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SpaceX launched its Starship megarocket for the ninth time ever today (May 27), on a bold test flight that featured the first-ever significant reuse of Starship hardware.

Today, Mozilla released Firefox 139.0, which brings an interesting AI-based feature: by pressing a keyboard shortcut, the browser opens a small pop-up with a preview of a link's content. Here's how to test it out. more.....

He was responding to a gripe from a Russian IT provider about competition from Microsoft and Zoom Russian President Vladimir Putin said foreign tech providers still operating in Russia should be "strangled" as the countr...

The mystery surrounding a strange cosmic object, or 'long-period transient,' has deepened. This object is bursting with X-rays, and astronomers describe it as unlike anything seen before.

Apple Savings account holders will get less for their money, after another interest rate cut brings it down to 3.65%. Apple Savings rates cuts have happened a few times in a row The Apple Card Savings Account provides a ...

Embedded Linux-based Internet of Things (IoT) devices have become the target of a new botnet dubbed PumaBot. Written in Go, the botnet is designed to conduct brute-force attacks against SSH instances to expand in size an...

The latest in a long line of techies to face Putin's wrath A Russian programmer will face the next 14 years in a "strict-regime" (high-security) penal colony after a regional court ruled he leaked sensitive data to Ukrai...

Stealer malware no longer just steals passwords. In 2025, it steals live sessions--and attackers are moving faster and more efficiently than ever. While many associate account takeovers with personal services, the real t...

Texas Approves App Store Law on Age Verification Texas has passed a new law that will force app stores to verify users' ages and require parental consent before minors can download most apps or make in-app purchases. Kno...

Anthropic is continuing to trickle down features to its free users. The latest one to make the leap out of subscriber-only mode is web search, which the company introduced to its AI chatbot Claude in March. According to ...

The deal positions Rocket Lab to compete for Golden Dome missile tracking satellite contracts The post Rocket Lab to acquire satellite payload manufacturer Geost for $275 million appeared first on SpaceNews.

The discovery of a 43,000-year-old fingerprint in Spain is challenging the idea that Neanderthals were not capable of symbolic art.

X users can no longer send encrypted messages on the platform. The company said in an update that it's "pausing" the feature "while we work on making some improvements." Users will still be able to view previously-sent e...

Jensen be limbo, Jensen be quick, Jensen go under the Uncle Sam's limbo stick Over the past few years, Uncle Sam has made it progressively harder for US chip designers to flog their AI wares in China. But not impossible....

Apple today released a new update for Safari Technology Preview, the experimental browser that was first introduced in March 2016. Apple designed ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ to allow users to test features that are p...

New research suggests that trees near volcanoes might help scientists detect early signs of eruptions. By monitoring subtle changes in leaf color, researchers can now … The post Tropical trees could warn us about impen...

EA is cancelling its Black Panther game and closing the studio creating it, Cliffhanger Games, as part of a larger round of layoffs at the company, IGN reports. The third-person action-adventure game was originally annou...

Just when it seemed like the internet had finally moved on from obsessing over Apple's iPhone naming conventions... here we go again. more...

The longer it's taken the 'Song of Ice and Fire' author to finish its latest chapter, the more it feels like addressing it is like warning a child not to touch a hot stove.

Catch those berry prices--'cause they're falling.

The creators of Shortcuts, an app that was acquired by Apple and deeply integrated into iOS and macOS, today unveiled their latest project, Sky. Sky provides an AI helper that can assist you with everything that you do o...

A new study reveals that GPT-4o, a leading large language model, displays behavior resembling cognitive dissonance--a core human psychological trait. When asked to write essays either supporting or opposing Vladimir Puti...