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Starlink to lower its SpaceX satellites as near-misses pile up in low Earth orbit
Posted on Friday January 02, 2026
Michael Nicolls, SpaceX's vice president of Starlink engineering, said on Thursday that all SpaceX satellites operating at around 550 kilometers (342 miles) will be reconfigured to a new 480 kilometers (298 mile) orbit across the course of the year.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Instagram says in the age of AI, you can't assume what you see online is real
Posted on Friday January 02, 2026
Mosseri said the traditional, more intimate feed was "dead" years ago. What replaces it now, he suggested, is a world in which users must adapt to a new default assumption: that not everything they see is real. "For most of my life I could safely assume photographs or videos were...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Essential Apps to Install on Windows and macOS
Posted on Friday January 02, 2026
Just unboxed your new computer? Here's our curated list of essential desktop apps for Windows and macOS to kickstart your productivity and set up the perfect workspace.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
OpenAI's employee compensation dwarfs every major tech IPO of the past 25 years
Posted on Friday January 02, 2026
Internal financial disclosures show that OpenAI is distributing more equity per employee than any major technology startup on record. Its stock-based compensation – averaging roughly $1.5 million per worker across a staff of about 4,000 – far exceeds the benchmarks set by historical peers, according to data the company shared with investors.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
A microwave-sized factory is now running in space and can hit 1,000°C
Posted on Thursday January 01, 2026
The company's prototype, launched aboard a SpaceX rocket in the summer, is designed to test how the space environment can enhance material performance. In microgravity, semiconductor atoms can form into a near-perfect crystalline structure, while the vacuum above Earth virtually eliminates contamination from airborne particles. The combination promises to yield...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Doom can now run as your Windows screen saver
Posted on Wednesday December 31, 2025
Developer Wiaam Suleiman recently released Doom Screen Saver, a lighthearted project that turns Doom into a fully functional Windows screen saver. Everything the tool needs is packed into a single .scr file, a portable format that remains in use for modern versions of Windows, even if it has long since...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Used Nintendo 3DS consoles are commanding nearly Switch 2 prices amid retro gaming boom
Posted on Wednesday December 31, 2025
As spotted by Pirat_Nation, multiple used Nintendo 3DS and 3DS XL units are currently listed on eBay, with prices ranging from roughly $250 to $350 depending on the model and the condition of the device.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
After getting rocks instead of an RTX 5080, this buyer finally got a replacement – and a commemorative tattoo
Posted on Wednesday December 31, 2025
At the start of December, Redditor GnarDead posted that the $1,200 Asus TUF RTX 5080 he'd bought from Best Buy arrived with some worrying signs: it wasn't concealed inside a plain cardboard box to hide the product's identity, shipping labels had been placed directly onto the box itself, and the...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
A $5,000 RTX 5090? New reports warn of steep GPU price hikes
Posted on Wednesday December 31, 2025
According to reports coming from China and South Korea, both AMD and Nvidia are expected to raise prices of their graphics cards in the first quarter of 2026. The initial report surfaced last week, when a user on the Chinese forum Board Channels claimed that AMD is notifying its GPU...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Florida is building a highway that can wirelessly charge EVs while you drive
Posted on Wednesday December 31, 2025
State Road 516, a brand-new 4.4-mile highway being constructed in Central Florida, is designed to do more than just move cars. The headline feature, which will be added in June 2026, is a wireless EV charging pilot embedded directly into the road. About three-quarters of a mile of one travel...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »