Threads attracts 30M users in 24 hours despite design flaws, privacy concerns
FTC requires Meta to make it easy for users to control data.
Android phone hits 24GB of RAM, as much as a top-spec MacBook Pro
The Nubia RedMagic 8S Pro+ gaming phone sports a huge spec sheet.
Review: Forcite’s MK1S smart helmet stays on your head, not in your face
After many failed concepts, we find a smart helmet that actually works well.
Volkswagen starts an autonomous driving pilot program in Texas
The program will start with 10 ID. Buzzes with autonomous tech from Mobileye.
June extremes suggest parts of climate system are reaching tipping points
Research shows heat domes, wildfires, and vanishing polar ice are the symptoms.
India, a growing space power, is forging closer ties with NASA
Details of a potential US-Indian partnership in human spaceflight remain murky.
US maternal deaths more than doubled over two decades, study estimates
Black people have the highest overall rates of deaths in the US.
Official renders of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Flip 5 leak
The Fold 5 and Flip 5 will do battle against an increasing number of foldables.
Archaeologists may have found ruins of fabled entrance to Zapotec underworld
Spanish missionaries deemed Lyobaa to be a "back door to hell" and sealed all entrances.
Actively exploited vulnerability threatens hundreds of solar power stations
Organizations using unpatched SolarView products face potentially serious consequences.
How Harbinger is building commercial EVs with 20-year life spans
The powertrain has been designed and built in-house for a 450,000-mile life.
Massive peak collapses may reshape Himalayas
23 cubic kilometers of mountain plunged into the valley below.
Judge rules White House pressured social networks to “suppress free speech”
Missouri and Louisiana sued Biden over attempts to limit COVID misinformation.
Dealmaster: Amazon’s early Prime Day 2023 deals continue, Star Wars savings, and more
Get deals on laptops and discounts on gear for your home.
Twitter refuses to pay for arbitration it forced on 891 ex-employees, suit says
Meanwhile, at least one Twitter ex-employee has won a rare settlement.
Generative AI in games will create a copyright crisis
Titles like AI Dungeon are already using generative AI to generate in-game content.
Mid-1990s Sega document leak shows how it lost the second console war to Sony
"Another example of why we will eventually win," writes blissfully unaware CEO.
Going deep with the Book 8088, the brand-new laptop that runs like it’s 1981
Stolen BIOS, stolen software, and half-busted hardware. But still... kind of neat?
Fairphone is coming to America
Fairphone teams up with the developer of the /e/ Android fork to enable US sales.
One shot of a kidney protein gave monkeys a brain boost
An early experiment suggests that an injection of klotho improves working memory.
