Shubhanshu Shukla will become the first Indian astronaut to visit the International Space Station as part of a four-person mission by Axiom Space launching from the U.S.. The mission will include 14 days aboard the ISS and over 60 scientific studies. The Guardian reports: He will be the third astronaut of Indian origin to reach
Read MoreIn his latest column, Jonathan McCrea takes on the AI fear. Just how intelligent will AI become, and should we be worried? Read more: Opinion: We need to talk about the existential risk of AI
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: Australian SaaS-y graphic design service Canva now requires candidates for developer jobs to use AI coding assistants during the interview process. […] Canva’s hiring process previously included an interview focused on computer science fundamentals, during which it required candidates to write code using only their actual
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: Australian SaaS-y graphic design service Canva now requires candidates for developer jobs to use AI coding assistants during the interview process. […] Canva’s hiring process previously included an interview focused on computer science fundamentals, during which it required candidates to write code using only their actual
Read MoreSmart home devices that connect over Thread should have a much more stable network thanks to Thread 1.4 support in tvOS 26. The Apple TV 4K now supports the latest version of Thread Thread is an IP-based wireless protocol that connects primarily smart home devices around the home. The devices create a self-healing mesh network
Read MoreA dating site launched last week by Belgian artist Dries Depoorter matches potential partners based on their internet browsing histories rather than curated profiles or photos. Browser Dating requires users to download a Chrome or Firefox extension that exports and uploads their recent search data, creating matches based on shared online behaviors and interests rather
Read MoreA dating site launched last week by Belgian artist Dries Depoorter matches potential partners based on their internet browsing histories rather than curated profiles or photos. Browser Dating requires users to download a Chrome or Firefox extension that exports and uploads their recent search data, creating matches based on shared online behaviors and interests rather
Read MoreBrianFagioli shares a report from NERDS.xyz: Apple has released a new developer tool on GitHub called Container, offering a fresh approach to running Linux containers directly on macOS. Unlike Docker or Podman, this tool is designed to feel at home in the Apple ecosystem and hooks into frameworks already built into the operating system. Container
Read MoreSince filing for bankruptcy in March, 23andMe has received data deletion requests from 1.9 million users — around 15% of its customer base. That number was revealed by 23andMe’s interim chief executive Joseph Selsavage during a House Oversight Committee hearing, during which lawmakers scrutinized the company’s sale following an earlier bankruptcy auction. “The bankruptcy sparked
Read MoreXreal’s Android XR glasses will come with a puck-like processing device. The puck will feature an unspecified Qualcomm Snapdragon chip. The glasses will have the largest screen the company has ever made. There’s been plenty of talk about Google, Apple, and Meta all working on AR glasses, but they aren’t the only players in the
Read MoreWhile iOS 26 is relatively light in terms of Apple Intelligence upgrades, Image Playground was one of the few apps that received a worthwhile enhancement. Here’s how. iOS 26 brings new styles to the Image Playground application. On June 9, at its annual Worldwide Developers’ Conference, Apple unveiled its latest assortment of operating systems, all
Read MoreThe visionOS 26 update brings some notable features to Apple’s headset. The only question is who it’s for.
Read MoreWaymo driverless taxis capture troves of video footage in order to operate, but the company reveals very little about how much data is stored—and for how long.
Read MoreWaymo driverless taxis capture troves of video footage in order to operate, but the company reveals very little about how much data is stored—and for how long.
Read MoreThe Wikimedia Foundation halted an experiment that would have displayed AI-generated summaries atop Wikipedia articles after the platform’s volunteer editor community delivered an overwhelmingly negative response to the proposal. The foundation announced the two-week mobile trial on June 2 and suspended it just one day later following dozens of critical comments from editors. The experiment,
Read MoreCredit: Paul Jones / Android Authority Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2 includes a quality-of-life improvement that allows immediate swiping away of recent apps to close them. The update removes the delay caused by waiting for the app-closing animations to finish, so users can quickly swipe-close all their apps one after the other. Despite the performance
Read MoreDia, the new browser from The Browser Company, is almost nothing like the company’s last product. That app, Arc, was a total rethink of how browsers work: it moved tabs to the side and combined them with bookmarks, it offered endless ways to organize all your stuff, and it had lots of ideas about how
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Fresh data released by piracy tracking outfit MUSO shows that pirate sites remain popular. In a report released today, MUSO reveals that there were 216 billion pirate site visits globally in 2024, a slight decrease compared to the 229 billion visits recorded a year earlier. TV piracy
Read MoreAndroid fans, it is time. After nearly seven months of developer previews and betas, the official Android 16 update is now available for the Pixel 6 and newer Pixel models. If you head to your Settings app to check for an update, you should have Android 16 waiting for you. Android 16 as a whole
Read MoreApple has released new design resources following the introduction of its new operating systems, helping app developers work on the appearance of apps for iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS Tahoe 26. An example of the Apple Design Resources for iOS 26 – Image Credit: Apple The Apple Design Resources page within the Apple Developer
Read MoreI’ve had a blast using One UI 7 on my Galaxy phone. Now Bar has changed the way I juggle through playlists and monitor dishes in the oven, while its expanded Routines actions offers even more inventive ways of using its built-in automation feature. But one thing I’ve largely avoided until now was One UI
Read MoreCredit: Joe Maring / Android Authority Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2 quietly swaps the positions of Wi-Fi and mobile network icons on the status bar. The new arrangement mirrors Apple’s approach on iOS and breaks years of established Android UX norms. If Google decides to go ahead with the change, it could reach Pixel devices
Read MoreApple TV+ has released a new trailer for the “F1” Brad Pitt movie, which uses haptics to make iPhones shake as cars zoom by. Apple’s haptic trailer for “F1” “F1” could actually be the last big-budget Apple TV+ cinema release, as it follows a series of flops. Those failures have been partly put down to
Read MoreThis week’s iOS 26 announcement sure was an odd one, wasn’t it? Between the controversial Liquid Glass redesign and the big name jump from iOS 18 to iOS 26, this year’s iPhone update is already proving to be one of the most peculiar we’ve seen in a while. Overall reactions to iOS 26 have been
Read MoreMagistral is designed to ‘think things through’ in a manner similar to human beings, the company claims. Read more: Mistral’s new reasoning model is a European first
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