Toward 100,000 Times More Efficient Gigawatt Interstellar Propulsion Beamed Power
Jeffrey Gleason describes how to increase the space propulsion beaming range of an ion beam from 0.1 AU to 1000 AU by pinching the ion beam. He also describes getting…
SpaceX Booster 9 Static Fire Success
Starship Super Heavy Booster 9’s second static fire was a success. The water deluge system worked to protect the launch pad and launch tower. SpaceX appears to be weeks away…
Chrome’s reading mode might read articles out loud
Illustration: The Verge Google is experimenting with a text-to-speech feature for Chrome’s reading mode on desktop, as reported by Android Police. I sometimes use a similar feature in Instapaper, and…
Not your average Toyota: The all-wheel drive GR Corolla, reviewed
Enlarge / Early mornings were made for cars like this, the Toyota GR Corolla. (credit: Jonathan Gitlin) Although the vast majority of our car reviews are for hybrids and electric…
The EU’s Digital Services Act goes into effect today: here’s what that means
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA) has officially gone into effect. Starting on August 25th, 2023, tech giants like Google, Facebook, Amazon,…
Google Keep for Android is getting some overdue upgrades
Google Keep is a simple, solid note-taking app — hopefully Google doesn’t kill it. | Image: Google Good news for Android-toting Google Keep users: you’re finally getting the text formatting options…
New material provides clean water and electricity using nothing but the Sun
Enlarge (credit: Roman Studio/Getty Images) Our atmosphere holds six times more water than you’ll find in all the rivers on Earth. The dew drops you see on grass and water…
AMD’s FPS-doubling FSR 3 is coming soon, and not just to Radeon graphics cards
Enlarge / AMD’s FSR 3 will compete with Nvidia’s proprietary DLSS Frame Generation feature starting in September. (credit: AMD) Even if you’re not interested in buying one of the new…
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT and 7800 XT will go up against Nvidia’s 4070 and 4060 Ti
Enlarge / The specs of AMD’s Radeon RX 7700 XT and 7800 XT. (credit: AMD) AMD has been slower than Nvidia to fill out its next-generation GPU lineup, and for…
Judge tears apart Republican lawsuit alleging bias in Gmail spam filter
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | pagadesign) A federal judge yesterday granted Google’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Republican National Committee (RNC), which claims that Google intentionally used…