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Microsoft has started putting more ads in Outlook mobile for iOS and Android in recent months.The Outlook mobile app gives users two options for organizing their inbox: a single inbox with everything in it or a tabbed inbox split into two categories — “focused” with...

NASA has once again scrubbed the debut launch of its Space Launch System (or SLS) rocket after engineers failed to fix a persistent hydrogen leak.The hydrogen leak was first noticed this morning, soon after the rocket began being fueled with liquid hydrogen. NASA...

Hackers caused a major traffic jam in Moscow after exploiting the Russian ride-hailing app, Yandex Taxi, to summon dozens of taxis to the same location at the same time (via Vice). The attack occurred on September 1st and had traffic heading towards Kutuzovsky...

A game designer has sparked controversy after submitting an image created by an AI text-to-image generator to a state art competition and taking home first prize.Jason Allen entered the artwork titled “Theatre d’Opera Spatial” in the “Digital Arts /...

Waymo’s fully driverless vehicles are picking up passengers in downtown Phoenix, five months after the Alphabet-owned company expanded its service area to include denser, more complex areas of the city.Waymo has been testing its vehicles in several suburban towns...

Samsung is warning customers about a cybersecurity incident in July, where “an unauthorized third party acquired information from some of Samsung’s U.S. systems,” including things like names, birthdays, contact info, and product registration information. The company...

What's happeningFacebook parent company Meta purchased a Berlin startup to help fuel its virtual reality ambitions.Why it mattersMeta has been doubling down on creating the metaverse, virtual spaces where people can work, play and socialize. VR is a key part of those...

Experiments on Earth indicate an abundance of diamonds literally raining down on icy giant planets like Neptune and Uranus and may even point toward a new way to produce tiny nanodiamonds for use on our own planet. Earlier research has suggested actual diamonds may be...

Excited for the iPhone 14 launch event next week? It's a good bet more Americans than ever are just as hyped: A research firm says iPhones now make up more than half the active smartphones in the US. Apple's phones haven't outnumbered Android phones since the...