A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites soared into the blue sky over California on Saturday (Sept. 6) after emerging 20 seconds into its flight from a fog layer typical of its launch site. The booster lifted off at…
Apple TV+ secures 10-episode follow-up to BBC's 'Gavin and Stacey'
James Corden and Ruth Jones have signed a multi-million-dollar deal to make the follow-up to Gavin and Stacey’ for Apple TV+. James Corden on ‘Carpool Karaoke’ – Image Credit: Apple The British comedy “Gavin and Stacey” concluded in December 2024, leaving…
Intel is bringing back old CPU tricks with new software-defined super cores that could shake up processor design dramatically
Intel merges physical CPU cores into a single virtual super core design Fused cores execute instructions in parallel before reordering to improve performance The approach targets higher single-thread efficiency without expanding core size Intel has filed a patent for what it…
The Download: Longevity myths, and sewer-cleaning robots
—Jessica Hamzelou Earlier this week, my editor forwarded me a video of the leaders of Russia and China talking about immortality. “These days at 70 years old you are still a child,” China’s Xi Jinping, 72, was translated as saying. “With…
Zuckerberg caught on hot mic telling Trump ‘I wasn’t sure’ how much to promise to spend on AI in the US
Mark Zuckerberg has certainly come a long way in his relationship with President Donald Trump. Almost exactly a year after the president threatened the Meta CEO with imprisonment, the two sat side-by-side at a White House dinner, alongside numerous other tech…
China shows off advanced hypersonic missiles, ICBMs and drones in military parade (photos)
China offered a glimpse of its growing military might in a parade in Beijing on Wednesday (Sept. 3), showing off new hypersonic and intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICMBs) and drone systems. The parade was held to mark the 80th anniversary of the…
iPhone 16 review one year later: Still a great phone, and will be for years
After a year of heavy use, the iPhone 16 still holds up, and I have absolutely no desire to update to the iPhone 17. iPhone 16 review: The iPhone 16 remains a great option, even with the iPhone 17 only days…
Worrying TP-Link router flaws could let botnets attack your Microsoft 365 accounts – so update now
TP-Link patches two vulnerabilities in older SOHO routers Chinese threat actor Quad7 used the botnet for broad password-spraying attacks The flaws were severe enough to warrant firmware updates, despite the routers being end-of-life TP-Link has patched two vulnerabilities affecting some of…
Putin says organ transplants could grant immortality. Not quite.
On Wednesday, one scientist described how he’d been testing potential longevity drugs on the tiny nematode worm C. elegans. These worms live for only about 15 to 40 days, and his team can perform tens of thousands of experiments with them….
Powerful upgrades but with an even higher price
At the beginning of the year, Lenovo gave us an early design preview of its next flagship gaming handheld — the Legion Go 2. Today, at IFA 2025, the company is fleshing out the rest of the system with more details…