SwitchBot’s robot hand to unlock your door gets a big upgrade
The new retrofit smart door lock from SwitchBot has a sleeker look than its predecessor. | Image: SwitchBot SwitchBot has launched a new version of its retrofit smart lock. The…
Nikon is acquiring RED cameras
Nikon will now own RED’s catalog of professional film cameras, like the V-RAPTOR XL platform (pictured). | Image: RED Nikon is acquiring RED, the company founded by Jim Jannard (founder…
Zama Raises $73M in Series A Lead by Multicoin Capital and Protocol Labs to Commercialize Fully Homomorphic Encryption
Paris, France, March 7th, 2024, Cyberwire Company Open Sources FHE Libraries to Build Privacy-Preserving Blockchain and AI Applications for the First Time. Investment secured to bring Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE)…
Target will launch unlimited rush shipping subscription to rival Amazon Prime
Target is launching Target Circle 360, a $99 annual subscription that will offer free, unlimited delivery and rush shipping on online orders. First announced during Target’s earnings call on Tuesday,…
SpaceX allegedly fostered serial sexual abuse, according to this lawsuit
SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, in 2021. | Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images A SpaceX employee says that she spent seven years working at the…
Russia’s next-generation rocket is a decade old and still flying dummy payloads
Enlarge / Technicians assemble an Angara A5 rocket at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia’s Far East. (credit: Roscosmos) By some measures, Russia’s next-generation flagship rocket program—the Angara—is now three decades…
Third Orbital SpaceX Starship Test Flight Set for March 14
SpaceX has scheduled a live stream for March 14, 2024 for the third launch orbital test flight of the SpaceX Starship. They have changed the flight plan from previous orbital…
China’s Overall Hybrid and Battery Electric Car Sales Weak in Q1
Chinese wholesale passenger NEVs (New energy vehicles, battery and hybrid) in February were 441,000 units, down 11 percent from a year ago and down 37 percent from January, according to…
Google Gemini is Over a Year Behind OpenAI
Google Gemini is inferior to OpenAI GPT-4 in independent testing. GPT-4 was released over a year ago. Anthropic just released Claude 3. It is competitive with OpenAI GPT-4 in independent…
The biggest stories from Hot Pod Summit
Ira Glass and Ariel Shapiro on stage at Hot Pod Summit. | Alexa Hoyer This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here…