NASA collected a sample from an asteroid for the first time — here’s why it matters

OSIRIS-REx sample retrieval by NASA
Victoria Thiem, system safety engineer from Lockheed Martin, checks the temperature of the actual size OSIRIS-REx’s return capsule sample during the recovery rehearsal at Lockheed Martin, Waterton Canyon campus in Littleton, Colorado on Tuesday, June 27, 2023.  | Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post
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Sunday, September 24, 2023 - 2:26pm
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A conversation with Cruise’s Kyle Vogt, Bird scoops up Spin, and self-driving trucks live to see another day in Cali

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Sunday, September 24, 2023 - 5:55pm
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How to Fix the Pending Purchase Issue on Steam

Have you encountered an error message while trying to make a new purchase on Steam saying that your last purchase is still pending? The pop-up sometimes warns users that Steam may cancel their previous purchase if they make a new one, even if their bank has already charged them. This makes the situation more complicated.

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Sunday, September 24, 2023 - 2:30pm
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5 Reasons Raspberry Pi SBCs Could Be Overkill for Your Project

A good number of electronic tinkerers and hobbyists use Raspberry Pi single-board computers in their projects, and they are quite capable devices that can be used for physical computing. However, sometimes the issue isn’t that a Raspberry Pi SBC is incapable of doing the job, but instead that it offers a considerable amount of resources that might be wasted on specific applications.

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Sunday, September 24, 2023 - 12:30pm
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