China conducts first moon lander test in push for manned mission by 2030
A large screen shows news footage of a Chinese national flag carried by Chang’e-6 probe’s lander on the far side of the moon, in Beijing, China June 4, 2024. PHOTO:REUTERS…
SpaceX is building a water pipeline to Starbase – but access comes with some conditions
The newest piece of infrastructure coming to Starbase, Texas isn’t a launch mount or a booster. It’s a water pipeline, and who can hook up a tap (and on what…
Microsoft’s Gaming Copilot AI is now in Windows 11’s Game Bar – and I can’t decide whether this is a good or bad thing
Microsoft’s AI helper for gaming has debuted in Windows 11 Gaming Copilot is in the Game Bar, but it’s only in beta testing for now Gaming handheld owners may worry…
OpenAI GPT-5 launch live – all the latest news as Sam Altman unveils the new model
Refresh Get notified of updates 2025-08-07T16:53:42.718Z The livestream has started (Image credit: Future) OpenAI has officially kicked off the livestream with under 10 minutes to go until 1PM ET/ 6PM…
After Concord’s flop, Sony admits its live-service plan ‘is not entirely going smoothly’ but says it will continue and learn from its mistakes
Sony’s chief financial officer Lin Tao has admitted that its current live-service strategy “is not entirely going smoothly” Tao said, despite Concord’s shutdown and Marathon’s delay, she still believes in…
Reddit or X not loading? NordVPN might tell you why
NordVPN just launched ‘Is it down?,’ a service that checks whether popular websites and services are working correctly The tool relies on user reports to function; if users report problems,…
Google says hackers stole some of its data following Salesforce breach
Google has confirmed suffering a data breach The attack was carried out by ShinyHunters, once again hijacking systems The group apparently snuck into a Salesforce instance Cybercriminals known as ShinyHunters…
OpenAI’s GPT-5 is here
OpenAI has launched GPT-5, a new flagship AI model that will power the company’s next generation of ChatGPT. GPT-5, which was released Thursday, is OpenAI’s first “unified” AI model and…
AI agents aren’t the ‘new Google,’ says Airbnb CEO
After a second-quarter earnings beat, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky shared his thoughts on the company’s AI strategy, cautioning investors that AI chatbots can’t yet be thought of as the “new…
The backlash against Duolingo going ‘AI-first’ didn’t even matter
Duolingo announced on Wednesday that it beat its quarterly revenue estimates, even though the company faced widespread backlash for choosing to embrace generative AI over human workers. Duolingo stock rose…