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Solar added approximately 600 terawatt-hours of generation globally in 2025—the largest increase ever recorded in a single year for any power technology. Solar was the single biggest contributor to gl

California Attorney General Rob Bonta publicly released unredacted evidence from the state's lawsuit against Amazon for illegal price fixing, detailing how Amazon allegedly coerced vendors to raise pr

A major European study tracking over 10,000 people aged 65-94 for seven years found that lonely older adults performed worse on initial memory tests, though their memory declined at the same rate as t

Microsoft reduced Game Pass Ultimate pricing from 29.99 to 22.99 per month and PC Game Pass from 16.49 to 13.99 per month, effective April 21, 2026. Call of Duty games will no longer be available on G

Mozilla used Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview AI to discover 271 vulnerabilities in Firefox 150 , which the company has patched in the browser . The AI was able to reason through code and surface iss

The Space Force cancelled the Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX) contract, a troubled GPS ground control system program under prime contractor RTX , after spending $6.27 billion as of Ja

The Pentagon's 1.5 trillion fiscal 2027 budget proposal allocates nearly 54 billion for military drones and related technology, plus 21 billion for counter-drone weapons systems. At nearly 54 billion,

Meta is installing tracking software on U.S.-based employees' computers to capture mouse movements, clicks, and keystrokes for training AI models to build autonomous AI agents . The tool focuses on ar

During Supreme Court oral arguments on April 21, 2026, the FCC argued that its roughly 100 million in fines against Verizon and AT&T were 'nonbinding' and did not violate the companies' Seventh Amendm

NASA's next-generation spacesuit for the Artemis III mission, the AxEMU developed by Axiom Space, has passed a contractor-led technical review and continues undergoing testing with NASA astronauts and

An unpublished USC study found an association between healthier diets rich in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains and higher rates of early-onset lung cancer in nonsmoking adults, suggesting possible

Anthropic announced its Mythos AI model on April 7 and refused to release it publicly, citing its unprecedented ability to find and exploit software vulnerabilities . The company is instead limiting a

Deezer announced that AI-generated tracks now represent 44% of all new music uploaded to its platform, receiving almost 75,000 AI-generated tracks per day. AI-generated music accounts for only 1-3% of

F1's 2026 regulations feature new V6 hybrid engines with a near 50/50 split between combustion and electrical power, creating challenges with energy management and an unpopular driving style among dri

Apple announced that Tim Cook will step down as CEO on September 1, 2026, ending his 15-year tenure, with John Ternus, the senior vice president of hardware engineering, succeeding him as chief execut

Bruce is a kea parrot native to New Zealand who has lived in captivity at Willowbank Wildlife Reserve for about 12 years after being discovered as a juvenile with his entire upper beak missing . He de

A humanoid robot named Lightning, developed by Chinese smartphone maker Honor, completed a 21-kilometer half-marathon in Beijing in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, surpassing the human world record by over

Rogue Trooper is an upcoming adult animated military science fiction film based on the 2000 AD comic strip, written and directed by Duncan Jones. The film follows 19, a 'Genetic Infantryman' who is th

The U.S. government launched an online portal (CAPE) on April 20, 2026, allowing businesses to request refunds for tariffs deemed illegal by the Supreme Court. The government could owe businesses up t

Blue Origin successfully reused a New Glenn rocket booster for the first time, but failed to deliver an AST SpaceMobile communications satellite to its intended orbit. The upper stage placed the BlueB

Great white sharks maintain warmer body temperatures than surrounding seawater and face the risk of potentially fatal overheating as oceans warm due to climate change. Warm-bodied fish such as great w

A 25,000 budget provides access to quality used electric vehicles, including loaded models like the 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV LT2 . Used EV market depreciation creates significant deals due to consumer

The European Space Agency's Rosalind Franklin Mars rover finally secured its launch mission when NASA approved the ROSA project in April 2026, providing launch vehicle and hardware support to the ESA-

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Artemis II pilot Victor Glover described reentry as dramatically intense and 'at least 10 times wilder' than a rocket launch, calling it the most phenomenal part of spaceflight. Commander Reid Wiseman

Nicholas Moore, who pleaded guilty to hacking the U.S. Supreme Court's electronic document filing system dozens of times over several months, was sentenced on Friday to a year of probation. Moore also

Meta is raising the price of its entire Quest VR headset lineup due to an AI-driven squeeze on components required to make the headsets. Memory chips are in high demand from AI infrastructure expansio

Q-Day—the moment when quantum computers can break widely used cryptography—may be approaching faster than expected due to recent algorithmic and hardware advances. Advances in algorithms and design ar

SpaceX completed a full-duration static fire test of Starship V3, igniting all 33 Raptor 3 engines at Starbase and clearing the final major technical hurdle before Flight 12. The upgraded megarocket i

Grinex, a US-sanctioned Russia-linked cryptocurrency exchange, suspended operations after claiming a $13.1 million cyberattack by 'unfriendly states.' The Kyrgyzstan-based exchange, which facilitates

Three major advertising companies—Dentsu, Publicis, and WPP—settled with the Federal Trade Commission over allegations they colluded on anti-misinformation policies that reduced ad revenue for conserv

NASA's Artemis II mission took four astronauts on a 10-day lunar flyby in April 2026, marking the first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years. During the mission, the crew documented the Moon's topogr

Gemini now uses user interests and Google Photos to create personalized AI images without requiring long descriptions, allowing users to simply ask for pictures of themselves or family members. This f

Intel has revealed its new Core Series 3 mobile processor (codenamed Wildcat Lake), all fabricated on Intel 18A . The Core Series 3 is a value-focused counterpart to Panther Lake, which was revealed a

Lucasfilm released the final trailer for 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' during their presentation at CinemaCon, with the film opening in theaters on May 22. Director Jon Favreau also screened the first 1

Stellantis and Microsoft announced a five-year strategic collaboration to co-develop more than 100 AI initiatives across sales, customer care and operations . Examples include intelligent recommendati

Thunderbolt is a new open-source AI client from Mozilla-owned MZLA Technologies aimed at enterprises who want to run self-hosted chatbots on their own infrastructure. The platform allows organizations

OpenAI's Codex now features background computer use that lets multiple AI agents operate a Mac simultaneously without disrupting the user's own work. The update allows Codex to access all other apps o

China successfully tested an advanced device capable of cutting underwater structures like submarine cables at depths of 3,500 meters , raising global security concerns. Since more than 95% of global

OpenAI has launched GPT-Rosalind, a biology-tuned large language model . This specialized LLM is designed to enhance performance on biology-specific tasks and applications. The model represents OpenAI

In 2023, the FDA removed 19 peptides from the list of drugs that compounding pharmacies could produce, and in 2026 the FDA announced it will review whether to add back 7 of these peptides following pr

The U.S. and China are each planning to land spacecraft near the Moon's Shackleton crater in 2026, with whoever arrives first securing the best access to its water ice resources. Blue Origin's Blue Mo

Metro 2039 has been fundamentally shaped by Ukrainian developer 4A Games' experience of Russia's invasion, with the entire planned story reworked to reflect the real lives of those making it. The game

Adobe has introduced the **Firefly AI Assistant**, a new agentic tool that brings autonomous, multi-step workflow capabilities to Creative Cloud — drawing comparisons to AI coding agents like Claude C

Allbirds is abandoning its core footwear business and pivoting to AI compute infrastructure, backed by a $50 million convertible financing facility — more than double its prior market value. The move

Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp announced a new stock option plan in March 2026, allowing all employees to participate and eventually convert vested options — a notable shift for the privately held aerospac