Submissions for Game Maker's Sketchbook at GDC 2024 are now open

For the first time ever, NASA has tested its next generation of Mars helicopters in two different worlds. A new rotor for helicopters that will be used in future missions was tested recently at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California, while real-life flight simulation was conducted on Mars through the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, which broke altitude and airspeed records during an experimental flight. The NASA team was surprised by the performance of the new Mars helicopter while conducting the test. Know the details.

Talk about adorable! Two new Pokémon Squishmallows are available for preorder and they’re the cutest thing ever. The two new Squishmallows recently went live for pre-order the Pokémon Center website after an announcement of the new plushies earlier this year.

It appears that AT&T and the U.S. government are both involved in a government surveillance program; based on the information revealed via leaked police documents, a White House Memo, as well as a letter by U.S. Senator Ron Wyden to the Department of Justice, all of these things combined, confirm that millions of Americans are being spied on.

A few hours ago, publisher THQ Nordic shared a new gameplay trailer for South Park: Snow Day. A cooperative action game in development at Question (the California-based studio behind the Stranger Things-like game The Blackout Club), South Park: Snow Day will launch next year on PC (Steam), Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S|X for a price of €29.99 / $29.99 / £24.99. The premise is very simple: a blizzard has landed in town, and school is canceled for the day, allowing for all sorts of mayhem to happen.

NASA in October launched the Psyche mission to study a metal-rich asteroid orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. The Psyche spacecraft was installed with a Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) tool which made a mind-blowing achievement by sending the first-ever laser message to Earth from 16 million kilometres afar. The communication message was part of an experiment which NASA was able to conduct successfully. Know more about the DSOC experiment here.

South Park: Snow Day has received a new trailer showing off gameplay for the first time.

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Sony will be going to UK court over allegations of ripping off consumers with its PlayStation Store. 

 An Israeli spyware company that was sued by WhatsApp Inc. four years ago over an alleged malware-hacking scheme failed to persuade a US judge to move the dispute to its home country.

 Since the Wright brothers invented the airplane in 1903, one aspect of how we fly hasn't changed. Evolving plane design and improved engines aside, almost all modern aircraft have one thing in common: They're powered by combustible fuels. 

At the end of the last month, more than 30 US States, including California, Massachusetts, Tennesse, and others, filed lawsuits against Meta Platforms over the allegations of using features on its social media platforms to lure children and teens and allegedly get them hooked on harmful content, while not doing enough to ensure their safety. The Massachusetts lawsuit was earlier updated and the submissions were made unredacted, meaning the general public can go through its content. The claims and allegations in the documents paint a grim picture of how Facebook and Instagram were run, and how Mark Zuckerberg reportedly handled situations relating to teens.

Apple has announced the Swift Student Challenge for 2024, where students and young developers can participate and create new innovative apps. The challenge will allow them to be a part of Apple's developer program. It will start in February 2024 and students can submit their apps on Apple's developer site. Know more about the challenge, its eligibility, rewards and more.