After slow start, NOAA predicts rest of hurricane season to be “above normal”
El Niño is developing slower than anticipated and the ocean is extremely warm.

The TV streaming apps broke their promises, and now they’re jacking up prices
Op-ed: Apps promised to free us from ad-supported subscription bundles. Oops!

Virgin Galactic just flew again, but is the company going anywhere?
"The new Delta class will be designed for much cheaper operations."

Rocket Report: More headwinds for Astra; next SLS core stage needs repairs
What are Blue Origin's 11,000 employees doing?

Russia heads back to the Moon with Luna 25
Luna 25 will attempt to land on the Moon the same week as India's Chandrayaan 3 probe.

Homeland Security details how teen hackers breached some of the biggest targets
With no skill in software exploitation or encryption busting, Lapsus$ wins anyway.

Biden administration: We never coerced Big Tech into suppressing speech
Conservative-leaning judges to decide if Biden can resume talks with platforms.

Quake II gets a remaster for PC and consoles—and it’s exactly what it needs to be
It features both split-screen and online multiplayer, new levels, and 4K.

Sonos has been unable to fix Arc soundbars’ “pop of death” for over 2 years
It has told users to disable Dolby Atmos.

AI-powered grocery bot suggests recipe for toxic gas, “poison bread sandwich”
New Zealand grocery chain bot suggests harmful things when given silly ingredients.

3D printing isn’t just for supercars, now it’s for drone wings, too
Organic-looking designs consolidate parts numbers and cut mass by up to 40 percent.

Dealmaster: Save on back-to-school tech from Lenovo, HP, Apple, and more
These tech deals will help make your academic life easier

SanDisk Extreme SSDs are still wiping data after firmware “fix,” users say
SanDisk's ignoring lost data claims. It's time to ignore the company's SSDs.

The Internet is not forever after all: CNET deletes old articles to game Google
Content pruning for SEO threatens web history, and experts say it is ill-advised.

Using AI to find antibodies is fast and produces unimagined molecules
Automation means drug discovery process is less "artisinal" and more streamlined.

It’s finally time—Virgin Galactic is flying private astronauts into space
It must be a magical moment to float freely above the world.

Juno is bringing Jupiter’s moon Io into sharper focus
NASA's Juno probe wasn't designed for this.

How an unpatched Microsoft Exchange 0-day likely caused one of the UK’s biggest hacks ever
Evidence appears to show a critical 0-day tracked as ProxyNotShell was exploited.

Twitter held in contempt, fined $350K over Trump data delay
Trump accused the DOJ of "secretly attacking" his Twitter account.

Supreme Court denies Epic’s request to open up App Store payments during appeals
Apple's Supreme Court petition will decide if it can hold onto all app payments.
