Escaping Gravity Takes a Brutally Honest Look at NASA
Lori Garver’s new memoir details her struggles to get NASA colleagues to embrace SpaceX and Blue Origin. ⌘ Read more
Project 2025 Wants to Propel America Into Environmental Catastrophe ⌘ Read more
Donald Trump Backs ‘Strategic Bitcoin Stockpile’ in Speech to Crypto Faithful
Appearing onstage at the Bitcoin 2024 conference, Trump also promised to “fire” SEC chair Gary Gensler, set up a crypto advisory council, and make the United States the “crypto capital of the world.” ⌘ Read more
Children and teenagers among 11 dead in Golan Heights rocket attack that Israel blames on Hezbollah ⌘ Read more
Netanyahu says Hezbollah will pay ‘heavy price’ after deadly Golan Heights strike that group denies ⌘ Read more
Russian bomber crashes during training exercise ⌘ Read more
Hezbollah strike in Golan Heights kills nine in deadliest attack on Israel since Oct 7 Hamas rampage ⌘ Read more
Welsh government commits to making lying in politics illegal: Labour administration says ‘globally pioneering’ legislation will be brought in before next Senedd elections in 2026 ⌘ Read more
Eleven wounded in rocket fire in Majdal Shams area following barrage to north, MDA reports ⌘ Read more
Major casualty event after Hezbollah rocket hits Druze town in north ⌘ Read more
The Best Mattresses for Side Sleepers in 2024, Tested and Reviewed
If you’re a side sleeper, you need a mattress that provides support and relieves pressure. I’m a side sleeper, and I tested the top foam, cooling, and firm mattresses to find the best. ⌘ Read more
3 Russian helicopters damaged in Ukrainian sabotage operations, source says ⌘ Read more
Samsung Galaxy Buds3 Review: Cybertruck AirPods
Samsung’s third-generation earbuds copy Apple’s dated plastic-tipped design, cost more, and have shoddy noise canceling. ⌘ Read more
Stop X’s Grok AI From Training on Your Tweets
Plus: More Pegasus spyware controversy, a major BIOS controversy, and more of the week’s top security news. ⌘ Read more
South Korea wrongly introduced as North Korea at Olympics ⌘ Read more
Russian ransomware gangs account for 69% of all ransom proceeds ⌘ Read more
Asus Chromebook Plus CX34 Review: A Pretty Chromebook
Asus puts all the gray, boring Chromebooks out there to shame with the sleek and all-white CX34. ⌘ Read more
Project 2025 Wants to Propel America Into Environmental Catastrophe
Tracking emissions, managing pollutants, responding to natural disasters—even accurately predicting the weather—would all be trampled in a wave of privatization, deregulation, and unfettered fossil-fuel exploitation. ⌘ Read more
‘Atomic bomb hell can’t be repeated’ say Japan’s last survivors ⌘ Read more
Komodo dragons have iron-coated teeth to rip apart their prey, researchers find
Scientists have discovered that the serrated edges of Komodo dragons’ teeth are tipped with iron. Led by researchers from King’s College London, the study gives new insight into how Komodo dragons keep their teeth razor-sharp and may provide clues to how dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus rex killed and ate their prey. ⌘ Read more
Ukraine’s Acoustic Drone Detection Network Eyed By U.S. As Low-Cost Air Defense Option. Ukraine’s network of nearly 10,000 acoustic sensors has been highly effective and the U.S. Army is interested in copying it. ⌘ Read more
Don’t Miss Out on OWC’s 14-Port Mac Thunderbolt Dock at $99.99 ($180 Off), Ending This Weekend
Last week, OWC knocked the price of the popular 14-Port Thunderbolt 3 Dock down to $99.99, from its original price of $279.99, and this deal is still around this weekend. This is a match of the all-time low price on the accessory, and the sale is set to end Sunday night.
The Idea of You, Brittany Runs a Marathon, and American Fiction are just a few of the movies you should be watching on Amazon Prime Video this week. ⌘ Read more
Russia using new, cheap drones to locate Ukraine’s air defense, military intelligence says ⌘ Read more
EU Designates Neo-Nazi Group “The Base” As Terrorist Outfit Organization ⌘ Read more
2024 Summer Olympics: A Self-Healing Pole Vault Pole Is One Great Leap for Sports Tech
Pole vaulting is a spectacular, dangerous sport. Modern poles could be drastically improved to make them more reliable, with healable tech being developed that could also be used in surfing and cycling. ⌘ Read more
Russian Central Bank raises interest rate to 18% amid ‘accelerated’ inflation ⌘ Read more
Step up sanctions on Russia – they’re working, say EU ministers ⌘ Read more
Twisted carbon nanotubes could achieve significantly better energy storage than advanced lithium-ion batteries
An international team of scientists, including two researchers who now work in the Center for Advanced Sensor Technology (CAST) at UMBC, has shown that twisted carbon nanotubes can store three times more energy per unit mass than advanced lithium-ion batteries. The finding may advance carbon nanotubes as a promising solution for storing energy in devices that need to be lightwei … ⌘ Read more
X Training Grok AI On Tweets Without Notifying Users
Social network X (formerly Twitter) recently activated a setting that gives it permission to train Grok AI on user tweets. All X users are opted in by default, with X failing to notify customers about the change.
The hidden setting gives X permission to use all posts, interactions, inputs, and results for “training and fine-turning” Elon Musk’s Grok AI model.
To continuous … ⌘ Read more
Steve Jobs Knew the Moment the Future Had Arrived. It’s Calling Again
In a recently uncovered 1983 speech, Steve Jobs predicted the ubiquity of personal computers. In 2024, AI has brought us to another inflection point. ⌘ Read more
Teenage Engineering TX-6 Review: A Pocket-Sized Audio Mixer
This adorable piece of pocket tech acts like a USB-C audio interface and mixing board. ⌘ Read more
A North Korean Hacker Tricked a US Security Vendor Into Hiring Him—and Immediately Tried to Hack Them
KnowBe4 detailed the incident in a recent blog post as a warning for other potential targets. ⌘ Read more