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Space policy is about to get pretty wild, y’all

Saddle up, space cowboys. It may get bumpy for a while. President Donald Trump steps on the stage at Kennedy Space Center after the successful launch of the Demo-2 crew...

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Discord terrorist known as “Rabid” gets 30 years for preying on kids

FBI considers 764 terror network a top threat to kids online. Credit: NurPhoto / Contributor |...

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Meta beats suit over tool that lets Facebook users unfollow everything

The tool will likely be released anyway, testing Meta’s litigiousness. Credit: NurPhoto / Contributor | NurPhoto Meta...

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Elon Musk turns X’s block button into a “glorified mute button”

X change lets blocked users see posts made by the people who blocked them. Credit:...

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Charger recall spells more bad news for Humane’s maligned AI Pin

Humane first reported overheating problems with the portable charger in June. Humane's AI Pin. Credit: Humane Humane’s...

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NASA will pay SpaceX nearly $1 billion to deorbit the International Space Station

The space agency did consider alternatives to splashing the station. NASA has awarded an $843 million contract to SpaceX to develop a "US Deorbit Vehicle."...

YouTube tries convincing record labels to license music for AI song generator

Video site needs labels’ content to legally train AI song generators. YouTube is in talks with record labels to license their songs for artificial intelligence...

Verizon screwup caused 911 outage in 6 states—carrier agrees to $1M fine

Verizon initially failed to remove a flawed update file that caused two outages. Verizon Wireless agreed to pay a $1,050,000 penalty to the US Treasury...

Microsoft risks huge fine over “possibly abusive” bundling of Teams and Office

Microsoft vows to make more changes facing EU fine over Teams bundling. Microsoft may be hit with a massive fine in the European Union for...

Microsoft removes documentation for switching to a local account in Windows 11

But most Microsoft account sign-in workarounds for Windows 11 continue to work. One of Windows 11's more contentious changes is that, by default, both the...

iOS 18’s drive-formatting option shows how far iPhones have come for power users

The beta's Files app lets you format external drives in APFS, exFat, and FAT. Apple has added the ability to format external drives in iOS...

Larry Finger made Linux wireless work and brought others along to learn

Remembering Finger, 84, who learned as he went and left his mark on many. Linux and its code are made by people, and people are...

Apple Intelligence and other features won’t launch in the EU this year

iPhone Mirroring and SharePlay screen sharing will also skip the EU for now. Three major features in iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia will not be...

Win+C, Windows’ most cursed keyboard shortcut, is getting retired again

Win+C has been assigned to some of Windows' least successful features. Microsoft is all-in on its Copilot+ PC push right now, but the fact is...

Nearly half of Dell’s workforce refused to return to the office

Workers stayed remote even when told they could no longer be promoted. Big tech companies are still trying to rally workers back into physical offices,...

MacBook Air gets hosed, other models hold steady in macOS 15 as Intel support fades

Sequoia is both more and less generous to Intel Macs, depending on the model. As the Intel Mac era has wound down over the last...

Lawsuit: Meta engineer told to resign after calling out sexist hiring practices

Meta managers are accused of retaliation and covering up mistreatment of women. Meta got hit Tuesday with a lawsuit alleging that the company knowingly overlooks sexist treatment...

AT&T imposes $10 price hike on most of its older unlimited plans

Price hike paired with data boosts to make "unlimited" plans a bit less limited. Enlarge AT&T is imposing $10 and $20 monthly price hikes on users...

Reports: Apple is halting its next high-end Vision in favor of something cheaper

Finding a lower-price replacement for its high-end displays could be difficult. Enlarge A report by tech news site The Information suggests that Apple is shifting its augmented reality...

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