2026-06-29

Rocket Lab buys satellite company Iridium to go up against Starlink and Amazon's Leo

Rocket Lab will own satellites connecting the most remote corners of the Earth. [...]

2026-06-29

Oura Ring 5 review: Size is everything

Oura took its class-leading smart ring, made it 40 percent smaller and made the battery last longer. [...]

2026-06-29

DC Studios co-head Peter Safran admits Supergirl 'didn't meet our box office expectations' — but it doesn't sound like it'll force him and James Gunn to revise their ambitious plan for the DCU

Despite its disastrous $68 million opening weekend haul, Supergirl won't derail the wider strategy for the DC Universe. [...]

2026-06-29

What is the release date for Cape Fear episode 6 on Apple TV?

Can't wait for more Cape Fear? Here's when episode 6 is arriving on Apple TV. [...]

2026-06-29

Google was rationing Meta's access to its Gemini AI amid a compute shortage

The restrictions disrupted some of Meta's internal AI projects and prompted the company to tell staff to use AI tokens more efficiently [...]

2026-06-29

Samsung and SK Hynix are building $520 billion worth of new chip plants in South Korea

Each company will build two new fabrication plants in the country's southwest as AI demand strains existing capacity [...]

2026-06-29

Medicare is starting to cover weight loss drugs for some seniors — here's what to know

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is launching a temporary pilot program that runs through the end of 2027 [...]

2026-06-29

Flock’s surveillance cameras are spreading fast across the US

Most people call them automated licence plate readers, or ALPRs. They sit beside roads and log every car that passes. Flock Safety dominates the market. Engadget reports that Flock makes the vast majority of the 100,000-plus readers now blanketing the US. Calling them licence plate readers undersells them. Reading plates is the main job, but […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-06-29

Google earthquake alerts warned 11.4M before Venezuela’s quakes

Venezuela has no national earthquake warning system. Yet moments before two huge quakes hit on Wednesday, millions of phones lit up. Google earthquake alerts reached 11.4 million people, the company says, buying some of them up to two minutes to act. The warnings came from Google’s Earthquake Alerts system, which turns ordinary Android phones into […]<br /> This story continues at The Ne [...]