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iOS 18's HomeKit Secure Video upgrades—4K support, AI descriptions, clip search, and facial recognition—strongly signal Apple is close to launching its first home security camera.
Today's electronics are opaque "black boxes" that even experts struggle to understand. Unlike older, dismantlable tools, this complexity may limit children's ability to explore cause and effect, with potentially significant...
Xibalba 64 is a Wolfenstein-style N64 shooter built with C and Libdragon, running at 60 FPS despite only 4KB of texture memory. It became only the second new physical N64 game since Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 in 2002.
id Software and MachineGames released Dawn of the Machine, a free episode celebrating Quake's 30th anniversary. Download and play it now at no cost.
Apple's 1997 "Think Different" campaign used intentional grammatical rule-breaking to reposition the near-bankrupt brand as a champion of visionaries, making technology feel personal and helping rescue the company.
AYANEO's Konkr Pocket Advance is a Game Boy Advance-inspired Android handheld running Android 12 on a MediaTek Helio G90T, with a 3.5-inch display and GBA/PS2 emulation support, starting at $89.
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Orion, a privacy-focused browser blocking ads and trackers, is coming to Windows with native C# and WinUI 3, supporting Chrome, Firefox, and Safari extensions, with a beta expected by end of 2026.
AI Overviews have driven 68% of Google searches to end without a click, devastating publishers like Business Insider (down 85%). This is forcing major outlets to consider blocking Google, signaling a collapse of the search-driven...
Removable smartphone batteries are returning, driven by consumer demand and new regulations, after manufacturers abandoned them years ago in favor of slimmer, water-resistant designs.
WeatherNext, Google's newly open-sourced AI model, delivers 15-day hurricane forecasts covering both track and intensity, giving communities more preparation time before dangerous storms hit.
New Orleans' AI system now handles 1,000+ daily 911 calls, triaging emergencies and routing callers to dispatchers. However, speech recognition biases and monitoring gaps could introduce critical errors.
A discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage crashed into the moon at 8,700 km/h, carving an 18-meter crater near Einstein crater. The incident highlights gaps in commercial spaceflight debris disposal regulations.
Airbus is developing foldable, high-aspect-ratio composite wings for future single-aisle jets, targeting double-digit fuel savings. Exceeding standard 36-meter limits, the wings fold at the tips, with non-folding demonstrator...
SpaceX and xAI will exclusively use Nvidia GPUs, with Musk praising the Vera Rubin NVL72 as the best AI computer available. SpaceX also plans to launch an optimized NVL72 system into orbit in 2027 via its Starmind AI satellite...
Tom Holland returns as an isolated Peter Parker in Brand New Day, directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, facing loneliness, a power mutation, and a psionic villain—prioritizing character depth over spectacle.
SpaceX is prioritizing Starlink launches—now 79% of Falcon 9 missions—leaving rival satellite companies booked out until 2028–2029, stranding startups with built hardware and no path to orbit.
Cyan Worlds revealed Anglerfish, a new game that was cancelled due to lack of publisher funding. Rising interest rates slashed venture capital investment by 75%, leaving studios unable to secure the $1–10M needed to finish...
Disney is partnering with TikTok to bring creator-made vertical videos to Disney+ across Marvel, Star Wars, and Pixar franchises, dropping a previous AI-generated content deal with OpenAI's Sora in favor of human creativity.
Campus is a free macOS app by FlutterFlow that turns your screen into an infinite 2D canvas, letting you arrange terminals, browsers, and apps spatially side by side to reduce context-switching fatigue, with multiplayer support.
Google is replacing Assistant with Gemini on Android phones, smartwatches, headphones, and Android Auto starting September 4, 2026. The rollout may take several weeks, so some users could retain Assistant access a little longer.
Starship's ~18,000-tile ceramic heat shield has been its biggest reusability hurdle, but Flight 13 on July 24, 2026 changed that—tiles survived a deliberately harsh reentry, leading Musk to declare the problem solved.
Aida is One.com's AI website builder that generates a full site from a chat description or existing URL—no coding or agencies needed.
Dissolving styrofoam in gasoline and distilling the mixture produced fuel that generated 0.42 KWH—matching regular gasoline—but left engine residue and poses serious health and safety risks.
Made from seaweed and crustacean-derived materials, a new biodegradable mesh captures microplastics across a wide size range in both fresh and saltwater, potentially replacing multiple existing filtration systems.