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Latest story• Apr 23, 2026

This free NASA tool lets you make a personalized satellite photo —and it's the most fun you'll have on Earth Day

A rocky formation shaped like a "T." A swirling ocean current curling into an "E." NASA has quietly launched one of its more delightful tools: "Your Name in Landsat," a free interactive that spells out any word using real satellite imagery sourced from more than 50 years of Earth observation. Each letter is drawn from actual landscape photographs, and hovering over an image reveals its precise location on the...

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OpenAI launches GPT-5.5, its first fully retrained base model since GPT-4.5

OpenAI has launched GPT-5.5, its first fully retrained model since GPT-4.5, directly targeting Anthropic's growing dominance in the enterprise market. The model excels at completing complex, multi-step tasks independently —...

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FilePop – a file browser in your menu bar

FilePop is a lightweight Mac menu bar app (macOS 13+, Apple Silicon & Intel) for instant file access via a global shortcut. Drag files into any app, switch views, no account needed.

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SR-1 Freedom: NASA plans to launch its first nuclear-powered Mars spacecraft in 2028

NASA plans to launch SR-1 Freedom in December 2028 — its first nuclear-powered Mars spacecraft — breaking a 60-year cycle of failed programs despite $20 billion spent. The reactor-powered craft will deploy three surveying...

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Turkey wants to ban social media for kids under 15

Turkey passed a law banning children under 15 from social media, requiring age verification, parental controls, and faster removal of harmful content. The bill follows two deadly school shootings and awaits President Erdogan's...

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Tesla pulls back the curtain on Cybercab mass production

Tesla started mass-producing its Cybercab robotaxi at Gigafactory Texas in April 2026. The autonomous, two-seat vehicle, priced under $30,000 and lacking a steering wheel or pedals, drove itself off the assembly line.

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Eight months early and under budget, the Roman Telescope is ready to launch

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, built partly using repurposed spy satellite hardware, is set to launch in September — eight months early and under budget. It will capture infrared images 100 times wider than Hubble's,...

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Yoshi Meets a Talking Book Full of Forgotten Creatures in His Switch 2 Debut

Nintendo's *Yoshi and the Mysterious Book* launches May 21st exclusively on Nintendo Switch 2. A talking book named Mr. E crash-lands on Yoshi's island, erasing all memory of its creatures, sending Yoshi on a colorful adventure...

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DJI Lito 1 and Lito X1 drone review: High-quality aerial video at its most affordable

DJI's new Lito 1 and Lito X1 drones, priced under $400, replace the Mini series with upgraded features like 360-degree obstacle avoidance and LiDAR tracking. Both deliver sharp 4K video at 60fps, with the X1 offering superior...

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Swoop, A Food Delivery App Founded By 19-Year-Old Dropout, Raises $7.3 Million and Launches in Nigeria

Aubrey Niederhoffer, a 19-year-old UC Berkeley dropout, raised $7.3 million and won a Thiel Fellowship to build Swoop, a food delivery app now live in Lagos, Nigeria. His bigger goal is creating a "super app" — using food...

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SpaceX Bets $60 Billion On Cursor AI. The Real Winner Is A Surprise

SpaceX optioned AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion, pairing Cursor's 1 million daily developers and $1 billion in annual revenue with SpaceX's Colossus supercomputer. The deal fills xAI's lack of a flagship AI product while...

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Apple has ‘six major new product categories’ coming, says Mark Gurman

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman revealed that Apple has six major new product categories in development: AI AirPods, smart glasses, a pendant wearable, a smart home display, a tabletop robot, and a security camera. Most of these...

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Microsoft says Windows 11 changes are "directly influenced" by users

Microsoft says Windows 11's upcoming changes are being "directly influenced" by user feedback, with Windows chief Pavan Davuluri promising to "double down" on that approach through 2026. Planned updates include better...

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SpaceX may build its own GPUs to reduce chip supply risks

SpaceX is considering making its own GPUs to reduce its dependence on outside chip suppliers, according to its S-1 filing ahead of an expected IPO this summer. The move connects to Terafab, a planned chip manufacturing complex in...

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Tim Cook’s departure is the start of a new era at Apple

Tim Cook is stepping down as Apple's CEO this September, with hardware chief John Ternus taking over. This marks the end of an era as Apple's last direct ties to Steve Jobs' inner circle fade away. Most Jobs-era executives have...

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John Ternus explains what he thinks of Apple Vision Pro

Despite slow sales, incoming Apple CEO John Ternus remains committed to Vision Pro, calling it "an extraordinary product" with expanding enterprise and medical use cases, signaling Apple's long-term investment in spatial...

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Instagram tests a new ‘Instants’ app for sharing disappearing photos

Instagram is testing Instants, a standalone app in Spain and Italy for sharing raw, once-viewable photos that disappear within 24 hours — no edits, no uploads, just spontaneous sharing with close friends.

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Apple's M4 Mac mini, including the $599 one, is gradually becoming impossible to buy

Mac mini and Mac Studio models are increasingly unavailable, with some showing 5-to-12-week wait times. This suggests Apple may be preparing M5 desktop upgrades soon.

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Sony AI’s Ace Robot Outplays Table Tennis Elites in Real Matches

A robot just beat some of the world's best table tennis players, and it wasn't even close. Sony AI's robot, named Ace, competed in Tokyo against elite professionals, including players ranked in the top 25 internationally. By...

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World-first light propulsion ‘metajets’ could enable 20-year mission to Alpha Centauri

Scientists at Texas A&M University have developed "metajets" — tiny light-propelled devices that can move in three dimensions using laser beams alone, a world first. This breakthrough could eventually enable a spacecraft to reach...

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Google Maps is about to get a big dose of AI

Google Maps now offers AI-powered enterprise tools, letting businesses create Street View visualizations via text prompts, analyze satellite imagery in minutes, and detect infrastructure like roads and bridges using pre-trained...

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Hands on with X’s new AI-powered custom feeds

X has launched Grok-powered Custom Timelines, letting Premium subscribers on iOS pin topic-based feeds — covering over 75 categories like sports, politics, and tech — directly to their home tab. Unlike keyword-based filters, Grok...

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Google wants Chrome to be your AI colleague, and it is betting 3.8 billion users agree

Google is turning Chrome into an AI-powered workplace tool, announcing features at Cloud Next 2026 that let the browser complete multi-step tasks automatically, save reusable AI workflows, and connect directly with Gmail,...

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Coyote vs. Acme is finally getting released—with a killer trailer

Warner Bros. shelved the completed *Coyote vs. Acme* film in 2023 for a tax write-off, outraging fans and filmmakers. After Netflix, Amazon, and Paramount bids fell short, Ketchup Entertainment bought the rights for $50 million,...

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