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Elon Musk's SpaceX IPO will probably make him the richest person to ever walk the planet. And while his mountain of horrible personal conduct could fill multiple books, one fact in particular stands out: A year ago, Musk's actions directly led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. He did it knowingly. And, […]
SpaceX’s stock market debut has thrust the richest man in the universe into an unexplored frontier of wealth.
You'd be forgiven for thinking this day would never come. Siri has spent a decade and half somewhere between "sort of useful at a few things" and "utterly disastrous, why did I even try, can it honestly not even set a timer." But the wildest thing just happened: Apple put out a new version of […]
Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. We don't have the phones we preordered yet, but this week included an unexpected in-person encounter with the T1. You see a lot of interesting phones when you're among tech […]
Whether you’re planning a backyard barbeque or a World Cup watch party, Govee’s Table Lamp Classic can help set the mood with color-changing lighting effects. Right now it’s down to just $59.99 ($20 off) at Amazon, which is its best price yet. The rechargeable lamp can last up to 30 hours on a single charge, […]
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says his new AI startup will work toward developing an "artificial general engineer," according to reports from The New York Times and CNBC. The startup, called Prometheus, aims to develop AI-powered engineering tools to aid in the design of physical products. The NYT first reported on Prometheus last November, but now […]
They swear they haven’t peeked at the closely guarded secret and that they’ll keep the cryptographic competition going.
The sun is out, the sky is clear. It’s time to get outside and disconnect — from work, at least. This summer, we’re looking at all the ways to upgrade our free time indoors and out, from smart lights for the backyard to great gadgets to bring camping to ways to wind down at the local library.
This World Cup, refs will use digital twins of each player to view plays from every angle.
It's intended for camping, but BougeRV's T1 light is so versatile that it also makes for a great summer travel companion that'll continue to light the dark corners of your life long after you return. I used it for a few months during a recent road trip in my camper van, and it's the light […]
The rocket maker debuts on Nasdaq today under a wave of criticism about Musk’s near-absolute control. It’s how the company has worked from the start.
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of science and technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here. Your brain lives in the dark space of your skull. Yet it knows when the wind lifts the hairs on your skin, when your heart is…
Earlier this week, Life Biosciences, a biotech company focused on reversing age-related diseases, announced that it had dosed its first volunteer. A person with glaucoma has had an experimental treatment injected straight into their eyeball. The idea is to try to treat the disease—which can cause vision loss—by regenerating healthy nerves in the eye. But…
Senators Cruz and Wyden have introduced the JAWBONE Act to fight government censorship while arguing over who's censoring who.
Our early testing has already shown that Siri AI knows when to shut up, and that's very much by design. In an interview with Mostly Human, Apple's Craig Federighi said new Siri won't act all sycophantic like chatbots made by OpenAI, Google, and others. "As you may know, if you use many of the existing […]
The new round values the physical AI startup that aims to automate heavy engineering and drug design at $41 billion.
Amazon's rolling out a free software update for Echo Hub devices that gives the home screen a much-needed update to the interface it launched with in 2024. It had already added Alex Plus AI support, but the new interface has a cleaner, fully customizable layout that fits more smart home info and controls on the […]
Crowding the gates of a major health care conference, protesters called for Palantir to be booted out of the UK’s National Health Service over privacy concerns and political grievances.
The old app "still needs to be retired," AcuRite tells us.
Pokémon Go Scans Trained Military Drone Navigation Tech Meta Description: Discover how Pokémon Go Scans Trained the Navigation Tech for Military Drones — the surprising data pipeline from your phone to the battlefield. (158 characters) TL;DR: Niantic, the company behind Pokémon Go, collected millions of 3D environmental scans from players worldwide through its AR scanning features. That same spatial mapping technology and data infrastructure has now been linked to navigation systems used in military drones — raising serious questions about informed consent, dual-use technology, and the hidden value of "free" mobile apps. Key Takeaways Pokémon Go players unknowingly contributed to a massive real-world 3D mapping dataset through Niantic's AR scanning features. This spatial data and the underlying technology stack have been connected to navigation systems used in autonomous military drones. The pipeline from consumer app to defense application is a textbook example of dual-use technology — civilian tools repurposed for military ends. Users were not clearly informed their scans could be used beyond in-game features. This story has major implications for data privacy, tech ethics, and how we think about "free" apps. Regulatory frameworks around dual-use data collection remain dangerously underdeveloped. Introduction: The Game That Mapped the World When Pokémon Go launched in July 2016, it looked like a harmless — if slightly chaotic — augmented reality game. Millions of people wandered parks, city squares, and college campuses, phones raised, hunting virtual creatures overlaid on real-world environments. But beneath the Pikachus and Poké Stops, something far more consequential was happening. Niantic was building one of the most detailed, crowd-sourced 3D maps of the physical world ever assembled. And as reporting has surfaced in 2025 and 2026, the revelation that Pokémon Go scans trained the navigation tech for military drones has ignited a firestorm of debate among tech