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    Razer will send $1.1 million in refunds for Zephyr mask customers as part of FTC settlement

    Game accessory maker Razer will send $1.1 million in refunds for people who bought its Zephyr mask to settle a complaint from the FTC that the mask was falsely labeled as N95 certified,

  • Biden sends $1 million to Arizona in solar power push

    (The Center Square) – The emphasis on solar power in rural areas as a means of alternative energy continues to be a focal point of government spending, especially with federal taxpayer dollars headed to Arizona. In a news release last week, Arizona Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly announced that $974,538 in grants will go toward four businesses in Arizona to develop “solar energy projects.” The funding stems from the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) Renewable Energy and...

  • STUDY: Nearly 1/3 Of Americans Aren't Getting Enough Sleep

    (Associated Press) – Spending too many nights trying to fall asleep — or worrying there aren’t enough

  • Third visionOS 1.2 developer beta arrives, with few changes

    Developers equipped with the Apple Vision Pro can now try out the third developer build of visionOS 1.2. visionOS The third build of visionOS 1.2 surfaces after the second, which arrived on April 16. The first appeared on April 2. The new build is build number 21O5570d, replacing the second beta, build number 21O5565d. The second build's release notes mentioned changes were made to fix an issue with FaceTime call synchronization and notification interruption issues for some apps. ...

  • Apple Seeds Third Beta of visionOS 1.2 to Developers

    Apple today released the third beta of an upcoming visionOS 1.2 update to developers, allowing them to test new features ahead of the software seeing a public launch. The third ‌visionOS‌ 1.2 beta comes one week after the release the second beta. The ‌visionOS‌ beta can be downloaded by going to the Settings app on the device and toggling on developer betas. A registered developer account is required, and Apple recommends making a backup before installing new software. Apple may make...

  • Barre to Sell Two Parking Lots for $1 to Housing Developer

    Barre city councilors are expected on Tuesday to approve plans for selling two small parking lots for $1 to a developer that wants to build as many as 40 apartments there. After going public last fall with its unorthodox plan to sell the lots off Seminary Street, the city heard from one potential developer: Downstreet Housing & Community Development, an agency that uses low-income housing tax credits and other programs to build affordable housing in central Vermont. Downstreet CEO Angie...

  • NASA's Voyager 1 resumes sending engineering updates to Earth

    For the first time since November, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is returning usable data about the health and status of its onboard engineering systems. The next step is to enable the spacecraft to begin returning science data again. The probe and its twin, Voyager 2, are the only spacecraft to ever fly in interstellar space (the space between stars).

  • NRRI gets $1.5M to study replacing fossil fuels in steelmaking

    The Natural Resources Research Institute is partnering with the University of Minnesota and Tufts University on the U.S. Department of Energy-funded projects.

  • NRRI gets $1.5M to study replacing fossil fuels in steelmaking

    The Natural Resources Research Institute is partnering with the University of Minnesota and Tufts University on the U.S. Department of Energy-funded projects.

  • NASA’s Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth

    After some inventive sleuthing, the mission team can — for the first time in five months — check the health and status of the most distant human-made object in existence.

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    Voyager 1 sending data to Earth for 1st time in 5 months

    Given Voyager 1’s immense distance from Earth, it takes a radio signal about 22.5 hours to reach the probe, and another 22.5 hours for a response signal from the spacecraft to reach Earth.

  • Voyager 1 sending data to Earth for 1st time in 5 months

    Given Voyager 1’s immense distance from Earth, it takes a radio signal about 22.5 hours to reach the probe, and another 22.5 hours for a response signal from the spacecraft to reach Earth.