Astronomers have launched a new program known as ATREIDES to study a mysterious “desert” in space. But unlike the deserts of the planet Arrakis conquered by Paul Atreides in the “Dune” novels by Frank Hebert, this desert describes an absence of…
How to change what the iPhone 17 Camera Control button does
Unless you’ve gone looking in System Settings, you may not be aware that the Camera Control button on the iPhone 16 and iPhone 17 can be set to do other functions besides set up and take a picture. Here’s how to…
Logitech is calling the new Astro A20 X the ‘ultimate console gaming headset,’ but it’s got two disappointing traits
You’ve got to be pretty bold to make a claim like having the “ultimate console gaming headset” but that’s what Logitech did at its annual LogiPLAY event, which I attended amid a host of other products from the brand’s gaming division….
A pivotal meeting on vaccine guidance is underway—and former CDC leaders are alarmed
On Thursday, an advisory CDC panel that develops vaccine guidance met for a two-day discussion on multiple childhood vaccines. During the meeting, which was underway as The Checkup went to press, members of the panel were set to discuss those vaccines…
A former Facebook lobbyist is now in charge of the EU’s Facebook regulator
A former lobbyist for Meta is now in charge of the EU’s chief regulator for big tech firms, . Niamh Sweeney has been named commissioner of the Data Protection Commission (DPC), which is one of the largest EU data protection authorities….
We’ve officially found 6,000 exoplanets, NASA says: ‘We’re entering the next great chapter of exploration’
It might sound hard to believe, but NASA’s exoplanet count just reached 6,000 — and that’s with only about 30 years of hunting worlds beyond our solar system. In fact, only three years ago, that figure was at 5,000. At least…
Boox Tab X C review: A jack of all trades, a master of none
The Boox Tab X C wants to be your eReader, notebook, and laptop all at once — but it’s not quite pulling it off. Boox Tab X C ePaper tablet At this point, I think I may just be AppleInsider’s resident…
Meta Connect 2025 – 7 things we learned from a packed keynote with plenty of smart glasses
That’s it, Meta Connect 2025 is done and dusted, and it was a jam-packed under-an-hour show filled to the brim with smart glasses galore that we can’t wait to sink our teeth into. The star of the show was, of course,…
AI-designed viruses are here and already killing bacteria
“That was pretty striking, just actually seeing, like, this AI-generated sphere,” says Brian Hie, who leads the lab at the Arc Institute where the work was carried out. Overall, 16 of the 302 designs ended up working—that is, the computer-designed phage…
House committee asks Discord, Valve, Twitch and Reddit to testify on online radicalization
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) has asked the CEOs of Discord, Twitch, Valve and Reddit to testify at a hearing on online radicalization. The hearing will be held on October 8, 2025, and is in direct…