Intel and Apple may be first to use TSMC’s 3-nanometer chips
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Intel and Apple may be first to use TSMC’s 3-nanometer chips

Apple and Intel are reportedly testing chip designs with TSMC’s 3-nanometer process and could be first to market with the technology, according to Nikkei. Intel may be planning to use the chips in next-gen notebooks and data centers, while Apple could be first to market with a 3-nanometer processor in future iPad models. Taiwan-based TSMC…

Elon Musk Frustrated With ‘Broken’ Regulations After SpaceX Launch Is Interrupted

Elon Musk Frustrated With ‘Broken’ Regulations After SpaceX Launch Is Interrupted

Article by Euni Han With just seconds left until takeoff on Tuesday, SpaceX’s launch was halted after an aircraft flew into launch range, according to CNBC. Founder Elon Musk voiced his frustrations on Twitter about the rules around rocket launching. “An aircraft entered the ‘keep out zone’, which is unreasonably gigantic. There is simply no…

Sony will keep selling PSP games on PS3 and PS Vita stores
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Sony will keep selling PSP games on PS3 and PS Vita stores

You’re not losing access to digital games for the PSP just yet. When Sony reversed its decision to close the PS3 and the PS Vita storefronts back in April, it also said that the “PSP commerce functionality will retire on July 2nd, 2021 as planned.” While that could be interpreted as Sony pulling the plug…

Boeing Names New CFO, Elects Former Pilot and Air Force Lieutenant General to the Board

Boeing Names New CFO, Elects Former Pilot and Air Force Lieutenant General to the Board

By Dominic Gates From The Seattle Times Boeing announced Wednesday the appointment of a new chief financial officer, Brian West, a former CFO at GE Aviation. And Stayce Harris, a retired U.S. Air Force Reserve lieutenant general and former 747 captain with United Airlines, will join Boeing’s board. Effective at the end of August, West…

Virgin Galactic plans to send Richard Branson to space on July 11th
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Virgin Galactic plans to send Richard Branson to space on July 11th

Sir Richard Branson might get to visit outer space before Jeff Bezos does. Virgin Galactic has announced that it’s opening the flight window for SpaceShipTwo Unity’s next rocket-powered test flight on July 11th, over a week before Blue Origin’s first tourist flight is scheduled to launch on July 20th with Bezos onboard. The Unity 22…

All-Electric Commuter Plane Will Fly This Year, Startup Says

All-Electric Commuter Plane Will Fly This Year, Startup Says

By Dominic Gates From The Seattle Times The electric commuter plane startup Eviation said Thursday it has finalized the design for its Alice aircraft and is on track for its first flight this year. In a hangar in Arlington, Wash., where the company is based, technicians have assembled the fuselage and tail of the first…

Google promotes YouTube TV’s new 4K add-on with a free Chromecast
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Google promotes YouTube TV’s new 4K add-on with a free Chromecast

At the start of the week, Google announced it was finally adding support for 4K streaming to YouTube TV. Now the company is attempting to entice existing YouTube TV subscribers to sign up for the pricey $20 monthly add-on with a promotion that dangles a free Chromecast with Google TV. A YouTube TV subscriber detailed…

EA will host four ‘Spotlight’ panels ahead of Play Live event on July 22nd
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EA will host four ‘Spotlight’ panels ahead of Play Live event on July 22nd

Before it hosts its Play Live event on the 22nd, EA will stream a series of “Spotlight” panels throughout the month of July. In all, fans can look forward to four such panels. The series will start on July 8th with an event devoted to Battlefield 2042, Apex Legends and first-person shooters more broadly. The panel…

Facebook test warns users who may have seen ‘harmful extremist content’
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Facebook test warns users who may have seen ‘harmful extremist content’

Facebook is testing new prompts to reach users who may be “becoming an extremist.” The in-app messages, which Facebook has confirmed is a test, direct users to resources aimed at combating extremism. CNN first reported the new prompts, which have been spotted by Twitter users in recent days. One version is aimed at people who…