NASA targets a September launch for its next big space telescope
NASA's next eye into the cosmos is due to leave our planet later this year. The agency says it's targeting an ea...
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Lawsuit: Nintendo is getting tariff refunds—its customers should get them instead
Lawsuit demands Nintendo pass Trump tariff refunds on to its customers.
France's national agency for managing IDs and passports suffered a data breach last week
The French government confirmed that France Titres, also known as Agence nationale des titres sécurisés (ANTS), experien...
Apple rolls out iOS 26.4.2 to fix a flaw that allowed the FBI to access push notifications
Apple's latest iOS update fixes a flaw in its notification database that made it possible for law enforcement to view de...
NASA’s Artemis II moon mission shows space-to-Earth laser comms can scale
Observable Space and Quantum Wave teamed up to capture data beamed back from space.
RFK Jr. won't back CDC director on vaccines as agency scraps positive data
Kennedy's tesimony sets up another clash over vaccines with next CDC director.
How SpaceX preempted a $2B fundraise with a $60B buyout offer
Until a few hours before SpaceX announced its deal, giving it the option to acquire Cursor — the maker of AI-power...
You want your Moon landings in HDTV? So does NASA—here's how it's happening.
"You just push this button, and in three hours, you're counting photons."
France confirms data breach at government agency that manages citizens’ IDs
The French government agency that handles the issuing and management of citizens’ identity documents, including na...
Microsoft issues emergency update for macOS and Linux ASP.NET threat
When authentication fails, things can go very, very wrong.
Apple fixes bug that cops used to extract deleted chat messages from iPhones
Apple released a software update on Wednesday for iPhones and iPads fixing a bug that allowed law enforcement to extract...