SpaceX scrubs Starship V3 test flight after last-minute launch tower issue
Even so, the timing of the delay is notable. SpaceX had scheduled the launch just one day after filing paperwork for what could become the largest IPO in history, reportedly valuing the company at $1.75 trillion. "Tying the launch to their IPO timeline is daring," Greg Autry, associate provost at...
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Memory prices tipped to fall as China starts flooding the market with DRAM and NAND chips
According to screenshots posted on X by tipster @wxnod, Corsair has integrated memory chips manufactured by Chinese DRAM maker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) into its next-generation memory modules. While Corsair typically sources memory chips from Micron Technology, elevated market prices have reportedly pushed the company to explore more cost-effective alternatives.
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The US government is spending $2 billion on quantum computing, while taking stock in the companies it funds
IBM is set to receive the largest share of the funding, with $1 billion allocated to the company. Long seen as a frontrunner in quantum development, IBM has been building out both hardware and software systems designed to handle quantum workloads. As part of the agreement, the company will invest...
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Flipper One is a next-gen Flipper Zero with a Linux brain and serious hardware upgrades
After turning opsec conventions upside down with the "toy-like" Flipper Zero tool, Flipper Devices is now developing yet another "fun" project that could make a significant impact on security and customized computing projects.
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Tech layoffs have already passed 100,000 in 2026 as the industry cuts jobs to fund AI
Meta's decision to lay off 8,000 workers to offset AI investments while potentially redirecting another 7,000 toward AI-related roles is the largest in a brutal series of tech company layoffs over the past month. Layoffs have exceeded 20,000 in every month of 2026 so far except April.
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Meta launches Forum, an app for Facebook Groups offered as a Reddit alternative
The Forum app was spotted in Apple's storefront by Geekout Newsletter's Matt Navarra. According to the official description, it offers a dedicated space built for deeper discussions, real answers, and the communities users care about.
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Firefox is getting a major redesign with one-click controls to disable all AI features
The biggest change is inside the Settings menu. Mozilla is redesigning it to make privacy controls easier to find and understand, including a single toggle that lets users shut off all current and future AI features. As browsers add more AI features, centralized controls like this become more important, and...
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Meta settles lawsuit claiming its platforms addicted students and left schools to deal with the damage
The lawsuit was brought by Breathitt County School District, a rural district in eastern Kentucky that serves about 1,600 students across six schools. It had been scheduled to go to trial on June 15 in federal court in Oakland, California, making it the first school district case of its kind...
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Philips made a monitor with screens on both sides, and it's actually kind of brilliant
A dual-sided monitor labeled 24B2D5300 recently appeared on Philips' UK and Ireland online storefronts. Digital Camera World reports that the panel will be available from June for £359 ($481), but pre-order options have not appeared in any region.
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AMD's 256 core Epyc Venice enters production on TSMC's 2nm node
Venice is a 6th-gen Epyc chip based on the Zen 6 core architecture and targeted at dense data center workloads. AMD is claiming more than a 70% improvement in overall performance and efficiency versus the current Epyc Turin chips, along with more than a 30% increase in thread density.
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