OpenAI brings Codex to your phone ... OpenAI brings Codex to your phone — and it's free to try The AI coding agent now works through the ChatGPT app on iOS and Android, letting developers monitor and direct tasks from anywhere — even on free accounts. today
NASA's new space processor is 500 ... NASA's new space processor is 500 times faster than what's flying today The HPSC chip could let Mars rovers and lunar landers think for themselves — and its maker has Earth-side uses in mind too. yesterday
Seven in ten Americans don't want ... Seven in ten Americans don't want an AI data center next door A new Gallup poll shows 70% of Americans oppose data centers near their homes — and 69 jurisdictions have already passed restrictions to prove it. yesterday
SK Hynix is weeks away from ... SK Hynix is weeks away from a $1 trillion valuation — AI memory is why The South Korean chipmaker's stock has surged over 200% in 2026 alone, fuelled by insatiable demand for the high-bandwidth memory that powers AI data centres. yesterday
Claude AI helped recover $400K in ... Claude AI helped recover $400K in Bitcoin lost since 2015 — here's how Anthropic's Claude didn't crack Bitcoin's encryption. It fixed a decade-old bug in recovery software, unlocking 5 BTC a user hadn't touched since his college days. yesterday
WhatsApp adds an Incognito mode for ... WhatsApp adds an Incognito mode for Meta AI chats — Meta says even it can't read them A new Private Processing feature promises that AI conversations disappear by default and stay out of Meta's hands — but there's no independent audit yet. yesterday
Google turns your cursor into an ... Google turns your cursor into an AI agent — and it's just the start Google DeepMind's Magic Pointer makes the mouse cursor context-aware via Gemini, rolling out in Chrome now ahead of new Googlebook laptops this fall. May 13, 2026, 2:57 p.m.
NASA's hydrogen fuel cell just solved ... NASA's hydrogen fuel cell just solved the Moon's two-week blackout problem A regenerative fuel cell system tested at NASA Glenn could power a lunar base through 354 hours of darkness — without a single resupply from Earth. May 13, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
Japan opens a fully unmanned lab ... Japan opens a fully unmanned lab where 10 humanoid robots run 1,000 experiments a day The Institute of Science Tokyo's new Robotics Innovation Center has no on-site staff — just Maholo LabDroid robots working around the clock on medical research. May 13, 2026, 12:46 p.m.
Google and SpaceX are planning orbital ... Google and SpaceX are planning orbital data centers — first prototypes by 2027 Project Suncatcher would put AI computing hardware in low-Earth orbit, but the economics only work if Starship drives launch costs down by 90%. May 13, 2026, 12:14 p.m.
Google's Gemini Intelligence brings agentic AI ... Google's Gemini Intelligence brings agentic AI to Android this summer Multi-step task automation, AI-generated widgets, and smarter autofill are coming to Pixel and Galaxy devices — but the most powerful features cost extra. May 12, 2026, 9:33 p.m.
Europe's reusable spaceplane is back: Dassault ... Europe's reusable spaceplane is back: Dassault and OHB pitch VORTEX-S to ESA A Franco-German consortium wants to give Europe its own cargo shuttle — winged, reusable, and runway-landing — to end reliance on US capsules for orbital logistics. May 12, 2026, 6:58 p.m.
Fenix Space wants to launch rockets ... Fenix Space wants to launch rockets from regular airports — and it just proved the idea works A California startup completed four successful test flights of its tow-launch prototype, targeting commercial satellite launches from standard runways by 2028. May 12, 2026, 6:26 p.m.
DeepSeek adds chat history search — ... DeepSeek adds chat history search — and it's a sign the AI race is getting serious The Chinese AI app that dethroned ChatGPT on the App Store just fixed one of the most-complained-about UX gaps in AI assistants. May 12, 2026, 6 p.m.
NASA's ultra-black coating could finally let ... NASA's ultra-black coating could finally let us photograph alien worlds A razor-thin film developed by Illinois startup ZeCoat traps light at the nanoscale — and it's the key piece needed to image Earth-like exoplanets directly. May 12, 2026, 5:49 p.m.
Ford Energy enters the grid battery ... Ford Energy enters the grid battery market with a $2 billion bet against Tesla Ford's new energy storage subsidiary targets utilities and industrial sites with a 5.45 MWh containerized battery — but deliveries won't start until late 2027. May 12, 2026, 4:41 p.m.
Jensen Huang says electricians and plumbers ... Jensen Huang says electricians and plumbers are AI's real winners While software engineers compete with automation, skilled tradespeople face a once-in-a-generation surge in demand driven by the AI infrastructure buildout. May 12, 2026, 3:17 p.m.
The US Mint just put Steve ... The US Mint just put Steve Jobs on a $1 coin A new American Innovation dollar coin honors the Apple co-founder — but at $2.44 a pop, it's aimed at collectors, not your change jar. May 12, 2026, 1:55 p.m.
SpaceX is pulling GPS coordinates from ... SpaceX is pulling GPS coordinates from Starlink's app Starting May 20, 2026, Starlink terminals will no longer expose location data through the app's debug menu — and the move looks like groundwork for a paid navigation service. May 12, 2026, 1:42 p.m.
Nintendo shares hit 2024 low after ... Nintendo shares hit 2024 low after gloomy Switch 2 forecast A price hike was supposed to calm investors. Instead, a downbeat sales outlook sent Nintendo stock down 12% — and Switch 2 is about to cost $500. May 11, 2026, 3:16 p.m.
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