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 […]
The head of a Biden program that could help rural broadband has left
The head of a Biden program that could help rural broadband has left Evan Feinman is out as the director of the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, reports ProPublica‘s Craig Silverman in a Bluesky post today. BEAD aims to bring high-bandwidth internet to underserved areas of America, much of which is […]
NASA’s Crew-10 mission lifts off as the Starliner astronauts prepare to come home
NASA's Crew-10 mission lifts off as the Starliner astronauts prepare to come home NASA’s Crew-10 mission lifts off as the Starliner astronauts prepare to come home 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 […]
Watch NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission launch
Watch NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 mission launch Watch NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission launch 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 was originally scheduled for Wednesday evening from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A, before NASA and […]