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SpaceX has released some dramatic footage showing the testing of a new water deluge system designed to limit the damage caused by its mighty Starship rocket as its blasts off from the launchpad. The next-generation Starship vehicle comprises the first-stage Super Heavy rocket and the upper-stage Starship spacecraft and is collectively known as the Starship. Packing 17 million pounds of thrust, the Starship is the most powerful rocket ever made....

Summary Each Padawan learner in theStar Warsuniverse needs to pass the Jedi Trials in order to take the next step as a Jedi. There are many differentranks in the Jedi Orderthat a young Force-wielder can attain. While each rank is unique and important to the Jedi, perhaps no role is harder to advance past than Padawan, which starts and ends with the Jedi Trials. When a Force-user is discovered by the Order, they are considered a Jedi-Initiate....

What is the ketchup test on TikTok? A new relationship test called the ketchup test has gone viral on TikTok, as thousands of people make videos asking their partners to clean up spilled ketchup from counters. But what does it mean? Over the last couple of years,TikTokhas become the launching point for a number of social media trends. Though, the most popular of these have often revolved around putting your relationship with your family or significant other to the test....

Intel CEO, Brian KrzanichIntel Intel has had to push back the launch of its next-generation 10nm CPUs once again, this time into 2019 — making a three-year extension from the originally planned release date. As has becomea common problem with 10nmand sub-10nm hardware, getting a sufficient yield of chips at that size is still problematic and Intel doesn’t see this getting resolved in the near future. Moore’s law might not be quite as applicable today as it once was, but die shrinks thanks to similarly shrinking transistors are still a common achievement in computing....

We’re coming up on the second anniversary of the Xbox Series X, and many people may try to pick the console up nowin anticipation of 2023 gameslikeForza Motorsport,Redfall, andStarfield. Although the Xbox interface is fairly digestible, it does feature a lot of menus and submenus that contain helpful settings that even longtime Xbox Series X owners don’t know about. During my deep dive into the Xbox Series X settings menus, I discovered five features that will help enhance my experience of playing games on this system....

“Zombie squirrels” invade North American backyards as virus spreads As the internet still reels from viral images of “Last of Us” rabbits with tentacle-like growths, a new nightmare has hit backyards across North America: zombie squirrels. Grotesque gray squirrels covered in pus-filled, wart-like tumors have been photographed in states like Maine and across parts of Canada, reports theDaily Mail. Social media users on Reddit and X have shared images showing squirrels with oozing sores and hairless patches across their heads and limbs....

Summary TheGreen Goblinis perhapsSpider-Man’s most iconic (and terrifying) villain to date, not to mention the one who’s hurt Peter Parker more than any other in the history of Marvel Comics. Green Goblin killed Gwen Stacy, he orchestrated theClone Saga, and he recentlytransformed Spider-Man into the Spider-Goblin, effectively turning the hero into the very thing he sought to destroy. Over the years, theGreen Goblin has only continued to prove why he’s such an impactfulSpider-Manvillain....

Summary Published in the ’80s, Gary Larson’sThe Far Sidereleased at a time when pop culture was strangely obsessed with stereotypical nerds, with movies likeWeird ScienceandRevenge of the Nerdsand TV shows likeFamily MattersandSaved by the Bellputting poindexters front and center. Whilenerd culture inarguably won outin the decades after, making ‘nerd’ pop culture properties the most popular in the world, that wasn’t always the case, and Larson plays with the archetype of the ‘nerd’ as it existed in the era of mirrored sunglasses, the rise of Nintendo, and shameless commercials thinly disguised as children’s television....

The best smartwatch you may buy right now is theApple Watch Series 4. It’s beautifully made, has become something of a style icon, and has the very best wearable-device operating system available. If you already own one, or have just picked one up for the first time, you want to ensure you’re getting the best from it. Here are the 10 top features you should be using to get the best out of your watch on a daily basis....

Luxury cars conjure destinations like five-star hotels and ski resorts, but the 2022 Infiniti QX60 is a three-row familycrossover SUV, designed for school runs and shopping trips. Like it or not, it exemplifies modern automotive luxury. Infiniti sold over 400,000 of the previous-generation QX60 globally, chairman Peyman Kargar told Digital Trends, making it one of the brand’s bestselling models. That really speaks more to the popularity of this type of SUV, however, as theoutgoing QX60didn’t really deserve its luxury billing....

Intel recently unveiled its upcomingMeteor Lake CPU for desktops and laptops, and as a tech enthusiast, I’m really impressed. I’m also really, really worried. Meteor Lake, or Intel 14th-gen, is still more than a year out, so it’d be silly of meto worry about performance.What Iamworried about is how these chips are being developed and manufactured. Meteor Lake uses too many different nodes and dies AMD has been wielding chiplet technology against Intel to great success for years now....

5 WandaVision questions Agatha All Along needs to answer Agatha All Along has a lot of questions to answer as the follow-up to the beloved miniseries WandaVision, so we compiled the most pressing ones for fans to look out for. 2021’sWandaVisionrocked theMarvel Cinematic Universeto its core, as it made fans recontextualize how the grief cycle was shown in a superhero setting. Since then, fans have been privy to whatWanda Maximoffhas been up to thanks to her villainous actions inDoctor Strange 2, but no one was sure they would see any other Westview citizens until now....

Friendsremains one of the most beloved sitcomsin television history. The long-running show about six young people living in New York City captured the 1990s zeitgeist like few others could, becoming a television icon for the Gen X generation.Friendsis still a hit today, with younger audiences discovering it via streaming and becoming fans of the six main characters’ shenanigans. Friendsis the equivalent of comfort food: harmless and pleasant, it’s something almost everyone can enjoy....