Expedition 73, with its four newest crewmates, kicked off the week exploring how living in space affects the circulatory system and exercise. Meanwhile, the four crew members from NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission are back on Earth and getting used to gravity after five months aboard the International Space Station.
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Why Apple’s Vision Pro Finally Has the Content Library It Deserves
Picture this: you strap on your Apple Vision Pro, and for the first time since launch, there’s actually something new to watch that didn’t exist yesterday. Sound familiar? If you’ve been holding onto that $3,499 headset wondering when Apple would deliver on its content promises, the wait might finally be over.
Apple’s latest immersive video releases mark a turning point for the platform, with Submerged becoming the first scripted film captured in Apple Immersive Video. The growing catalog now includes everything from Metallica concerts to NBA All-Star coverage, suggesting Apple is finally serious about feeding its premium spatial computing device the content it needs to justify its existence.
What makes Apple Immersive Video actually different this time?
Let’s break down what Apple has been building while everyone complained about the lack of Netflix and YouTube apps. Apple Immersive Video delivers 180-degree stereoscopic video at 90 frames per second with approximately 5x more…more
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Dragon Splashdown at 11:33 a.m. EDT
At 11:33 a.m. EDT, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, carrying NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov splashed down off the coast of San Diego, California. This completes a stay in space of 148 days for the four-person crew. Teams aboard the recovery […]
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10: SpaceX Dragon Completes Deorbit Burn
The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov has completed its deorbit burn as expected ahead of splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, California. Four minutes before splashdown, the drogue parachutes will deploy […]
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Preparing for Splashdown
Live coverage is underway on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and more as NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, are about an hour away from splashing down aboard their SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety […]
Dragon Undocks, Crew-10 Departs Station for Earth Return
At 6:15 p.m. EDT, NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov undocked from the forward-facing port of International Space Station’s Harmony module aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.
Weekly News Round-Up: Friday, August 8, 2025
What do you get when you combine the AI brains behind OpenAI, DeepMind, and Google Brain? According to Meta, a rather seismic shift in XR strategy. Zuck’s crew is forming what might be the most ambitious AI-XR coalition yet. Meanwhile, Rezzil is turning heads in sports VR, debuting the first-ever live football match stream in […]
Elon Outlines the Future of X Ads, Including AI Targeting, Ads in Grok Answers and More
The latest on how X is evolving its ad platform with AI.
Instagram Reiterates Location Sharing Is Optional
No, location sharing is not switched on by default on Instagram.
Pinterest Reaches 578M Users, Improves Revenue Intake in Q2
User growth in the U.S. seems to have stalled and is declining in Europe.