Day: August 5, 2023

NASA reestablishes contact with Voyager 2 spacecraft after weeks of silence

6:18 pm August 5, 2023

NASA has restored full communications with its Voyager 2 spacecraft following weeks of silence. The agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory said Friday that NASA’s Deep Space Network facility in Canberra, Australia, sent the “equivalent of an interstellar ‘shout’ more than 12.3 billion miles to Voyager 2,” commanding the spacecraft to turn its antenna back to Earth. […]

Google is abandoning your old Android phone: Here’s what you need to do

6:14 pm August 5, 2023

If you have an older Android phone that runs on Android KitKat, then it might be time to get a new phone. Here’s why. Google has made the decision to discontinue support for Android KitKat in future releases of Google Play Services come August 2023, meaning that if your Android device still runs on KitKat, […]

Jamie Foxx deletes and apologizes for social media post users accused of being ‘horrifically antisemitic’

5:50 pm August 5, 2023

“Django Unchained” actor Jamie Foxx recently courted controversy with a cryptic comment referring to those who “killed this dude name[d] Jesus” that multiple social media users saw as antisemitic. Following the backlash, Foxx deleted the post, and shared another one apologizing for it and claiming it was in no way intended to be antisemitic. He […]

Police in Alabama stop noisy protestors from disrupting Kirk Cameron library event

5:13 pm August 5, 2023

Police in Huntsville, Alabama prevented a crowd of protestors from disrupting a story hour featuring actor-author Kirk Cameron and former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines. A group of protestors outside the Madison Public Library reportedly attempted to enter the event, which was hosted by the organization Moms for Liberty as part of the “See You at […]

Blur singer says AI-led music industry will necessitate ‘better drugs’

5:09 pm August 5, 2023

Damon Albarn of the band Blur reportedly said his industry will need “better drugs” if artificial intelligence is the future of music. “It’s absurd,” the U.K. frontman told The Sun in a piece published Thursday. “Anyone who has so much time to sing songs through a Michael Bublé filter and put them on the internet […]