US government hires BlackSky to build next-gen AI surveillance satellites for Earth and beyond
The US government has selected BlackSky to design and build the next generation of its space surveillance capabilities. The newly announced contract is an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) agreement, meaning the company will provide as many satellites and monitoring services as the Air Force Research Laboratory requires for its missions....
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Linux gaming levels up as CachyOS beats Windows 11 in head-to-head tests
The tests, conducted by NJ Tech, used identical hardware: an AMD Ryzen 5 5600X paired with a Radeon RX 6700 XT, alongside 16GB of DDR4 memory, a 2TB NVMe SSD, a Corsair RM1000x power supply, and a Gigabyte X570 Aorus Elite motherboard. On the software side, Windows 11 ran AMD's...
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AirPods Max 2 reviewed: premium sound, top-tier ANC, same high price
Early reviews of the AirPods Max 2 highlight improved sound quality, excellent noise cancellation, and deeper Apple ecosystem integration, powered by the new H2 chip and added smart features.
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Google Drive can now detect ransomware and roll back your files
Google officially announced its new anti-ransomware protections in September 2025, and the company is now making these tools available to Workspace customers using Google Drive for Desktop. The security features leverage a specially trained AI model, which has been further developed and refined over the past few months.
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Brain implants let paralyzed man make music with his thoughts
A diving accident at age 16 left Buckwalter paralyzed from the chest down. In 2024, he enrolled in a Caltech brain-computer interface study and underwent a craniotomy to have six Blackrock Neurotech chips implanted in his motor cortex.
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Anthropic accidentally exposed Claude Code source, raising security concerns
The exposure traces back to version 2.1.88 of the @anthropic-ai/claude-code package on npm, which was published with a 59.8MB JavaScript source map intended only for internal debugging. The map file enabled the reconstruction of roughly 512,000 lines of TypeScript code powering Claude Code's orchestration layer and CLI. Within hours of...
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Crimson Desert hits 4 million sales despite rocky launch
Crimson Desert, which was one of our Most Anticipated Games of 2026, arrived to review scores of between 60 and 70 in most cases. It also held a disappointing Steam user rating of Mostly Positive. The failure to meet expectations resulted in developer Pearl Abyss' shares falling almost 29%.
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Oracle layoffs could reach 30,000 as company doubles down on AI
The company declined to comment on the total scope of the layoffs, though some estimates suggest they could affect as many as 20,000 to 30,000 workers. Oracle employed about 162,000 people worldwide as of the end of May.
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Tesla admits that remote humans can sometimes take control of its robotaxis
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A hot potato: Tesla has admitted that its robotaxis are not always as autonomous as the name implies. In a letter to Senator Ed Markey, the company said human operators can, in rare cases, remotely take direct control of its vehicles. This sets Tesla apart from rivals that insist their support staff only advise the driving system, not actually drive the cars.
The revelation comes from a March
You can finally change your Gmail address without losing everything
Starting Tuesday, Gmail account holders in the US can change the usernames that appear on their email addresses without losing the address itself. The change affects accounts used to log into mail, photos, Google Drive, and other services.
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