Browsing: Gadgets

A $4,000 quadruped robot dog from China drew crowds, spooked real dogs, and raised the surveillance question on a June morning commute.

A UK case report details a boy who developed toasted skin syndrome from daily laptop use, leaving a 15cm patch of permanent marks on his abdomen.

Gamers Nexus and Level1Techs found LG’s G5 OLED TV scanning local networks, identifying staff smartwatches and phones without any pairing or user action.

Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum rocket reached low-Earth orbit Saturday from Norway, becoming Europe’s first fully commercial orbital launch vehicle. Founded in 2018.

BepiColombo, ESA’s $2B Mercury mission launched in 2018, has reached its final approach phase. Orbital capture is expected later in 2026.

A Senate provision tucked into a stopgap spending bill blocks the OMB from seizing political control over federal science grants until December.

Bentley’s Supersports strips out hybrid tech, all-wheel drive, and rear seats from the Continental GT platform. Ars tested it in Monterey alongside the new Torcal EV.

A journalist filed 100+ CCPA data requests and got a 515-page report from McDonald’s predicting their behavior. Some companies deleted data instead of sharing it.

Anthropic’s Model Hardware Standard lets AI agents control physical devices via a unified driver layer, cutting experimental setup from weeks to hours.

SpaceX is cutting Florida launch frequency for 2026 as Starship prep begins. California’s Vandenberg now leads. 165 Falcon 9 flights ran in 2025.