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The company had a mostly successful first launch of its upgraded Starship V3, which it needs to power its many ambitious goals in the years to come.

Jeff Bezos' rocket company confirmed an engine failure led to the loss of an AST SpaceMobile satellite last month, but offered little detail.

You can now disco ball-ify your entire Pixel home screen, says Google.

Some AI startups are stretching traditional revenue metrics when talking about progress publicly. And their investors are fully aware.

According to users on X, the website was hijacked by hackers in an attempt to trick visitors into installing malware.

Apple is asking the Supreme Court to narrow the App Store injunction won by Epic Games and overturn the court’s contempt ruling over external payment fees.

Spotify has released a bunch of AI-powered tools that nudge users to create more content. It can be a bit much.

After Google Search's AI update, the word "disregard" now effectively breaks the search interface.

Google demoed prototype Android XR glasses that overlay Gemini-powered translation, navigation, and other information directly into your field of view.

President Trump’s branded cell phone maker and cell provider said the exposure was linked to a third-party platform and was evaluating whether it needs to notify customers.

The SpaceX S-1 is finally here, and the story it tells goes way further than rockets. The filing runs to 36 pages of risk factors alone, and the numbers inside match the ambition: a $28 trillion total addressable market, a pay package tied to establishing a Mars colony, and a valuation target that would make it the largest IPO in American […]

The company describes the app as a "dedicated space built for deeper discussions, real answers and communities you care about."

The Finnish company said in September that it has sold 5.5 million smart rings to date.

Huxe said that it has pulled its app from App Store and Play Store, and that it will stop working later this month.

The partnership is a potential testing ground for both companies to gauge the appetite for an India-focused chatbot.

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