NASA astronaut Chris Williams and two Roscosmos cosmonauts concluded an eight-month mission aboard the International Space Station, landing safely in Kazakhstan after 241 days in orbit.
Hyundai Motor Group deepened ties with San Francisco’s innovation ecosystem, outlining a Physical AI roadmap and expanding collaborations with NVIDIA, Waymo and Google DeepMind.
BornMonkie’s debut puzzle platformer Dodo Duckie, now on Xbox Series X|S and PC, follows a duck raised by chickens who learns his differences make him special.
UC Berkeley professor Ula Taylor discusses her book project on activist Frances M. Beal, whose life experiences shaped her pioneering Black feminist politics, in a Berkeley Talks podcast episode.
Microsoft announced XBOX Backward Compatibility on PC, enabling classic original XBOX games to run on PCs and handhelds like ROG XBOX Ally and XBOX Ally X starting with four titles.
AWS adds warm throughput scaling-down to Kinesis Data Streams On-demand Advantage, letting users reduce ingest capacity to cut costs while maintaining sufficient throughput for current traffic.
NASA’s ESCAPADE spacecraft captured images of Earth and the Moon from deep space, providing calibration data for its instruments ahead of its 2026 Mars mission.
NASA’s CAPSTONE 02 mission, launching in 2027, will test advanced navigation and communication technologies in lunar orbit to support future crewed missions and deep space exploration.
AWS Lambda now logs Lambda Managed Instances capacity provider activities in CloudWatch Logs, enabling monitoring of scaling and instance lifecycle events for troubleshooting and optimization.
Amazon SES has introduced a guided setup in Mail Manager to simplify SMTP email sending, reducing configuration steps to a few clicks and providing immediate production-ready credentials.
Hyundai Motor Asia Pacific transported the ASEAN Championship Hyundai Cup™ 2026 trophy to the opening ceremony in Phnom Penh using a Hyundai PALISADE, marking the start of the regional football tournament.
Xbox announced a slate of new titles arriving July 27–31 across Xbox platforms and Game Pass, including remakes, puzzle games, and narrative-driven experiences.
KONAMI has partnered with French studio Evil Empire to develop *Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse*, the first new entry in the franchise in over a decade, set in a gothic Paris and debuting at a Parisian venue.
Meta introduces Facebook Verified, a free selfie-based verification badge for eligible users to confirm real-person profiles on Facebook, starting in select markets.
Meta launched Seller, a dedicated app for Facebook Marketplace sellers, marking the platform’s tenth anniversary. The app offers tools to manage listings and engage buyers, with existing Marketplace data integrated.
Meta marks Facebook Marketplace’s 10th anniversary with new seller tools and identity verification, while testing purpose-built apps and a video-first experience to streamline commerce and community engagement.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs awarded Salesforce a $1.6 billion, three-year contract to modernize veteran care and services using Missionforce, aiming to reduce administrative burdens and improve service...
Volkswagen’s Brand Group Core reported a 4.5% rise in operating profit to €3.61 billion in H1 2026, despite tariffs and geopolitical pressures. A new Core Executive Committee launched in July aims to deepen cross-brand...
Amazon ECS Service Connect now supports zone-aware routing to reduce cross-AZ data transfer costs and latency by prioritizing intra-zone service traffic, with automatic failover to maintain availability.
Alpha Nomos, a rhythm-action roguelite, launches on Xbox Series X|S, blending live instrument combat with dynamic soundtracks shaped by player choices.
Microsoft introduces MAI-Image-2.5-Pro and MAI-Voice-2-Flash, in-house generative AI models designed for enterprise use, enhancing image and voice generation across Microsoft products.
PlayStation announced Phoenix Cyclops as the first Year 1 DLC character for MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls, featuring his Phoenix Five design and abilities.
PlayStation’s Marvel’s Wolverine panel at SDCC revealed a new Story Trailer, enemy factions, a crossover suit, and a prequel comic ahead of the September 15, 2026 release.
Databricks’ Omnigent introduces intent-based authorization to prevent AI agents from executing off-task actions, even when permitted by identity-based controls, by binding sessions to a declared purpose.
Databricks introduced the Field Engineering Vending Machine (FEVM), a self-service system enabling engineers to provision isolated, governed environments in minutes via natural language requests, replacing shared...
Google Play is offering exclusive rewards for Play Points members at Comic-Con San Diego from July 23–25, including digital perks and an in-person auction with high-value prizes.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory leads the Genesis Mission’s ModCon initiative to accelerate scientific discovery through self-improving AI models, with Stefan Wild directing the BASE team.
Xbox begins a limited test of ad-supported game streaming for XBOX Insiders, allowing free access to owned games with one-hour sessions and regional device support.
Databricks introduced automated IAM delegation to simplify connecting Amazon S3 buckets via Unity Catalog, replacing manual 140-line policies with a guided AWS login flow for temporary access.
Xbox announced Free Play Days from July 23–26, offering free access to multiple games including *For Honor*, *Bleach Rebirth of Souls*, and *Killing Floor 3* for all Xbox members, with *Metal Gear Solid – Master...