17 place 52
In a full-circle moment for Palmer Luckey, Meta and his defense tech company Anduril are teaming up to develop mixed reality headsets for the U.S. military under the Army's revamped SBMC Next program. The collaboration will merge Meta's Reality Labs hardware and Llama AI with Anduril's battlefield software, marking Meta's entry into military XR through the very company founded by Luckey after his controversial departure from Facebook. "I am glad to be working with Meta once again," Luckey said in a blog pos
A newsletter a day!
You may get 10 most important news around midday in daily newsletter. Press the button and we will send you the most important news only, no spam attached.
LIKE us on Facebook so you won't miss the most important news of the day!
Slashdot
Battlefield 6 fans won't have to worry about a deluge of out-of-place cosmetics and crossover skins, according to head of Respawn and Battlefield Studios Vince Zampelli and general manager Byron Beede. Read more Read more ›
4,166 fresh
George Lucas' iconic 1977 film will return to theaters April 30, 2027, weeks ahead of 'Star Wars: Starfighter.' Read more ›
1,312 fresh
Far more Android devices were sold in the same period as Apple sold 1 billion iPhones. Read more ›
1,298
Trump escalated pressure on Fed Chair Jerome Powell in a Truth Social post on Friday, urging the Fed's board to intervene and slash interest rates. Read more ›
1,161 fresh
The extremely popular entertainer has received backlash for her criticism of Israeli policies. Read more ›
1,136 fresh
Reddit is pausing its plans to let people make subreddits with content behind a paywall, CEO Steve Huffman said as part of Thursday’s earnings. The company is making the change as part of a shift in how it’s prioritizing its resources. Huffman said last year that the company was looking into a way for users […] Read more ›
927 fresh
Nintendo has announced that the price of the original Nintendo Switch will change in the United States, citing “market conditions” as the reason for its decision. The new pricing will apply from August 3, and will affect the regular Switch, the Switch Lite and the Switch OLED, as well as select accessories for the console. Amiibo and the Alarmo alarm clock will also see price increases. The Switch 2 is... Read more ›
882 fresh
Tim Cook has now served as Apple's chief executive officer (CEO) for longer Steve Jobs' entire tenure, including the latter's time as interim CEO. Steve Jobs served as Apple's CEO across two distinct stretches: first as interim CEO from September 16, 1997 to January 5, 2000, a period lasting 841 days, and then as official CEO from January 5, 2000 until his resignation on August 24, 2011, a span of... Read more ›
830 fresh
Apple CEO Tim Cook said tariff concerns contributed to a recent surge in iPhone and Mac sales this year. Read more ›
706 fresh
A leaker known as Majin Bu today shared images of an alleged battery pack for Apple's upcoming iPhone 17 Air model, which is expected to launch in September. The battery apparently has a metal cover, just like the iPhone 16 Pro's battery. This cover would help to dissipate heat generated by the battery inside the ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air, which is expected to measure just 5.5mm at its thinnest point.... Read more ›
630 fresh
Startup Brilliant Labs has announced a successor to its $349 open-source Frame smart glasses, which debuted early last year with features like AI-powered translations and the ability to identify what you were looking at. Its new $299 Halo smart glasses are priced closer to Meta’s entry-level Ray-Ban models and come with upgraded AI capabilities, including […] Read more ›
564 fresh
On today's episode of Uncanny Valley, our senior business editor joins us to talk Meta, brain-aging, and ChatGPT's recent dark turn. Read more ›
540 fresh
The original iteration of the test was implemented by President Dwight Eisenhower. Read more ›
531 fresh
If you're looking to buy an original Switch or Switch 2, you'll need to pick one up right away. Read more ›
487 fresh
OpenAI chairman Bret Taylor said that the computer science degree's greatest value is teaching "systems thinking" in the age of AI code editors. Read more ›
468 fresh
SK Hynix has overtaken Samsung as the world’s top memory maker in Q2 2025, driven by surging HBM demand from AI accelerators. With over 60% HBM market share and record profits, Hynix signals a shift from commodity DRAM to advanced, AI-optimized memory leadership. Read more ›
465 fresh
I reviewed Taco Bell's new Live Más Café in Chula Vista, California. There were some drawbacks, but its specialty drinks felt like a good value. Read more ›
452 fresh
Evidence is growing that some HIV-infected infants, if given antiretroviral drugs early in life, are able to suppress their viral loads to undetectable levels and then come off the medicine. Read more ›
442 fresh
Slashdot
Windows 11 has become indistinguishable from malware because of the way Microsoft has inserted intrusive advertising, AI monitoring features, and constant distractions designed to drive user engagement and monetization to the operating system, argues veteran writer and developer Rupert Goodwins of The Register. Goodwins contends that Microsoft has transformed Windows 11 into "an ADHD horror show, full of distractions, promotions and snares" where AI features "constantly video what you're doing... Read more ›
98
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: A hacker managed to plant destructive wiping commands into Amazon's "Q" AI coding agent. This has sent shockwaves across developer circles. As details continue to emerge, both the tech industry and Amazon's user base have responded with criticism, concern, and calls for transparency. It started when a hacker successfully compromised a version of Amazon's widely used AI coding assistant, 'Q.' He did... Read more ›
82
Developers are growing increasingly frustrated with AI coding tools that produce deceptively flawed solutions, according to Stack Overflow's latest survey of over 49,000 programmers worldwide. The 2025 survey exposes a widening gap between AI adoption and satisfaction: while 84% of developers now use or plan to use AI tools, their trust has cratered. Only 33% trust AI accuracy today, down from 43% last year. The core problem isn't broken code... Read more ›
76
Norway's $2 trillion sovereign wealth fund, equivalent to $340,000 per citizen, may be undermining the country's economic health, according to a contentious new book. Martin Bech Holte's "The Country That Became Too Rich" argues that oil revenue has made Norway bloated and unproductive, with data supporting several concerns. Norway has recorded the slowest productivity growth among wealthy nations over the past two decades while Norwegians take 27.5 sick days annually,... Read more ›
74
"Search engines still require users to use critical thinking to interpret and contextualize the results," argues Aaron French, an assistant professor of information systems. But with the rise of generative AI tools like ChatGPT, "internet users aren't just outsourcing memory — they may be outsourcing thinking itself." Generative AI tools don't just retrieve information; they can create, analyze and summarize it. This represents a fundamental shift: Arguably, generative AI is... Read more ›
66
Current Tour de France competitors are faster than the sport's notorious doping-era champions, according to an analysis. Tadej Pogacar produced approximately 7 watts per kilogram for nearly 40 minutes during a crucial mountain stage in last year's Tour de France. Jonas Vingegaard, generated more than 7 watts per kilogram for nearly 15 minutes during a failed attack attempt. Lance Armstrong, at his blood-doped peak two decades ago, averaged an estimated... Read more ›
56
Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from Business Insider: Apple's new spam text filtering feature could end up being a multimillion-dollar headache for political campaigns. iOS 26 includes a new feature that allows users to filter text messages from unrecognized numbers into an "Unknown Senders" folder without sending a notification. Users can then go to that filter and hit "Mark as Known" or delete the message. In a memo... Read more ›
53
Liquefied CO2 will be transported by ship to "the world's first carbon shipping port," reports the Washington Post — an island in the North Sea where it will be "buried in a layer of spongy rock a mile and a half beneath the seabed." Norway's government is covering 80% of the $1 billion first phase, with another $714 million from three fossil fuel companies toward an ongoing expansion (with an... Read more ›
51
Satirical singer-songwriter Tom Lehrer died Saturday at age 97. The Associated Press notes Lehrer had long ago "largely abandoned his music career to return to teaching math at Harvard and other universities." Lehrer had remained on the math faculty of the University of California at Santa Cruz well into his late 70s. In 2020, he even turned away from his own copyright, granting the public permission to use his lyrics... Read more ›
50
Security researchers have discovered evidence suggesting the SkyRover X1 drone sold on Amazon for some $750 is a DJI product operating under a different brand name. The findings come at a time when DJI is facing an unofficial ban at US customs. The drone shares identical specifications and features with the DJI Mini 4 Pro and connects to DJI's online infrastructure, including DJIGlobal, DJISupport, and DJIEnterprise services. Hacker Kevin Finisterre... Read more ›
48
Most popular sources
Business Insider
|
19% 6 |
Gizmodo
|
12% 3 |
Android Authority
|
11% 6 |
MacRumors
|
11% 8 |
Wired
|
7% 0 |
| View sources » | |
LIKE us on Facebook so you won't miss the most important news of the day!
01.08.2025 14:05
Last update: 14:01 EDT.
News rating updated: 21:02.
What is Times42?
Times42 brings you the most popular news from tech news portals in real-time chart.
Read about us in FAQ section.
popular
