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DHS can’t create vast DNA database to track ICE critics, lawsuit says
7 May 2026 @ 9:35 pm
Lawsuit accuses DHS of plugging DNA database into ICE surveillance machine.
Mozilla says 271 vulnerabilities found by Mythos have "almost no false positives"
7 May 2026 @ 7:18 pm
The developer of Firefox says it has "completely bought in" on AI-assisted bug discovery.
Google unveils screenless Fitbit Air and Google Health app to replace Fitbit
7 May 2026 @ 2:00 pm
The $100 Fitbit Air is available for preorder today.
RIP social media. What comes next is messy.
7 May 2026 @ 1:51 pm
As social media splinters, how can we keep the new online spaces from devolving into toxic pits of despair?
Elon Musk tried to hire OpenAI founders to start AI unit inside Tesla
7 May 2026 @ 1:14 pm
Musk was “prepared to do the for-profit, provided he would get control.”
Is your Porsche Taycan too slow at the Nürburgring? You need this Manthey Kit.
7 May 2026 @ 12:00 pm
Nordschleife-specialist Manthey has developed an upgrade package for the Porsche EV.
Former NASA chief takes helm of national security space firm
7 May 2026 @ 11:00 am
"The spacecraft can also be refueled, and it can refuel others."
SpaceX is starting to move on from the world's most successful rocket
6 May 2026 @ 10:28 pm
Vandenberg Space Force Base in California is set to become SpaceX's busiest launch site—for now.
Anthropic raises Claude Code usage limits, credits new deal with SpaceX
6 May 2026 @ 10:09 pm
Deal follows others with Microsoft, Amazon, and more.
TSMC taps wind power as AI chip demand soars, Taiwan feels energy crunch
6 May 2026 @ 9:47 pm
TSMC backs renewables during record demand for energy-hungry chip manufacturing.