Tech
Google’s AI buildout drove 37% increase in electricity use in 2025
Google tries balancing AI data center emissions with clean energy efforts.
Editorial: It's time to step up and have your say for science
Your comments on a dangerous rule putting politicals in charge of science can matter.
T-Mobile moving tens of thousands of virtual machines off VMware amid lawsuit
T-Mobile wants Broadcom to keep supporting its VMware perpetual licenses.
NASA chief praises progress Blue Origin is making after launch failure
"We've got time into 2027 before we're getting nervous."
US home battery installations hit record high on rising electricity costs
Record home battery installations unlock options for grids—and AI data centers.
Superworms could replace beetles for cleaning skeletal remains
An optimal ratio of 10-15 grams of larvae per gram of specimen minimized cleaning time with no bone damage.
Sony announces end of PlayStation discs, parts of digital store in the same day
“We will own nothing, it's truly sad.”
A good little EV you won't be able to buy soon: The Volvo EX30 Cross Country
Tariffs and anti-China policies killed this little Volvo in the United States.
Ithaca's king defies the gods in final The Odyssey trailer
"You gods don't speak in ways we understand."
After spooking Trump into safety testing, Anthropic AI models get global release
US lifts curbs on Anthropic’s advanced Fable and Mythos models.
NASA inspector general suggests Boeing's Starliner will now be a decade late
Starliner's certification may be delayed to 2027, 10 years later than Boeing's original schedule.
A space history mystery: What happened to the Viking arm used 50 years ago?
A timely tale about a 50-year-old robotic arm...
AI
Trump Administration Reportedly on Verge of Standards Deal With Big AI
Is that a good thing? That part is up to you.
President Trump Chats With AI Teddy Roosevelt About the Panama Canal
Trump told a crowd Wednesday about having a conversation with the late president.
What Went on at This Meeting of Powerful Central Bankers Won’t Ease Your Mind About an AI Bubble
I have troubling news about what central bankers are saying and hearing.
Meta Goes the Way of xAI, Considers Renting Computing Power as Own Model Flails
Gotta do something with all those data centers.
Elon Musk Is Reportedly Showing Off an AI Device to Investors
You might one day be able to chat with Grok like Captain Kirk hailing the USS Enterprise. Would you really want to, though?
Palantir CEO Calls Drugs ‘The One Thing I Don’t Do’ in Wildly Unhinged Interview
"This is the voice of American business that is being channeled through me," Alex Karp declared on national television.
The AI Cold War Just Got Chillier
Anthropic is cracking down on Chinese developers and companies using its models while pushing for greater collaboration at home.
Oracle’s Data Center Warning Is a Worst-Case Scenario for the Whole AI Boom
The cloud giant outlined all the ways its massive investments in AI infrastructure could blow up in its face.
Starlink Offers 50% Off Internet for Residents of City Fed Up With Elon’s Data Center
SpaceX is offering the discount to "our neighbors" in Memphis.
Claude Fable 5 Will Be Back Online Wednesday, Anthropic Says
Anthropic announced Tuesday that the Trump Administration had lifted its controls on the cutting-edge AI model.
Anthropic Wants You to Know Its New AI Model Is Definitely Not Too Dangerous to Release
Claude Sonnet 5 delivers impressive agentic capabilities at a relatively low cost. It’s also really bad at cybersecurity—probably for the reason you’d expect.
Communities Might Not Want Data Centers, but Thieves Do
That's a lot of copper.
Space
'Flying saucer' arrives at NASA for Artemis 3 moon mission | Space photo of the day for July 2, 2026
Just in time for UFO Day.
July full moon 2026: When, where and how to see the Buck Moon
Your guide to July's full Buck Moon, from peak times to skywatching highlights.
In 1776, the moon was a clock, a calendar and a streetlight — and it was 31 feet closer to Earth
The moon over America's first Independence Day was about 31 feet closer to Earth than it is today. Here's how colonists used it as a clock, calendar and stre...
Sun fires off 10 solar flares in 24 hours as multiple Earth-bound CMEs raise northern lights hopes for July 4 weekend
Multiple CMEs are heading toward Earth, with G1-G2 geomagnetic storm conditions possible as the holiday weekend begins.
Steven Spielberg sci-fi movies ranked, worst to best
Disclosure Day has arrived in cinemas, and it's got us nostalgic for all Steven Spielberg's best directorial sci-fi movies to date.
Atlas V rocket launches 29 Amazon Leo broadband satellites to orbit from Florida (video)
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launched 29 more Amazon Leo internet satellites to orbit from Florida early Thursday morning (July 2).
'Rocket's Red Glare': How NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission celebrated America's 250th birthday
NASA joined in the semiquincentennial celebrations this year by painting "America 250" on the rocket that launched the Artemis 2 astronauts around the moon.
This weird 'hot Jupiter' exoplanet has a hotspot in the wrong place, and astronomers aren't sure how
Astronomers have discovered a curious new exoplanet that challenges assumptions about hot Jupiters, some of the most extreme planets in the universe.
The growing number of satellites in orbit could soon make telescopes obsolete. 'For astronomy, this would obviously be catastrophic'
If the number of satellites in Earth's orbit exceeds 100,000, humanity may lose its ability to study the universe from the planet's surface. Some companies w...
July's planetary lineup is changing — and Venus is the last one standing
Venus dominates the evening sky while Saturn, Mars and Uranus put on a show for early risers.
NASA will send a soccer ball to the moon —if the US wins the World Cup
NASA will send a soccer ball to the moon if the United States wins the FIFA World Cup, agency chief Jared Isaacman said on Tuesday (June 30).
Ocean-monitoring satellite spots wildfire smoke from space | Space photo of the day for July 1, 2026
A NASA satellite has found an unintended, important purpose.
Gaming
2025's Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine remaster that was inexplicably exclusive to PC and Xbox seemingly on its way to PS5 and Switch 2
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Master Crafted Edition, the remaster of the classic Relic action game, was released in June last year, less than one month a...
Sony kills game ownership and says it's all your fault
When I wrote, barely six weeks ago, that I liked to occasionally re-read Tom Bramwell's "Microsoft kills game ownership and expects us to smile" editorial to...
Capcom pushes forward Onimusha: Way of the Sword release date just days after devs stated they're not afraid of September's busy schedule
Capcom has today announced a new release date for Onimusha: Way of the Sword, the upcoming sequel in the dormant action series. The game will now be releasin...
"RIP PLAYSTATION 1994-2026" - Players are flocking to Sony's old PS4 anti-DRM video in the wake of its shock decision to scrap physical games
Yesterday, Sony stunned the games industry by announcing that it will no longer produce discs for PlayStation games starting in January 2028, citing "consume...
"We are profoundly disappointed" - boutique special edition game makers react to PlayStation's discless future
Boutique special edition game makers - which produce high-quality collector's editions for passionate fans - have come out to protest Sony's decision to end ...
Hideo Kojima's experimental Xbox exclusive, OD, is reportedly safe from Microsoft cuts
Xbox will continue to publish OD, the upcoming horror title from Hideo Kojima. The experimental project, which was announced in late 2023, will survive the c...
The surprising queerness of Elden Ring
Hello! Eurogamer's week of features celebrating the intersection of queer culture and gaming continues today as Kelsey Raynor discovers a very different Elde...
Xbox reportedly to follow PlayStation's example and ditch discs for next-gen console Project Helix
Microsoft is reportedly going to follow Sony's example with Project Helix and not include a disc drive with it, according to a new report. Microsoft is also ...
Publisher Krafton finally agrees to pay bonuses to every Subnautica 2 staffer as Unknown Worlds CEO Ted Gill leaves again
To most players, Subnautica 2 is one of 2026's hottest survival games after over four million players jumped into its dangerous waters and found an iterative...
"Dynamic pricing it is", "prices will surely go up", "this is anti-consumer": the internet reacts with outrage and despair to PlayStation killing off physical media
Today, Sony announced that it will no longer produce discs for PlayStation games starting in January 2028, citing "consumer preferences" for the reason it's ...
Disc drives and release dates: Sony just told us two major things about the PlayStation 6
Sony just announced its shocking decision to end the manufacturing of discs for all PlayStation games beginning January 2028. Although the company's announce...
Mario Kart World gets two new Knockout Tour routes and a new Photo Mode feature in latest update
Nintendo just released a new update for Mario Kart World on Switch 2 that added some fresh races alongside other features. The update, version 1.7.0, chiefly...