3 hours ago
Blue Origin Finally Reused New Glenn, So Why Did The Satellite End Up In The Wrong Place?
Key Takeaways New Glenn’s first stage was successfully recovered for the second time, landing on a drone ship ~9 minutes after liftoff. The upper stage placed BlueBird 7 into a lower-than-planned orbit; the satellite will be de-orbited. BlueBird 7 carried the largest civilian phased array antenna ever put in low…
2 days ago
Tinder and Zoom Adopt Sam Altman’s Iris Scanning Tech For Real Human Verifications
Key Takeaways World ID is expanding its Tinder integration from a Japan pilot to the United States, allowing users to display a “verified human” badge on their profiles. Zoom’s Deep Face feature uses World ID to verify participants via Orb data, live scans, and video. The upgraded World ID protocol…
3 days ago
Anthropic Releases Claude Opus 4.7, Its Most Capable Generally Available Model
Key Takeaways Claude Opus 4.7 scores 64.3% on SWE-bench Pro, up from 53.4% on Opus 4.6, ahead of GPT-5.4’s 57.7%. The model introduces a new xhigh effort level and task budgets in public beta for finer control over reasoning depth and token spend. Vision resolution jumps from 1,568 pixels to…
4 days ago
Google Debuts Native Gemini Mac App Built in Under 100 Days Using Swift
Key Takeaways Gemini for Mac is free, requires macOS 15 or later, and is available globally at gemini.google/mac starting April 15. Option + Space launches a floating mini chat overlay from anywhere on the Mac; Option + Shift + Space opens the full Gemini interface. The app was built entirely…
5 days ago
Google Sued by Aptoide for Allegedly Stifling Competition on Android Devices
Key Takeaways Aptoide claims Google uses its “Play Protect” system as a weapon to unfairly flag and disable third-party app stores. The lawsuit targets the “Google Mobile Services” (GMS) bundle, which forces manufacturers to prioritize the Play Store. Aptoide is seeking triple damages, citing a massive loss in potential user…
