The space race heats up: all the news on the latest rocket launches
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from launch pad 30A at the Kennedy Space Center, carrying four astronauts to the Space Station. | Photo by Manuel Mazzanti/NurPhoto via Getty…
With new Gen-4 model, Runway claims to have finally achieved consistency in AI videos
AI video startup Runway announced the availability of its newest video synthesis model today. Dubbed Gen-4, the model purports to solve several key problems with AI video generation. Chief among…
Robot vacuums are getting upgraded support for Apple Home
Several companies, including iRobot, have announced updates and support for Apple Home through Matter. | Image: iRobot The release of Apple’s iOS 18.4 on Monday includes good news for robot…
Research roundup: 2,400-year-old clay puppets; this is your brain on Klingon
It’s a regrettable reality that there is never time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across each month. In the past, we’ve featured year-end roundups of cool…
DOGE accesses federal payroll system and punishes employees who objected
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has gained access “to a payroll system that processes salaries for about 276,000 federal employees across dozens of agencies,” despite “objections from senior…
Apple updates all its operating systems, brings Apple Intelligence to Vision Pro
Apple dropped a big batch of medium-size software updates for nearly all of its products this afternoon. The iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, macOS 15.4, tvOS 18.4, and visionOS 2.4 updates…
Brain Implant ‘Streams’ a Paralyzed Woman’s Thoughts as If She’s Speaking in Near Real Time
The system, which also synthesizes her voice, takes no more than a second to translate thoughts to speech. A paralyzed woman can again communicate with the outside world thanks to…
SwitchBot’s smart button pusher is 30 percent off for Amazon’s Big Spring Sale
The simple contraption quickly attaches to both buttons and rocker switches. Smart plugs are great, but unfortunately, they can’t automate everything. Thankfully, there is a cheap cube-like contraption called the…
Microsoft expands AI features across Intel and AMD-powered Copilot Plus PCs
Microsoft is making its AI features widely available on Copilot Plus PCs equipped with Intel and AMD chips. One of the most notable of these features will be Live Captions,…
Even Trump may not be able to save Elon Musk from his old tweets
Back in December, Elon Musk accused the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of launching a purely politically motivated probe into his Twitter purchase. In a letter from his lawyer, Alex…