You might still be digging for devices to connect to your Wi-Fi 7 router, but Qualcomm is already forging ahead. At Mobile World Congress this week, it showed off a new Wi-Fi 8-capable chip in the FastConnect 8800. It’s designed to provide the kind of extreme bandwidth and concurrent connection …
Read More »Microsoft Plans to Turn Microsoft Authenticator Into an Authenticator
Microsoft has announced changes to its Authenticator app. According to the company’s support documentation, the autofill for passwords in the Authenticator app will stop working in July 2025. From August 2025, passwords will no longer be accessible within the app at all.In practice, this means that any passwords not exported …
Read More »Apple Plans to Phase Out Intel Mac Support by 2028
Apple decided to part ways with Intel CPUs at least as far back as 2018, but the road to actually jettisoning systems with the processors has been a long one. The end is now in sight, though: Apple made clear during its WWDC event this week that it will finally …
Read More »Former Gov Officials Propose Conflicting Plans for Artemis
The US House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology held a hearing Wednesday aimed at shaping the fate of Artemis, NASA’s program to establish a long-term presence on the Moon. Though a formal roadmap for the program is a while off, the hearing allowed legislators and former government …
Read More »Nvidia Plans Native GeForce Now App for Steam Deck
Valve has never confirmed how many Steam Decks it has sold, but interest is high enough that almost every PC manufacturer has created a competing handheld. Most of the competition, like the ROG Ally and MSI Claw, runs on Windows, which offers an expanded selection of software. Nvidia will help …
Read More »Samsung Plans Foldable Phones
Just a few years ago, foldables were a rarity in the smartphone ecosystem, but they’ve quickly become an annual component of Samsung’s release cycle. They’re still fantastically expensive devices, though. As we wait on the Galaxy Z Fold4 and Flip4, a new report points to a more reasonably priced future …
Read More »NASA SLS Moon Rocket
An important test for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) is slated to get underway (again). Earlier this year, NASA assembled the Artemis 1 SLS rocket and transported it to the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center. However, issues with fans on the tower and a valve in the rocket itself …
Read More »NASA Raises Concerns
SpaceX might have lost a few satellites recently, but there are plenty more where those came from. Musk’s aerospace firm currently operates more than 2,000 satellites in its Starlink constellation, and it has approval for thousands more. SpaceX hopes to get approval for 30,000 more satellites, but NASA, which has …
Read More »Facial Recognition Database
Facial recognition technology is nothing new — there are probably apps on your phone right now with the ability to recognize faces, but you have some modicum of control over that. Clearview AI, on the other hand, aims to build a facial recognition database that includes you. Yes, you. But …
Read More »SpaceX Spaceflight This Year
The history of civilian human spaceflight is brief, but SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is going to have to change that if he’s ever going to realize his dream of colonizing Mars. We’re not there yet, but SpaceX is taking a step in that direction announcing the first all-civilian spaceflight. …
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