Sony now requires 60+ hours of logged PS5/PS4 play just to apply for a PS5 Pro in Japan, with a lottery deciding buyers if demand outstrips stock. Full article: technology.org/2026/09/30/so… #ps5pro #sony #gaming #playstation

McDonald's leans on an AI pricing engine that factors in local willingness to pay, producing a 21% price gap for the same Big Mac just two miles apart in Fresno. Full article: technology.org/2026/10/01/mc… #mcdonalds #ai #pricing #fastfood

SpaceX Starship reached orbit for the first time on its 14th flight, deploying 26 Starlink V3 satellites despite an engine failure during ascent. Full article: technology.org/2026/09/29/sp… #spacex #starship #starlink #space

Revolut piloted the UK's first in-store facial recognition checkout, letting customers pay with their face at zero processing cost to merchants Full article: technology.org/2026/09/25/re… #facialrecognition #fintech #paymenttech #biometrics

NASA's Roman telescope aims to discover about 100,000 exoplanets and attempt the first direct visible-light imaging of a planet from space. Full article: technology.org/2026/09/21/na… #nasa #exoplanets #space #astronomy

DNA from 27 Neanderthals in Belgium and France shows a genetically healthy population 45,000 years ago. It still vanished within about 2,000 years. Full article: technology.org/2026/09/19/ne… #neanderthals #archaeology #genetics #ancientdna

No Atlantic hurricane has formed as of mid-September 2026, already breaking the modern record for the latest first hurricane, set in 2002 and 2013. Full article: technology.org/2026/09/16/at… #hurricaneseason #elnino #climate #weather

Uber has been fined 825 million euros by Dutch regulators for deactivating drivers' accounts through automated systems without any warning Full article: technology.org/2026/08/24/ub… #uber #gdpr #privacy #data #eu #tech #technology

New research finds that retiring a gas car after just one year for an EV cuts emissions by 58% over 16 years. Full article: technology.org/2026/08/23/th… #ev #electricvehicles #greentech #technology #technews #technologynews

USB flash storage collapsed from $8k + per gigabyte to 94 cents by 2013, which is why small drives stopped making sense to sell Full article: technology.org/2026/08/23/wh… #usb #flashdrive #technews #technology #electronics #gadgets

Tesla is planning to launch Cybercad rides in Austin, starting with employees before joining the public robotaxi service! Full article: technology.org/2026/08/18/te… #tesla #cybercab #robotaxi #selfdriving #technology #tech

A major phone brand plans to move its production out of China by 2027. Pixel phones, watches, and earbuds might be produced in Vietnam or India Full article: technology.org/2026/08/18/go… #google #pixel #smartphone #technology #technews #tech

Rice and Vanderbilt researchers built a system that desalinates industrial wastewater while recovering valuable metals like copper at the same time Full article: technology.org/2026/08/13/re… #wastewater #watertreatment #copper #sustainability

A German privacy group just filed a criminal complaint against Meta and four retailers over the Ray-Ban Meta Wayfarer, arguing that bystanders have no way to know when the glasses are recording. Full article: technology.org/2026/08/13/me… #smartglasses #privacy #meta #rayban #germany

The wet dog smell comes from bacteria and yeast on a dog's skin, which are released when water dissolves their compounds. Oily breeds like retrievers smell stronger when wet than low-oil breeds like poodles Full article: technology.org/2026/08/11/wh… #technology #science #dogs #pets

A UTS-led review of 27 animal studies found healthy diets improved memory, but only after high-fat diets. High sugar diets showed little to no memory recovery, even weeks later. Full article: technology.org/2026/08/10/he… #technology #health #nutrition #science

JWST caught quasar winds up to 5000 miles per second tearing through early galaxies, stripping thousands of solar masses of gas a year and possibly explaining why so many shut down star formation early Full article: technology.org/2026/08/06/co… #technology #space #astronomy #science

ESA's Euclid telescope found 31 new ancient quasars, including the two earliest ever seen, shining with the light of a trillion Suns when the Universe was just 670 million years old. Full article: technology.org/2026/08/04/eu… #technology #space #astronomy #science

Russian authorities are installing wired public phones in occupied Crimea as mobile networks collapse under Ukrainian strikes on power and communication infrastructure. Full article: technology.org/2026/08/01/pu… #technology #ukraine #crimea #russia

SpaceX won $1.6 billion from the US Space Force for 18 Falcon 9 launches through 2027, about one a month, carrying satellites that track airborne threats. Its Pentagon total has now passed $7 billion this year. Full article: technology.org/2026/07/30/sp… #technology #spacex #space