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'A pretty significant setback': How Blue Origin's rocket explosion affects NASA's moon plans

June 2, 2026
The recent explosion of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket during a routine test is a big setback for the private spaceflight company, and will likely have implications for NASA’s Artemis program timeline and the nation’s efforts to return astronauts to the surface of the moon. The May 28 incident, in which no one was injured, occurred while Blue Origin prepared its fourth New Glenn…
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DuckDuckGo makes its ‘no-AI’ search engine easier to access as its traffic booms

June 2, 2026
As its traffic continues to climb, alternative search engine DuckDuckGo is leaning into anti-AI sentiment with the launch of new browser extensions that allow users to set its no-AI search experience, noai.duckduckgo.com, as their default search engine. Once enabled, users will be directed to DuckDuckGo’s AI-free search page, where there are no AI-assisted answers, no chat prompts, and fewer…
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This stunning abstract photography trick uses a secret ingredient that's hiding in your childhood toy box

June 2, 2026
While you can file playing marbles at school in the same memory drawer as hopscotch and riding around on your chopper bicycle, they do make a great subject for an abstract macro project. Don’t worry about braving cobwebs and setting off your dust allergy by scrabbling around in the attic looking for them, though. For some reason they are plentiful and cheap on Amazon, or even some toy shops if…
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This Tesla owner won $10k in court for Tesla's FSD lies (Updated)

June 2, 2026
For over a decade now, Tesla has sold a promise of vehicles that can drive themselves, even stating that every car it produced had all the hardware for self-driving. But after years of the company being unable to deliver, some owners want their money back. Ben Gawiser is one of those owners, who recently won a $10,600 judgment due to Tesla’s failure to deliver. But Tesla kept fighting to delay…
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