Instagram and Facebook Hit With Widespread Global Outage
Instagram and Facebook went down worldwide on June 12, 2026, leaving millions unable to access feeds. Here's what we know about the Meta outage.
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iOS 27 Brings Speed Boost to Older iPhones
Apple surprised everyone at WWDC 2026 by keeping older iPhones in iOS 27 — and actually making them faster with a new CPU scheduler.
Your Face May Be in Amazon's Database — Even If You Didn’t Opt In
Class-action lawsuit filed against Amazon alleging Ring's Familiar Faces feature captures facial biometric data without consent. Feature launched December 2025.
Google Wants to Release 32 Million Mosquitoes in California and Florida
Google's Debug Project is seeking EPA approval to release 32 million sterile male mosquitoes in California and Florida to suppress Aedes aegypti, which spreads dengue and Zika.
AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile Are Joining Forces to Eliminate Cell Dead Zones
AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon announced a joint venture to use satellite technology to eliminate cell dead zones — giving any smartphone a signal anywhere in the country.
There Are 13,500 Asteroids That Could Level a City — NASA Has Only Found Half
NASA has found fewer than half the asteroids large enough to cause serious regional damage. A new space telescope launching in 2027 aims to finally close that gap.
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May 29, 2026 5 min readPope Leo XIV Issues First Major Document of His Papacy — It's About Artificial Intelligence
Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, on May 25 — a 42,300-word document warning about AI's threat to human dignity and calling for global regulation.
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May 23, 2026 4 min readScientists Just Found 10,000 Possible New Planets
A new study using AI found 10,091 possible planets in overlooked NASA data — which would more than double every confirmed exoplanet discovered in the past 30 years.
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May 23, 2026 4 min readGeorgia Data Center Used 30 Million Gallons of Water Without Paying
A data center near Atlanta used nearly 30 million gallons of water without paying, discovered after residents noticed low pressure. The county called it a billing error.