In a very related moment, NASA struggled for three months to remove the lid of an asteroid sample container, sending it into deep (work) space and back. Ditto, NASA, ditto: I wrestled with pickle jars.
The space agency was finally able to access the asteroid Bennu sample container last week and made a publication high resolution image On Friday, the Touch and Go Sampling Facility (TAGSAM) OSIRIS-REx spacecraft revealed a delicious array of dust and rocks scraped over Bennu.
TAGSAM resides in a special glove compartment to prevent sample contamination, and only certain instruments are approved for use with it. The team eventually had to develop new tools to open the fasteners. Banging on the edge of the kitchen counter didn’t work.
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The mixed reality headset will start shipping on February 2.
Apple’s Vision Pro is now available for pre-order in US stores and on the company’s website. You’ll want to know that you’ll need to scan your face using Face ID with your iPhone or iPad when pre-ordering to make sure you get an exact band match. Prices start at $3,499 for the 256GB version, but you can ask for more storage. It will cost $3,699 with 512GB of storage, and $3,899 with 1TB. If you’ve got more cash to burn, a travel bag, extra battery packs, and extra light seals will set you back $199 each. If you’re feeling like late ’80s/early ’90s accessories, you can clip the device to your pants with the Belkin battery holder. Cool.
1,440p gaming power for $599.
What makes NVIDIA’s RTX 4070 Super special? Basically raw power. It has 7168 CUDA cores compared to 5888 in the base RTX 4070 and 7680 in the RTX 4070 Ti. Its base clock speed is also slightly higher than before. With DLSS3 upscaling power, the 4070 Super is a more capable 4K gaming card.
This is the same hacker group behind the SolarWinds cyber attack.
Microsoft said that a hacking group affiliated with a Russian intelligence agency accessed the emails of several of its senior managers and other employees. It said a hacker group known as Midnight Blizzard, or Nobelium, was responsible — the same group behind the 2020 SolarWinds cyberattack. Microsoft and US cybersecurity officials have said Nobelium is part of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR).
Hackers gained access to a small number of Microsoft corporate email accounts, including those of members of its senior management, cybersecurity and legal teams.
