Astronomer Excitedly Announces He Has Discovered Mars

Everyone dreams of making a famous discovery at some point in their life. Few of us manage to rediscover an entire planet.

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Steam Earned an Estimated $4.3B in 2017, but Benefits Flow to Handful of Titles

As the number of games released on Steam continues to explode, a tiny fraction of the total games are responsible for more and more of the revenue.

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Flat-Earther Finally Fires Himself Into the Heavens, or at Least the Lower Troposphere

Would-be rocketeer Mike Hughes has successfully reached the extreme lower trophosphere in his steam-powered rocket. Next stop: The upper atmosphere.

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New Lithium-Air Battery Lasts Hundreds of Cycles Longer Than Past Designs

Lithium-air batteries have great capacity but tend to break down in a matter of weeks. A new design that tweaks the Lithium-air reaction could finally make these batteries viable for long-term use.

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Samsung Galaxy S9, S9+ Users Reporting Touch Screen Dead Zones

Samsung's Galaxy S9 has only been on sale for a week, but stories of touch-screen problems are popping up already.

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The Nvidia MX150 GPU Is Massively Slowed Down in Some Laptops

You can play "lighter" PC games like World of Tanks or DOTA2 at 60 fps on most MX150 systems. Not all of them, though, and that's the problem.

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Mozilla Pulls Ads From Facebook in Response to Cambridge Analytica Scandal

Mozilla is pausing its advertising relationship with Facebook because, in its words, Mozilla wants what's "good for the web and for people." That's a subtle yet effective burn, Mozilla.

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