Artemis II broke Fred Haise’s distance record, but he is happy to pass it on

“It wasn’t a big deal. It just coincided with the fact that Moon was farther away from the Earth.”

Palantir employees are talking about company’s “descent into fascism”

Slack messages, interviews with current and former works paint picture of company in turmoil.

This is who’s developing Golden Dome’s orbital interceptors—if they’re ever built

“If boost-phase intercept from space is not affordable and scalable, we will not produce it.”

Google will invest as much as $40 billion in Anthropic

This follows a similar, but smaller, investment by Amazon just days ago.

Europe—not US—first to authorize Moderna’s combo mRNA flu-COVID vaccine

Amid RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine agenda, Moderna withdrew its FDA application last year.

FCC: Router ban includes portable hotspots, but not phones with hotspot features

FCC defines consumer routers expansively, updates FAQ to include Wi-Fi hotspots.

Why are top university websites serving porn? It comes down to shoddy housekeeping.

Hundreds of subdomains from dozens of universities have been hijacked by scammers.

In rare chickenpox case, itchy blisters mushroom into large, rubbery nodules

Treatment options are tricky. The teen opted to live with the masses.

Soldier won $410K in Polymarket bets on timing of Maduro capture, US alleges

It’s like “Pete Rose betting on his own team,” Trump says of arrested soldier.

Meet the 19-meter Cretaceous kraken that swam with mosasaurs

Layer by layer, researchers revealed the jaws of an ancient predator.

Report: Samsung execs worried company could lose money on smartphones for the first time

The AI-driven memory shortage is hitting Samsung’s bottom line.

Man faces 5 years in prison for using AI to fake sighting of runaway wolf

Beloved wolf gripped the nation after burrowing out of the zoo.

Well, this is embarrassing: The Lunar Gateway’s primary modules are corroded

“Preliminary findings indicate that the issue likely results from a combination of factors.”

As electric aspirations fade, Porsche sells its stake in Bugatti

Porsche’s stake in Bugatti and Rimac Group have been sold to private equity.

Six things I’ll remember when I think about Tim Cook’s version of Apple

Under Cook, Apple became hugely successful, if not always surprising.

Six things I’ll remember when I think about Tim Cook’s version of Apple

Under Cook, Apple became hugely successful, if not always surprising.

Investors lost billions on Trump’s memecoin. Another gala won’t fix that.

If Dems take Congress, Trump may face reckoning for “pay-to-play” memecoin galas.

Clarifying HEVC licensing fees, royalties, and why vendors kill HEVC support

How does HEVC implementation really work these days?

Recent advances push Big Tech closer to the Q-Day danger zone

Here’s which players are winning the race to transition to post-quantum crypto.

What’s the deal with Alzheimer’s disease and amyloid?

For decades, scientists have concentrated on what now looks to be a blind alley.

To teach in the time of ChatGPT is to know pain

LLM use is the most demoralizing problem I’ve faced as a college instructor.

The Moon is already on Google Maps—did Artemis II really tell us anything new?

“I think the biggest value here is the PR. I mean, it’s getting the public excited.”

Finally, Artemis delivers some exceptional, high-quality photos of the Moon

The Moon, the Earth, and the Sun—oh what fun!

NASA’s Moon ship and rocket seem to be working well, so what about the landers?

Lori Glaze: “We have seen real commitment to try and do that… from both Blue and from SpaceX.”

New Rowhammer attacks give complete control of machines running Nvidia GPUs

GDDRHammer, GeForge and GPUBreach hammer GPU memory in ways that hijack the CPU.

Launch day has arrived for NASA’s Artemis II mission—here’s what to expect

“It’ll go when the engines light at T-0.”

This is my third Orion launch, but it feels totally different

The first two launches of Orion felt hollow, but NASA is finally on a better course.

No one is happy with NASA’s new idea for private space stations

“It reminds me of sort of Lucy and Charlie Brown with the football.”

Intel Core Ultra 270K and 250K Plus review: Conditionally great CPUs

Great performance for the price, if you ignore the price of RAM, SSDs, and GPUs.

Orbital data centers, part 1: There’s no way this is economically viable, right?

“This is not physically impossible; it’s only a question of whether this is a rational thing.”

Why are top university websites serving porn? It comes down to shoddy housekeeping.

Hundreds of subdomains from dozens of universities have been hijacked by scammers.

In a first, a ransomware family is confirmed to be quantum-safe

Technically speaking, there’s no practical benefit to use PQC. So why is it being used?

Microsoft issues emergency update for macOS and Linux ASP.NET threat

When authentication fails, things can go very, very wrong.

Contrary to popular superstition, AES 128 is just fine in a post-quantum world

A stubborn misconception is hampering the already hard work of quantum readiness.

US-sanctioned currency exchange says $15 million heist done by “unfriendly states”

Grinex says needed hacking resources “available exclusively to… unfriendly states.”

Recent advances push Big Tech closer to the Q-Day danger zone

Here’s which players are winning the race to transition to post-quantum crypto.

“Negative” views of Broadcom driving thousands of VMware migrations, rival says

Western Union exec says there were “challenges” working with Broadcom.

Iran-linked hackers disrupt operations at US critical infrastructure sites

As the US and Israel’s war has ramped up, so too have hacks on US industrial sites.

Thousands of consumer routers hacked by Russia’s military

End-of-life routers in homes and small offices hacked in 120 countries.

OpenClaw gives users yet another reason to be freaked out about security

The viral AI agentic tool let attackers silently gain admin unauthenticated access.

New Rowhammer attacks give complete control of machines running Nvidia GPUs

GDDRHammer, GeForge and GPUBreach hammer GPU memory in ways that hijack the CPU.

Quantum computers need vastly fewer resources than thought to break vital encryption

No, the sky isn’t falling, but Q Day is coming, and it won’t be as expensive as thought.

Google bumps up Q Day deadline to 2029, far sooner than previously thought

Company warns entire industry to move off RSA and EC more quickly.

Self-propagating malware poisons open source software and wipes Iran-based machines

Development houses: It’s time to check your networks for infections.

Widely used Trivy scanner compromised in ongoing supply-chain attack

Admins: Sorry to say, but it’s likely a rotate-your-secrets kind of weekend.

Report: Samsung execs worried company could lose money on smartphones for the first time

The AI-driven memory shortage is hitting Samsung’s bottom line.

Six things I’ll remember when I think about Tim Cook’s version of Apple

Under Cook, Apple became hugely successful, if not always surprising.

Why are the Mac mini and Mac Studio gradually becoming impossible to buy?

Pending refresh? RAM shortage? AI agents? There are many possible explanations.

Framework’s CEO on the RAM crisis and creating a “MacBook Pro for Linux users”

“We actually have slightly more Linux users than Windows users.”

Framework Laptop 13 Pro is a major overhaul for the modular, upgradeable laptop

Laptop includes Core Ultra Series 3 CPUs, a bigger battery, and a touchscreen.

Framework Laptop 16 upgrades make it look less like an unfinished prototype

A lower-end Ryzen AI 340 CPU option will also bring the price down, for now.

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition review: Tons of cache for tons of dollars

There are some practical benefits to this $899 chip, but not many.

Deezer says 44% of new music uploads are AI-generated, most streams are fraudulent

AI tracks account for a small fraction of Deezer streams, and most are demonetized for fraud.

Clarifying HEVC licensing fees, royalties, and why vendors kill HEVC support

How does HEVC implementation really work these days?

Amazon won’t release Fire Sticks that support sideloading anymore

The two newest Fire Sticks block apps from outside of Amazon’s store.

Meta’s AI spending spree is helping make its Quest headsets more expensive

Prices for “critical components” are surging because of massive data center investments.

Intel refreshes non-Ultra Core CPUs with new silicon for the first time

For the first time in a while, the benefits of new Intel tech will trickle down.

New undersea cable cutter risks Internet’s backbone

China cable-cutter demo coincides with more sabotage of subsea Internet cables.

“TotalRecall Reloaded” tool finds a side entrance to Windows 11’s Recall database

“The vault is solid. The delivery truck is not.”

Google releases new apps for Windows and MacOS

Google mostly creates products for the web, but it has some new desktop apps today.

Lawsuit: Nintendo is getting tariff refunds—its customers should get them instead

Lawsuit demands Nintendo pass Trump tariff refunds on to its customers.

Microsoft removes Call of Duty from Game Pass, lowers subscription pricing

New Xbox CEO says subscription “has become too expensive for too many players.”

Framework Laptop 16 upgrades make it look less like an unfinished prototype

A lower-end Ryzen AI 340 CPU option will also bring the price down, for now.

Meta’s AI spending spree is helping make its Quest headsets more expensive

Prices for “critical components” are surging because of massive data center investments.

The Ukraine war’s deep impact on Metro 2039’s development, story

Upcoming sequel wants to capture a “uniquely Ukrainian perspective” on the post-apocalypse.

Retro Rewind re-creates the glorious drudgery of working a ’90s video store

What the nostalgic throwback lacks in complexity it makes up for in repetitive charm.

What leaked “SteamGPT” files could mean for the PC gaming platform’s use of AI

AI tools could help moderators sift through mountains of suspicious incidents

Steam client files point to “framerate estimator” feature in the works

JSON text strings suggest performance charts based on “framerates of other Steam users.”

Valve brings native Steam Link app to Apple’s Vision Pro

New app can replace third-party options that were jankier to use.

Nvidia rolls out its fix for PC gaming’s “compiling shaders” wait times

Microsoft, Intel are also working on their own solutions for the issue.

Playing Wolfenstein 3D with one hand in 2026

Over three decades later, this historical curiosity has more than a few rough edges

Sony is raising PlayStation 5 prices again, this time by between $100 and $150

Memory, storage shortages have made all kinds of consumer tech more expensive.

AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition crams 208MB of cache into a single chip

Both of the chip’s CPU dies will include 64MB of extra cache stacked beneath.

Nintendo’s physical Switch 2 games will soon cost more than digital copies

The first physical game affected will cost $10 more than a digital copy.

Nvidia CEO tries to explain why DLSS 5 isn’t just “AI slop”

If game makers don’t like it, “they could decide not to use it, you know?”