Watch: How War in Iran May Affect Food and Fuel Prices The escalating war in Iran, marked by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, threatens to spike global food and fuel prices through disrupted shipping routes and surging energy costs.[1][4] As of early March […]
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Valve’s Steam Machine may not launch this year
Valve still can’t reveal details about the Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller launch dates, which were originally scheduled for early 2026. In a new post, the company now says “we hope to ship in 2026” due to the ongoing shortages of memory and […]
Ding-dong! The Exploration Upper Stage is dead
The Exploration Upper Stage did not in any way get NASA closer to landing on the Moon.
Anthropic’s $200M Pentagon AI Deal Collapses Over Safety Disputes, Highlighting Startup Risks in Federal Contracts
Anthropic’s Pentagon Deal is a Cautionary Tale for Startups Chasing Federal Contracts In July 2025, Anthropic inked a landmark $200 million contract with the Pentagon, making its AI model Claude the first frontier model approved for classified networks—but by February 2026, the deal imploded over […]
Satellite firm pauses imagery after revealing Iran’s attacks on US bases
Planet wants to prevent “adversarial actors” from using images for “Battle Damage Assessment” purposes.
DJI will pay $30K to the man who accidentally hacked 7,000 Romo robovacs
On Valentine’s Day, I brought you a story that’s since made headlines all around the world: How one man, just trying to steer his DJI robot vacuum with a PlayStation gamepad, discovered an entire network of 7,000 remote-control DJI robots ready to let him peek […]
Ding-dong! The Exploration Upper Stage is dead
The Exploration Upper Stage did not in any way get NASA closer to landing on the Moon.
Tech industry is in tariff hell, even if refunds are automated
Trade groups urge court to create a simple blueprint for tariff refunds.
Apple’s 512GB Mac Studio vanishes, a quiet acknowledgment of the RAM shortage
Announcements this week were mostly business as usual, but Apple isn’t immune.
Why are vertebrate eyes so different from those of other animals?
A new hypothesis proposes that our ancestors lost their eyes, then rebuilt them.