Its maker, Astrobotic, said in an update today that it’s lost too much propellant to make it to the Moon because of a malfunction with its propulsion system that occurred after it separated from its launch vehicle.
The company says it can still operate the craft and will gather data for its next attempt with its Griffin lander.
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Want to have private convos in public, perhaps without disturbing fellow airplane passengers? That’s the idea behind Skyted’s muzzle here, and it kinda works.
Right now it still looks like a respirator with a belt pack for the electronics, but I could hear the founder’s slightly muffled voice over the din of the CES show floor when I wore wired headphones connected to the mask. That price, tho: $400 wired, $600 Bluetooth in Q4 of this year.
Larian Studios says that Microsoft will release an Xbox firmware update on January 16th that fixes the save bug on Xbox. That said, Larian hasn’t been able to verify the fix, so we might have to wait and see if it actually works.
If you own Jabra’s Elite 8 Active or Elite 10 earbuds, expect to make some better-sounding calls in March after an over-the-air update announced at CES 2024. The Elite 10’s update will help identify background voices, making it easier for users to take calls in busy coffee shops or co-working spaces.
Meanwhile, the ANC on Elite 8 Active will work better in windy conditions — thanks to improved wind detection technology.
It’s good to see Intel’s gaming NUCs are alive and well under new management! This one’s definitely a NUC: loads of ports despite a small 2.5-liter chassis, Intel Core Ultra processors, and up to 140W of GPU power from what’s presumably mobile RTX 4070 graphics?
Here are the spec sheets and an early product page. We don’t have pricing or dates yet.
