GoKawiil - Latest Tech News & Aggregated Headlines

A gigantic jet caught on camera: A spritacular moment for NASA astronaut

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-13 15:11:48

Left: Gigantic Jet Event from the International Space Station, taken by NASA Astronaut Nichole Ayers. (Credit: Ayers) Right: Sprite event appearing over a lightning strike, seen from space. This photo was taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station during Expedition 44. Credit: NASA astronauts on board Expedition 44 Did you see that gorgeous photo NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers took on July 3, 2025? Originally thought to be a sprite, Ayers confirmed catching an even rarer form of a

Topics: ayers electrical gigantic jet space

Shop Amazon

Show HN: OverType – A Markdown WYSIWYG editor that's just a textarea

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-16 21:13:06

Hi HN! I got so frustrated with modern WYSIWYG editors that I started to play around with building my own. The problem I had was simple: I wanted a low-tech way to type styled text, but I didn't want to load a complex 500KB library, especially if I was going to initialize it dozens of times on the same page. Markdown in a plain <textarea> was the best alternative to a full WYSIWYG, but its main drawback is how ugly it looks without any formatting. I can handle it, but my clients certainly can'

Topics: markdown monospace preview text textarea

Shop Amazon

Deal: Save a whopping $800 on the Ampace Andes 1500 Power Station

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-17 05:05:16

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority The Ampace Andes 1500 Portable Power Station has become my go-to battery solution for most of my needs. Mainly because it is both portable and powerful enough to run all my electronics. Needless to say, I would recommend it, especially at today’s heavily discounted price. You can get it at a massive $800 discount, bringing the price down to a very amicable $599. Buy the Ampace Andes 1500 Portable Power Station for just $599 ($800 off) This offer is available

Topics: ampace charge electronics portable power

Shop Amazon

SpaceX reveals why the last two Starships failed as another launch draws near

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-17 10:20:24

SpaceX is continuing with final preparations for the 10th full-scale test flight of the company's enormous Starship rocket after receiving launch approval Friday from the Federal Aviation Administration. Engineers completed a final test of Starship's propulsion system with a so-called "spin prime" test Wednesday at the launch site in South Texas. Ground crews then rolled the ship back to a nearby hangar for engine inspections, touchups to its heat shield, and a handful of other chores to ready

Topics: launch rocket spacex starship test

Shop Amazon

SpaceX Has Likely Skirted Federal Income Taxes for Decades, Investigation Reveals

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-11-17 15:25:29

Since its founding in 2002, Elon Musk’s SpaceX has emerged as the leading force in commercial spaceflight and a key launch provider for the U.S. government. A recent investigation suggests its dominance may stem—at least in part—from two decades of federal tax avoidance. Internal company documents reviewed exclusively by The New York Times show that SpaceX can exploit net operating loss (NOL) carryforwards, a U.S. tax provision that lets companies use past losses to offset future taxable income

Topics: billion federal musk spacex tax

Shop Amazon

Trump wants to clean up the space industry’s red tape: Here’s who wins

techcrunch.com Aria Alamalhodaei 2025-11-17 20:09:09

During a press conference in late 2024, President Donald Trump vowed to “slash massive numbers of job-killing regulations” in his second term and pledged to eliminate 10 old rules for every new one. Now, he’s bringing that deregulation drive to commercial space, ordering federal agencies to streamline launch licensing, fast-track spaceport development, and clear out the Federal Aviation Administration’s industry advisory board. “Inefficient permitting processes discourage investment and innova

Topics: disrupt environmental new order space

Shop Amazon

Death and What Comes Next (2002)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-15 16:01:01

The L-Space Web Death and What Comes Next A Discworld short story By Terry Pratchett Copyright © Terry Pratchett 2002 When Death met the philosopher, the philosopher said, rather excitedly: "At this point, you realise, I'm both dead and not dead." There was a sigh from Death. Oh dear, one of those, he thought. This is going to be about quantum again. He hated dealing with philosophers. They always tried to wriggle out of it. "You see," said the philosopher, while Death, motionless, watched

Topics: death philosopher said space thought

Shop Amazon

Swiss vs. UK approach to major tranport projects

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-19 09:50:13

Start with the timetable So, let’s imagine the UK had done this in 2008. What might the planners have noticed? Well, first up, they'd have spotted that our major cities need more frequent and faster rail connections from suburbs to centres and that these are prevented at the moment by insufficient platform capacity in stations like Leeds, Manchester Piccadilly and Birmingham New Street. So we need more station capacity in our city centres. They'd have identified that many suburban lines into

Topics: capacity need new trains west

Shop Amazon

Trump Rips Up Environmental Rules Protecting Wildlife From Destructive Rocket Launches

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-19 15:48:14

Their friendship may be over, but president Donald Trump just handed Elon Musk and his company SpaceX a major boon by brushing aside major environmental regulations. On Wednesday, Trump signed an executive order to accelerate space launches by effectively deregulating the industry. As part of this push, the Federal Aviation Administration is directed to "eliminate or expedite" environmental reviews — an obstacle that has been a persistent thorn in Musk's side. Covering all its bases, the order

Topics: launches musk space spacex starship

Shop Amazon

Starlink tries to block Virginia’s plan to bring fiber Internet to residents

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-20 05:32:02

Starlink operator SpaceX is fighting Virginia's plan to deploy fiber Internet service to residents, claiming that federal grant money should be given to Starlink instead. SpaceX is already in line to win over $3 million in grant money in the state but is seeking $60 million. Starlink is poised to benefit from the Trump administration rewriting rules for the $42 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) grant program. While the Biden administration decided that states should priori

Topics: administration spacex starlink trump virginia

Shop Amazon

Private Spaceflight Enters the Wild West as Trump Slashes Regulations

gizmodo.com Passant Rabie 2025-11-20 15:15:17

President Donald Trump is calling for an ease of regulations for commercial spaceflight and streamlining licensing for rocket launches and reentries. The move highly favors companies like SpaceX but could have negative repercussions on environmental habitats surrounding launchpads. On Wednesday, August 13, Trump signed an executive order intended to bolster the spaceflight industry and increase the overall commercial launch cadence. In it, Trump calls on Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who

Topics: environmental faa launch order spacex

Shop Amazon

The Grimmest Ensign Deaths on ‘Star Trek’

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-11-22 10:00:15

Lots of people die in Star Trek, and do so pretty horrifically. Boldly going is deadly business, but there’s always something particularly grim when tragedy strikes at the lowest rung on Starfleet’s officer ladder: the lowly ensigns that keep any good starship or space station humming along as they try to survive long enough to eke it out to lieutenant junior grade and beyond. In last week’s episode of Strange New Worlds, we got to sadly see poor Ensign Gamble pay the ultimate price in a particu

Topics: death ensign harry space voyager

Shop Amazon

Starlink Rival Announces Plans to Take on Musk With a $1.5 Billion Satellite Push

gizmodo.com Passant Rabie 2025-11-22 20:25:05

Texas startup AST SpaceMobile announced its plan to launch 45 to 60 satellites by 2026, establishing itself as a worthy competitor to SpaceX’s Starlink constellation in building space-based broadband networks. The company announced its second-quarter earnings on Monday, revealing that it had $1.5 billion on its balance sheet to fund the deployment of dozens of its satellites, CNBC reported. The next day, AST SpaceMobile’s shares soared by more than 10% with the prospect of the company providing

Topics: ast orbit satellites spacemobile spacex

Shop Amazon

8 Hiking Gadgets to Make Your Next Trek Safer, Smoother and More Fun

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-23 14:50:00

I'm lucky to call the high desert home -- a place where warm days practically demand we head out to explore the lakes, rivers and mountains in every direction, ideally before the crowds catch on. And when I'm gearing up for a hike, there's a handful of tech I always toss in my pack. If you've got a hiking or camping trip on the calendar, check out the gadgets and essentials I swear by. They can turn a quick afternoon trek or a full weekend adventure into something smoother, safer and more fun.

Topics: collapsible gps hiking like pack

Shop Amazon

After first operational launch, here’s the next big test for ULA’s Vulcan rocket

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-23 15:45:16

United Launch Alliance delivered multiple US military satellites into a high-altitude orbit after a prime-time launch Tuesday night, marking an important transition from development to operations for the company's new Vulcan rocket. This mission, officially designated USSF-106 by the US Space Force, was the first flight of ULA's Vulcan rocket to carry national security payloads. Two test flights of the Vulcan rocket last year gave military officials enough confidence to certify it for launching

Topics: force launch rocket space vulcan

Shop Amazon

Supporting org.apache.xml.security in graalVM

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-24 10:03:04

Supporting org.apache.xml.security in graalVM When working today at out european trusted lists feature $DAY_JOB we had an issue which was coming from org.apache.xml.security when trying to run our testsuite natively compiled with graalVM. java.util.MissingResourceException: Can't find bundle for base name org/apache/xml/security/resource/xmlsecurity locale en_US -H:IncludeResourceBundles=org.apache.xml.security.resource.xmlsecurity org.apache.xml.security.signature.XMLSignatureException: The

Topics: apache need org security xml

Shop Amazon

Will AI replace all software? Why GPT-5 emboldens the doomsayers

zdnet.com Tiernan Ray 2025-11-24 15:00:00

maciek905/Getty Images ZDNET's key takeaways Wall Street fears AI models will replace all packaged software. AI models' coding ability is still very mixed. Software executives are positioning their firms to be survivors. The modern software industry has existed for 50 years, since the founding of Microsoft in 1975. "Bill built the first software company in the industry," said late Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs in 2007, referring to Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. "Bill was really fo

Topics: ai code gpt packaged software

Shop Amazon

Go 1.25 Release Notes

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-25 09:25:01

Introduction to Go 1.25 The latest Go release, version 1.25, arrives in August 2025, six months after Go 1.24. Most of its changes are in the implementation of the toolchain, runtime, and libraries. As always, the release maintains the Go 1 promise of compatibility. We expect almost all Go programs to continue to compile and run as before. Changes to the language There are no languages changes that affect Go programs in Go 1.25. However, in the language specification the notion of core types

Topics: file json new package runtime

Shop Amazon

Space Force officials take secrecy to new heights ahead of key rocket launch

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-25 20:10:45

After more than a decade of development and testing, US military officials are finally ready to entrust United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket to haul a batch of national security satellites into space. An experimental military navigation satellite, also more than 10 years in the making, will ride ULA's Vulcan rocket into geosynchronous orbit more than 22,000 miles (nearly 36,000 kilometers) over the equator. There are additional payloads buttoned up inside the Vulcan rocket's nose cone, but of

Topics: launch rocket space ula vulcan

Shop Amazon

Multimodal WFH setup: flight SIM, EE lab, and music studio in 60sqft/5.5M²

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-22 12:48:24

Once the basics were done, the real game of Tetris began: First up, just like the conferencing capabilities, we segmented the work modes into 4 distinct groups. It was clear that the space was simply not large enough to support dedicated areas, so we took the equipment and requirements list, and started playing with shelf numbers and their height and made sure that each item is in its best possible ergonomic position. The by far largest amount of devices by volume and space were the musical in

Topics: functionality like main space work

Shop Amazon

ULA’s Vulcan Rocket to Launch Mystery Payload on Debut Space Force Mission

gizmodo.com Passant Rabie 2025-11-26 15:25:10

United Launch Alliance (ULA) is gearing up for a long-awaited comeback, returning to secretive payload lifts for the National Security Space Launch program with its heavy-lift Vulcan Centaur rocket. ULA’s Vulcan is set to launch on Tuesday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station during an hour-long launch window that opens at 7:59 p.m. ET, marking the vehicle’s first flight for the U.S. Space Force’s national security program. It took years of development for the rocket to reach this stage, and

Topics: force launch space ula vulcan

Shop Amazon

This new Arch Linux tool takes the hassle out of keeping packages up to date - here's how

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-11-26 20:45:07

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways New Arch tool alerts maintainers when packages are outdated. Bumpbuddy automates GitLab issue creation for updates. Web dashboard and API planned for future Bumpbuddy versions. Bumpbuddy is a new Arch Linux tool that aims to improve how maintainers are informed about packages within the primary repositories. This new app uses a background service (daemon) to monitor package versions and even automatically opens issues on GitLab if it detect

Topics: arch bumpbuddy maintainers new packages

Shop Amazon

Best Kids Backpacks, Tested and Reviewed (2025)

wired.com Adrienne So 2025-11-27 04:03:00

As an adult gear tester, I have one major problem with looking for the best kids backpack: Ultimately, the decision is not up to me. My 8-year-old and 10-year-old are the ones who have to carry this backpack to school, camp, and beyond. It has to protect iPads and Chromebooks, fit lunch boxes and water bottles, and get kicked around cars, bikes, and school gyms. Most importantly, it has to be comfortable. And be a good fashion accessory. And you have to find it quickly when it’s hung up on a hoo

Topics: backpack backpacks best gear kids

Shop Amazon

StarDict sends X11 clipboard to remote servers

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-27 18:08:13

StarDict sends X11 clipboard to remote servers [LWN subscriber-only content] StarDict is a GPLv3-licensed cross-platform dictionary application. It includes dictionaries for a number of languages, and has a rich plugin ecosystem. It also has a glaring security problem: while running on X11, using Debian's default configuration, it will send a user's text selections over unencrypted HTTP to two remote servers. On August 4, Vincent Lefevre reported the problem to the oss-security mailing list an

Topics: package plugin problem stardict user

Shop Amazon

Why does Jeff Bezos keep buying launches from Elon Musk?

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-28 05:30:59

Early Monday morning, a Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from its original launch site in Florida. Remarkably, it was SpaceX's 100th launch of the year. Perhaps even more notable was the rocket's payload: two-dozen Project Kuiper satellites, which were dispensed into low-Earth orbit on target. This was SpaceX's second launch of satellites for Amazon, which is developing a constellation to deliver low-latency broadband Internet around the world. SpaceX, then, just launched a direct competitor to its S

Topics: falcon launch rocket satellites spacex

Shop Amazon

Your OnePlus phone might soon get a handy new Gemini feature (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-28 15:51:19

Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority TL;DR Strings in the latest Google app beta reference OnePlus Mind Space integration. Mind Space is a OnePlus app for saving notes, articles, screenshots, and other on-screen content. This could let Gemini quickly retrieve saved items, though there’s no indication of a rollout yet. Gemini might be getting a new trick on certain OnePlus devices. In the latest beta of the Google app (16.31.75.sa.arm64), we found strings suggesting the AI assistant might soon b

Topics: app gemini mind oneplus space

Shop Amazon

White Mountain Direttissima

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-24 21:44:57

White Mountain Direttissima I first attempted this route in 2016. While doing it in an unsupported style (carrying all my own food & gear), I did invite friends out to join me and also cached battery bricks so that I could document the effort. I finished in just under six days. I knew there was a lot of time for improvement but didn't feel the desire to return until last summer (2024). My 2024 effort would build on everything I had learned and experienced since 2016. I had better endurance, an

Topics: climb day pack time trail

Shop Amazon

Amazon tops 100 satellites after weather-delayed Kuiper launch

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-11-29 20:46:51

After four previous scrubs or delays in a row since August 7th SpaceX launches Amazon KF-02 Kuipeer Satellites after the 5th attempt August 11th 2025 at 8:35 AM SLC-40 Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida USA. Amazon shipped another batch of internet-beaming satellites into orbit on Monday atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, after four previous launch attempts were interrupted by weather issues. Monday's launch is the fourth Kuiper mission, and Amazon now has 102 satellites in orbit. The Falcon

Topics: amazon launch orbit satellites spacex

Shop Amazon

NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon—a space lawyer explains why

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-30 05:05:19

The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, decades later, landing on the Moon is old news. The new race is to build there, and doing so hinges on power. In April 2025, China reportedly unveiled plans to build a nuclear power plant on the Moon by 2035. This plant would support its planned international lunar research station. The United States countered in August, when acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy reportedly suggested a US reactor would be operational on the Moon by 2030.

Topics: moon nuclear power race space

Shop Amazon

Inside the automated warehouse where robots are packing your groceries

theverge.com Dominic Preston 2025-11-30 09:00:00

It’s the lack of noise you notice first. There’s no clatter of equipment, rumble of engines, or chatter of coworkers. Only the low hum of electronics. For an industrial space, this is eerily quiet, but it makes sense in a building where robots might outnumber people. I’m at a warehouse — or customer fulfilment center (CFC) — operated by online grocery company Ocado in Luton, just outside London. You might not have heard of Ocado, but it may still have delivered your groceries. Its technology ha

Topics: grid matthews ocado pack robots

Shop Amazon

Latest Tech News

A gigantic jet caught on camera: A spritacular moment for NASA astronaut

Show HN: OverType – A Markdown WYSIWYG editor that's just a textarea

Deal: Save a whopping $800 on the Ampace Andes 1500 Power Station

SpaceX reveals why the last two Starships failed as another launch draws near

SpaceX Has Likely Skirted Federal Income Taxes for Decades, Investigation Reveals

Trump wants to clean up the space industry’s red tape: Here’s who wins

Death and What Comes Next (2002)

Swiss vs. UK approach to major tranport projects

Trump Rips Up Environmental Rules Protecting Wildlife From Destructive Rocket Launches

Starlink tries to block Virginia’s plan to bring fiber Internet to residents

Private Spaceflight Enters the Wild West as Trump Slashes Regulations

The Grimmest Ensign Deaths on ‘Star Trek’

Starlink Rival Announces Plans to Take on Musk With a $1.5 Billion Satellite Push

8 Hiking Gadgets to Make Your Next Trek Safer, Smoother and More Fun

After first operational launch, here’s the next big test for ULA’s Vulcan rocket

Supporting org.apache.xml.security in graalVM

Will AI replace all software? Why GPT-5 emboldens the doomsayers

Go 1.25 Release Notes

Space Force officials take secrecy to new heights ahead of key rocket launch

Multimodal WFH setup: flight SIM, EE lab, and music studio in 60sqft/5.5M²

ULA’s Vulcan Rocket to Launch Mystery Payload on Debut Space Force Mission

This new Arch Linux tool takes the hassle out of keeping packages up to date - here's how

Best Kids Backpacks, Tested and Reviewed (2025)

StarDict sends X11 clipboard to remote servers

Why does Jeff Bezos keep buying launches from Elon Musk?

Your OnePlus phone might soon get a handy new Gemini feature (APK teardown)

White Mountain Direttissima

Amazon tops 100 satellites after weather-delayed Kuiper launch

NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon—a space lawyer explains why

Inside the automated warehouse where robots are packing your groceries

About GoKawiil

Privacy

Advertising

Latest Tech News

Trending Topics

Hot Now

Popular

Emerging

About GoKawiil

Privacy

Advertising