Amazon is becoming a direct competitor to SpaceX's Starlink Mobile ahead of its IPO. It has agreed to acquire Globalstar for $11.5 billion, securing its D2D mobile-satellite spectrum licenses and inheriting the vast iPhone user base for Apple’s Emergency SOS and other satellite features.

Oppo claims that its new A6s Pro midranger lets you text even during a monsoon downpour. The Super Rain Touch feature seemingly goes further than the currently available Aqua or Rain wet touchscreen technologies, pending actual testing after the April 14 launch.

The Netherlands’ RDW has granted type approval for Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised), allowing Dutch owners to use an EU-specific FSD software branch immediately. The stricter monitoring rules include continuous driver-attention tracking and temporary lockouts for inattentiveness.

Xiaomi has listed the Mijia Robot Vacuum and Mop 4, pricing it at about a $210 equivalent. Despite its budget positioning, it offers specs that could undercut similarly equipped rivals from Roborock and Dreame.

As gamers are frequently annoyed by the dreaded shader compilation progress bar, Nvidia has decided to do something about those long game loading times. A new Automatic Shader Compilation tool comes with the latest Nvidia drivers update.

SpaceX has suffered two Starlink satellite incidents in three months, both explained as 'anomalies' with root causes yet to be disclosed. While SpaceX insists the debris field doesn't threaten the ISS or the Artemis II mission to the moon, with 9,500 satellites and counting, space debris is a growing concern.

Fake SSDs are proliferating with the rise in memory prices and getting better at avoiding detection. Unlike the laughably crude counterfeits of yesteryear, a fake Samsung 990 Pro can now pass CrystalDiskMark with flying colors.