techopedia.com/john-ternus-a… Apple has built its brand around minimalism, so perhaps it should be no surprise that incoming CEO John Ternus's first corporate communiqué was a terse one. Posting to X, he said, "hello," and nothing else. Yet, at 488k "likes" and counting, it beats even Jack Dorsey's "just setting up my twittr" — famously the first ever post on the platform, which currently sits at 308k.

techopedia.com/unexplained-b… A mile beneath the plains of South Dakota, something produced a tiny flash of light in a seven-ton tank of liquid xenon. The astrophysicists in charge of the experiment think it might have been a so-called WIMP — one possible resolution to the dark matter problem. But if it is, it's a mightier WIMP than they expected.

techopedia.com/google-expert… Even before AI, buying an ebook often meant committing to a given hardware platform. Now, it will also determine which AI you can use to help you make use of the content. Google has launched "Expert Intelligence" which helps you form connections between what you're currently reading and what you've previously read, or written yourself. The catch, however, is that it only works with books purchased directly from Google.

techopedia.com/googles-ai-mo… Google is integrating Google Flights functionality into AI mode, and it's unlikely to stop there. It's clear that the search giant wants ever more of every transaction to take place within its own interface, leaving companies with the choice of surrendering control to Google or allowing it to direct sales to rivals who have made that compromise.

techopedia.com/nancy-grace-r… The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope launches this Sunday. Named for the "Mother of Hubble," it will also be the replacement for that aging platform. It boasts a field of view that's 100 times larger and the ability to block out individual stars in order to image the planets that orbit them.

techopedia.com/chatgpt-apple… ChatGPT now has an interface allowing you to give it access to your messages. There are various useful things it can do with them, but the problem from a standpoint is that the people you're talking to haven't necessarily agreed to have their words shared with the AI.

techopedia.com/xfinitys-new-… WiFi routers send and receive radio-frequency light. So do radar-based motion detectors. What that means is that your existing WiFi system can also double as a home security motion detector with the appropriate firmware, which Xfinity now provides.

techopedia.com/ai-hackers-ta… One of the ways AI is empowering hackers is by making it easier to scan for known vulnerabilities at scale. Ironically, one of the "leakiest" high-priority targets turns out to be water infrastructure systems.

techopedia.com/lost-bitcoin-… Nearly 18% of the world's Bitcoin hasn't moved in over a decade and may be lost, possibly irretrievable. Opinions vary on what the solution is, or whether it's even a bad thing in the first place, given that scarcity was always part of the Bitcoin vision.

techopedia.com/spacex-falcon… SpaceX's Falcon rocket spent 18 months in a doomed orbit after using up too much fuel in completing its mission to escape the gravity well afterward. Earlier this month, it finally met its inevitable end on the lunar surface. NASA has now released a photo of the impact crater, along with measurements.