Driver Rhys Millen set out to break the Time Attack record, but a problem with the car — and the course — kept that from happening. …read more Source:: CNet

It’s too dry and too acidic for microbial life to exist above the surface of the hellacious planet, according to a new study. …read more Source:: CNet

Chinese space agency emits footage of Red Planet rover Videos The China National Space Administration has released videos and pictures of its first Mars rover scooting around on the surface of the Red Planet.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

A third type of supernova was observed at a distance of about 31 million light-years from Earth, in galaxy NGC2146. …read more Source:: CNet

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: Google stopped prioritizing Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) format in its Top News carousel last month. This means website owners no longer need to publish an extra set of pages written in the AMP format. Instead sites need to meet what Google calls “Core Web Vitals.” This…

The social network giant is riding high. …read more Source:: CNet

The Norse god is going to bring some mischief to the island. …read more Source:: CNet

The lawsuit alleged Facebook engaged in illegal anticompetitive practices to hold on to its monopoly power in social networking. …read more Source:: CNet

A vulnerability in NVIDIA’s GeForce Experience software opens the door to remote data access, manipulation and deletion. …read more Source:: Threatpost

Facebook shares posted their biggest intraday gain in two months after it won a dismissal of two antitrust cases, pushing its market value above $1 trillion for the first time. The social-media giant jumped as much as 4.4%, the most since April 29 after a judge granted Facebook’s request to dismiss the complaints filed last…