On Friday, Blue Origin won a major NASA contract to deliver a lunar rover to the moon, a strong vote of confidence in both the Blue Moon lander and the future of human exploration. The contract also means that the VIPER rover will finally see the lunar surface after NASA shelved the entire program last […]
Anduril, Blue Origin to study how to transport cargo from orbit to earth for the Pentagon
Blue Origin and Anduril have landed new study contracts with the U.S. Air Force to explore how their technology, including rockets, could move military cargo around the world. The contracts under the Air Force’s Rocket Cargo program are relatively small – Blue Origin’s comes in at $ 1.37 million and Anduril’s at $ 1 million. […]
ESPN 8 The Ocho origin, explained: How 'Dodgeball' movie inspired infamous channel to become reality
ESPN is known as the worldwide leader in sports. Typically, this means the network extensively covers mainstream sports like football and basketball, while also providing coverage of developments in the baseball, golf, hockey and auto racing worlds. For four days in August, the channel gets re-branded. Rather than being ESPN, it becomes ESPN 8 The […]
BTS’s Jungkook Piques Fans’ Intrigue Into Justin Bieber’s Korean Nickname— Here’s Its Hilarious Origin
BTS member Jungkook recently gave an affectionate shoutout to singer Justin Bieber during a recent Weverse livestream. BTS’s Jungkook | @bts_bighit/X During the broadcast, Jungkook mentioned that he really liked the music of “Ddeuddo hyungnim,” while referring to Bieber. Jungkook mentioned that he’s listening to Ddeu-ddo hyungnim’s (Justin Bieber korean name) new album Swag pic.twitter.com/obBXdVpfD5 — ً (@kpopliebers) […]
Alphabet pours $5B into Waymo, Cruise scraps the Origin and Elon’s bet on autonomy
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! I don’t know about you, but for me, the past few days have offered up even more evidence that our world is vulnerable to software bugs. Yep, […]