge dismisses Steam antitrust case for lack of factual support

(credit: Aurich Lawson) A federal judge has accepted Valve’s motion to dismiss an anti-trust lawsuit against company Steam’s store and platform, saying that plaintiff Wolfire Games failed to establish the basic facts necessary to sustain the case going forward. Wolfire’s lawsuit in part rested on the argument that Valve was illegally tying its Steam game […]

Electric vehicles feature in 2022 World Car Awards contenders

Enlarge (credit: World Car Awards) On Thursday, the World Car Awards launched its 2022 program and published the list of eligible vehicles for the upcoming contest. When the winners are announced at next year’s New York International Auto Show, there will be a new category just for battery-electric vehicles. “There has never been a better […]