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Interplanetary travel might be about to get a whole lot faster — and hotter. UK startup Pulsar Fusion today unveiled “Sunbird,” a nuclear fusion-powered rocket concept that could halve the time it takes to travel across our solar system — and, maybe, beyond it. Machine learning models show the rocket could potentially propel a spacecraft with a mass of about 1,000kg (2,200lb) to Pluto in four years — less than half the time it took NASA’s New Horizons mission, which was powered by regular ion thrusters. E
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An East Bay apartment complex has been bought at a price that's well below its prior value. Read more ›
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A PG&E Corp. unit has bought a San Jose building in a move to bolster the utility's South Bay operations. Read more ›
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The desert festival has a history of high-profile attendees, from Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos to disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes. Read more ›
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Apple today provided developers with the eighth beta of macOS Tahoe 26 for testing purposes, with the update coming a week after the seventh beta. Registered developers can download the new beta software through the System Settings app. macOS Tahoe features Apple's Liquid Glass redesign, which extends across all of the new updates this year. Apple also brought the Phone and Journal apps to the Mac for the first time,... Read more ›
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Apple today provided developers with the eighth betas of iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 for testing purposes, with the updates coming a week after Apple seeded the seventh betas. Registered developers can download the new beta software using the Software Update section of the Settings app. iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 feature Apple's new Liquid Glass design aesthetic, with a focus on translucency and glass-like interface elements. The design extends... Read more ›
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Apple today provided developers with the eighth betas of watchOS 26, tvOS 26, and visionOS 26 for testing purposes, with the betas coming one week after the seventh betas were released. The software updates can be downloaded through the Settings app on each device. A developer account is required. watchOS 26 and tvOS 26 adopt new Liquid Glass design changes inspired by visionOS, much like iOS 26 and macOS 26.... Read more ›
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A big Silicon Valley hotel has been bought for a price that's well below the property's assessed value. Read more ›
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ESPN released "The Kingdom," a series about the Kansas City Chiefs. The team showed up in style for a special red-carpet screening of the show. Read more ›
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Google wants to verify the identity of all developers who distribute apps on Android, even if it’s outside the Play Store Read more ›
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Curious about Ryobi's fogger, does the price match the purpose? It's a cordless mister that handles pests and plant care. Read more ›
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Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI is suing Apple and OpenAI, as reported by Reuters. The suit accuses the companies of illegally conspiring to stop rival AI companies from getting a fair shot on the App Store, alleging they have "locked up markets to maintain their monopolies and prevent innovators like X and xAI from competing." The complaint suggests that Apple and OpenAI have been conspiring to suppress xAI's products... Read more ›
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Elon Musk's xAI startup today filed a Texas lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI, accusing the two companies of conspiring to "ensure their continued dominance" in the AI market. Earlier this month, Musk threatened to sue Apple and OpenAI because his apps X and Grok have not been featured in the App Store's "Must Have" apps section, and he has now followed through with that threat. The lawsuit suggests that Apple... Read more ›
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During the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt created a tree army. Civilians planted trees, built dams, and transformed state and national parks. Read more ›
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The xAI lawsuit claims that Grok's ranking below ChatGPT is a sign of allegedly monopolistic behavior. Read more ›
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Our previous top pick has been discontinued, but our man who carries things thinks he’s found a worthy replacement. Read more ›
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Security researchers have uncovered critical vulnerabilities in Perplexity's Comet browser that enable attackers to hijack user accounts and execute malicious code through the browser's AI summarization features. The flaws, discovered independently by Brave and Guardio Labs, exploit indirect prompt injection attacks that bypass traditional web security mechanisms when users request webpage summaries. Brave demonstrated account takeover through a malicious Reddit post that compromised Perplexity accounts w Read more ›
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I've lived in Rhode Island my whole life, and my favorite New England day trip is Block Island. I love the seafood, affordable ferry, and beaches. Read more ›
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Researchers don’t believe the rare condition, albino-xanthochromism, poses a significant threat to the shark’s survivability. Read more ›
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I don’t pay for Spotify anymore, since I don’t feel the need to pay for something I already have, which is unlimited access to the music I want. You see, I have YouTube Music, part of my YouTube Premium subscription. I’ve been a YouTube Premium subscriber long before it was called YouTube Premium, with my … Continued Read the original post: Monday Question: Do You Pay for YouTube Premium? Read more ›
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The interactive special could return to Netflix, though the streamer has yet to make an official announcement. Read more ›
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Since ChatGPT’s debut in 2022, generative AI quickly entered our work, study, and personal lives, helping to speed up research, content creation, and more at an unprecedented rate. Enthusiasm for generative AI tools has understandably gained traction experiencing an even faster adoption rate than the Internet or PCs, but experts warn we should proceed with caution. As with every new technology, generative AI can launch society forward in a number... Read more ›
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A decade ago, startups often equated success with rapid headcount growth. The formula was simple: build a product, raise a round, hire fast. Bigger teams meant bigger bets. But the rulebook is getting rewritten as a new generation of startups scales with leaner teams and fewer people. They’re not building out sprawling customer support or sales teams, and seem to be automating what once warranted entire departments. Their growth is... Read more ›
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A new pocket-sized Starlink alternative promises secure military communications — safe from interference by billionaire CEOs. The system, named the RU1, was unveiled today by Swedish startup TERASi. It’s billed as the world’s smallest and lightest mm-Wave radio, a form of communications that offers blazing-fast speeds and huge bandwidth. James Campion, the CEO and co-founder of TERASi, describes the portable device as “the GoPro of backhaul radios.” “RU1 can be... Read more ›
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The European space industry is booming. Yet despite the boom, the industry is struggling to find commercial buyers for arguably its most valuable output: data. At the Living Planet Symposium 2025 in Vienna, the European Space Agency (ESA) and private sector leaders laid out Europe’s bold space ambitions and called for increased cooperation to address deep commercial gaps. Josef Aschbacher, ESA’s director general, highlighted one key focus. “Earth observation within... Read more ›
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