The Starliner doesn’t have a return date from the ISS yet. Contributing Reporter Boeing Boeing has revealed that it has taken another $125 million in losses as a result of its Starliner spacecraft’s delayed return from the ISS. As SpaceNews reports, the company has revealed the losses in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, along with more details about its earnings for the second quarter of the year. The company already posted $288 million in losses “primarily as a result of delaying” the Crew Flight Test mission in 2023. The first crewed Starliner flight took off […]
The iPhone 16 will launch without headline AI features, risking disappointed buyers
iPhone 16 AI features | Conceptual image The iPhone 16 will launch without some of the headline Apple Intelligence features – which are arguably the biggest reason for most to upgrade to the new models. While Apple is taking an understandably cautious approach here, the company runs the risk of disappointing or confusing its customers … Apple Intelligence is rolling out very slowly Yesterday’s big news was of course the launch of the first iOS 18.1 developer beta , which provides access to the first set of Apple Intelligence features: Writing tools Some Siri improvements, including maintaining context between […]
Made by Google 2024: Pixel 9 Pro, Gemini, new foldables and everything else to expect on August 13
Reuters / Reuters It’s almost time once again for the tech world to stop everything else it’s doing and pay attention as a major company shows off its latest hardware. Next up is Google’s turn at bat. Thanks to a string of leaks and Google’s own teases, we already have a pretty clear idea of what the company has planned for its Made by Google event. We’ll get the official reveal of the Pixel 9 lineup, for one thing. This includes what the company is calling the Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold, which is certainly more of a mouthful […]
Apple is spending more on AI, but remains far behind its Silicon Valley peers
Apple CEO Tim Cook opens WWDC 2024 in Cupertino, California, on June 10, 2024. Apple’s capital expenditures are far below its mega-cap peers and are growing at a much slower rate. Artificial intelligence is increasingly important at Apple, but the company takes a very different approach relative to Microsoft, Apple, Google and Meta. “Embedded in our results this quarter is an increase year over year in the amount we’re spending for AI and Apple Intelligence,” CEO Tim Cook told CNBC’s Steve Kovach on Thursday. The topic of greatest interest to analysts on Apple’s quarterly earnings call on Thursday was […]
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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 review: The king, but for how much longer?
The Galaxy Z Fold 6 is Samsung’s latest flagship flexible-screen phone for 2024. (Photo by Sam Rutherford/Engadget) Added lightness, better performance and AI are nice, but Samsung can do better. sam rutherford Senior Writer, Reviews No one has been making foldable phones longer than Samsung. And for the first few years, the sheer number of improvements we got on the Galaxy Z Fold line meant it didn’t really have any competition. But more recently, the pace of innovation has slowed while new challengers like the OnePlus Open and Pixel Fold have arrived. Now for 2024, Samsung has reinforced the […]
Gadgets are getting weird — and so are iPhone homescreens
Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge In 2024, it’s always gadget season. But in these hot mid-July weeks, after splashy announcements from Samsung and Motorola and before we see what’s coming from Google and Apple, it’s officially Weird Gadget Season. On this episode of The Vergecast , we dive into the many weird gadgets that surfaced this week: an iPod-y Apple Watch accessory, an AI-powered Canon camera , the extremely tall Essential phone that never made it to market, and more. We talk about them all, always asking the important question: is this anything ? But before we get […]
Just look at this huge flip phone screen
The Xiaomi Mix Flip features a 4.01 inch cover screen. Xiaomi has announced two new folding phones for the Chinese market. The upgraded Mix Fold 4, which introduces water resistance for the first time, and the Mix Flip, the company’s first flip phone foldable featuring a 4.01-inch cover screen surrounded by a nearly non-existent bezel. Several versions of the Xiaomi Mix Flip folding phone in different colorways. The Xiaomi Mix Flip features a 4.01-inch external display and can be used to make calls without being opened. Image: Xiaomi Xiaomi claims the new Mix Flip has the largest external display […]
NASA’s Curiosity rover accidentally uncovered pure sulfur crystals on Mars
‘It shouldn’t be there, so now we have to explain it,’ one project scientist said. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS NASA scientists say pure sulfur has been found on Mars for the first time after the Curiosity rover inadvertently uncovered a cluster of yellow crystals when it drove over a rock. And it looks like the area is filled with it. It’s an unexpected discovery — while minerals containing sulfur have been observed on the Red Planet, elemental sulfur on its own has never been seen there before. “It forms in only a narrow range of conditions that scientists haven’t associated with the […]
Forget The iPhone 16, Apple Has Something Much Better
With the launch of Apple Intelligence, Apple is ready to join the world of AI-first smartphones. While the iPhone 16 Pro will be the workhorse, Tim Cook and his team will ensure the iPhone 16 can match the same promise. But a better iPhone is waiting in the wings that offers value for money, new hardware, and the power of artificial intelligence to Apple’s faithful consumers… the next-generation iPhone SE New iPhone Pro on display during an Apple special event (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) The iPhone SE has always been popular, offering the benefits of Apple’s ecosystem and […]
Forget waiting for Apple Intelligence, Microsoft Designer brings AI image creation to the iPhone today
(Image credit: Microsoft) When Apple announced the iOS 18 update in June it also announced a slew of new AI features under the Apple Intelligence banner. One of those features, generative AI-powered image creation, will allow people to use text-based prompts to create new images for use in messages and more. But Microsoft has beaten Apple to the punch. Microsoft Designer is a new and free app that is now available for the iPhone after initially only being offered as a preview. It uses generative AI to create images that can be used in all manner of different ways […]