Tesla’s flying car faces a surprising rival in the race for electric flight

The DeLorean Motor Company enters flying car racing and becomes the first American constructor to compete in the Airspeeder International Series. The DeLorean Airspeeder Team is scheduled to debut when the 2026-27 season begins in November 2026. The post, announced at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, puts the brand behind an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) … Read more

The company admits that Meta’s smart glasses recorded conversations without a wake phrase

A hot potato: If there’s one product that really doesn’t need any more negative stories, it’s Meta’s smart glasses, but here we are. Some users found that the wearables recorded their voices without the wake phrase, an issue the company says has since been fixed. A Redditor recently wrote that he noticed something concerning about … Read more

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Science is less about sudden discoveries and more about constant, often frustrating work. It progresses through failed experiments, results that need to be repeated, and questions that take years, sometimes decades, to answer. This category focuses on how scientific knowledge is built, tested, challenged, and refined over time. Interesting Engineering’s coverage includes fundamental and applied … Read more

ESA calls Anbernic-style handhelds “superfakes” and wants the US to treat them as piracy hubs

A Pirate’s Life: Every year, the Entertainment Software Association calls on U.S. regulators to address specific problems the video game industry is said to be facing. This year’s list includes some really interesting targets, starting with Chinese-made handheld gaming devices that come with extensive catalogs of pirated game ROMs. The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) recently … Read more

New tool targets rare earth shortages to boost electric motor manufacturing

A major laboratory in the United States has developed a new tool that can help manufacturers make engine technology decisions amid critical material shortages. The tool, called Motor Decide, is designed to help industries evaluate electric motor technologies and make informed decisions under uncertain market conditions. “Many companies make technology decisions based largely on market … Read more

Mozilla is betting that Europe’s push for digital sovereignty can help fund Firefox

In context: Digital sovereignty is becoming an increasingly important issue in many parts of the world, and Mozilla is now looking to reposition its open source browser as a reliable alternative to big tech products like Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers. Mozilla has just launched a brand new offering for its European customers. Firefox Enterprise … Read more

Sony shut down Overdrive, the fake PlayStation Store for pirated PS5 games, but clones appeared within hours

TL;DR: Overdrive, the unofficial PS5 store that went viral over the weekend for offering pirated copies of PlayStation games, has reportedly been shut down by its developer after receiving a legal notice from Sony (but he couldn’t have expected anything else). While online, it built a catalog of more than 1,600 free PS4 and PS5 … Read more

Scientists develop novel way to produce nanoporous ceramic materials

A team of Japanese researchers has obtained silicon carbide (SiC) crystals at about 1,472°F, which is twice lower than the temperatures at which commercial production begins. ​Typically, in an industrial facility, the purest form of SiC is obtained at temperatures up to 4,500°F. However, at such high processing temperatures, forming and controlling its porous structure … Read more

One of the world’s worst passwords, 123456, helped a hacker steal the data of 8.8 million people in Denmark

Face palm: It’s no secret that the most popular passwords in the world are the worst. One might assume that their use is limited to less tech-savvy people, but a hacker claims to have broken into Denmark’s Central Register of Persons (CPR) via an IT company whose account used the password “123456”. Number sequences that … Read more