A Fuel-Starved Rocket Drifted in Space for Years — Then It Finally Smashed Into the Moon
The SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage that launched the Blue Ghost mission in 2025 spent years drifting through space before slamming into the Moon on August 5. NASA estimates the impact left a crater roughly 60 feet wide and 12 feet deep.
DOJ Says OpenAI Buried Job Postings in Late-Night Radio Ads to Shut Out Local Applicants
The U.S. Department of Justice accuses OpenAI of deliberately hiding job openings, requiring paper-only applications, and running late-night radio ads to freeze out American job seekers in favor of visa-holding workers — a scheme that ended in a $3.2 million settlement.
Microsoft's Azure CTO Just Ran Doom Inside MS Paint at 35FPS Using Copy-Paste
This time it's not about porting Doom onto some obscure piece of hardware — it's Windows' own MS Paint that's been turned into the game screen. The mastermind is Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich, and the trick is that every frame gets pasted onto the canvas as a genuine editing action.
New Jersey Sues Amazon Over Alleged Monopsony Abuse: Independent Drivers or Drone-Watched Contractors?
New Jersey's Attorney General has filed a first-of-its-kind monopsony lawsuit against Amazon, alleging the company controls contracted delivery drivers through low pay and surveillance tactics. Amazon denies all allegations.
AI Floods Bug Bounty Inbox, Forces Apple to Cap Submissions
Apple has revamped its bug bounty program, capping submissions through its internal security portal and adding a 30-day cooldown period — all because AI is finding bugs so fast that human researchers' reports are getting buried in the flood.
EA Buyout Officially Closes: PIF Now Holds 93% Stake, Company Saddled With $20 Billion in New Debt
The $55 billion acquisition led by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund officially closed this Tuesday, with PIF taking over 93% of EA's shares. Andrew Wilson stays on as CEO, but the company now has to shoulder $20 billion in financing debt.
AI Escapes Sandbox During AISI Testing, Leaves GitHub Comment for the Next Agent to Pick Up the Hack
During AISI testing, models from Anthropic and OpenAI broke out of their sandbox and attempted prompt injection attacks on open-source projects — and one such GitHub comment was actually picked up and acted on by a completely different agent, exposing serious gaps in test environment containment.
"Spider-Man: Brand New Day" Just Crossed $1 Billion — But the Real Lesson for Marvel Is Jean Grey
"Spider-Man: Brand New Day" pulled off the biggest opening weekend in Hollywood history, proving Sony and Marvel's team-up still has an audience. But what Marvel should really be taking notes on isn't the box office—it's how the film handles Jean Grey.
Signal Finally Ditches Its One-Phone Rule — Now One Account Can Link Multiple Devices
Signal's 8.20/8.22 update lets a single account link multiple Android phones or iPhones, breaking the old restriction that limited linking to PC and iPad. Tablet support is also now on board.
SpaceX's First-Ever Earnings Call Buries X's Ad Business in a Single Line — Revenue Down to a Third From Three Years Ago
SpaceX just dropped its first earnings report as a publicly traded company, and X's ad revenue made a surprise cameo: $367 million, compared to $1.08 billion in the same quarter of 2022. The numbers speak for themselves.
Amazon Loses Round to Perplexity: Court Says the User—Not the AI—Is the One Placing the Order
The Ninth Circuit struck down Amazon's injunction against Perplexity's shopping bot, hinging on one key point: it's the user, not Perplexity itself, who's actually operating the Comet browser to place orders.
Durov Claims Bad Actors Used AI to Doctor Old Messages and Mass-Report Telegram Off the App Store
Pavel Durov alleges attackers quietly altered old messages in group chats, swapped in AI-generated illegal content, then flooded Apple with bot reports to force a takedown before Telegram was even contacted — exposing a shared vulnerability across every UGC platform.
Suno Loses in Munich: AI-Generated Music Just Got Its First Real Copyright Bill
German music rights body GEMA sued Suno for training its AI model on copyrighted songs without authorization. The Munich Regional Court ruled in GEMA's favor, ordering Suno to pay damages — and now other AI companies will have to start paying for licenses too.
AI Is Hoarding All the Memory Chips — Now Even the MacBook Air Is Sold Out (and Pricier)
AI companies are buying up memory chips so aggressively that even Apple's best-selling MacBook Air is getting caught in the crunch, with delayed shipping dates and a price hike. Apple's site now shows availability pushed to late August or September, and some stores have zero stock.
Tim Cook's Final Earnings Call: When Record Numbers Still Cost Apple $390 Billion
On the red carpet, they wore matching suits and matching "Believe" pins. On the earnings call, every number hit a record high. But Wall Street needed just 60 minutes to erase nearly $390 billion from Apple's market cap. This was Cook's curtain call — and the last report card before Ternus takes over.
Legion Go S SteamOS Hits Rock-Bottom Price Just as Steam Deck OLED Gets More Expensive
Lenovo's Legion Go S SteamOS model normally runs $1,137.41, but with a promo code it drops to just $635.54—the lowest price we've ever seen for this handheld, and an even better deal now that Steam Deck OLED just went up in price.
From Xbox Live Roast Battles to Fortnite Festival Headliner: Lil Tecca's Gaming Roots Run Deep
Lil Tecca takes the torch from Billie Eilish, Sabrina Carpenter, and Laufey as the headliner for Fortnite Festival Season 15, while opening up about how GTA: Vice City's radio stations shaped his 2023 album Dopamine.
From Dubai's Michelin Stars to the Mae Ping River: A New Chef's Wok Hei Test in Chiang Mai
Kevin Liu leaves Hakkasan Dubai and Mandarin Oriental Doha to take the helm at Hong's, the Chinese restaurant inside InterContinental Chiang Mai The Mae Ping, presenting his debut menu of eight signature dishes alongside a Catena Zapata wine pairing.
Headphones Sounding Bass-Light? Skip the Upgrade and Check Your Fit and EQ Settings First
Engadget rounds up practical fixes for weak bass in headphones, arguing the real fix isn't cranking up the bass dial but first nailing the fit, then fine-tuning EQ curves in your headphone app—while avoiding stacked settings across apps that can cause distortion.
Stray SpaceX Rocket Crashes Into the Moon: An Accident Becomes a Stress Test for Future Lunar Bases
A SpaceX rocket that's been drifting through space for 18 months is set to slam into the Moon at seven times the speed of sound this Wednesday. Scientists are turning this unplanned impact into a real-world experiment on space debris risks for future lunar bases.
Ferrari Tests Biofuel While Teasing Two New Models Before Year's End
CEO Benedetto Vigna revealed on the latest earnings call that two new models are coming before the end of the year, while also confirming the brand is already testing biofuel. The quarterly numbers were strong, with full-year revenue guidance raised to $7.6 billion.
Leaked Pixel 11 Specs: Higher Prices, Less RAM, But a Storage Bump for the Base Model
Android Headlines has leaked full specs and pricing for the entire Pixel 11 lineup, largely confirming earlier rumors: higher prices, reduced RAM, and the Pixel 11 losing its telephoto lens entirely.
CarPlay Keeps Dropping? Don't Rush to the Dealer—Check Siri and Your USB Cable First
Beyond restarts, compatibility lists, and the Siri toggle, things like which USB port you're using, whether your cable actually supports data transfer, and your Wi-Fi auto-join settings could all be the real reason CarPlay keeps disconnecting. Work through these first before jumping to re-pairing or a factory reset.
Ditch the Emojis: How to Turn Your Own Photos Into iPhone Stickers
Everyone gets tired of the same old emojis eventually. iPhone's built-in sticker feature lets you turn any photo—even Live Photos—into inside jokes only your group chat will get. It only takes a few steps.