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The Verge

SpaceX is barely Space and mostly X

Once, I had some questions about why SpaceX, Elon Musk's healthiest company, acquired xAI, his sickliest one. Now I have some questions about why we're calling the whole thing SpaceX. Look, what we have here, by revenue, is primarily a…

The Verge

The world's smallest USB drive has more storage than an iPhone 17

The world's smallest USB drive has more storage than an iPhone 17

At a time when storage space commands a premium price, SanDisk's Extreme Fit drive is worth a look.

Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery

Wired

Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery

More than 50 offending image and video ads were published across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or Threads, according to Meta’s ad library data. Some ran as recently as this week.

Wired

Deutsche Welle

Germany: Leipzig explosive drone 'new level of danger' — Minister

Germany's Interior Minister Dobrindt, who cut his summer break short to deal with the Leipzig Airport situation, said the incident was being treated as a "hybrid attack scenario." DW has the latest.

Deutsche Welle

SpaceX’s Future Plans Hinge Heavily on Starlink and Grok

CNET

SpaceX’s Future Plans Hinge Heavily on Starlink and Grok

Elon Musk’s rocket, internet and AI company gave investors its first update since its June IPO.

CNET

Xbox's devastating July was inevitable

"It is neither possible nor desirable to own every great independent studio."

Private Internet Access just more than doubled its streaming VPN server network

Private Internet Access just more than doubled its streaming VPN server network

PIA has added 22 streaming-optimized VPN server locations No update, reinstall, or plan change is needed to access new servers Countries getting the label for the first time include France, Spain, Brazil Private Internet Access (PIA) has…

The Shai-Hulud npm worm didn't fake its security check — it earned a legitimate one

VentureBeat

The Shai-Hulud npm worm didn't fake its security check — it earned a legitimate one

An attacker on Tuesday took over the GitHub account of the developer who maintains keyv , a small key-value storage library that npm serves roughly 127 million times a week. Within hours, poisoned versions of keyv and its sibling caching…

VentureBeat

A Four-Ton SpaceX Rocket Stage Hit the Moon, but No One Saw It

The New York Times

A Four-Ton SpaceX Rocket Stage Hit the Moon, but No One Saw It

Although amateur and professional astronomers pointed their telescopes at the impact site, there were no obvious signs of a collision — at least not yet.

The New York Times

In a rare win for PC builders, Corsair's 32GB Vengeance RGB DDR5-6000 memory gets a big discount

In a rare win for PC builders, Corsair's 32GB Vengeance RGB DDR5-6000 memory gets a big discount

It's no secret that component prices are sky-rocketing, but I've spotted a deal on the 32GB Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5-6000 kit for $422 (was $490) at Newegg when you use code BTSF989 . The dual-channel kit includes two 16GB modules for a…

Hackers use fake Adobe and Zoom updates to load malware onto victim devices — here's what to look out for

Hackers use fake Adobe and Zoom updates to load malware onto victim devices — here's what to look out for

Securonix uncovers SMOKE#SCREEN, a campaign tricking users into installing weaponized ScreenConnect via fake Zoom/Adobe updates and business docs Attackers gain persistent remote access, evolving tactics to disable protections and abuse…

Sunbird's iMessage app for Android is back after a major privacy snafu

Sunbird's iMessage app for Android is back after a major privacy snafu

This was one of the interoperability tools people used before Apple adopted RCS.