Remembering MS-DOS 5.0, my first Microsoft product, on the company’s 50th birthday
To get the answer, just put a decimal point in the number "50"—my first Microsoft product was MS-DOS 5.0.
With the release of Gemini 2.5 Pro, Google looks toward a “dynamic” AI future
We recently spoke to Google's Tulsee Doshi, director of product management for Gemini, to talk about the process of releasing ...
Hands-on with the Switch 2: It’s the Switch, too
The Nintendo Switch 2 could be considered the most direct "sequel" to a Nintendo console that the company has ever made. The ...
EU may “make an example of X” by issuing $1 billion fine to Musk’s social network
European Union regulators are preparing major penalties against X, including a fine that could exceed $1 billion, according to a New York Times report yesterday. The European Commission determined ...
SpaceX just took a big step toward reusing Starship’s Super Heavy booster
SpaceX has now launched eight full-scale test flights of Starship, with a Super Heavy booster and Starship's upper stage stacked together to form a rocket that towers 404 feet (123.1 meters) tall. The ...
A baby hummingbird cosplays as a caterpillar
The white-necked jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) is a jewel-toned hummingbird found in the neotropical lowlands of South ...
“Existential crisis”: The tariff scythe takes a swing at board games
Board game designer and entrepreneur Jamey Stegmaier has published hit games like Scythe and Wingspan —the latter a personal ...
NSA warns that overlooked botnet technique threatens national security
A technique that hostile nation-states and financially motivated ransomware groups are using to hide their operations poses a ...
Adults told her to “move on.” Instead, teen won fight to criminalize deepfakes.
When Francesca Mani was 14 years old, boys at her New Jersey high school used nudify apps to target her and other girls. At the time, adults did not seem to take the harassment seriously, telling her ...
Federal funding freeze endangers climate-friendly agriculture progress
The administration has frozen billions of dollars in funding that pay for these activities while the U.S. Department of ...
Switch 2 preorders delayed over Trump tariff uncertainty
Nintendo Switch 2 preorders, which were due to begin on April 9, are being delayed indefinitely amid the financial ...
SpinLaunch—yes, the centrifuge rocket company—is making a hard pivot to satellites
"It was quite natural for us," Wrenn said. "We were thinking about how you build satellites for SpinLaunch and how you could ...