Sometime after July 17, a small satellite will lift off from a peninsula in New Zealand carrying what could be one of the more unglamorous but genuinely important pieces of infrastructure for humanity's next chapter in space: a working prototype of a gas station. NASA and Eta Space, a company based in Rockledge, Florida, are … Read more
Linus Torvalds announced Linux 7.1-rc4 last week with the usual assortment of hardware quirks and stability fixes, but buried in the release notes was a complaint that carries real weight for anyone who touches open-source security work: the Linux kernel security mailing list has become, in his words, "almost entirely unmanageable" because AI-assisted bug hunters … Read more
Something large was apparently patrolling the ancient oceans, and it wasn't a dinosaur. According to a report covered by Phys.org, researchers have proposed that a kraken-like octopus may have been a dominant predator in Mesozoic seas, a creature stretching roughly 19 meters in length. That puts it longer than a railway carriage, as Focusing on … Read more
Google's new Gemini Intelligence feature for Android promises to pull together data from across a user's Google account, handle multi-step tasks on your behalf, and generally act as a proactive assistant rather than a reactive one. The catch: a lot of phones won't be getting it. Announced at Google's Android Show on May 12, ahead … Read more
The sky, it turns out, is not as empty as it used to be, and scientists are starting to measure what that means for the atmosphere. Researchers are raising new concerns about the chemical effects of surging space activity, focusing on two related problems: the pollution generated by rocket launches and the material released when … Read more
Apple is planning to make Genmoji more proactive in iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, automatically suggesting AI-generated emoji based on personal context pulled from users' devices, according to Mark Gurman's Power On newsletter as reported by AppleInsider and 9to5Mac. The current Genmoji experience requires users to deliberately choose to create a custom emoji, which may … Read more
Three of the most closely watched private companies in American tech are preparing to go public, and the numbers involved are almost cartoonishly large. SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic are each targeting valuations near $1 trillion, with combined fundraising ambitions approaching $200 billion, according to reports from Tech Xplore, Malay Mail, and other outlets. SpaceX is … Read more
Apple is planning to give Siri a significant overhaul in iOS 27, including user controls over chat-history retention that would let people automatically delete their conversation logs with the assistant. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported the details in his Power On newsletter, with multiple technology publications picking up and expanding on the report ahead of Apple's … Read more