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- Starship SN15 Sticks the Landing
SpaceX's SN15 prototype flew a ~10km hop and landed intact, finally breaking Starship's landing curse after four prior losses.
- Why PS5 and Xbox Series X Restocks Keep Selling Out in Minutes
The chip shortage keeps next-gen console supply far below demand, so restocks vanish in minutes and scalpers profit.
- Epic v. Apple Goes to Trial, and Python 3.10 Quietly Hits Beta
The Epic Games v. Apple antitrust trial opened in Oakland today, the same week Python 3.10.0b1 shipped and froze the language's next feature set.
- Crew-1 Comes Home: A Nighttime Splashdown for the History Books
SpaceX's Crew Dragon Resilience splashed down off Florida early this morning, ending NASA's first long-duration commercial crew mission.
- Dev Conference Season Is Back: What to Watch at I/O and Build
A preview of Google I/O and Microsoft Build, both landing this month with a heavy focus on AI-assisted and low-code developer tools.
- The New iMac Is Finally Real: Preorders Open Today
Apple opened preorders for the redesigned 24-inch M1 iMac, the first fanless, color-matched iMac since 2012, starting at $1,299.
- China's Tiangong Station Gets Its First Piece: The Tianhe Module Is in Orbit
China launched the 22.5-ton Tianhe core module on a Long March 5B, kicking off roughly two years of assembly for its Tiangong space station.
- Epic v. Apple Goes to Trial Next Week, and the App Store's Rules Are on the Stand
As Epic Games v. Apple heads to a bench trial starting May 3, both sides are locked in a fight over the App Store's 30% cut and payment lock-in.
- Ingenuity Keeps Pushing Its Mars Flight Envelope
Ingenuity's second and third Mars flights added altitude, sideways motion, and distance, extending its five-flight demo campaign.
- Buying a PS5 Shouldn't Require a Bot
PS5 and Xbox Series X scalping has turned console launches into an arms race between bots and retailer checkout defenses.
- Async-First Beats More Meetings
A year into remote work, teams are trading video-call fatigue for Notion docs, Slack huddles, and Loom clips instead of piling on more Zoom.
- Crew-2 Docks With the ISS, and Commercial Crew Starts Looking Routine
SpaceX's Crew Dragon Endeavour docked with the ISS carrying an international Crew-2 team, a milestone that's starting to feel almost ordinary.
- GPUs Are Still a Nightmare to Buy, and It's Not Getting Better Soon
RTX 30-series and RX 6000 cards remain scarce and 2-3x MSRP as chip shortages and crypto mining collide, with Nvidia warning the squeeze could last most of 2021.
- MOXIE Just Made Oxygen on Mars, and That Changes the Math for Human Spaceflight
Perseverance's MOXIE instrument produced usable oxygen from Mars's CO2 atmosphere, a first step toward in-situ resource use on another planet.
- Why ARM Laptops Are Suddenly a Serious Idea
Six months after the M1, Apple has forced Qualcomm, Microsoft, and the whole PC industry to take ARM laptops seriously.
- Apple's Spring Loaded Event: AirTag Finally Arrives, iMac Gets Colorful Again
Apple's Spring Loaded event brought AirTag trackers, a redesigned M1 iMac in seven colors, a new M1 iPad Pro, and podcast subscriptions.
- Ingenuity Just Flew on Mars, and I'm Still Processing It
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter made the first powered, controlled flight on another planet, hovering above Jezero Crater for about 39 seconds.
- The GPT-3 App Store Nobody Officially Built
OpenAI's widening GPT-3 API access has spawned copywriting, chatbot, and code tools that look like early drafts of an AI pair programmer.
- Capcom Drops a Free Resident Evil Village Demo
Capcom's time-limited Village demo lets PS5 and PS4 players explore Lady Dimitrescu's castle ahead of the May 7 launch.
- mRNA Isn't Just a COVID Story Anymore
Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna are already talking up flu, HIV, and cancer vaccines built on the same rapid mRNA platform.
- Windows 10 Is Quietly Force-Upgrading You to Chromium Edge
Microsoft's April Patch Tuesday update is auto-replacing legacy EdgeHTML Edge with the Chromium-based browser on Windows 10 machines.
- Sony's Xperia Event Shows It's Still Playing a Different Game
Sony's latest Xperia announcement doubles down on pro-camera features for a small enthusiast crowd instead of chasing Samsung and Apple on volume.
- The FDA and CDC Just Hit Pause on the J&J Vaccine
US health agencies recommend pausing Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine after six rare blood-clot cases surfaced among nearly 7 million doses.
- China Just Sent Big Tech a $2.78 Billion Message
China's antitrust regulator hit Alibaba with a record CN¥18.2 billion fine over its "choose one of two" merchant policy.
- Nokia's New Phones Are Betting on Boring, and That's the Point
HMD Global's Nokia X20, X10, and G10 launch leans on long software support and recycled plastic rather than flashy specs.
- Ingenuity's First Flight Slips After a Rotor Hiccup
A failed transition out of 'pre-flight' mode during a rotor spin test pushed Ingenuity's historic first Mars flight past its April 11 target.
- Google I/O Is Back — Virtually — May 18-20
Google confirmed I/O 2021 will run May 18-20 as a free, fully virtual event, a year after the pandemic scrapped the show entirely.
- Lenovo's Legion 2 Pro Wants to Be Your Controller and Your Phone
Lenovo launched the Legion 2 Pro gaming phone in China with a Snapdragon 888, notch-free pop-up camera, and side-mounted USB-C ports built for competitive mobile play.
- Ingenuity Clears for Takeoff on Mars
Perseverance has dropped Ingenuity onto the Martian surface and driven clear, setting up the first powered flight attempt on another planet.
- Python Ships 3.9.4 and 3.8.9: Boring Releases Are a Feature
The Python core team quietly shipped 3.9.4 and 3.8.9 maintenance releases, bundling security and bug fixes while 3.10 alpha work continues.