GoKawiil - Latest Tech News & Aggregated Headlines

Trump’s Golden Dome Projected to Cost Exponentially More Than the Manhattan Project

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2025-09-20 15:35:27

Donald Trump has many grand plans for America, one of the more ambitious of which is to create a giant invisible space shield that theoretically protects the country from rockets. In January, Trump announced, via executive order, the creation of a “Golden Dome,” designed to protect Americans from the “threat of attack by ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles, and other advanced aerial attacks.” The project, Trump said, would use a network of satellites to detect and repel aerial attacks on

Topics: cost dome project shield trump

Shop Amazon

Trump’s Golden Dome will cost 10 to 100 times more than the Manhattan Project

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-20 22:38:22

One thing that's evident about President Donald Trump's proposal for the Golden Dome missile defense shield is that designing, deploying, and sustaining it will cost a lot of money, at least several hundred billion dollars, over the course of several decades. Beyond that, it's really anyone's guess. That doesn't sit well with some lawmakers, but the Republican-controlled Congress committed $25 billion in July as a down payment for new missile-defense technologies. The White House stated in May

Topics: billion defense dome golden shield

Shop Amazon

Scammers are faking cell towers now; Americans bad at spotting scams

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-09-21 15:10:56

Mobile carriers are very slowly getting better at detecting and blocking scam texts, but it seems the fraudsters may still be staying ahead of the game. Scammers are now using a technology known as SMS blasters, backpack-sized devices that can trick smartphones into thinking they are cell towers … Scammers faking cell towers Wired says the technology is not new, but there has been a marked increase in its use. Over the last year, there has been a marked uptick in the use of so-called “SMS bl

Topics: cell devices phishing phones scammers

Shop Amazon

First iPhone 17 and iPhone Air pre-orders now say ‘Shipped’

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-09-23 04:03:07

The iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max, and iPhone Air all arrive in stores tomorrow, September 19. Now, Apple has begun notifying the first pre-order customers for the new iPhones that their devices have shipped. Apple’s website now says iPhone 17 has officially shipped for at least some buyers If you were among the first to pre-order the iPhone 17 or iPhone Air, your new iPhone might now be marked as ‘Shipped.’ Users have begun reporting that the Apple Store shows their new device as havi

Topics: 17 apple iphone order shipped

Shop Amazon

Uber will (once again) test delivering food by drone this year

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-23 12:00:17

Uber Eats is testing out drone deliveries yet again, this time in partnership with Flytrex. To note, Flytrex is one of the drone operators behind Walmart's drone deliveries and already delivers food in some parts of the US. It's one of the four providers that received authorization by the FAA for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations, in which pilots can't see the aircraft they're controlling directly. The partnership, the companies said, will enable Uber Eats customers to receive order

Topics: delivery drone flytrex partnership uber

Shop Amazon

Are portable wind generators a viable alternative to solar power? My verdict after testing one at home

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-09-23 20:48:00

Shine Turbine Kit ZDNET's key takeaways The Shine Turbine kit is on sale for $279, while the Essentials Kit is on sale for $342. The kit includes everything you need to turn wind into electrical energy, and the turbine features a 12,000 mAh battery. There are limitations, which include the weight of the kit and the 40W of power it taps out at. View now at Shineturbine Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. I cover a lot of solar generators here, and they are all the rage. I've

Topics: cm kit power shine turbine

Shop Amazon

Rendezvous Hashing Explained (2020)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-21 10:36:10

Rendezvous hashing is an algorithm to solve the distributed hash table problem - a common and general pattern in distributed systems. There are three parts of the problem: Keys: unique identifiers for data or workloads Values: data or workloads that consume resources Servers: entities that manage data or workloads For example, in a distributed storage system, the key might be a filename, the value is the file data, and the servers are networked data servers that collectively store all of the f

Topics: hashing key rendezvous server servers

Shop Amazon

Microsoft and Cloudflare disrupt massive RaccoonO365 phishing service

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-25 16:20:05

Microsoft and Cloudflare have disrupted a massive Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) operation, known as RaccoonO365, that helped cybercriminals steal thousands of Microsoft 365 credentials. In early September 2025, in coordination with Cloudflare's Cloudforce One and Trust and Safety teams, Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) disrupted the cybercrime operation by seizing 338 websites and Worker accounts linked to RaccoonO365. The cybercrime group behind this service (also tracked by Microsoft as

Topics: cloudflare dcu microsoft phishing raccoono365

Shop Amazon

Don't Miss This Claustrophobic Sci-Fi Nightmare Streaming Free on Tubi

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-27 04:00:04

There's something about sci-fi horror that hits all the buttons for me. Derelict spaceships the size of cities, creatures engineered by science or nature to be perfect predators and the claustrophobia of space all manage to get me excited every time. The Alien franchise made me fall in love with this sub-genre, along with gems like Dark City and Event Horizon. One of my lesser-known favorites is Pandorum. Released in 2009, it's a claustrophobic trip into space where a mechanic wakes up on a col

Topics: bower pandorum payton ship space

Shop Amazon

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5’s biggest rival is arriving next week

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-28 12:58:20

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR MediaTek has announced that its next Dimensity flagship processor will be launched next week. This chip is expected to be the Dimensity 9500 processor. The processor is said to pack a powerful CPU, Mali G1-Ultra graphics, and an NPU with 100 TOPS of performance. Qualcomm will announce the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 next week, and it’s expected to power a host of flagship Android phones. Now, arch-rival MediaTek has revealed that its own high-end processo

Topics: chip dimensity flagship mediatek processor

Shop Amazon

I took a Coros smartwatch on a fly-fishing trip - and it made my Apple and Garmin look bad

zdnet.com Matthew Miller 2025-09-28 12:23:00

Coros Nomad smartwatch ZDNET's key takeaways The Coros Nomad is available now in Green, Brown, and Dark Grey for $349. It's built to withstand the elements with detailed metrics and focused journal utilities for fishing. There is no speaker to playback voice notes, no solar charging, and no LED flashlight to see in the dark. View now at Coros Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. I've had the opportunity to test a lot of smartwatches, but it's still tough to find one watch th

Topics: coros fish fishing nomad watch

Shop Amazon

People Who Hunt Down Old TVs

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-25 10:51:19

They are televisions from another era, replaced by the flat screen, high-resolution displays of the modern era. Yet cathode-ray tubes are still surprisingly in demand. The moment he saw pictures of the grubby old televisions for sale, Shaan Joshi knew he had to have them. Joshi, a game developer and writer from central Florida in the US, immediately paid up: $2,500 (£1,900) for 10 cathode-ray tube (CRT) TVs. Chunky boxes with thick glass screens. Relics from another time. Wi-fi connectivity? Ap

Topics: era good joshi sets tvs

Shop Amazon

Inside the shift at Disrupt: Building community and scaling in the AI era

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2025-09-28 15:15:00

At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, taking place October 27–29 in San Francisco, industry leaders will explore how founders can build lasting companies while navigating rapid shifts in AI, markets, and consumer behavior. Catch this dynamic panel on the Going Public Stage, where three seasoned leaders will explore how AI is transforming go-to-market (GTM) strategies from the inside out. Meet the speakers Nirav Tolia , CEO, president, and co-founder of Nextdoor , leads one of the most recognized communi

Topics: 2025 com disrupt leadership previously

Shop Amazon

Nudists and Surfers Protest SpaceX’s Plans to Launch Starship From Florida

gizmodo.com Passant Rabie 2025-09-28 23:35:54

SpaceX isn’t very popular among beachgoers in Florida at the moment. The rocket company applied for a permit to launch its Starship rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, which threatens to restrict beach access for surfers and casual nudists. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently hosted a series of public meetings where residents of the area got to weigh in on its upcoming decision to allow Starship to lift off from Cape Canaveral in Florida. During the meeting, membe

Topics: beach florida playalinda space starship

Shop Amazon

Inside the Shift at Disrupt: Building Community and Scaling in the AI Era

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2025-09-29 16:15:00

At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, October 27–29 in San Francisco, industry leaders will explore how founders can build lasting companies while navigating rapid shifts in AI, markets, and consumer behavior. Catch this dynamic panel on the Going Public Stage, where three seasoned leaders will explore how AI is transforming go-to-market (GTM) strategies from the inside out. Meet the speakers Meet the speakers Nirav Tolia , CEO, president, and co-founder of Nextdoor , leads one of the most recognized c

Topics: 2025 ai disrupt leadership previously

Shop Amazon

US says 'framework' for TikTok ownership deal agreed with China

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-09-30 08:37:44

US says 'framework' for TikTok ownership deal agreed with China The US treasury secretary has said Washington has reached a "framework" deal with China on the ownership of TikTok's American operations. Scott Bessent said the framework was set in trade talks in Madrid to pave the way for US ownership. He added that US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping would "complete" the deal on Friday. China has not commented. Trump said on Truth Social that talks in Madrid had "gone ve

Topics: china deal framework ownership said

Shop Amazon

In Silksong, spite is my motivation to keep playing

theverge.com Ash Parrish 2025-09-30 04:00:00

is a reporter who covers the business, culture, and communities of video games, with a focus on marginalized gamers and the quirky, horny culture of video game communities. I would not call the time I’m having with Hollow Knight: Silksong “fun,” and yet I’m still playing. In the depths of The Marrow, the second major area of Silksong, there’s a particularly nasty midboss. I eventually beat him, but my reward wasn’t a new ability, item, or a bench where I could rest and save my progress. All I

Topics: bullshit feel game playing silksong

Shop Amazon

New VoidProxy phishing service targets Microsoft 365, Google accounts

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-30 10:23:32

A newly discovered phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform, named VoidProxy, targets Microsoft 365 and Google accounts, including those protected by third-party single sign-on (SSO) providers such as Okta. The platform uses adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) tactics to steal credentials, multi-factor authentication (MFA) codes, and session cookies in real time. VoidProxy was discovered by Okta Threat Intelligence researchers, who describe it as scalable, evasive, and sophisticated. The attack begi

Topics: microsoft okta phishing service voidproxy

Shop Amazon

Fukushima insects tested for cognition

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-30 06:32:22

In the contaminated area around Fukushima, Japan, scientists are studying the impact of radioactivity on the cognitive abilities of pollinating insects such as honeybees and giant hornets. Bees and hornets are known to have a wide range of cognitive skills, including the ability to recognise colours and navigate in space. However, pollution by substances released into the environment by humans, such as pesticides, can impair their performance. Olivier Armant, from the radionuclide ecology and

Topics: area bees cognitive fukushima lihoreau

Shop Amazon

Amazon Prime Shared Free Shipping Faces Crackdown Next Month

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-30 23:07:06

If you're using someone else's Amazon Prime membership for their free shipping but you don't live in the same household, you might need to pay another monthly cost soon. According to Amazon's updated customer service page, the online retail giant is ending its Prime Invitee benefit-sharing program on Oct. 1. Amazon's Prime Invitee program is being replaced by Amazon Family, as reported earlier by The Verge, which includes many of the same benefits. However, Amazon Family only works for up to t

Topics: amazon day free membership prime

Shop Amazon

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book is a new platformer coming to the Switch 2 next spring

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-02 03:38:05

Nintendo is dropping a slew of Mario-related announcements this morning as part of the franchise's 40th anniversary, including a new game starring his dinosaur companion. Yoshi and the Mysterious Book is coming out for Switch 2 in the Spring of 2026 and the brief bit of gameplay we saw plants it squarely in the cutesy yet intriguing tradition of past Yoshi platformers. The game's worlds and levels appear to be part of a book named Mr. Encyclopedia (or Mr. E for short) that Yoshi can jump into a

Topics: game gameplay games world yoshi

Shop Amazon

IDC: Apple gained wearables market share, but sales lagged behind competitors during Q2

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-10-03 12:03:11

IDC’s report on worldwide “wrist-worn” devices for the second quarter of 2025 is out, and it shows mixed results for the Apple Watch. Here is the breakdown. Xiaomi leads in growth, while Samsung lags behind During the second quarter last year, IDC determined that Apple had shipped 5.7 million Apple Watch units, falling closely behind Xiaomi’s 5.9 million shipped units and further behind Huawei’s 8.9 million. That difference was mirrored in market share as well, with Huawei taking the top spot

Topics: apple million shipped units xiaomi

Shop Amazon

Launch HN: Ghostship (YC S25) – AI agents that find bugs in your web app

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-03 16:06:32

Hi HN, we're Jesse and Gautham. We're building Ghostship ( https://tryghostship.dev/ ). Ghostship lets you find bugs in your web app by entering in your URL and describing a user journey. Here's a video of Ghostship in action: https://www.loom.com/share/dec264ae32f94d50adb141c9246837c3?.... For over half our lives, we've been developers and we've done tons of user-facing projects like a coding competition I built called CerealCodes or freelancing projects on Upwork. The biggest problem we fac

Topics: app bugs ghostship user web

Shop Amazon

Gmail gets a dedicated place to track all your purchases

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-04 04:01:39

An update to Gmail begins rolling out soon, readying Google's premier email app for all your upcoming holiday purchases. Gmail has been surfacing shipment tracking for some time now, but Google will now add a separate view just for remembering the things you have ordered. And if you want to buy more things, there's a new interface for that, too. Yay, capitalism. Gmail is quite good at recognizing purchase information in the form of receipts and shipping notifications. Currently, the app (and we

Topics: gmail google purchases shipping tab

Shop Amazon

BMW PGA Championship 2025: TV Schedule Today, How to Watch, Stream All the Golf From Anywhere

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-04 15:15:04

Team Europe will get a valuable warm up ahead of this month's Ryder Cup as a host of big names take on Wentworth this weekend for the BMW PGA Championship 2025. Keep reading to find out the best live TV streaming services you can use to watch each day of the tournament live. Almost all of the European line up will be battling for a share of the $9 million prize pot at the Surrey, UK course, with Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Rose, Shane Lowry and skipper Luke Donald all invol

Topics: 2025 bmw championship pga sports

Shop Amazon

SpaceX Targets 2026 to Test Orbital Flight for Next-Gen Starship Vehicle

wired.com Stephen Clark 2025-10-04 12:30:00

It has been two weeks since SpaceX’s last Starship test flight, and engineers have diagnosed issues with its heat shield, identified improvements, and developed a preliminary plan for the next time the ship heads into space. Bill Gerstenmaier, a SpaceX executive in charge of build and flight reliability, presented the findings Monday at the American Astronautical Society’s Glenn Space Technology Symposium in Cleveland. The rocket lifted off on August 26 from SpaceX’s launch pad in Starbase, Te

Topics: flight spacex starship test tiles

Shop Amazon

Learning lessons from the loss of the Norwegian frigate Helge Ingstad

news.ycombinator.com Dick Van Dyke 2025-10-02 14:02:15

In 2021 the Accident Investigation Board – Norway (AIBN) published a detailed report covering the loss of HNoMS Helge Ingstad after she collided with an oil tanker in November 2018. There is much to be learned from this event that is applicable to the RN and global navies. In this in-depth, although far from exhaustive, article we describe the incident and look at some of the key lessons. The accident in summary On 8th November 2018, the frigate Helge Ingstad (HING) was heading south down Hjel

Topics: control damage hing ship tanker

Shop Amazon

SpaceX Targets an Orbital Starship Flight with a Next-Gen Vehicle in 2026

wired.com Stephen Clark 2025-10-06 04:30:00

It has been two weeks since SpaceX’s last Starship test flight, and engineers have diagnosed issues with its heat shield, identified improvements, and developed a preliminary plan for the next time the ship heads into space. Bill Gerstenmaier, a SpaceX executive in charge of build and flight reliability, presented the findings Monday at the American Astronautical Society’s Glenn Space Technology Symposium in Cleveland. The rocket lifted off on August 26 from SpaceX’s launch pad in Starbase, Te

Topics: flight spacex starship test tiles

Shop Amazon

Starship to Deliver 100 Tons to Orbit by 2026, Musk Claims

gizmodo.com Passant Rabie 2025-10-06 12:05:41

Starship finally broke a losing streak of back-to-back flops, acing its 10th suborbital flight last month. Following the rocket’s success, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk is now confident that the massive vehicle will begin flying payloads to space in 2026. During an interview with the All-In Podcast, Musk explained how an upgraded version of Starship will reach orbit by next year and demonstrate full reusability of the Super Heavy booster and its upper stage. “Unless we have some very major s

Topics: musk rocket spacex starship version

Shop Amazon

Lyft and May Mobility launch robotaxis in Atlanta

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2025-10-07 00:00:00

Riders in Atlanta can now hail a May Mobility robotaxi on the Lyft app, marking the first commercial deployment in the two companies’ partnership. The small fleet of autonomous vehicles is Lyft’s latest attempt to carve out a presence in the robotaxi market. Lyft’s Atlanta launch signals an effort to carve out a piece of the robotaxi market. But it has a lot of catching up to do if it hopes to close the gap with rival Uber. Earlier this year, Bank of America analysts downgraded the stock to “Un

Topics: atlanta company lyft mobility partnership

Shop Amazon

Latest Tech News

Trump’s Golden Dome Projected to Cost Exponentially More Than the Manhattan Project

Trump’s Golden Dome will cost 10 to 100 times more than the Manhattan Project

Scammers are faking cell towers now; Americans bad at spotting scams

First iPhone 17 and iPhone Air pre-orders now say ‘Shipped’

Uber will (once again) test delivering food by drone this year

Are portable wind generators a viable alternative to solar power? My verdict after testing one at home

Rendezvous Hashing Explained (2020)

Microsoft and Cloudflare disrupt massive RaccoonO365 phishing service

Don't Miss This Claustrophobic Sci-Fi Nightmare Streaming Free on Tubi

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5’s biggest rival is arriving next week

I took a Coros smartwatch on a fly-fishing trip - and it made my Apple and Garmin look bad

People Who Hunt Down Old TVs

Inside the shift at Disrupt: Building community and scaling in the AI era

Nudists and Surfers Protest SpaceX’s Plans to Launch Starship From Florida

Inside the Shift at Disrupt: Building Community and Scaling in the AI Era

US says 'framework' for TikTok ownership deal agreed with China

In Silksong, spite is my motivation to keep playing

New VoidProxy phishing service targets Microsoft 365, Google accounts

Fukushima insects tested for cognition

Amazon Prime Shared Free Shipping Faces Crackdown Next Month

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book is a new platformer coming to the Switch 2 next spring

IDC: Apple gained wearables market share, but sales lagged behind competitors during Q2

Launch HN: Ghostship (YC S25) – AI agents that find bugs in your web app

Gmail gets a dedicated place to track all your purchases

BMW PGA Championship 2025: TV Schedule Today, How to Watch, Stream All the Golf From Anywhere

SpaceX Targets 2026 to Test Orbital Flight for Next-Gen Starship Vehicle

Learning lessons from the loss of the Norwegian frigate Helge Ingstad

SpaceX Targets an Orbital Starship Flight with a Next-Gen Vehicle in 2026

Starship to Deliver 100 Tons to Orbit by 2026, Musk Claims

Lyft and May Mobility launch robotaxis in Atlanta

About GoKawiil

Privacy

Advertising

Latest Tech News

Trending Topics

Hot Now

Popular

Emerging

About GoKawiil

Privacy

Advertising