Tag: News

The Trump admin will start letting private firms launch international cyberattacks

The Trump administration is launching a new program that will allow private firms to perform cyberattacks against...

Cats and dogs are missing meals after a popular smart feeder went down

Petlibro’s Granary 2 feeder. | Image: Petlibro A Petlibro outage is preventing its smart pet feeders and other...

ICE wants to give agents electrified gloves that shock people into compliance

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is aiming to spend up to $20 million on equipping officers and...

Made by Google 2026: all the Pixel news and announcements

Google is gearing up to reveal a bunch of new Pixel devices on August 12th. A series...

Bluesky now lets you hide reposts from that annoying person you follow

Bluesky has added a new feature that lets you hide reposts from a specific person in your...

X product chief Nikita Bier is leaving after one year

X head of product Nikita Bier is stepping down and says he will move into a role...

Foldables are sort of boring now — and that’s great news for Apple

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For...

Trump blames Tim Walz for water hacks even though it’s probably Iran

Donald Trump speaks during the House Republican Party member retreat. | Image: Mandel NGAN / AFP via...

SwitchBot makes a better fan

SwitchBot Battery Circulator Fan 2 Pro is smart, powerful, and portable. | Image: SwitchBot I was already a...

The US government just banned Roombas

When the Trump administration announced yesterday that it was banning "advanced robotic devices" from entering the United...

Full school day cellphone bans are more popular than ever

As schools across the country continue to implement cellphone bans, a new Pew Research Center survey shows...

The US is banning foreign robots

The Chinese robot maker, Unitree, will likely be impacted by the ban. | Bloomberg via Getty Images The...

New Yorkers will soon need to verify their age to access algorithmic feeds

New Yorkers who want to see their Instagram or TikTok feed curated by an algorithm, or receive...

Nothing confirms layoffs, but calls market exit rumors ‘fake news’

raw | Photo: Dominic Preston / The Verge In response to a report that Nothing is planning to...

Qualcomm is about to raise prices and that’s bad news for everyone

Qualcomm sent a letter to customers on Friday warning of plans to increase its prices by "a...

Nothing calls ‘fake news’ on shutdown report while confirming key changes

Following a report earlier today, Nothing says that it is not exiting markets, but it is making...

Ford’s $30,000 electric truck: all the news about the company’s big EV re-do

The end of the Ford F-150 Lightning was also the start of a new era for the...

The FBI reportedly won’t investigate ICE anymore

ICE agents hide behind masks while skulking through the halls of immigration court | Image: Michael Nigro/Pacific...

The war on ‘woke science’ comes for space research

The Trump administration is waging a culture war on science, and the latest salvo is in the...

Daylight saving time is a step closer to becoming permanent in the US

The US is getting closer to observing daylight saving time year-round. On Tuesday, the House advanced the...

Starlink’s V5 dish is now available — here’s how it compares

The smaller Starlink V5 (right) next to the larger V4 dish. | Image: SpaceX SpaceX's latest residential dish...

X admits its broken algorithm made the site feel like a ‘battleground’

X's head of product, Nikita Bier, admitted in a post on Monday that X's algorithm was "missing"...

The first sunlight reflecting space mirror has been cleared for launch

Eärendil-1 is the first of many 60-foot space mirrors that Reflect Orbital is planning to launch into...

OnePlus is reportedly bailing on the US

OnePlus and its parent company, Oppo, plan to announce in the coming days that OnePlus brand will...

Social media limits are coming for teens across Europe

The European Union is weighing sweeping new restrictions on children's and teenagers' access to social media, including...

White House taps the guy who keeps crying ‘aliens’ to run UFO group

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb will head the UAP Science Advisory Council established by the White House, the...

No, Flock isn’t threatening people for debating surveillance

On Thursday, the Instagram account for a lecture series in Newport Beach, CA posted a photo of...

iRobot’s newest floor cleaner isn’t a robot

The Roomba Electro Plus is iRobot’s first manually-operated floor cleaner. | Image: iRobot iRobot just announced its first-ever...

NASA launched an emergency mission to stop the Swift Observatory from crashing to Earth

Engineers from Katalyst Space Technologies testing Link. | Image: NASA/Scott Wiessinger The Swift Observatory was launched in 2004,...

White House deletes thousands of web pages about energy conservation as heatwave slams US

The US Department of Energy reportedly deleted about 6,000 pages related to energy conservation as a historic...

Xbox’s ‘reset’: all the news about Microsoft’s looming layoffs and studio closures

Xbox is making some big changes — again. On June 10th, a few months after Asha Sharma...

The Supreme Court stops Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship

The Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship, ruling 6-3 against President Donald Trump's effort to end the longstanding...