Thomas Ricker

Amazon’s third batch of Project Kuiper satellites has launched into space on Elon Musk’s Falcon 9 rocket. The deployment of 24 Kuiper satellites comes just three hours after 26 Starlink satellites were deployed. Jeff Bezos plans to light up his space Internet service later this year with help from launch partners ULA, Arianespace, and yes, his own Blue Origin. The Kuiper constellation will eventually consist of more than 3,200 satellites, less than half of what Starlink already has operating, with more competitors to come.

The new lawsuit says io co-founder Tang Tan admitted that he received confidential information, including CAD drawings of Iyo’s ear-worn computer, from the startup’s former design and manufacturing lead who was seeking a job from io at the time.

Here’s the outgoing Apple COO and defacto head of design recounting the time that Steve Jobs willed a scratch-resistant display into existence after the original iPhone was announced and demonstrated with a plastic screen. Corning eventually dubbed the product “Gorilla Glass.”

Demand for PCs in the US has cooled significantly from the spike saw in the first quarter, as demonstrated in the chart below. “What we’re witnessing here might highlight US PC demand slowing down in anticipation of the import tariffs looming deadline,” says IDC in its latest quarterly report. Lenovo dominated Q2 2025 with an estimated 24.8 precent global share of “desktops, notebooks, and workstations.” Apple placed 4th after a big 21.4 percent jump in year-over-year shipments. HP ranks 2nd, Dell 3rd, and Asus comes in at 5th.

Samsung Electronics keeps promising a turnaround but it’s once again projecting a dismal quarter, with weak AI chip sales to blame for a projected 56 percent plunge in operating profit. At 4.6 trillion won for the April-June period, it would be its weakest result in six quarters.

Elon Musk’s embrace of acronyms like MAGA and DOGE has alienated the left, while his commitment to clean energy and EVs continues to enrage the entrenched oil and gas interests of the Trumpian right. So, can anyone still appreciate Tesla’s massive new off-grid Supercharger, even if it’s only because the company finally nailed a timeline?