Framework’s RAM prices climbing on a “monthly cadence,” with more hikes to come

AI-driven memory and storage price hikes have been the defining feature of the PC industry in 2026, and hobbyists have been ...

Researchers find small RNAs that can make copies of themselves

Another factor related to their length is that they tend to form very complex structures, with many different areas of the ...

Why is Bezos trolling Musk on X with turtle pics? Because he has a new Moon plan.

The founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, does not often post on the social media site owned by his rival Elon Musk. But on Monday, Bezos did, sharing on X a black and white image of a turtle emerging from ...

When Amazon badly needed a ride, Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket delivered

The Ariane 6 rocket lifted off from the Guiana Space Center on the northeastern coast of South America at 11:45 am EST (16:45 ...

RFK Jr. food pyramid site links to Grok, which says you shouldn’t trust RFK Jr.

Overall, Grok concluded that “based on extensive fact-checks and expert consensus, RFK Jr. is not a reliable source on health ...

OpenAI sidesteps Nvidia with unusually fast coding model on plate-sized chips

OpenAI has spent the past year systematically reducing its dependence on Nvidia. The company signed a massive multi-year deal with AMD in October 2025, struck a $38 billion cloud computing agreement ...

Platforms bend over backward to help DHS censor ICE critics, advocates say

In a lawsuit filed on Wednesday, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) accused Attorney General Pam ...

What if riders don’t close a robotaxi door after a ride? Try DoorDash.

That’s why Waymo has turned to (the appropriately named) DoorDash to help solve the problem. Earlier this week, a DoorDasher posted on Reddit showing an offer to close a nearby Waymo door for $11.25, ...

I spent two days gigging at RentAHuman and didn’t make a single cent

I’m not above doing some gig work to make ends meet. In my life, I’ve worked snack food pop-ups in a grocery store, ran the cash register for random merch booths, and even hawked my own plasma at $35 ...

Rocket Report: Say cheerio to Orbex; China is getting good at booster landings

Proton rocket returns to flight. After a nearly three-year break, a Russian Proton rocket flew again with the Elektro-L No. 5 meteorological satellite from Baikonur in Kazakhstan, Russian Space Web ...

ULA’s Vulcan rocket suffers another booster problem on the way to orbit

Moments after liftoff from Florida’s Space Coast early Thursday morning, a shower of sparks emerged in the exhaust plume of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket. Seconds later, the rocket twisted on ...

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