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We cover the companies and hardware behind modern tech: chips, phones, computers, cybersecurity, space and the deals that reshape the industry. Each story is short, sourced and ends with the questions readers actually ask.
Nine years after the first reveal, Tesla showed the second-generation Roadster in Texas with SpaceX cold-gas thrusters, three trims, $50,000 reservations and production planned for 2028.
New Withings accounts need a Withings+ membership, about $100 a year, to send scale and watch data to Apple Health, Google's health apps and other third-party services. Existing accounts keep syncing for free.
E Ink announced Kaleido 4, the next version of the color screen inside most color e-readers, with double the color range, 50% more contrast and video at up to 18 frames per second.
Google Quantum AI says a technique called magic state cultivation cut errors about 40 times on its Willow processor, tackling a bottleneck researchers have worried about since 2004.
Microsoft and Health-ISAC seized domains behind YAM Store, CoGUI and Iron Man, three services that sold scammers accounts, fake websites and ready-made lures used in more than 1 billion messages this year.
Eighteen months after the attack, the Ministry of Justice says about 250,000 stolen Legal Aid Agency records predate 2007, and some probation data was taken too.
