But that didn’t solve the problem. Once again, Starship’s engines cut off too early, and the rocket broke apart before falling to Earth. SpaceX said “an energetic event” in the...
“Google wanted that”: Nextcloud decries Android permissions as “gatekeeping”
Nextcloud is a host-your-own cloud platform that wants to help you “Regain control over your data.” It contains products that allow for video chat, file storage, collaborative editing, and other...
Microsoft shares its process (and discarded ideas) for redone Windows 11 Start menu
Microsoft put a lot of focus on Windows 11’s design when it released the operating system in 2021, making a clean break with the design language of Windows 10 (which...
Google introduces Advanced Protection mode for its most at-risk Android users
Google is adding a new security setting to Android to provide an extra layer of resistance against attacks that infect devices, tap calls traveling through insecure carrier networks, and deliver...
If Congress actually cancels the SLS rocket, what happens next?
Here’s what NASA’s exploration plans would actually look like if the White House got its way. A technician works on the Orion spacecraft, atop the SLS rocket, in January 2022....
Doom: The Dark Ages is surprisingly playable on the Steam Deck
While working on our review of Doom: The Dark Ages last week, I was unable to test the game on the Steam Deck due to a bug that prevented it...
Google announces Material 3 Expressive, a colorful evolution of Android design
Google accidentally showed off its big Android design refresh last week, but now Material 3 Expressive is official. Google says the new interface will begin with Android OS, but it...
FCC threatens EchoStar licenses for spectrum that SpaceX wants to use
“If SpaceX had done a basic search of public filings, it would know that EchoStar extensively utilizes the 2 GHz band and that the Commission itself has confirmed the coverage,...
Office apps on Windows 10 are no longer tied to its October 2025 end-of-support date
For most users, Windows 10 will stop receiving security updates and other official support from Microsoft on October 14, 2025, about five months from today. Until recently, Microsoft had also...
Samsung reveals the super-slim Galaxy S25 Edge with a laughably small battery
While the body of the phone is just 5.8 mm thick, the camera modules stick out a few millimeters more, making the phone quite wobbly when you set it on...
Monthly Roundup #30: May 2025
I hear word a bunch of new frontier AI models are coming soon, so let’s do this now. Programming Environments Require Magical Incantations. That’s Not How Any of This Works....
AI agents that autonomously trade cryptocurrency aren’t ready for prime time
The researchers wrote: The implications of this vulnerability are particularly severe given that ElizaOSagents are designed to interact with multiple users simultaneously, relying on shared contextual inputs from all participants....
The 2025 Bentley Continental GT: The highs and lows of borrowed bits
We spend a week with Bentley’s new plug-in hybrid grand touring car. The new Bentley Continental GT was already an imposing figure before this one left the factory in Crewe...
Dutch scientists built a brainless soft robot that runs on air
Most robots rely on complex control systems, AI-powered or otherwise, that govern their movement. These centralized electronic brains need time to react to changes in their environment and produce movements...
Tuesday Telescope: Taking a look at the next generation of telescopes
Welcome to the Tuesday Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light—a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We’ll let other...
VPN firm says it didn’t know customers had lifetime subscriptions, cancels them
The new owners of VPN provider VPNSecure have drawn ire after canceling lifetime subscriptions. The owners told customers that they didn’t know about the lifetime subscriptions when they bought VPNSecure,...
FCC commissioner writes op-ed titled, “It’s time for Trump to DOGE the FCC“
In addition to cutting Universal Service, Simington proposed a broad streamlining of the FCC licensing process. Manual processing of license applications “consumes vast staff hours and introduces unnecessary delay into...
Copyright Office head fired after reporting AI training isn’t always fair use
Cops scuffle with Trump picks at Copyright Office after AI report stuns tech industry. A man holds a flag that reads “Shame” outside the Library of Congress on May 12,...
New pope chose his name based on AI’s threats to “human dignity”
“Like any product of human creativity, AI can be directed toward positive or negative ends,” Francis said in January. “When used in ways that respect human dignity and promote the...
Germ-theory skeptic RFK Jr. goes swimming in sewage-tainted water
When you don’t believe in germ theory, the world is your oyster—or maybe your bathtub. Over the weekend, America’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., shared pictures on social...