What do the nations of Group D in the 2026 FIFA World Cup have in common? We're all going to the Moon.
Paraguay and Australia are both Artemis Accords signatories, and Australia has played a role in missions from Apollo to Artemis. Türkiye also has lunar exploration plans underway. From competing on the world's pitch to collaborating in the final frontier, together we are achieving the near impossible.
We are at the Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C.!
Discover the technology and science driving our most exciting missions by visiting the NASA Pavilion—today through July 10: https://t.co/fXOzpPeDb1
As summer unfolds, the East Lake in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, transforms into a vibrant ecological paradise. With beautiful lotus flowers in full bloom and diverse water birds gracefully perching across the area, this scenic spot perfectly showcases the city's successful efforts in improving water quality and enriching local biodiversity.
Thousands of gaming PCs. Already built. Already in homes. Already online.
No data center needed. Just a network to connect them.
That's DePIN. Distributed hardware doing real work.
YOM is applying it to cloud gaming nodes close to players, not on the other side of the world.
Learn how it works.
https://t.co/EvAydwgc0G
Trump ran to his room and posted on Truth Social that he won't sign the bipartisan Housing Bill unless his Safe Act is passed. The housing bill will automatically become law after 10 days unless he vetoes it.
If enacted, Trump's SAVE Act would reduce voter turnout, especially among naturalized citizens. The Act requires states to verify citizenship using federal databases that often contain outdated names. If the names don’t match exactly, the system flags the voter as unverified.
Election officials warn that it would cause mass confusion and delays at polling places. Exactly what Trump wants,
this isn’t featured in the upd log, but diamond beach got a mini refresh update including changing some of the materials and this cute lil message in memory of vi 🪽
SpaceX rocket launches in 2026 are insanely brutal
SpaceX:
• 76 operational launches
➝ 76 successes
➝ 0 failures
The entire rest of the world combined:
• 55 tracked launches
➝ 49 successes
➝ 6 failures
SpaceX basically erased the failure bar entirely from the chart lol
One company has flown more operational orbital missions this year than every other country, agency, and launch company combined and still has a cleaner record with a 100% success rate so far
This is one company operating at industrial scale while the rest of the world still treats orbit like a rare national event