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Musk Believed a Sniper Took Out a Falcon 9 Rocket in 2016, Report Claims
Gizmodo - 6 May 2025 15:45
The incident came at the height of a rocket rivalry between SpaceX and ULA.
Waymo's Self-Driving Cars Are in a Growing Number of Cities. Here's Everything to Know
CNET - 6 May 2025 02:37
The robotaxi service keeps adding locations to its roster. Here's where you can hail a ride now -- and where the futuristic vehicles will be arriving soon.
Shingles vaccine linked with lower risk of many common heart problems
New Scientist - 6 May 2025 02:05
Shingles is associated with an increased chance of health problems like strokes and heart attacks, but receiving a shingles jab seems to curb the risk of such cardiovascular problems
Apple Faces Developer Lawsuit After Defying App Store Injunction
Mac Rumors - 6 May 2025 00:55
Apple is being sued by developers unhappy with the company's "willful violation" of the anti-steering injunction the court ordered as part of its legal battle with Epic Games. A company called Pure Sweat Basketball has t...
Sam Altman: OpenAI nonprofit will retain control of the $300 billion company
Mashable - 6 May 2025 00:41
The nonprofit status of OpenAI is one of the biggest controversies in Silicon Valley. On Monday, May 5, CEO Sam Altman said the company structure is "evolving."
Bridging worlds: Physicists develop novel test of the holographic principle
Phys.org - 6 May 2025 19:42
Exactly 100 years ago, famed Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger (yes, the cat guy) postulated his eponymous equation that explains how particles in quantum physics behave. A key component of quantum mechanics, Schröd...
Developers will have a hard time getting App Store users to buy directly
AppleInsider - 6 May 2025 17:00
Even if developers discounted their prices by the whole 30% Apple would take for the first year of a subcription, a new report says it wouldn't be enough to get most users away from the App Store. Apple makes $11 billion...
DOJ asks court to split up Google’s ad tech empire
The Verge - 6 May 2025 16:40
The US Department of Justice filed a plan in court to make Google divest its advertising marketplace and ad management platform, part of a proposal to address the company's "decade-long campaign of exclusionary conduct,"...
AI systems are built on English--but not the kind most of the world speaks
Phys.org - 6 May 2025 16:36
An estimated 90% of the training data for current generative AI systems stems from English. However, English is an international lingua franca with about 1.5 billion speakers worldwide, and countless varieties.
OpenAI is buying Windsurf for $3 billion. What does that mean for ChatGPT?
Mashable - 6 May 2025 15:56
OpenAI has reportedly reached an agreement to buy AI startup Windsurf for $3 billion.
Space Force chief makes case for increased funding before House panel
Space News - 6 May 2025 23:58
Saltzman said the military's space branch is not resourced to do what it's being asked to do The post Space Force chief makes case for increased funding before House panel appeared first on SpaceNews.
Google Facing Breakup of Ad Business as DOJ Recommends Divestiture After Antitrust Ruling
Mac Rumors - 6 May 2025 23:57
The United States Justice Department wants Google to make major changes to its ad business in order to restore competition, with the government suggesting that Google divest both Ad Exchange (AdX) and Ad Manager (often r...
Meta wins more than $167 million in damages from spyware maker that targeted WhatsApp
Engadget - 6 May 2025 23:54Still on an older version of macOS? Here are 11 reasons to update to Sequoia
BGR - 6 May 2025 23:47
Unlike iPhone and iPad updates, some people prefer to wait a little longer to download the latest macOS version. One of the reasons is that … The post Still on an older version of macOS? Here are 11 reasons to update t...
A Single Impact Could Leave a Giant Planet Ringing for Millions of Years
Universe Today - 6 May 2025 23:40
To understand how chaotic the early Solar System was, we need only gaze at the Moon. Its cratered surface bears the scars from multitudes of collisions. The early Solar System was like a debris field where objects smashe...
Sonos and Ikea break up, but software updates will continue for Symfonisk hardware
AppleInsider - 6 May 2025 23:39
The Sonos and Ikea partnership produced great-sounding bookshelf, picture frame, and lamp speakers with AirPlay 2 support, but that partnership has come to an end. Sonos Symfonisk bookshelf speaker Sonos has been pulling...
Feeling dumb? Let Google's latest AI invention simplify that wordy writing for you
The Register - 6 May 2025 23:39
Zog brain hurt. Zog want Google help make read easier Exasperated by the prolix verbiage and gratuitously convoluted phraseology that so often permeates technical treatises, philosophical discourses, or the meandering ex...
Sigma Will Increase Prices in the US on June 2 Because of Tariffs
PetaPixel - 6 May 2025 23:37In a first, physicists spot elusive 'free-range' atoms -- confirming a century-old theory about quantum mechanics
Live Science - 6 May 2025 23:34
Physicists have used a novel technique to observe individual atoms interacting in free space for the first time ever. The new technique confirms a century-old quantum mechanical theory.
Google I/O 2025: What to expect over the next two weeks on Android 16, Android XR and Gemini
Engadget - 6 May 2025 23:33Florida lawmaker proposes forcing Apple to allow third-party app stores like EU
9 to 5 Mac - 6 May 2025 23:32
A Florida congresswoman has introduced a new bill targeting Apple, aiming to boost competition and expand consumer choice by mandating third-party marketplaces like the EU. more...
Be careful what you read about an Elden Ring movie
The Verge - 6 May 2025 23:30
On Tuesday, a publication called Nexus Point News published a headline for what looked to be a major piece of entertainment news: "EXCLUSIVE: Alex Garland Set To Direct 'Elden Ring' Film For A24." The article claimed tha...