SpaceX’s upgraded Starship is set to launch on its first test flight as soon as Tuesday, May 19. Welcome to Edition 8.41 of the Rocket Report! The stories of the world’s two most powerful rockets are now intertwined. Hardware for NASA’s third Space Launch System rocket is coming together…
A customized mid-motor and Shimano’s new Cues components are a winning combination. Commuter bikes don’t come with the same constraints many other bikes do. Mountain bikes must glide gracefully through all sorts of abusive terrain; road bikes need to mix high performance with enough comfort to let riders stay…
Study suggests “the bias is real but socially constructed, rather than grounded in how women actually sound.” Vocal fry, aka “creaky voice,” is a distinctive drop in pitch, usually at the end of sentences, associated with the speech patterns of young women in particular. Britney Spears is the go-to…
FSR 4.1 running on RDNA3 or RDNA2 GPUs may take a bigger performance hit. When AMD announced version 4 of its FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) graphics upscaling technology early last year, it came with strings attached: The improved hardware-backed image quality would be available only on Radeon RX 9000-series…
It’s not entirely clear how the exploit works. Microsoft says it’s investigating. A zero-day exploit circulating online allows people with physical access to a Windows 11 system to bypass default BitLocker protections and gain complete access to an encrypted drive within seconds. The exploit, named YellowKey, was published earlier…
The three-wheel, two-seat EV has been in development since 2006. Among the many advantages the Chinese auto industry appears to have over foreign competitors is its ability to quickly turn a new idea into a car that customers can buy. At the other end of the spectrum, we have…
Layoffs are “not a savings-driven restructure,” CFO says. Following a quarter in which his company delivered record revenue, Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins announced that the company’s latest round of layoffs begins today. In a blog post yesterday, Robbins was quick to boast that Cisco’s fiscal Q3 2026 earnings saw…
Ocean heat plus human-caused global warming is a grim recipe for deadly climate extremes. Scientists said this week that a developing El Niño is likely to amplify heatwaves, droughts and floods this year, but warned that the long-term warming caused by burning fossil fuels remains the main driver of…
The Razr Fold has a lot going for it, but like all foldables, it’s wildly expensive. Motorola was early to foldable phones, announcing its first Razr-branded foldable in 2019. Since then, the company has churned out a series of foldable flip phones, but the new Razr Fold is its…
Xi meeting may force Trump to pivot on chip restrictions and Taiwan. Donald Trump has very little leverage heading into two days of meetings with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, in Beijing this week, experts say. The thinking goes that Trump came into office with a plan that has since…
