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Tesla delivered 480,126 vehicles globally in Q2 2026, representing a 25% increase over the prior year's 384,122 units . The recovery was driven by stronger demand in Europe and China, with higher fuel

The 2026 Volvo EX30 Cross Country is a small electric SUV that is a joy to drive with a stylish cabin, though the rugged Cross Country variant sacrifices only modest range compared to the standard mod

The Viking 1 lander used its robotic arm to perform the first Martian soil sample analysis , collecting samples for biological experiments that involved scooping soil and testing it with nutrient solu

Christopher Nolan directs and writes The Odyssey, starring Matt Damon as Odysseus, the king of Ithaca , in a film set for release on July 17, 2026 . The final trailer arrives directly from the Trojan

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman acknowledged the May 28, 2026 New Glenn rocket explosion at Cape Canaveral, noting that spaceflight development is extraordinarily difficult and pledging NASA's suppo

A NASA Office of Inspector General audit released June 30 found that Boeing's Starliner capsule will not achieve human-rating certification until 2027 at the earliest , representing a significant dela

Multiple recent studies have found that Tylenol use during pregnancy is not associated with autism in children. These findings contradict statements made by President Trump and Health and Human Servic

Sony announced it will stop producing physical discs for all new PlayStation games starting in January 2028, with future releases sold digitally through the PlayStation Store and other retailers. Sony

The British government has signaled it is likely to intervene in Paramount Skydance's proposed $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, citing concerns about maintaining media plurality. Briti

Home battery installations in the United States hit a new record of 673 megawatts of residential energy storage in the first quarter of 2026. The surge was driven by rising residential electricity cos

Amazon blamed the malware strain 'Preflayer'—which can record screen content, steal login credentials, and commit ad fraud—as justification for blocking sideloaded apps . The company is preventing pir

The Supreme Court agreed to hear Apple's appeal regarding a contempt ruling in its antitrust battle with Epic Games, reviewing lower court decisions that found Apple willfully defied a 2021 ruling inv

HB 1217 prohibits local governments from pursuing net-zero emissions goals , with additional restrictions on carbon-trading programs, green procurement, and carbon-based taxes or fees . Governor Ron D

Google shut down the Tenor API on June 30, 2026, breaking GIF pickers in Discord, X, Bluesky, and WhatsApp. Platforms that built GIF search into their products using Tenor are now scrambling for repla

Google introduced Nano Banana 2 Lite, its fastest and most cost-efficient image model built for high throughput, speed and scale. The model generates text-to-image outputs in about four seconds and co

NASA is considering repurposing an engineering development version of a nuclear-powered Mars rover for the moon's south polar region in a mission called PROMISE ('Polar Rover for Observation, Mapping

AI browsers can be manipulated through prompt injection or memory poisoning to create false operational contexts where they bypass security guardrails, treating harmful actions as game logic rather th

Reddit is implementing a requirement for users to log in to access old.reddit.com, the legacy version of the platform. This change is part of Reddit's broader effort to increase user registration and

A study from the American Lung Association found that if the U.S. transitions to a 100% zero-emission passenger vehicle fleet by 2050, it would result in 89,300 fewer premature deaths and $978 billion

Comcast announced plans to separate into two independent publicly traded companies through a tax-free spin-off of NBCUniversal and Sky. The split will separate its cash-generating broadband arm from a

George Russell won the 2026 Austrian Grand Prix held on June 28 at the Red Bull Ring, converting pole position into victory with Max Verstappen and Kimi Antonelli completing the podium. The race was r

Google argued that the European Commission's proposal to require sharing search data with third parties would 'force us to hand this data over to third parties, with dangerously ineffective privacy pr

Rocket Lab has agreed to acquire Iridium Communications for 54 per share in a cash and stock transaction, valuing the company at approximately 8.0 billion. The deal combines Rocket Lab's launch and sa

Prediction market Kalshi sued Illinois over new taxes and licensing requirements enacted under Senate Bill 3019 to support the state's $55.9 billion budget. The new law imposes a 1.75% tax on the firs

NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft completed its first supersonic flight on June 5, 2026, marking the first time the aircraft exceeded the speed of sound. The X-59 is designed to fly at su

Recent research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that the first signs of ozone depletion appeared as early as 1957 , decades before CFCs became widely used. Th

Sony notified PlayStation users in the UK and Europe in June 2026 that 551 StudioCanal movies and TV shows they had purchased would be removed from their libraries on September 1, 2026 , with no refun

South Korea announced a massive government-backed investment plan totaling 1 trillion across three pillars: semiconductors, AI data centers, and physical AI robotics, to position the country as a lead

In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that broad geofence surveillance constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment, which protects against unreasonable searches and seizures. The ruling does

A think tank conducted research examining how the Space Force should respond to space warfare scenarios, with experts envisioning various ways satellites and spacecraft might be used in gray-zone or w

The U.S. Department of State is offering up to $10 million for information identifying or locating members of the UNC5792 and UNC4221 hacker groups linked to Russia's intelligence and military service

Coal generation hit an all-time monthly low of 39.3 TWh in April 2026, and solar subsequently overtook coal in the US electricity mix for the first month on record in May 2026. Coal's share of the US

A featurette showing Laika's process for crafting the stop-motion film, featuring nearly two-and-a-half minutes of the studio's crew building out the world in perfect detail. The featurette reveals ne

Two Max Planck papers published in Naturwissenschaften were retrospectively marked as retracted on Springer's digital platform. Rather than resulting from scientific fraud, these withdrawals appear to

A Portugal-based startup called Amble, founded by alumni from Apple, Audi, Ford, and Cowboy, unveiled the Amble One, a street-legal electric buggy with a top speed of 40 mph. The vehicle's design is i

Researchers at McMaster University discovered a 'megacluster' of genes in Streptomyces bacteria that produces four antibiotics working together to stop rival bacteria. The four molecules target a sing

On May 28, 2026, a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded during a static fire test at Cape Canaveral, destroying the vehicle and severely damaging the company's only operational New Glenn launch site.

A federal FOIA lawsuit seeks discovery into DOGE's activities inside the FCC, questioning ethics clearances, data access, and withheld communications tied to contract cuts and Musk-linked entities. Th

Netflix is rolling out a change requiring each sub-profile within a subscriber's account to have its own email address attached , with the update slowly rolling out to select users rather than being d

The New York Times has amended its copyright infringement lawsuit to specifically target Microsoft for providing OpenAI with a supercomputer platform designed to train models on copyrighted works with

China is set for a debut flight of its Long March 10B reusable rocket in July with a launch window opening July 10 and an attempt to recover the first stage at sea. This would be China's third booster

Apple removed several Russian mobile apps related to the Russian internet company VK from its App Store , prompting the Kremlin to demand an explanation. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov suggested that

South Korea's Defense Ministry announced it will train 500,000 'drone warriors' in a major shift toward drone-centric warfare . The plan aims to train personnel across all military branches so that 'a

SpaceX is planning to launch a direct-to-consumer Starlink mobile service in the US , as SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell discussed during a recent investor roadshow . A standalone mobile service woul

California's State Bill 576, signed by Governor Gavin Newsom, prohibits streaming services from airing commercials louder than the programs they accompany, taking effect July 1, 2026. The law requires

Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume is reportedly preparing a major overhaul that could eliminate up to 100,000 jobs worldwide and eventually close four factories in Germany. The plants targeted for closure a