Rocket Report: Chinese launch firm raises big money; Falcon 9 back to the Bahamas
Welcome to Edition 8.30 of the Rocket Report! As I write this week’s edition, NASA’s Space Launch System rocket is…
February 2026
Emerging Chiplet Designs Spark Fresh Cybersecurity Challenges
As scaled-down circuits with limited functions redefine computing for AI systems and autonomous vehicles, their flexibility demands new approaches to…
Wizards of the Coast Has a Very Long Explanation for Why It Changed Raph’s Weapon in the Ninja Turtles ‘Magic’ Set
No, it’s not an art error: Raph’s weapon of choice has had a bit of a tweak for the new…
Meta will ruin its smart glasses by being Meta
Facial recognition has been a requested feature for smart glasses, but the risks are high. Whenever I write about Meta’s…
Tesla’s cheaper $60,000 Cybertruck is still a Cybertruck
Tesla has announced a new all-wheel drive Cybertruck that starts at $59,990, the cheapest the controversial truck has been sold…
Microsoft removes guide on how to train LLMs on pirated Harry Potter books
Following backlash in a Hacker News thread, Microsoft deleted a blog post that critics said encouraged developers to pirate Harry…
Ring Cancels Its Partnership with Flock
It’s a demonstration of how toxic the surveillance-tech company Flock has become when Amazon’s Ring cancels the partnership between the…
‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ Is a Ratings Slam Dunk
The ‘Game of Thrones’ spin-off has averaged more viewers per episode than HBO’s Emmy-winning hit ‘The Pitt.’
ClickFix Campaign Abuses Compromised Sites to Deploy MIMICRAT RAT
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new ClickFix campaign that abuses compromised legitimate sites to deliver a previously undocumented…
Iron Age Surgeons Fixed a Woman’s Shattered Jaw With Primitive Prosthetic—and She Survived
Researchers revisited a 2,500-year-old mummified skull, uncovering signs of an extreme surgical procedure—which the ancient woman survived.