Hacking GoPros to help save the Atlantic’s rarest bird
Hacking GoPros to help save the Atlantic's rarest bird Hacking GoPros to help save the Atlantic’s rarest bird The image streams over YouTube in crisp grayscale: a young cahow â known outside Bermuda as the Bermuda petrel â scrambles through a sandy tunnel and pokes its tiny head above the ground for the first time. […]
Loss of Pulse alerts are rolling out on Pixel Watch 3
Loss of Pulse alerts are rolling out on Pixel Watch 3 Loss of Pulse is a relatively unique health feature in the smartwatch world. Google is beginning to roll out its Loss of Pulse Detection feature to Pixel Watch 3 owners in the U.S. Loss of Pulse Detection, the smartwatch’s marquee health feature, calls emergency […]
How an unused nuclear power plant became home to a world-class acoustics lab
How an unused nuclear power plant became home to a world-class acoustics lab Not your average office park. Itâs kind of impossible to grasp the enormity of a cooling tower until itâs suddenly right next to you. Never used for their intended purpose, the cooling towers of Washington Nuclear Projects 3 and 5 (WNP-3 and […]
Amazon is ready to launch its Starlink competitor
Amazon is ready to launch its Starlink competitor Amazon’s smallest dish teased in 2023. | Image: Amazon The first batch of 27 Project Kuiper space internet satellites are scheduled to launch next week. Amazon has secured 80 such launch missions that will each deliver dozens of satellites into low earth orbit (LEO) to create a […]
Can I interest you in an app that tracks your driving behavior?
Can I interest you in an app that tracks your driving behavior? Smartphone apps that track our driving behavior may be the key to safer road conditions. The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety just published a study that found that using smartphone apps to monitor driver behavior, and then providing summaries of that behavior via […]
Spec-tacular week
Spec-tacular week So much of our online and technological lives rely on standards, the sets of rules designed to make sure our favorite gadgets and services work together. At their best, they make everything work seamlessly, and we never need to worry about what’s happening behind the scenes. But at their worst, they leave us […]
23andMe files for bankruptcy as CEO steps down
23andMe files for bankruptcy as CEO steps down The company says it will remain in operation during the bankruptcy process. | Image: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images DNA testing firm 23andMe has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to help the company sell itself after years of financial difficulties. Anne Wojcicki, 23andMe’s co-founder and CEO, announced on […]
Watch the Boeing Starliner astronauts return to Earth today
Watch the Boeing Starliner astronauts return to Earth today The crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission pictured during an equipment test at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. | Image: SpaceX NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission lifted off successfully Friday night, taking its crew of four on their way to the International Space Station. Now […]
Wait, why is the White House using Starlink to ‘improve Wi-Fi’?
Wait, why is the White House using Starlink to 'improve Wi-Fi'? Wait, why is the White House using Starlink to ‘improve Wi-Fi’? The White House is working to “improve Wi-Fi connectivity,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement emailed to The Verge. According to The New York Times, it’s using Starlink to […]
Satellite launch kicks off a new effort to monitor wildfires from space
Satellite launch kicks off a new effort to monitor wildfires from space The first FireSat satellite launched aboard the SpaceX Transporter-13 mission, which lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on 14 March 2025. A Google-backed mission to detect wildfires from space launched a prototype satellite last week, which is now communicating with […]