SpaceX is ready to perform the 14th test flight of its Starship mega rocket, and this time the company will finally try to put the upper stage into Earth’s orbit for the first time, the company announced Tuesday. The test launch is scheduled for September 22, with a 75-minute launch window opening at 7:15 a.m. … Read more
A new user interface in the 2027 Silverado and Sierra continues to support smartphone mirroring, and it is coming to other vehicles.
The U.S. military has for the first time acknowledged that it deployed a space weapon into Earth’s orbit. U.S. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink, who oversees the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force, said in a speech Monday that the military has “on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the Joint Force against hostile … Read more
After X threatened legal action last month, Nitter and XCancel, privacy-friendly services for viewing X posts, appear to be officially dead — for real this time. Nitter, an open source project that let people read X posts without logging in, had been used to power a number of services, like XCancel and others. But last … Read more
A major supplier also wants to drastically cut meeting time.
If anything, 2026 has made clear that cybersecurity is no longer a background concern. Today, security is at the front and center of many conversations, woven into almost every major story of the year. Inequalities are still common, the climate is worsening, and we’re seemingly one dodgy sneeze away from the next global pandemic. But … Read more
Toyota’s latest patent outlines a gaze-based camera system that snaps roadside scenes to your phone, aiming to cut distraction from manual photos.
Profound, which builds marketing software to help brands appear in AI search results, on Tuesday said it has raised a $180 million Series D at a $1.8 billion valuation, less than seven months after it raised a $96 million Series C. Sequoia and Kleiner Perkins led the round, and existing investors, including Lightspeed Venture Partners, … Read more
From Honda to Toyota, these cars have more than a 25 percent chance of reaching a quarter-million miles.
Companies have been increasingly using AI’s image generation chops to teach people photography skills. Google last year released a feature called Camera Coach on Pixel phones to guide users about framing and composition, and in July, Adobe released a new feature in its experimental camera app to use AI to critique photos and suggest changes … Read more