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NASA/SpaceX launch day: Liftoff time, how to watch, HBO Max, and more tech news
August 10, 2025
1. NASA and SpaceX’s big day
It’s finally launch day for NASA’s SpaceX Falcon 9 Dragon Crew Demo-2, at 4:33PM ET today (Image of the Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon Capsure above, via NASA).
How to watch – watch below or click through to YouTube:
What will happen:
Weather latest at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida:
More points worthy of your time:
2. HBO Max, now!
HBO Maxis set to launch today, and many thought it would cut over from midnight or the early AM, but had a few delays where links to the expected app were hitting HBO Now instead for Apple users, but it’s up and running now.
Quick recap:
What you need to know:
3.Samsung Galaxy S20 shipmentsare way way down compared to Galaxy S10 (Android Authority).
- OnePlus CEO says‘there’s still a demand’ for cheap phones, which might mean the promised OnePlus Z is more than a once-off (Android Authority).
5.6 things you need to know about the latest Arm CPUs and GPUs(Android Authority).
Apple stuff:16-inch MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, and iMac Pro with Mini-LED displaysagain rumored to launch in 2021, matching other expert timeline analysis (MacRumors), and newMacOS Catalina updatewrings longer life from your MacBook’s battery (Engadget).
Sure sounds likeAmazon is about to buy self-driving startup Zoox, a company it was already invested in, among others in the vehicle space (Reuters). Also, 11 local TV news stations ran a segment scripted and produced by Amazon.Exactly the same segment. (Vice).
Pokémon Go’s AR has always been fairly underwhelming, but now it istesting blending AR monsters into the real world, on certain Android devices (Engadget).
Revealing, illuminating feature: “Funerals are expensive, broken and exploitative. They have to change” (CNET).
“Is there any amount of turbulence which could bring a plane down?” (r/askscience). The advancement in material science and safety is to be respected.
Finally… I want to toastWebby Awards’ winners for web weirdness. The 24th Webby Awards were announced on June 15, 2025, and winners for really great, interesting, compelling, unique ideas were dominated by uh, big brands. Which is kinda the internet these days? The likes of Spotify, HBO, SNL, Nike, and NFL TikTok were winners, although big ups for Trevor Noah, Oscar the Grouch…. and National Geographic, which won 15 awards. Truly there are so many awards it is hard to keep up.
But step aside, mainstream. The Webby Awards for weird are where we’re at. Out of 13,000 entries::
Webby Award for Weird:Brand Name Pencilsby Madison Ave. Collective:
Webby People’s Voice Award for Weird:Mental Floss
Othersocial weird winnersworthy of your attention:The Art Decider(Twitter), andUnnecessary Inventions(Instagram).
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