Cheaper Phones Will Be Harder to Find This Year and in 2027, Analysts Warn
The memory shortage could force companies to stop making phones under $400.
Can You Video Chat Alongside 69,000 World Cup Fans? I Stress-Tested Stadium Phone Service at a Match
Is it possible to make a stadium signal-friendly? What about 16 stadiums across 104 matches?
NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Just Woke Up From a Long Nap Ahead of Exploring Beyond Pluto
New Horizons takes frequent naps to conserve resources as it explores the outer solar system.
Waymo Plans to Expand Driverless Cars to 4 More Major Cities This Year
The company will first offer rides to employees, then roll them out more broadly to the public.
SpaceX’s Grok 4.5 launches at half the price of rivals — here’s why that could rattle Anthropic and OpenAI
Elon Musk’s SpaceX released Grok 4.5 on Wednesday, the first artificial intelligence model the company has trained specifically for coding and autonomous agents — and the first tangible product of…
I Made a Smart TV Dumber to Escape Being Tracked. Here’s How
Good, dumb TVs, those without a web connection, are nearly impossible to find. But you can minimize companies getting your data and block ads.
You Can Now Remix Your Google Photos Into Stylized Videos With Gemini Omni
Video Remix is a new Gemini-powered feature in Google Photos that takes a simple approach to editing.
Aussie gov’t tells volunteers to throw out thousands of functioning test routers
Last week, thousands of SamKnows routers were bricked after a government program ran its course. In 2020, as part of a program conducted by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission…
Google pays $250K for Linux vulnerability allowing guest VM escapes
A Linux vulnerability that allows untrusted virtual machines to gain root access to host machines is one of two high-severity flaws to surface this week in the open source operating…
Today’s Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for July 9, #1846
Here are hints and the answer for today’s Wordle for July 9, No. 1,846.