Virgin Galactic delays its first commercial research space flight to mid-October
Virgin Galactic is dealing with yet more setbacks for its paid spaceflights. Reutersreports Virgin has delayed its first commercial research flight, Unity 23, to no sooner than mid-October. The mission...
View ArticleThe US may crack down on 'stable' cryptocurrencies
Stablecoins are ostensibly safer than regular cryptocurrency thanks to their ties to less volatile assets, but US regulators apparently aren't convinced. Bloombergsources hear the Treasury Department...
View ArticleLast-minute iPhone 13 leak hints at 1TB storage option
The imminent iPhone 13 series promises more than a few upgrades, but one of them may answer a common problem: the never-ending desire for more storage. As 9to5Macreports, well-known analyst Ming-Chi...
View ArticleFusion energy nears reality thanks to an ultra-powerful magnet
Fusion energy just had its second breakthrough in as many months. Motherboardnotes an MIT- and Commonwealth Fusion Systems-led research team has successfully demonstrated a high-temperature...
View ArticleAndroid 12 might debut on October 4th
Android 12 has taken longer to bake than many of its predecessors, but the end might finally be in sight. XDA editor-in-chief Mishaal Rahman claims Google plans to release the AOSP (Android Open Source...
View ArticleEpic appeals ruling in lawsuit against Apple over App Store rules
Epic may have scored a notable victory in its lawsuit against Apple, but it's dissatisfied enough to keep the legal battle going. The Vergereports Epic has filed an appeal against the ruling. The...
View ArticleDefense Department seeks nuclear propulsion for small spacecraft
The US Defense Department's ambitions beyond Earth just grew a little clearer. SpaceNews has learned the department recently put out a call for privately-made nuclear propulsion systems that could...
View ArticleThe soccer team co-owned by Ryan Reynolds is coming to FIFA 22
Wrexham AFC is a non-league club in the fifth tier of the English soccer pyramid (the much-more-famous Premier League is at the top), which means it’s an unlikely candidate to feature in a FIFA game....
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The Morning After: Epic has already appealed Apple App Store lawsuit ruling
The weekend before Apple’s big iPhone event, the company’s legal battle with Epic and app developers cast a shadow. It’s hard to describe either side as an out-and-out loser or winner; Apple must allow...
View ArticleNintendo significantly cuts Switch price in Europe
Nintendo has officially lowered the suggested retail price of the base Switch model in Europe, Nintendo Life has reported, hopefully telegraphing a similar drop in the US. It's now available for £260...
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'Deathloop' is an exhilarating, innovative, time-bending mess
Deathloop is the coolest escape room I’ve ever experienced. That may not sound like much, considering plenty of escape rooms are cheesy monuments to corporate team-building exercises and...
View ArticleDisney+ 'Hawkeye' trailer shows Clint Barton's past catching up with him
The next Marvel Cinematic Universe show will premiere on Disney+ in November and, appropriately enough, Hawkeye has a festive setting. Clint Barton (aka Hawkeye) just wants to spend Christmas with his...
View ArticleAirPods Pro drop back down to $180 at Amazon
If you missed last week's sale on AirPods Pro, you have another opportunity to grab them at close to a record-low price. Apple's advanced wireless earbuds are down to $180 again on Amazon thanks to an...
View ArticleDC AG expands Amazon lawsuit to include wholesaler pricing tactics
Washington, DC Attorney General Karl Racine has filed an amended antitrust lawsuit against Amazon. He accused Amazon of strong-arming wholesalers that provide it with products into anti-competitive...
View ArticleSteve Wozniak's latest moonshot is a private space company
Steve Wozniak has started a company called Privateer Space. The Apple co-founder announced the private space firm on late Sunday. Unfortunately, other than to promise his company would be “unlike the...
View ArticleSony permanently shuts down LittleBigPlanet's PS3 and Vita servers
Sony has permanently shut down the online services for LittleBigPlanet games on PlayStation 3 and PS Vita after "extended downtime." As such, online multiplayer and community levels are no longer...
View ArticleApple Watch now syncs with Tempo's AI-powered home gym
Tempo has rolled out Apple Watch integration for its AI-powered home gym, giving users an easy way to track their heart rate during workouts without the need for a dedicated HR monitor. Upon syncing...
View ArticleZoom's live captioning feature will soon work with 30 languages
Zoom held its annual Zoomtoopia conference today, providing a glimpse at some of the features it’s working on bringing to its video conferencing software. There are almost too many enhancements to...
View ArticleFake Walmart press release caused litecoin's price to jump 20 percent
Despite a bogus press release claiming otherwise, Walmart isn't accepting litecoin for payments anytime soon. The fake release caused the price of the cryptocurrency to briefly shoot up by 20 percent...
View ArticleFacebook's program for VIPs allows politicians and celebs to break its rules,...
Facebook has for years used a little known VIP program that’s enabled millions of high-profile users to skirt its rules, according to a new report in The Wall Street Journal.According to the report,...
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