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Samsung will remove the Quick Measure and AR Doodle apps from the Galaxy Store on December 31. Existing users can keep them, but the apps will get no new downloads or updates.
Jason Chang, a 13-year-old student in Massachusetts, built a solar panel tracker that tilts using slowly filling water and gravity, with no motor, sensor or electricity. In outdoor tests it produced about 20 percent more voltage than a fixed panel, and the prototype cost under $25 to build.
Archive of Our Own (AO3) is back online after a two-week outage, but icons and importing remain disabled. The nonprofit behind the site advises users to change passwords after a security incident, and draft deletions resume November 29.
Armand Hammer, the duo of Billy Woods and Elucid, has released Snakes & Ladders, a surprise album built from beats by 11 producers. It is available to buy on Bandcamp and to stream on major services.
ULA's Vulcan rocket failed 10 minutes into its flight, and 40 Amazon Leo satellites were lost. The failure matters because Amazon's plan relies on 38 Vulcan launches.
Lawmakers from both parties are backing tighter limits on AI chip exports after a scandal involving former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and a suspected Chinese spy. Senate committee leaders have asked Huang and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to testify, while a bill on remote access to AI computing has been stalled since 2025.
Flaming Hydra's Kickstarter campaign for The Phoenix Project would let libraries buy e-books outright and lend them, instead of renting access under recurring licenses. The project is early, with five titles and a crowdfunded budget.
Italy's data protection authority fined Meta 805 million euros over how the Facebook Android app gets access to users' photos. The regulator wants separate consent for a photo suggestion feature and wants it turned off by default.
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports that Apple's first smart glasses, codenamed N50, will leave out augmented reality and depend on an iPhone for many tasks, with a focus on audio, calls and music.
No country has a nationwide ban on AI glasses, but several places now restrict them in courts, schools, testing centers and other specific settings. This explainer walks through where the rules apply and why regulators are targeting places rather than the devices themselves.
