“Paying more for the same stuff” is the story of consumer technology in 2026. If you’ve been waiting for Microsoft to update its Surface PC lineup—perhaps with Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon X2 Elite processors—I’ve got bad news for you. Microsoft is shaking up its PC lineup, but it’s doing so by…
Amazon announces $11.6B merger with Globalstar and satellite deal with Apple. Amazon today announced two satellite deals that it hopes will make its Amazon Leo network a more formidable competitor to SpaceX’s Starlink. Amazon signed a merger agreement to buy satellite operator Globalstar and said it entered into an…
“We believe this is the final nail in the coffin of the proton radius puzzle.” There has been considerable debate among physicists over the last 15 years about conflicting measurements of the charge radius of a hydrogen atom’s proton—some confirming the predictions of our strongest theoretical models, others suggesting…
“It’s a special thing to be human, and it’s a special thing to be on planet Earth.” HOUSTON—Their mission is complete. The four people who flew beyond the Moon on NASA’s Artemis II mission are back home in Houston with their families. But the lessons from Artemis II are…
Google says it could penalize back button hijacking by demoting websites in search ranking. So you thought you’d just read that webpage and then go back to the previous page? A bold assumption. All too often, clicking the back button in your browser doesn’t actually take you back. It’s…
The OEM-backed charging network offers 400 kW NACS and CCS DC fast chargers. Today, the IONNA charging network announced that it’s partnering with Circle K to bring its “Rechargery” experience to more than 350 Circle K locations in the US. IONNA will start with 85 existing Circle K charging…
What the nostalgic throwback lacks in complexity it makes up for in repetitive charm. If you were working a retail job at a movie rental store in the early ’90s, there’s a decent chance you couldn’t wait to clock out for the day and escape from the daily grind…
Cellular modems are complex black boxes of legacy code, but Google is making them safer with Rust. Modern smartphone operating systems have myriad systems in place to improve security, but none of that helps when attackers target the modem. Google’s Project Zero team has shown it’s possible to get…
NZXT will forgive up to $5,000 in debt for customers of the Flex program. PC hardware company NZXT and its billing partner, Fragile, have agreed to a $3,450,000 settlement in response to a class-action complaint regarding NZXT’s Flex PC rental program. NZXT announced Flex in August 2024, saying that…
The Slate Truck will start in the “mid-$20,000s” when it goes on sale in late 2026. The electric pickup startup Slate Auto started the week well. This morning, it announced it has raised $650 million in its latest funding round. Slate is a refreshing outlier among the aspiring new…
