SpaceX launched the Falcon 9 for the first time in 2010. Since then, the two-stage rocket has become the company’s workhorse vehicle, sending satellites to low-Earth orbit, crew and cargo to the International Space Station, and private crewed missions to orbit. Notably, the spaceflight company has been ramping up the frequency of its launches with every passing year, with its reusable Falcon 9 blasting off from the Space Coast in Florida as well as Vandenberg Space Force Base in California....

Summary Warning: contains spoilers forStar Trek#21! For months,Star Trekhas dropped tantalizing hints about the Pleroma, and now it stands revealed in all its glory, and is composed of members from across the franchise’s 58-year history. InStar Trek#21, Captain Sisko and theTheseusenter the Pleroma, and are greeted with an awe-inspiring sight: gods from across the franchise, gathered to decide on matters of universal importance. Star Trek#21 is written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly and drawn by Megan Levens....

Summary Star Wars: The Acolyte,Star Wars’next Disney+ TV show, may bring back the best concept fromStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, and I couldn’t be more excited. The sequel trilogy has remained controversial in the franchise, with many still consideringThe Rise of Skywalkerone ofStar Wars’worst movies, if not the single worst. While the movie suffered from the sequel trilogy changing hands multiple times, some decisions made inThe Rise of Skywalkersealed the movie’s fate in terms of audience reception....

Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour box office – How much has it made? Taylor Swift’s new Eras Tour movie is still hyping up theaters as well as stadiums, but how much has it made? Swifthas been one of the biggest artists of the past 20 years. With 10 majorly popular albums – and multiple re-recordings – she has a 17-year-long musical oeuvre to choose from when it comes to performing. While rehashing old music at a concert is nothing new, Swift has managed to majorly capitalize on the concept with the Eras tour; where she does specific sections for (almost) all her previous albums, giving special attention to her previous four albums that didn’t get a tour due to recent years’ global restrictions....

If you’re a Tesla owner planning a cross-country trip for next year, you’re in luck. The company is planning to install the next-generation version of its Superchargers — the charging stations that allow drivers to fill up their vehicles with a fresh charge and stay on the road — in the early part of 2019. Word of the upgrades to the Supercharger stations came from Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who took to Twitter to announce the rollout....

In the digital era, online cloud storage is a natural progression of how we save our images. Some photographers reject the idea of keeping their images in the cloud, but others welcome the ability to access their work anywhere — at least, anywhere with an internet connection. Love it or hate it, the technology is here to stay, and it’s developing quickly. From household names like Google Drive to smaller organizations such as Photoshelter, there are plenty of options for keeping your images safe and secure....

Summary Although countless authors tried to copy theFifty Shades of Greytrilogy, their best replacement arrived only one year after E.L James’ erotic romance novels became a publishing sensation. Originally written asTwilightfan fiction, author E.L James’Fifty Shades of Greytrilogy became a worldwide phenomenon after its 2011 release. The erotic romance series followed Ana Steele’s tumultuous romance with bad boy billionaire Christian Grey, who introduced her to the world of BDSM when the pair began a torrid affair....

These days, it’s simply impossible to keep up with every great game that releases in a year. With such a mass of experiences to choose from, players have no choice but to curate. That means that every year is bound to produce what I’ve started calling “forgotten games.” It’s a term I use to describe sleeper hits that would have garnered attention in a less crowded year, but were simply lost among a sea of great titles....

The quote to “stand on the shoulders of giants” is the perfect way to describe the video game industry. Games all build off of their predecessors, sometimes literally. It is strange to think now that we’re so many generations in, but many of the mainstays of video games were only first experimented with a few decades ago. These pioneering games played with mechanics, perspective, visuals, and ideas that had quite literally never been attempted before....

As many folks continue to look skyward in expectation ofdrone delivery services, they’re missing the development of an increasingly popular delivery technology back on terra firma. Wheel-based delivery robots may not be quite as sexy as their flying counterparts, but with fewer regulatory hoops to jump through than drone services, the technology is likely to become more widely used sooner rather than later by companies looking to make their delivery operations more efficient....

There’s only one way Forever Season 2 could work on Netflix Forever has raced to second place on theNetflixtop 10 chart and for good reason. Thenew TV showis a thoughtful take on young love, leading to questions about whether a Season 2 will go ahead. Mara Brock Akil helmed thenew Netflix series, which adaptsJudy Blume’s 1975 novel of the same namefor a modern audience, exploring social media, parents’ concerns, and Black teens coming of age in white America....

If you’re somewhat familiar with thegame laptopmarket, then you’ll know that the G16 and its previous iteration, the G15, are often recommended for being great budget and mid-range gaming laptops. Luckily, Dell has discounted its G16 even more, down to just $950 from $1,399, meaning you can grab a solid gaming laptop without crossing the $1,000 threshold. It might have an older-generation GPU, but it’s great if you want to get a big-screen gaming laptop without spending a huge amount of cash....

If you feel like you’ve been waiting a long time for aNintendo Switch 2, you’re not wrong. The Switch’s lifecycle is officially the longest Nintendo has gone without releasing (or announcing) a console successor. We caught wind of this fact from thisLinkedIn postby PR manager Jess Thomas, who noted that the second-longest wait time was between the NES and the SNES. So we did the math. As of publication time, it’s been 2,688 days since the Switch was released....