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The Supreme Court lets Mississippi's social media age-verification law go into effect

The Supreme Court has decided not to weigh in on one of the many state-level age-verification laws currently being reviewed across the country. Today, the top court chose not to intervene on legislation from Mississippi about checking the ages of social media users, denying an application to vacate stay from NetChoice. The Mississippi law requires all users to verify their ages in order to use social media sites. It also places responsibility on the social networks to prevent children from acce

Uber considers insurance payouts for delays, canceled rides, missed flights, more

Uber is inquiring select Brazilian customers on a series of new services, including multiple forms of insurance. Here are the details. Insurance may cover delays and even missed flights If you’ve ever had to cancel an Uber ride request, you know that you might have incurred a cancellation fee, which Uber says goes to the driver to make up for gas and time spent on the way to pick you up. But you’ve probably also been in the opposite situation, whether because the driver canceled halfway to pi

Google’s ongoing Pixel battery fiasco gives me zero confidence in the Pixel 10

Reddit user zaliver Google has messed up. For the past few months, one story keeps coming back again and again to haunt the Pixel line-up, and it’s all centered around battery woes. Specifically, something fishy around the Pixel 4a’s and 6a’s batteries, with mandatory updates, restricted battery charging, battery replacement programs, cashbacks to buy a new phone, and the odd exploding battery or two. Throughout this entire mess, one thing has been abundantly clear: Google is trying to sweep t

Microsoft fixes Windows 11 24H2 updates failing with 0x80240069 error

Microsoft has resolved a known issue preventing the August 2025 Windows 11 24H2 cumulative update from being delivered via Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). Introduced almost twenty years ago, WSUS helps IT administrators defer, approve, and schedule updates for Microsoft products on enterprise networks from a single local update server, rather than having each endpoint update from Redmond's servers. Microsoft confirmed the known issue yesterday evening, one day after widespread reports f

Windows 11 24H2 updates failing again with 0x80240069 errors

The KB5063878 Windows 11 24H2 cumulative update, released earlier this week, fails to install on some systems according to widespread reports from Windows administrators. As many admins have reported on social media and BleepingComputer, this issue affects Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) users, who are experiencing 0x80240069 errors when installing the August 2025 security updates. On impacted devices, users will also see "Service wuauserv has unexpectedly stopped" and "The Windows Updat

Why Trump’s “golden dome” missile defense idea is another ripped straight from the movies

In January 2024, Donald Trump revived the space-shield dream at a primary campaign rally in Laconia, New Hampshire, using the Star Wars nickname that Reagan hated. It didn’t work in the 1980s, Trump said, because the technology wasn’t there. But times have changed. Whether in Golden Age Hollywood or Trump’s impromptu dramatizations, the dream of a missile shield is animated by its sheer cinematic allure. “I’ve seen so many things. I’ve seen shots that you wouldn’t even believe,” Trump said. He

Microsoft asks users to ignore certificate enrollment errors

Microsoft has asked customers this week to disregard incorrect CertificateServicesClient (CertEnroll) errors that appear after installing the July 2025 preview update and subsequent Windows 11 24H2 updates. In recent months, Microsoft has addressed multiple similar issues affecting various Windows features that triggered erroneous warnings with no actual impact. For instance, last month, Redmond advised users to turn a blind eye to Windows Firewall configuration errors that occurred after rebo

F-Droid build servers can't build modern Android apps due to outdated CPUs

On August 7, 2025, a new build problem started hitting many Android apps on F-Droid. Many Android apps on F-Droid have been unable to publish updates if they use Android Gradle Plugin (AGP) 8.12.0 or Gradle 9.0. The root cause: Google’s new aapt2 binary in AGP 8.12.0 started requiring CPU instructions (SSE4.1, SSSE3) that F-Droid’s build farm hardware doesn’t support. This is similar to a 2021 AGP 4.1.0 issue, but it has returned, and now affects hundreds of apps. As an example, my open-source

This so-called Android ‘antivirus’ is just a front for spyware

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR LunaSpy Android spyware hides as an antivirus or banking protection app, spreading via messaging apps like Telegram. It fakes virus scans to trick you into granting permissions, then steals data, tracks you, and can even record audio or video. Avoid downloading APKs from messenger links and be wary of unknown security apps requesting broad permissions. Think you’re beefing up your Android phone’s security? If the antivirus app you just installed came

Samsung’s latest One UI 8 beta is causing a hilarious moon-related camera glitch

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Galaxy devices running One UI 8 Beta 4 are experiencing a new bug. The issue turns the moon purple after you pass 30x zoom. These moon photos also appear blurrier compared to photos taken with a device running One UI 7. When it comes to betas, bugs come with the territory. Sometimes those bugs can be of the serious variety, causing crashes or other system problems. But other times, bugs can fall into the funny or weird category. The new bug that One UI 8

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Windows 10 KB5063709 update fixes extended security updates enrollment

Microsoft has released the KB5063709 cumulative update for Windows 10 22H2 and Windows 10 21H2, with seven fixes or changes, including a fix for a bug that prevented enrollment in extended security updates. The Windows 10 KB5063709 update is mandatory as it contains Microsoft's July 2025 Patch Tuesday security updates, which fix one zero-day vulnerability and 136 other flaws. Windows users can install this update by going into Settings, clicking on Windows Update, and manually performing a 'Ch

Apple’s AI Ambitions Leave Big Questions Over Its Climate Goals

Here’s a simple question: Is the current top iPhone better for the environment than the top iPhone was five years ago? Let’s take the iPhone Pro series. If we’re looking at recycled and renewable materials, it’s an easy yes. Compare the iPhone 11 Pro, released in September 2019, with the iPhone 16 Pro, released in September 2024, and there has been good progress—from a few smaller components and packaging to now at more than 25 percent of the whole phone. There's work to do, of course, but that

Trump admin stops illegal freeze of $5B EV charger funds after losing in court

The Trump administration has finally issued new guidance that states can use to dole out $5 billion in funding for electric vehicle charging infrastructure, after spending months withholding the money. A coalition of states sued over the funding freeze in the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program, which was one of the administration’s many attempts to stop funding appropriated by Congress at the start of Donald Trump’s second term. A judge ruled in June that those states were

Google wants you to forget about its Pixel battery issues. Here’s why you shouldn’t

Several Google Pixel models have suffered significant battery issues over the past eight months. This has manifested in Pixel-A series, with phones catching fire or suffering from swollen batteries. But I can forgive you if you didn’t know about it. Google has tried extremely hard to sweep this issue under the rug, preferring that it didn’t exist and pretending it’s not a big deal. However, I can’t overstate enough why you really shouldn’t let the company off the hook. Do you think Google has

James Lovell, the steady astronaut who brought Apollo 13 home safely, has died

James Lovell, a member of humanity's first trip to the moon and commander of NASA's ill-fated Apollo 13 mission, has died at the age of 97. Lovell's death on Thursday was announced by the space agency. "NASA sends its condolences to the family of Capt. Jim Lovell, whose life and work inspired millions of people across the decades," said acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy in a statement on Friday. "Jim's character and steadfast courage helped our nation reach the moon and turned a potential t

What to Stream This Weekend: 'Wednesday,' 'The Pickup,' 'Platonic' and More

Our expert, award-winning staff selects the products we cover and rigorously researches and tests our top picks. If you buy through our links, we may get a commission. Reviews ethics statement What to Stream This Weekend: 'Wednesday,' 'The Pickup,' 'Platonic' and More Don't miss the latest on Netflix, Apple TV Plus and other platforms. Here's what you should binge this weekend.

Facebook and Instagram may be down for some users

Meta is apparently experiencing some capacity of server issues today. According to Downdetector, user reports of Facebook and Instagram not refreshing have spiked recently. Meta hasn’t acknowledged any outage on its system status page yet, and Facebook appears to be loading fine here. But if you’re having issues loading either app today, Downdetector shows that you’re not alone. ❗️Can't refresh your feed or messages on Facebook and Instagram? You're not alone! Downdetector users have been

FCC Democrat: Trump admin is declaring “Mission Accomplished” on broadband

The Federal Communications Commission is hamstringing its upcoming review of broadband availability by ignoring the prices consumers must pay for Internet service, FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez said in a statement yesterday. "Some point to existing law to argue that availability is the only metric Congress allows to measure broadband deployment success. But the law does not require this agency to view broadband availability with one eye closed and the other one half-open," said Gomez, the only De

The Download: how AI is improving itself, and hidden greenhouse gases

Last week, Mark Zuckerberg declared that Meta aims to achieve smarter-than-human AI. He seems to have a recipe for achieving that goal, and the first ingredient is human talent: Zuckerberg has reportedly tried to lure top researchers to Meta Superintelligence Labs with nine-figure offers. The second ingredient is AI itself. Zuckerberg recently said on an earnings call that Meta will focus on building self-improving AI—systems that can bootstrap themselves to higher and higher levels of performa

The greenhouse gases we’re not accounting for

Researchers around the world set to work unraveling the mystery, reviewing readings from satellites, aircraft, and greenhouse-gas monitoring stations. They eventually spotted a clear pattern: Methane emissions had increased sharply across the tropics, where wetlands were growing wetter and warmer. That created the ideal conditions for microbes that thrive in anaerobic muck, which gobbled up more of the carbon-rich organic matter and spat out more methane as a by-product. (Reduced pollution from

The History and Physics of the Atomic Bomb

In 1938, Italian physicist Enrico Fermi, who had fled to New York to escape fascism, discovered a material in which a process of this type occurred: uranium. Fearing that the Nazis might also discover this element’s capability of producing a chain reaction, the Manhattan Project was born in 1940, a secret program for the development of nuclear weapons led by Arthur Compton. Compton formed a research group, which also included Fermi and Szilard, that would continue to conduct experiments on nucle

Google is rolling out a fix for Pixel back button issues

The issues appear to have started popping up shortly after the official release of Android 16 in June. Ever since that update, the user said that navigation has been “a complete mess” and that they ran into issues with buttons being “completely unresponsive” or delays of “over 30 seconds” on their Pixel 8 Pro. Another user said they had to occasionally press the back button “a few times” on their Pixel 9 to get the phone to register it. The swipe gesture to navigate back also occasionally stoppe

A 'very low' number of original Sonos Roam speakers are overheating

The company said the issue is happening in the original model of the portable speaker. Sonos is having overheating issues with a "very low" number of its Roam speakers. Bloomberg reports that some users' portable Bluetooth speakers are overheating around the device's USB-C port. The company has not recalled any products as a result but it aware of the issue happening. "We’ve closely tracked a limited number of reports involving the USB-C charging connection on some first-generation Sonos Roam

Trump Administration Moves to Destroy Satellite That Monitors Greenhouse Gases

The Trump Administration’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2026 would take an axe to NASA science. Two satellite missions on the chopping block have provided climate scientists, oil and gas companies, and farmers with critical atmospheric carbon data for years. The Orbiting Carbon Observatories are a pair of instruments that map atmospheric carbon on a global scale. NASA launched the OCO-2 in 2014 and mounted the OCO-3 on the International Space Station in 2019. Trump’s budget proposal threaten

Some Sonos Speakers Are Getting So Hot That the USB-C Port Melts

If you’re in the business of selling audio gear with a Sonos logo on it, you may be feeling a little more heat than usual. And if you’re a person who owns a Sonos speaker, you may be equally as hot, though potentially not in a figurative sense. According to a report from Bloomberg, Sonos has admitted that a small number of customers who bought its Roam Bluetooth speakers have experienced overheating problems that caused the speaker to partially melt (specifically the USB-C port). Per Bloomberg,

NASA's Lunar Trailblazer mission ends in disappointment

The Lunar Trailblazer mission to the moon officially ended on July 31, but it wasn't a complete journey. NASA said today that its teams lost contact with the satellite shortly after its launch several months prior. The NASA satellite was part of the IM-2 mission by Intuitive Machines, which took off from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center on February 26 at 7:16PM ET. The Lunar Trailblazer successfully separated from the rocket as planned about 48 minutes after launch. Operators

White House Orders NASA to Destroy Important Satellite

The White House has instructed NASA employees to terminate two major, climate change-focused satellite missions. As NPR reports, Trump officials reached out to the space agency to draw up plans for terminating the two missions, called the Orbiting Carbon Observatories. They've been collecting widely-used data, providing both oil and gas companies and farmers with detailed information about the distribution of carbon dioxide and how it can affect crop health. One is attached to the Internationa

Scientists transform peacock feathers into tiny biological laser beams

TL;DR: Scientists have long been fascinated by the vibrant colors and intricate structures found in the feathers of birds like the Indian Peafowl (commonly known as the peacock). A new study has shed light on a surprising property of these iconic tail feathers: their ability to act as tiny laser resonators when infused with a common fluorescent dye. The research, conducted by researchers from several US universities and published in Nature, set out to explore the behavior of peacock feather bar