WordPress.org’s latest move involves taking control of a WP Engine plugin
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge WordPress.org has introduced a fork of a popular WP Engine plugin in order “to remove commercial upsells and fix a security problem,” WordPress cofounder…
FAA Gives SpaceX Starship License for Flight 5 and 6
The FAA has given SpaceX Starship the license to fly flight 5 and flight 6. The FAA has granted SpaceX the license to launch Starship 5 as early as tomorrow…
Ryan Hansen Details the SpaceX Starship Catch Which Could Happen Tomorrow
SpaceX is preparing for what could be a launch and catch of the booster tomorrow. Ryan Hansen has an excellent video with renderings of all mechanisms and processes that will…
Hackers took over robovacs to chase pets and yell slurs
The Deebot X2 Omni. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Someone gained access to Ecovacs Deebot X2 Omni robotic vacuums across several US cities earlier this year…
Metaphor: ReFantazio is the rare fantasy game that goes beyond racism 101
Image: Atlus Atlus’ game tackles tough subjects with refreshing nuance, catapulting it beyond simply being ‘Persona with swords.’ Continue reading…
Meta suggests AI Northern Lights pics are as good as the real thing
Meta has a suggestion for folks like me who forgot to go outside and look at the Northern Lights on Thursday night: just use AI to fake it! But Threads…
Halloween 2024 storyscream: the best spooky things to watch and play
Image: A24 A curated selection of the best new horror games, movies, and TV shows to check out. Continue reading…
Apple’s cheapest iPads are still steeply discounted following Prime Day
Stepping up to the 10th-gen iPad nets you a modern design, a faster processor, and — yes — support for USB-C. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge There…
This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through October 12)
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AI’s Penicillin and X-Ray Moment Matteo Wong | The Atlantic “When the Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel wrote his will in 1895, he designated funds to reward those who ‘have…
Why a diabetes drug fell short of anticancer hopes
Pamela Goodwin has received hundreds of emails from patients asking if they should take a cheap, readily available drug, metformin, to treat their cancer. It’s a fair question: Metformin, commonly…