Antitrust advocates should blame Congress for Amazon-MGM deal

Honey, I shrunk the Mac: Enthusiast makes the Mac mini more mini

Enlarge / Mac Mini mod on top of the original Mac Mini. (credit: Snazzy Labs/YouTube) At 7.7×7.7×1.4 inches, the Mac mini is a tiny desktop. When the form factor debuted in 2010, it was pretty impressive. But 12 years later, with mini PCs like the Intel NUC measuring 4.6×4.4×1.5 inches, the Mac mini doesn’t feel all […]

France seeks to build reusable rocket, make up for “bad choices” in the past

Enlarge / French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire speaks during a visit to the aerospace company ArianeGroup in Vernon, northern France, on December 6, 2021. (credit: ERIC PIERMONT/AFP via Getty Images) On Monday French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire announced a plan for Europe to compete more effectively with SpaceX by developing a reusable rocket on […]

A new picture of the hot water beneath Yellowstone’s geysers

Enlarge / Grand Prismatic Spring, Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, (credit: Ignacio Palacios / Getty Images) The vast volcanic caldera at Yellowstone National Park is just the latest in a long string of volcanic sites, all of which seem to be linked to a hot blob of material that may go all the way […]