2026-07-20

The Space Force is now seeking to buy up to $30 billion in rocket launches

The Trump administration is asking the Space Force to do a lot. This will require more launches. [...]

2026-07-20

AT&T loses key ruling in bid to stop offering basic phone service in California

AT&T suffers setback but will keep asking court and FCC to preempt state rules. [...]

2026-07-20

RIP bargain bin: The price impact of Sony's disc-free PlayStation plan

Used discs are often cheaper than even deep digital discounts. [...]

2026-07-20

Ukraine claims $400 FPV drone destroyed Russia's $19 million 'Apache rival' attack helicopter

A $400 Ukrainian FPV drone chased down and allegedly 'destroyed' Russia's Mi-28 "Night Hunter" attack helicopter. [...]

2026-07-20

15 kitchen scraps that professional cooks never waste

Parmesan rinds, corn cobs, bread crusts, citrus peels — the parts of food most people discard without thinking, and what to actually do with them [...]

2026-07-20

20 natural phenomena so strange they read like science fiction

Raining fish, immortal jellyfish, rivers that run uphill — phenomena that the natural world produces without apparent regard for what should be possible [...]

2026-07-20

The FDA Says It Didn't Apologize to Supplier Linked to Diarrhea Outbreak, Actually

The agency stressed that the July 17 voluntary recall from Taylor Farms still stands. The supplier has been linked to the ongoing cyclospora outbreak. [...]

2026-07-20

Writer's AI harness cuts token spend nearly 40% — without sacrificing accuracy

Enterprise AI is facing an ROI paradox. While throwing more compute at the strongest foundation model works well in product experiments, the costs become unbearable when the product is deployed in production.A new paper from researchers at Writer provides a solution that is accessible to engineering teams. The study takes a systematic look at optimizing the different components of the orchestratio [...]

2026-07-20

Tesla beat Q2 delivery estimates and the stock fell. Wednesday’s earnings face the same problem.

Tesla delivered 480,126 vehicles in the second quarter, beating Wall Street estimates with a 25% year-on-year increase. The stock dropped. That reaction tells you everything about where expectations sit ahead of Wednesday’s earnings report. A beat is now the baseline. If exceeding delivery targets does not trigger a rally, meeting or slightly beating bottom-line earnings […]<br /> This s [...]