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SpaceX Lands Its Falcon 9 Rocket After Launching Military Satellite

The Falcon 9 was originally slated to lift off on Sunday, but was canceled at the last minute due to a sensor issue on the rocket's first stage. Until now, ...

SpaceX Launches US Military Spy Satellite

The Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch a top-secret payload for the National Reconnaissance Office , an intelligence gathering agency inside the Department of De...

SpaceX launches top-secret spy satellite for U.S. military

It marked the first time SpaceX has executed a contract with the US government. About 10 minutes later, the rocket's first stage landed at SpaceX's Landin...

Videos of SpaceX's rocket landing are like something out of science fiction

The private space exploration company launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, taking 10 satellites into space for voice and d...

Thousands rally in US for workers, immigrants, against Trump

Zalaya offered a simple message for the Republican president: "All of us, we are immigrants". "Immigrants strengthen our economy by creating millions of jobs ...

Thousands attend SF Milestone March for Science

He had previously said that he does not believe in man-made climate change and attempted to influence the public communication of science and environment author...

North Korea fires missile, defying United States push for new sanctions

People also debate whether the security benefits of Thaad would outweigh drawbacks if relations worsen with China, which sees the system as a threat, and have b...

SpaceX Deploys NRO Payload to Orbit

The Space-X officials say their team chose to halt the launch "out of an abundance of caution" after noticing an issue with a sensor on the first-stage rocket...

SpaceX delays launch for secretive satellite for intelligence agency

Apparently the wind shear "was at 98.6% of the theoretical load limit". A Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket carrying a classified payload for the National Reconnaissa...

Darksiders: Fury's Collection Listed on PlayStation Store, First Details Leaked

The listing reveals the hack and slash adventure game alongside a raft of screenshots and gameplay details. This time, you play as the female character of FURY ...

SpaceX to launch secretive satellite for US intelligence agency

The rocket is carrying a spy satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office . The launch, originally planned for Sunday, was delayed 24 hours because ...

Apple's new patent hints a new wireless charging technology, literally!

Titled "Wireless Charging and Communications Systems With Dual-Frequency Patch Antennas", the filing reveals Apple's ambitious plans to use dual-frequency...

Lawmakers settle on hard-fought $1 trillion spending bill

The bill includes $1.5 billion for border security , but noticeably absent is any funding for a border wall on the U.S. -Mexico border, a major promise of the...

Elon Musk's SpaceX Launches Spy Satellite, Breaks Up Lockheed-Boeing Stronghold

About 9 minutes after the launch, SpaceX landed the first stage booster at LZ-1, a landing facility at Cape Canaveral. Instead, SpaceX focused its webcast...

Microsoft may announce a Chromebook competitor today

As always you can grab this latest build by heading to Settings Update & security Windows update. Microsoft has released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Buil...

Nintendo can't keep up with Switch demand, even using airplanes

In the past, Nintendo has often been criticized to show slack when it comes to regularly supplying retailers. Still, for an emergency approach to the Switch's...

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Despite this significance, Chris Pratt (Peter Quill/Star-Lord) felt a larger connection through Quill's relationship with Baby Groot, the actor said at a rece...

Frozen 2 release date has FINALLY been revealed

The spring release will be a major break from the December releases of every Star Wars film made since Disney purchased Lucasfilm in 2012. Fans of the Star...

SpaceX launches government spy satellite, lands rocket stage

Since then, extensive modifications to LC-39A have been made to support launches of both commercial and crew missions on SpaceX's Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy laun...

Texans fill needs by adding Watson, Davenport in draft

Before the draft , Tom Savage and Brandon Weeden were the only quarterbacks on the roster. If the Texans were bad, the thought process for many would be t...

Apple preparing Siri-based smart speaker

He predicts a more premium, high-end approach with "excellent sound" provided by seven tweeters and a subwoofer. If that's true, then this speaker could far exc...

Nintendo's 2D XL is cheaper, but still pretty cool

Now we're seeing a "New" version of the 2DS with amiibo built in, bigger screens-the same size as the 3DS XL-and a foldable design like the 3DS, all while playi...

President Trump calls North Korea's Kim Jong-Un 'a pretty smart cookie'

Separately, Mr Trump's national security adviser, Lieutenant General HR McMaster, said North Korea's most recent missile test represents "open defiance of the w...

SpaceX launches top-secret spy satellite for US government

This unusual launch of NROL-76 is one of the few NRO mission in the past 10 years that has not been completed by United Launch Alliance. SpaceX on Monday bl...

Samsung to Issue Galaxy S8 Software Updates After Complaints From Users

Samsung Galaxy S8 is a head-turner and one of the best devices present in the market today. After hearing a reasonable number of complaints from Galaxy S8 own...

USA military pressure on North Korea provokes Pyongyang's retaliation - Russian ambassador

Kim Dong-yub, an expert at Kyungnam University's Institute of Far Eastern Studies in Seoul , said North Korea might have got the data it wanted with the missil...

Watchdog to Trump: Accountability not red carpet for Duterte

According to Human Rights Watch, Philippine police and unidentified gunmen have killed over 7,000 suspected drug users and dealers since Duterte took office i...

Watson Introduced In Houston

The Texans traded away the 25th overall pick in this year's draft as well as their first-round selection next season to nab Watson. In his pre-draft press confe...

Galaxy S8 restarting randomly and no one knows why

Bixby is focused on helping the Galaxy S8 be more usable. Most people are criticizing it as unrealistic. Now that the red-tint issue is being addressed by...

Modi to hold talks with Turkish president Erdogan today

The EU's top officials will seek a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation summit next month amid mounting t...

USA scientists to protest Trump policies at Earth Day rally in Washington

Scientists and their supporters were urged to turn out in force in London as well as other marches in France, Ireland, Finland, Germany, Portugal and the Nether...

Trump Talks To Space Station Astronauts, Promises Them Mars

Thirteen Russians have spent more time in space than Whitson, with the world record of 879 days in space now held by Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka. It took ...

Deshaun Watson gets emotional reading letter from mother at National Football League draft

So the most successful quarterback in the draft , who was projected to be a possible top ten pick and the first or second quarterback off the draft boards, was...

Samsung Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+ coming to Flipkart on April 19

While the Galaxy S8 launches globally this Friday, some South Koreans already have the smartphones in their possession and there are issues with the device repo...

I'm your true friend: Trump tells gun owners

Yet it was still an uphill battle against most in the so-called "mainstream" media. "No, ma'am.' Perhaps ma'am", he warned. You'll have plenty of those Democrat...