the-pixel-11-paradox

After a week of using Google’s new Pixel 11 phones, two seemingly at-odds realities are crystal clear in my mind: These are truly fantastic devices that build off the many successes of the previous-gen Pixel 10 models and push the products forward in some subtle-seeming but significant ways. Tech reviewersContinue Reading

Rescue mission is called off for NASA’s aging Swift space telescope

FILE – This photo provided by NASA shows Kieran Wilson, LINK’s principal investigator, and Hunter Robertson, a space systems engineer, both at Katalyst Space, standing next to their spacecraft inside the SES (Space Environment Simulator) at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., April 17, 2026, ahead of thermal vacuum testing. (Sophia Roberts/NASA viaContinue Reading

NASA TechLeap Prize: Orbital Clarity Challenge

Bailey G. Light Aug 19, 2026 The Orbital Clarity Challenge — the sixth in the NASA TechLeap Prize series — is a collaborative effort between NASA’s Heliophysics Division, Flight Opportunities program, and Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation. The Heliophysics Division studies space weather, including how it heats and expands Earth’s outer atmosphere during intense solar activity, creating orbitalContinue Reading

tuba-011.0-released-with-full-mastodon-quote-support

A big update to Tuba, the GTK4/libadwaita Fediverse client, has landed – along with an experimental version for Android. Tuba 0.11.0 is the first major update to the social app in a year and brings full support for Mastodon quotes. Quoting posts, whether others can quote your posts and revokingContinue Reading

openai-‘temporarily-slows’-scaling-efforts,-also-promises-zero-data-retention-for-select-frontier-model-customers

OpenAI this week announced multiple moves designed to counter negative perceptions of its security and privacy, saying it had slowed its pace of scaling, implemented a two-week pause in reinforcement learning, and will be offering zero data retention for “eligible API customers.” In its first announcement, issued Tuesday, OpenAI saidContinue Reading