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Fuse Games has released Star Wars: Galactic Racer, an arcade-style racing title set between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens. The game centers on a self-contained story about a racing league rebuilding in the wake of the Empire's collapse, led by a promoter character named Darius Pax.
A CNET reviewer tested the $1,299 Google Pixel 11 Pro XL against the $1,400 Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra during a weekend trip to Cape May, New Jersey, shooting unedited photos across varied lighting and moving subjects. The comparison found the Pixel's 48-megapixel ultrawide sensor renders more neutral, realistic colors, while Samsung's 50-megapixel sensor produces more saturated, vibrant tones.
Amazon is selling the Elgato Stream Deck XL for $199.99, down from its $249.95 list price, a 20% discount. The device is a 32-key macro pad with individual LCD keys that can be customized to trigger shortcuts, scene changes, lighting and sound controls for streaming or productivity work.
Nike CEO Elliott Hill told employees in a memo that the company is restructuring its operating model in a way that will reduce the number of roles at the company. The announcement coincided with weak first-quarter results, and Nike shares fell to new lows in Friday trading.
NASA administrator Jared Isaacman said SpaceX intends to phase out its Falcon and Dragon systems as it focuses on Starship, prompting NASA to consider purchasing two additional crewed launches from Boeing's Starliner. NASA also announced it will spend $359 million to help Boeing rebuild the reaction control thrusters blamed for problems on Starliner's last mission.
Amazon CEO Matt Garman announced in a blog post that the company no longer requires nondisclosure agreements with county officials negotiating data center projects. He also pledged $1 billion over five years for community college programs, workforce training, and energy efficiency upgrades in areas hosting Amazon data centers.
OpenAI has released Dots, an AI assistant aimed at business tasks like launching websites, rescheduling calls, and building slide decks, priced at a minimum of $100 per month. The Verge's staff compared it to Perplexity's Muse, which they've been testing for personal tasks such as managing Facebook Marketplace listings and sorting email.
The ARMSX3 PS3 emulator for Android has released version 1.0.6, adding support for CHD disc images, a compressed format that reduces file sizes compared to standard ISOs. The developers cite examples like Demon's Souls shrinking from 8.76GB to 6.25GB, and Bleach Soul Resurrection dropping from 4GB to 1.8GB. The update also includes improved frame generation and fewer stutters in games using the PS3's job system.
Micron reported fiscal Q4 2026 revenue of $54.23 billion, nearly five times higher than a year earlier, with a record 87% gross margin company-wide. Its Mobile and Client consumer unit posted the highest operating margin among its four segments at 88%, even though it was the only unit to ship less memory than the prior quarter. Micron attributed the unit's 14% quarter-over-quarter revenue growth to higher pricing offsetting lower bit shipments.
Five national payment systems—Bancomat, Bizum, EPI Company/Wero, SIBS-MB WAY and Vipps MobilePay—announced a joint venture called the European Network for Payments, headquartered in Madrid. The network will link their existing systems via a shared technical layer built on European standards and instant account-to-account transfers, serving a combined 130 million users across 13 countries. Rollout will start with cross-border person-to-person payments before expanding to e-commerce and point-of-sale.
Marine biologist David Gruber founded Project CETI, the Cetacean Translation Initiative, which applies artificial intelligence and machine learning to analyze and interpret sperm whale vocalizations. Gruber's path to the project ran through earlier academic work in microbiology, oceanography, and marine biology before he turned to studying animal communication.
A WIRED hands-on review tested the Fi Mini and Tractive smart cat trackers, evaluating GPS accuracy, app-based safe-zone alerts, activity tracking, and sleep monitoring using a test cat named Basil. The reviewer found both trackers rely on GPS, which can falter with spotty satellite signal, and noted Tractive's app offered more detailed activity and sleep data than Fi's.