Google just leaked Android’s new design language
Google just accidentally revealed its next big Android redesign: Material 3 Expressive. In a now-deleted blog post spotted by 9to5Google, the company describes the change as the “most researched” update…
Signal clone used by Trump official stops operations after report it was hacked
A messaging service used by former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz has temporarily shut down while the company investigates an apparent hack. The messaging app is used to access and…
Correcting the Hubble Constant
They See It Too — But They Blame the Wrong Thing Mainstream cosmology fully accepts that the universe’s expansion is accelerating. This conclusion is based on well-documented observations: distant galaxies…
Google accidentally reveals Android’s Material 3 Expressive interface ahead of I/O
Google’s accelerated Android release cycle will soon deliver a new version of the software, and it might look quite different from what you’d expect. Amid rumors of a major UI…
OpenAI scraps controversial plan to become for-profit after mounting pressure
On Monday, ChatGPT-maker OpenAI announced it will remain under the control of its founding nonprofit board, scrapping its controversial plan to split off its commercial operations as a for-profit company…
Time Telescope
Borrowing Eyes Across the Cosmos What Voyager Sees, We Can See Too — Without Waiting for Light Somewhere far beyond Pluto, Voyager 1 drifts silently through deep space — still…
States sue Trump over ‘existential threat’ to wind energy
The sun rises behind wind turbines in Palm Springs, California, US, on Friday, July 14, 2023. | Photo: Getty Images The District of Columbia and 17 states — including New…
RIP Skype (2003–2025), survived by multiple versions of Microsoft Teams
Today is the day: Microsoft has formally shuttered the Skype app and service after announcing in February that Skype was being axed in favor of Microsoft Teams, the company’s Slack…
Only elites used hallucinogens in ancient Andes society
In 2022, we told you about a study reporting evidence that an ancient Peruvian people called the Wari laced the beer served at their feasts with hallucinogens—particularly a substance derived…
Hundreds of e-commerce sites hacked in supply-chain attack
Hundreds of e-commerce sites, at least one owned by a large multinational company, were backdoored by malware that executes malicious code inside the browsers of visitors, where it can steal…