The winners of the first-ever Neil Armstrong Space Prize just got their hardware.
Those awardees — the people who developed and mastered the famous landing capability of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket — were announced in April. But they didn’t actually receive the prize until Tuesday night (Sept. 15), when it was bestowed during a ceremony at the Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C.
And it…
OPPO Announces ColorOS 17 Based on Android 17, Details Rollout Timeline, Supported Devices for China
September 18, 2026
OPPO has officially unveiled ColorOS 17, bringing a new visual design, AI-powered features, performance improvements and additional security tools to supported devices. The new Android 17-based operating system will first ship on the upcoming OPPO Find X10 series, OnePlus 16…
Samsung Begins Rolling Out Stable One UI 9 Update for Galaxy S26 Series
September 18, 2026
Samsung has begun rolling out stable One UI 9 update for Galaxy S26 series, after the software version first debuted on the Galaxy Z Fold 8 series and Flip 8. The rollout begins today, September 16, for Galaxy S26, S26+, and the S26 Ultra. Here’s what to expect from…
Samsung Galaxy A08, Galaxy A18 4G Phones Launched
September 18, 2026
Samsung Galaxy A08 and Galaxy A18 have been launched internationally. The Galaxy A08 has been launched in regions like Ukraine while the Galaxy A18 is now available for purchase in France. Both are 4G phones, and have MediaTek and Exynos processors. Here are all their details.
Samsung Galaxy A08: Price, Specifications
Samsung Galaxy A08 is retailing for UAH 10,699 (approx Rs 23,600) for the…
Text-based AI assistants are a hot market, with Instinct, Wajo, Town, Ollie, and Meta’s Muse agent, which launched last week, vying for users’ attention and tasks. San Francisco-based Instinct is one of the most popular of the lot, attracting huge investor…
Google, Nvidia, and Anthropic want Emerald AI to find space on the grid for more data centers
September 18, 2026
Grid software unicorn Emerald AI has formed a coalition with Google and Nvidia that will use the startup’s technology to secure space on the grid for more data centers.
The AI Energy Management Alliance (AEMA) hopes to make demand response – a paradigm in which…
Voice AI has emerged as one of the hottest sectors in AI, with investors pouring in billions of dollars to serve use cases ranging from automating customer support and sales calls to creating meeting notetakers and developing AI smart glasses that use voice as the primary interaction surface.
Meanwhile, AI labs are quickly releasing models, and hardware makers are trying to create the best…
Strange but true: one of the photographers who defined the look of London's Swinging Sixties was actually working 5,000 miles away
September 18, 2026
Picture London in the Swinging Sixties and you think of King’s Road boutiques, David Bailey, models in Soho coffee bars. Sam Haskins, whose work is about to go up for auction at Sloane Street Auctions, was one of the photographers whose work helped shape the visual…
Tesla's new 'Accordion' Supercharger could speed up its slow buildout
September 18, 2026
Tesla deployed its first “Accordion” Supercharger, a pre-assembled charging unit that ships 16 stalls on a single truck and installs 20% cheaper than a conventional site.
Tesla’s charging team says the goal is now to pre-assemble every Supercharger in a factory. It’s…
Volkswagen's new electric hot hatch delivers more power than the Golf GTI [Images]
September 18, 2026
Volkswagen revealed the new ID.3 GTI, a new electric hot hatch that’s more powerful than the Golf GTI. It’s VW’s most powerful GTI ever.
Meet the new Volkswagen ID.3 GTI EV hot hatch
To celebrate the GTI’s 50th anniversary, Volkswagen introduced the most powerful series-production model ever to wear the iconic badge.
Following the ID. Polo, the ID.3 is Volkswagen’s second EV to get the…
