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tiangong ultra clocked 9 39 seconds over 100 meters then crashed into a foam pad Set in 2009, Usain Bolt's 100-meter world record of 9.58 seconds hasn't budged. But as of this week it carries a footnote it didn't have before: it's the fastest a human has gone.

Tiangong Ultra Clocked 9.39 Seconds Over 100 Meters — Then Crashed Into a Foam Pad

a year of doj scrutiny over a16z board seats does the rest of venture capital blink For close to a year now, the Justice Department has had Andreessen Horowitz under investigation. The subject isn't fraud. It isn't securities violations. It's board seats.

A year of DOJ scrutiny over a16z board seats — does the rest of venture capital blink?

instagram quietly routes your off app activity into ads and ai the 7 settings that push back Instagram has no master kill switch for data collection. I hunted for one and came up empty; what exists instead is a scattered set of seven checkpoints, split between the app itself, your phone's system settings and a web page your phone can't even get to.

Instagram Quietly Routes Your Off-App Activity Into Ads and AI — The 7 Settings That Push Back

tiktok agrees to 400 million settlement in doj childrens privacy suit Four hundred million dollars is the price of making a children's privacy lawsuit disappear when you're TikTok.

TikTok Agrees to $400 Million Settlement in DOJ Children’s Privacy Suit

pixel watch 5 hands on a very good smartwatch shipping without half of what makes it new A week in, and the full picture of the Pixel Watch 5 still isn't available to me. That's not me hedging. Google's custom workout builder, blood pressure trend reports and insulin resistance tracking aren't due until September, so a meaningful slice of what's supposed to be new about this watch simply isn't on my wrist.

Pixel Watch 5 hands-on: A very good smartwatch shipping without half of what makes it new

australias esafety finds fresh child safety holes in roblox platform signs binding fix pledge Two years of negotiations. Several waves of new safety tooling. Yet when Australia's eSafety commission carried out its own testing earlier this year, adults were still able to fire off connection requests to Australian children with no parental sign-off required.

Australia’s eSafety Finds Fresh Child Safety Holes in Roblox — Platform Signs Binding Fix Pledge

amazon plans to fly prime air drones over almost 500 us towns by years end By December, Amazon intends to have its drones covering more than six times the American territory they serve today. Prime Air, the company says, will be operating in "nearly 500 cities and towns in the United States" before the year closes.

Amazon Plans to Fly Prime Air Drones Over Almost 500 US Towns by Year’s End

a crypto 2026 paper quietly deletes the randomness beacon permissionless consensus leaned on A cryptography paper accepted to Crypto 2026 pulls off something narrow, and is refreshingly upfront about it: it deletes a clock.

A Crypto 2026 paper quietly deletes the randomness beacon permissionless consensus leaned on

report google set to move all pixel manufacturing out of china by 2027 According to a Nikkei Asia report, Google has informed its suppliers that from 2027 onward, no Pixel phone, watch or set of earbuds will be assembled in China. Vietnam and India pick up the work instead.

Report: Google Set to Move All Pixel Manufacturing Out of China by 2027

leaked macos video appears to reveal apples camera equipped airpods Apple put a demo video of unannounced hardware inside a public beta. That detail alone is worth pausing on.

Leaked macOS Video Appears to Reveal Apple’s Camera-Equipped AirPods