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Firefly’s picture-perfect Moon landing shows the way for lunar exploration

Ars Technica

Firefly Aerospace became the first commercial company to make a picture-perfect landing on the Moon early Sunday, touching down on an ancient basaltic plain, named Mare Crisium, to fulfill a $101 million contract with NASA. Read full article Comments

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Genetic testing company 23andMe declares bankruptcy

Ars Technica

It's an imperfect analysis, but it can often provide a decent big-picture resolution of a person's ancestry. Read full article Comments This relied on looking broadly at the patterns of variation and comparing those to the patterns typically found in different geographic regions.

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YouTube’s website now blocks iOS 14’s picture-in-picture mode unless you pay for Premium

The Verge

One of iOS 14’s big new features is picture-in-picture mode, which lets you watch a video in a small window while you’re doing other things on your iPhone. If you tap to pull up playback controls, you should see a picture-in-picture icon in the top-left corner of your screen. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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People in this career are better at seeing through optical illusions

Ars Technica

For example, look at the picture below. Read full article Comments But have you ever wondered if you could train yourself to unsee these illusions? Our latest research suggests that you can. Optical illusions tell a lot about how people see things. The Ebbinghaus illusion. We use context to figure out what we are seeing.

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Meta blocks whistleblower from promoting book, guaranteeing way more people will read it

Mashable Tech

She is also temporarily barred from making any "disparaging, critical, or otherwise detrimental comments" about Meta, and has been instructed to retract any such comments she has previously made. Mashable has reached out to Meta for comment.

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YouTube is finally rolling out picture-in-picture mode for YouTube TV on iOS

The Verge

YouTube is rolling out a picture-in-picture mode for YouTube TV on iOS devices running iOS 15 or newer, the company announced Wednesday. With picture-in-picture, you’ll be able to keep watching YouTube TV when you navigate away from the YouTube TV app. Update March 30th, 6:05PM ET : Added comment from Google.

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The Uninvited review: Walton Goggins and Pedro Pascal slowly unravel in a tense real-time party

Mashable Tech

Credit: Foton Pictures Throwing an expensive, catered party at their lush Hollywood home, former actor Rose (Elizabeth Reaser) and A-list Hollywood agent Sammy (Walton Goggins) are a married couple who know they'll have to be on their game for the next few hours. What is The Uninvited about? Helen (Lois Smith) is the film's unexpected guest.

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