If you remember racing home after school to grab the family landline to call your best friend before dinner, a new device from Pinwheel is aiming to reboot that experience for a new generation. The kid-focused tech company announced Tuesday the launch of Pinwheel Home, a modern take on the classic household phone designed to…
The UAE accused Iran of a “brazen” attack on two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, killing one and wounding eight, as Donald Trump said the US would impose a 20% charge as part of a new blockade on the waterway. The US president said they were hitting Iran “very hard” as strikes…
Earlier on Sunday, state media said Iran had closed the Strait of Hormuz until further notice after firing a naval cruise missile at a vessel that was attempting to sail along an unapproved route. The Guards said the vessel was “hit by warning shots and stopped” after ignoring repeated instructions, according to a statement carried…
President Donald Trump ordered renewed airstrikes against Iran on Saturday after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps attacked a commercial ship transiting the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. military said in a statement. The M/V GFS Galaxy, a container ship sailing under the flag of Cyprus, is unable to continue its journey after the Iranian attack…
Ford Motor CEO Jim Farley speaks during a launch event for the 2025 Ford Expedition in Louisville, Kentucky, on April 30, 2025. Michael Wayland | CNBC DETROIT — Ford Motor regularly promotes itself as a cornerstone of American manufacturing, business and truck leadership with its best-selling F-Series pickups, but it also has led the U.S….
The LINK spacecraft, which Lee’s team came up with, is a three-armed robot, about the size of a fridge, bristling with cameras and guidance systems and driven by small thrusters. Launched on Friday, the spacecraft will spend the next few weeks waking up its systems one-by-one: power, navigation, the cameras and sensors it will rely…
On Thursday, Microsoft announced a new operating business called Microsoft Frontier company, focused on delivering successful enterprise AI deployments with Microsoft’s existing AI tools. The project will be backed by a $2.5 billion investment from Microsoft, as well as 6,000 industry and engineering experts. In a statement announcing the venture, Microsoft’s Commercial Business CEO Judson…
Valve has launched the Steam Machine gaming computer at a higher price than it previously expected, in what it has attributed to soaring component costs. The gaming giant said in a blog post, external on Monday that its new gaming PC, which also doubles as a console, would retail at £879 in the UK and…
The Army on Thursday launched a new Indo-Pacific command that combines traditional formations with some of the service’s cyber, space, unmanned systems and electronic warfare capabilities, the service announced Friday. Soldiers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord cased the colors of the 1st Multi-Domain Task Forces Headquarters and 7th ID Headquarters Support Company and uncased the 7th…
During the pandemic, teenager Demi Weitz teamed with her power agent father, Richard Weitz, now co-chairman of WME, to launch RWQuarantunes. What started as a Zoom experiment in their Beverly Hills kitchen in March 2020 emerged as a philanthropic powerhouse raising nearly $40 million for close to 75 charitable causes and becoming a high-profile stop…
